Summary
Steve Brooks is a Sr. Principal Test Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience designing and managing test and automation solutions across aerospace, manufacturing, and industrial controls. He has led test engineering teams from R&D through production and customer support, recently holding senior roles at Collins Aerospace, Regal Rexnord, and Thomson Linear Motion. Known for blending software and electronics expertise—rooted in an AS in Electronics—with a focus on reliability, sustainability, and data-driven decisions, he builds systems that make failure modes measurable and actionable. Steve’s background spans lab-level LabVIEW architecture to enterprise test management, and he brings a knack for translating complex technical requirements into pragmatic, auditable test strategies. Based in Illinois, he pairs continuous learning with a practical leadership style that improves product longevity and operational outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
AS Electronics, AS Electronics at Community College of the Air Force