Tyler Solnay

Dedicated Systems Engineer maintaining highly critical systems in a satellite processing facility. Loves collaborating with customers and teammates to develop and implement creative technical solutions to challenging problems.

• Oxygen Monitoring Recapitalization: Performed a full replacement of outdated oxygen monitors located at the Eastern Processing Facility. Created thorough project work orders with accurate estimations of work to be performed, and found solutions to depict an accurate project schedule to work around mission constraints. Upon project completion, successfully implemented drawing redlines and procedural updates to reflect baseline changes. Received an award for finding efficiencies and saving the customer over $20,000 and hundreds of man hours.
• SAE Micro UAV Competition (Senior Design, UCF): Led the structures team with design choices and worked within a budget of $800, sponsored by Lockheed Martin. Designed the fuselage and nose cone assemblies in SolidWorks and performed FEA analysis of these components in ANSYS. Presented status updates on the UAV in bi-weekly Lockheed Martin meetings. Won 1st place in the competition, carrying the most weight in the fuselage and having the longest flight duration.

Up-to-date crane operator, rigging, and fall protection training.

Active TS/SCI Clearance