Who We Are
Over 700 years of cumulative aerospace experience in one place.
Russell Jacobsmeyer - Vice President of Engineering and Business Development
Russ is our engineering team lead, a designated senior level executive with over 35 years of experience in product development, engineering, quality, operations, and management in Aerospace and Defense. He directs our engineering staff in order to provide the highest level of technical proficiency and customer satisfaction in all our operations.
Bryce Mickler - General Manager
Bryce is an experienced leader bringing over 21 years of expertise creating organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Bryce has worked for some of Aerospace’s largest companies in leadership and administrative management, with a proven track record of improving organizational efficiency and reducing overhead. His experience in contracts, strategic pricing and business systems is the foundation of AE4.0.
Jay MacMullin - Test Engineer
Jay is a powerhouse of test engineering knowledge with over 26 years of experience. From a BSME, Jay has continued to manage complex testing functions, primarily in aerospace lubrication systems. Jay has also worked on semi-conductor and medical device development and manufacturing.
Our Stable of Engineering Talent
AeroEngineering4.0 has a large pool of engineering talent, from post graduate subject matter experts with over 40 years of industry experience to entry level engineering associates that offer the bandwidth to scale quickly into your engineering project needs.
Darwin James - Principal Engineer, Electromagnetics
BSME and MIT graduate courses. 27 years of experience. Electromagnetics expert. Electro-mechanical actuation technologies, including permanent-magnet brushless DC motors, AC induction motors, switched-reluctance motors, and assorted linear actuation concepts. Taught courses at UNH and Tufts.
Raymond Forrester - Sr. Principal Engineer, Valves
Electro-mechanical valves, controls, components and systems. Over 45 years’ experience in engineering design, evaluation, analysis and test/verification. 5 Patents.
John Ravener - Sr. Principal Engineer, Lubrication
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Designated Engineering Representative (DER). 41 years of experience. Undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering.
David Nelson - Technical Publications
Aerospace, maintenance analysis and quality assurance, project management, hydraulic systems. 42 years of experience. Undergraduate degree in management. United States Air Force, Aircraft Maintenance Specialist-Field Maintenance.
Scott Clay - Principal Engineer, Electronics and Software
Engineering management and project development. Aerospace and defense. 43 years of experience. Undergraduate degree in electrical engineering.
Jeff Summey - Principal Engineer, EHSVs
Electrohydraulic servovalves. 35 years of experience. Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering..
Bob Specht - Senior Technical Associate
Aerospace engineering involving wheel, solenoid and motor valves, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, fuel systems, repair, remanufacturing, project management, technical sales. 45 years of experience. Undergraduate degree in marketing.
Mike Letson- Senior Technical Associate
Improvement specialist, sales professional and leader in the aerospace and defense industry. He is a supply chain and project management expert with numerous certifications. Over 20 years of experience in private industry. Served in the US Army as a combat engineer, Captain and CH-47 pilot.
Matthew Mickler - Engineering Associate, Student
Engineering student with strong experience as a team member for our sister company, inREACH Compliance.
Kenneth Wu - Engineering Associate, Student
Computer science major and math minor University of Connecticut. Kenneth has contributed to engineering projects for our sister companies inREACH and NDT4.0 as both a programmer and engineering team member.
Pryce Poole - Engineering Associate, Student
Computer Science student with extensive coursework in chemical engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. Pryce is an important contributing member to our sister company, inREACH Compliance.
Engineer A - Project Engineer
Valves, solenoids, integrated manifolds, flight controls, lubrication and fuel. 8 years of experience. Florida, BSME.
Engineer B - Senior Analyst
Computer aided engineering, focused on system and structural analysis, FEA, CFD, all forms of numerical analysis. 32 years of experience. Massachusetts, PhD Engineering.
Engineer C - Manufacturing Engineering and Operations
Aerospace operations, design, overhaul facilities, materials, regulatory and QMS. 24 years of experience. Massachusetts, BSME, MBA, MS materials and engineering.
Engineer D - Engineer II
Pressure vessel and welding code specialist.
Engineer E - Design Engineer
BLDC motor design and development, flight electronics and packaging, satellite mechanisms. 10 years of experience. Colorado, BSME.
Engineer F - Senior RMS Engineer
System reliability, maintainability and safety. FMEA, MTBF, hardware and software quality assurance. 28 years of experience. Massachusetts, BSEE.
Engineer G - Senior Design Engineer
Aerospace electronics and software design and qualification. Gas turbines, cockpit controls, FPGA. 14 years of experience. Missouri, MSEE and computer engineering.
Engineer H - Senior Designer
Aerospace hydraulics and electronics design and packaging. 28 years of experience. Colorado, Solidworks CATIA and other certification.
Engineer I - Senior Electrical Engineer
Aerospace electrical and computer design, hardware, software and firmware development for UAV and flight applications. 24 years of experience. Colorado, BSCE, MSEE.
Engineer J - Senior Test and Evaluation Engineer
Aerospace component and system testing and evaluation expertise, continuous improvement, new product development. 14 years of experience. Missouri, BSME.
Engineer K - Senior Electrical Engineer
Aerospace electrical design and system analysis for commercial aircraft fuel systems, debugging aircraft electronics, hardware, software. 35 years of experience. California, BSEE.
Engineer L - Senior Project Engineer
Aerospace new product development, research and design and project engineering, large propulsion systems, aircraft lube and pump hydraulic systems. 34 years of experience. Massachusetts, BSME.
Engineer M - Senior Project Engineer
Aerospace product design, piston pumps, hydraulic systems, electro-mechanical valves and solenoids. 20 years of experience. Washington, MSME MBA.
Engineer N - Principal Analyst
Aerospace R&D, product design, structural analysis, pumps, analysis software. 37 years of experience. Massachusetts, MSME.
Engineer O - Senior Designer
GD&T, Solidworks, Uni-Graphics, AutoCAD, CADWorx, MicroStation, machining, casting, fabrication processes. 40 years of experience. Florida, manufacturing and CAD certifications.
Engineer P - PCB Design Engineer
Altium, circuit design, electronics schematics, layout and packaging for flight and space. 14 years of experience. Colorado, BSEE.
Engineer Q - Principal Electrical Engineer
Aerospace BLDC controller design, power electronics, control theory. 38 years of experience. Colorado, BSEE.