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Christopher Testerman

Christopher Testerman

Garden Grove,California

Summary

Resourceful and innovative Test Technician offering experience and expertise within manufacturing and production environments. Organized problem-solver offers 20 years of experience working with minimal oversight to complete simple and complex tests. Familiar with manual and automated Environmental Space Simulation testing. Collaborative team player with dedication to problem-solving and test support.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Propulsion Components Test Technician

Virgin Orbit
09.2020 - 04.2023
  • Experience following and executing test plans safely
  • Literacy in fluid schematics/P&IDs
  • Fabrication and assembly skills for tubing, fittings (e.g
  • Flare, compression), and fixtures
  • Understanding of the functions and safe operation of valves, regulators, actuators, and seals
  • Hazardous fluid testing experience (e.g
  • High pressure, cryogenic, vibration, shock)
  • Operation of benchtop test stands (e.g
  • Leak check carts, water flow, thermal chambers)
  • Ability to thrive as a 'one person team'
  • Promoted to Senior Level Technician

Assembly Test Technician "A"

Vacco Industries
11.2019 - 09.2020
  • Setup and operation of pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical assemblies for the SLS Space Program
  • Cleaned, assembled and tested 750 psig Regulators following written procedures and visual work instructions
  • Interpreted test system schematics and constructed various test fixtures by obtaining system components and fabrication of pressure media plumbing using stainless steel tubing
  • Executed test setup requirements from written procedures and diagrams to successfully test unit
  • Setup and operate various hand tools like feeler gauges, arbor press, depth mics, calipers, micrometers and other precision measuring devices for assembly operations
  • Managed and operated pressure transducers, flow meters, multimeters, ohmmeters, load cells and data recorders.

Mechanical Test Technician/ Propulsion Technician

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
04.2018 - 11.2019
  • Duties as a Mechanical Test Technician: Deliver high quality results by performing various standardized mechanical tests including tensile, compression, at cryogenic, room, and elevated temperatures to help support the building and development of SpaceX's launch vehicles and spacecraft
  • Performed preparation of test samples using various machine shop practices
  • Operation, maintenance, and care for tensile test frames
  • Used of mechanical testing software, data collection, and data report generation
  • Expedited samples across the SpaceX campus between engineers and testing labs
  • Detailed documentation of testing parameters, equipment setup, and other possible variables
  • Maintained and used precision calibrated tools including micrometers, calipers, etc
  • Worked with engineering to execute non-standard testing to support launch vehicle and spacecraft hardware design
  • Duties as a Propulsion Technician - Dragon Fluid Systems
  • Primary responsibilities include performing acceptance pressure testing on flight critical hardware for the Dragon Capsule
  • Experience working with data acquisition programs to monitor various tests including check valve cracking pressure, and pressure cycling
  • Daily interaction with complex work order instructions related to testing.

Senior Engineering Test Lab Technician

Arrowhead Products
12.2004 - 04.2018
  • Served as Test Director for the cryogenic department
  • Trained and mentored newer technicians
  • Proofread and added comments to unreleased test procedures
  • Monitored and maintained department inventory
  • All in addition to previous responsibilities listed below… Engineering Test Lab Technician
  • Performed acceptance testing and hardware qualification testing on various propulsion system such as Lockheed Martin's Eternal Tank systems and ULA's LOx delivery systems
  • Installed and performed cryogenic thermal cycle testing on Atlas V and Delta IV feedline assemblies
  • Fabricated test set ups to run endurance testing on aircraft components
  • For example, fabricated a setup that required the recreation of engine growth with offsets set in the x, y and z planes while maintaining high internal hot air flow of 985F with internal pressure of 1,023 psig
  • Verified successful welding operations by pulling internal vacuum on test articles, spraying external weld surfaces with Helium, and monitoring results from a mass spectrometer to locate and document nonconformance

Environmental Test Lab Technician

Terran Orbital
05.2023 - 07.2023
  • Performed Functional Testing of satellite components in a thermal vacuum chamber to simulate space conditions, while recording data electronically and uploading files to shared drive for engineering evaluation.
  • Set up/ instrumented test articles onto vibration table with accelerometer and ran random vibration in the x, y and z axis.
  • Subjected satellite components to hot and cold cycles inside thermal Chambers.
  • Entered test unit discrepancies into Material Review Board system and acted as department liason.

Senior Assembly and Test Technician

Parker Aerospace, Military Fluids Division
11.2023 - 04.2024
  • Assembled and tested electromechanical servo valves
  • Operated complex hydraulic test panels using red oil as a test media, performed proof pressure tests to validate structural integrity. Used mass flowmeters to record flow rates and graduated beakers to collect and quantify leakage.
  • Using visual build instructions, schematics, and operator manuals to build complex hydraulic assemblies with aide from Instron load frames, precision measuring tools, various hand tools, and calibrated torque wrenches.

Education

G.E.D. - General Studies

Anaheim High School
Anaheim, CA
05.1996

Skills

  • Experienced with numerous testing systems and techniques including, but not limited to:
  • Hardware qualification testing
  • Test fixture fabrication
  • Labview, NI Instruments, DiaDem,
  • Solumina, Jira
  • Thermal Chambers
  • Vibration Tables
  • Vacuum Chambers
  • Machine shop equipment (conventional mills/lathes, drill press and band saw)
  • System acceptance testing
  • Testing hydraulic and pneumatic plumbing systems
  • Cryogenic proof testing
  • Helium leak testing

Timeline

Senior Assembly and Test Technician

Parker Aerospace, Military Fluids Division
11.2023 - 04.2024

Environmental Test Lab Technician

Terran Orbital
05.2023 - 07.2023

Sr. Propulsion Components Test Technician

Virgin Orbit
09.2020 - 04.2023

Assembly Test Technician "A"

Vacco Industries
11.2019 - 09.2020

Mechanical Test Technician/ Propulsion Technician

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
04.2018 - 11.2019

Senior Engineering Test Lab Technician

Arrowhead Products
12.2004 - 04.2018

G.E.D. - General Studies

Anaheim High School
Christopher Testerman