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Derek Taylor

@derektaylor

I build safety-critical reliability architectures for electric aircraft and commercial aerospace systems.

United States
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At Wisk Aero, I co-created the company’s first reliability program and provide full-aircraft reliability architecture for electric propulsion, high-voltage power, actuation, and certification-boundary ground systems.

I drove adoption of a revised high-voltage propulsion and power-distribution architecture after demonstrating that the baseline could not meet probabilistic safety and maintenance-cost objectives. I translate safety goals into quantitative requirements, supplier evidence, built-in-test strategies, maintenance controls, and certification-ready assurance.

Previously at Collins Aerospace, I owned reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety across commercial-aircraft product families supporting platforms including the Boeing 787, Airbus A350/A380, Bombardier C Series, and Boeing 777X. I used fleet and test evidence across 50,000+ units and 200M+ flight hours to identify failure modes and drive 20+ hardware, firmware, and supplier-component changes.

I also created Perdura Reliability, a full-lifecycle reliability and applied-statistics platform, and co-invented a patented condition-monitoring and prognostics method for predictive maintenance.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Manufacturing Engineer (Lead Repair Station Support)

Collins Aerospace

Jan 2011 - Jan 2013 (2 years)

Directed troubleshooting, teardown, and root-cause investigation for high-volume repair operations. Programmed automated unit-receipt system yielding $10,000 annual savings.

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Co-Inventor

U.S. Patent 12,245,722 B2

Co-invented a condition-monitoring method using thermal response and efficiency trends to detect mineral-scale buildup and trigger predictive maintenance.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Kansas logoUK

University of Kansas

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas, graduating in 2011.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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