Summary
Thanik Nithiphanthawong is a project engineer with 12 years of multidisciplinary experience designing, developing, and delivering complex aerospace systems across major firms including Boeing, Virgin Galactic, Safran, and Zodiac Aerospace. He combines systems engineering, product development, and project management to take projects from concept and prototyping through certification, production, and long-life operations while coordinating global teams and supply chains. His work spans airframe interiors, fail-safe aircraft systems, and rocket-attached spacecraft design, with hands-on experience in Technical Design Reviews, MTOW payload reconfiguration, and ETOPS-compliant modifications. He has taught aircraft design and life-cycle cost analysis at Kasetsart University and led Thailand’s first commercial aircraft parts company, reflecting both academic and entrepreneurial breadth. Based in Los Angeles with advanced studies in computer and information technology and a mechanical engineering background from UCLA, he uniquely blends aerospace engineering with software-savvy thinking.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles
Master's degree Computer and Information Technology, Master's degree Computer and Information Technology at University of Pennsylvania
English, Thai