Matthew Underhill

Directs SE, SDRLs, and producibility across a $47.6M defense portfolio, leading a 6- to 10-person team. Serves as primary technical interface with Northrop Grumman and DCMA, and led audits to zero findings.

Authored a DoD MRL assessment and maturation plan adopted as an enterprise template. Translated prime contracts into integrated baselines and delivered a stalled build-to-print program with 48 drawings.

Led system architecture, mechanism reliability, DFM, and DOE/FDA qualification for DropWorks hardware through acquisition by Bio-Rad. Architected core hardware innovations resulting in three U.S. patents.

Directed engineering and cleanroom AI&T teams across 80+ flight and lab programs, lifting first-pass yield from 60% to 97%. Supported OTES qualification hardware for NASA's OSIRIS-REx and architected 4K detector mounts.

Produced flight and ground-support hardware to spaceflight tolerance and cleanliness standards. Promoted to engineering.

Pursuing a Model-Based Systems Engineering certificate through Coursera, currently in progress.

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University, completed in December 2012.