Tyler VanDenBerg

Leads end-to-end engineering of UAV aircraft and payload systems across six major product releases, providing technical direction to a 10+ person cross-functional team and improving release-to-market processes to reduce late-stage design changes.

Designed and delivered 30+ specialized aircraft integrations that accounted for roughly one-third of company revenue and transitioned high-performing custom integrations into standard products to capture market demand and margins.

Designed proprietary payloads and established a standardized mechanical and electrical payload interface enabling tool-less field-swapping and improved CG adjustment, accelerating partner integrations and driving sales growth.

Established and trained a Flight Ops Team and closed the field-to-engineering feedback loop, reducing RMA rate by 250% while taking over remote trainings, field integrations, and demos.

Forged customer relationships, led technical trainings across 15+ states and supported dealers and key accounts while designing, prototyping, and manufacturing complex aircraft assemblies during degree studies.

Designed heat-treating racks in CATIA for Boeing 787 Dreamliner monolithic window frames and created cost analyses to identify profitable and non-profitable parts.

Designed medical instrument parts and fixtures using NX/CAM, wrote G-code and manipulated CNC tool paths, and supported injection molding and 3D-printing processes.

Manufactured and tested coaxial and telecommunication connectors and optimized manual connector assembly processes to reduce cycle time during a summer placement.

Participated in study abroad coursework in Munich, Germany as part of mechanical engineering studies.

Activities and societies: Study Abroad in Munich, Germany; supported dealers and key accounts across 15+ states

Completed a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with a manufacturing concentration, including design, prototyping, and manufacturing of complex aircraft assemblies.