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Ross Engineering and Consulting (R.E.C.) blends practicality, curiosity, and imagination to bring your ideas and goals into reality. With extensive experience in Aerospace Structural engineering, materials and factory tooling, a breadth of skills comes to your service. You can hire R.E.C. to help with aircraft design and development or modification.
R.E.C. focuses on aircraft structural design—CFRP, aluminum, titanium, wing structures, engine mounts, and certification—along with configuration and change control.
Aeronautical engineering experience includes the 787, 777x, 767, 777, KC-46 and AS2 Supersonic business jet from R&D, prototyping, and fleet sustainment/repairs. Expertise is available for wing design, pylons & fairings, carbon fiber, metallics, manufacturing coordination and producibility.
With two decades of experience in engineering, leadership advising, and working internationally, R.E.C. helps teams solve technical and organizational challenges. Through shifting perspectives with curiosity, trust building and strategies that align with organizational and personal missions a strategy is available to help you find your way.
R.E.C. has bridged cultural and engineering gaps between Japan and the US. Having lived in Japan for three years working with Fuji Heavy Industries and Boeing Kabushiki Kaisha, R.E.C. offers insights into Japanese/American business cultures and engineering practices. Companies and individuals find success by aligning expectations and strategies with reality.
As a graduate of multiple leadership classes at the Boeing company and through the Renaissance Leadership Alliance, R.E.C. also helps leaders navigate cultural disconnects and foster trust across diverse teams.
R.E.C. has experience conducting regulatory compliance investigations, safety investigations, ending in resolutions across different organizations and disciplines, both internationally and in the US. If you need a methodical neutral party or licensed professional to lead an investigation or provide a legal opinion, you can find that with R.E.C.
Engineering
R.E.C. has two decades of experience in aircraft structural engineering both nationally and internationally. To thrive in this challenging field, R.E.C. bring curiosity and imagination which takes designs from the product development (PD) stage to production. Understanding your challenges and product life cycle from PD to certification is key to being successful in the aerospace landscape. R.E.C. serves the public and private sectors with our expertise.
R.E.C. focuses on aircraft structural design with extensive experience on wings and engine pylons, using composite materials and metals, integrating with systems and EME in fuel tanks, to create producible and repairable designs.
Aeronautical engineering experience includes the 787, 777x, 767, 777, KC-46 and AS2 Supersonic business jet from R&D, prototyping, and fleet sustainment/repairs.
Aircraft design and analysis
787-8/-9/-10, and 777X/-9/-8
Lead Designer; Wing center section, EME, Systems attachments and analysis, bird strike analysis, spar, skin stringer and fuel tank design.
Trade studies for weight and cost reduction on all models.
Patent for stiffened composite panels in use on multiple Boeing aircraft.
Aerion AS2
Multi spar wing sizing trade study, wing to landing gear and fuselage design and integration.
Technology integrator for thin supersonic wing structures.
Patent for EME compliant fastener system. CFRP, Metal, Wing structures, both twin spar and multi-spar, bird strike and EME (electro magnetic effects).
767F/KC-46, 777 all models
Lead Designer: Pylon/Strut for wing to engine.
Investigated and resolved chronic production and fleet issues, developed repairs and new engineering solutions.
Lead compliance investigations impacting multiple aircraft fleets and safety investigations overseas.
Configuration control and change and control
Configuration control can be a struggle to maintain and teach. When you need help setting up your configuration control processes, instructional material, and maintenance R.E.C has over a decade of experience to bring to your aid.
Drone and remotely piloted vehicle design
consulting
My approach to design and advising is rooted in curiosity and brings extensive experience with it. Are your engineers getting stuck in processes and defensible decisions? Are your executives and directors asking the impossible because they don’t understand the product? I have two decades of experience changing perspectives and helping find solutions to these human behaviors.
When you need help working inside constraints or thinking outside your normal box I can help shift your perspective and your team’s. There is always another way to solve or approach a problem.
If you’re looking further afield and want to create relationships with Japanese companies for collaborative engineering or as suppliers, I can help your business and engineering team understand the culture and the strengths and weaknesses of the relationship. I lived and worked in Japan for three years and travel yearly to Japan since 2006.
Global
Engineering products with Japan
The Japanese industry builds amazing products. If you’re thinking of working with them I can help develop your strategy and expectations to benefit from their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.
Working with Japanese companies and culture
I can help your company and team understand the nuance of working with Japanese companies and how to navigate the cultural differences and develop strategies which lead to success. For 3 years I lived in Japan working with Fuji Heavy Industries, Boeing, and Korea Aerospace Industries and an additional 4 years in quarterly meeting for aircraft development.
Leadership embedded coaching with the Renaissance Leadership Alliance.
There is often a disconnect in the leadership world. We can help you see the multiple cultural realities colliding to create road blocks and distrust. From here we can help you align the cultures, create trust, and unity of vision.
Investigation and legal
Frequently a fresh perspective, outside voice and a methodical approach can help bring resolution to problems plaguing teams and companies. I bring unique perspectives as an engineer, artist, pilot and martial artist. Many people get entrenched in problems and struggle to find solutions which align with an overarching strategy or allow the solution that is needed to be implemented.
Engineering Expert
As a professional engineer with two decades of experience in aerospace and a commercial pilot, I provide expert testimony and media consulting.
Chronic Problem Investigation and Solutions
I have investigated chronic MRB problems between suppliers and OEMs, factory safety issues, fuel leaks, and non compliances.
Root Cause Analysis
Josh has investigated and resolved multiple problems during his two decades at Boeing, including factoring safety issues resulting in near death, fuel leaks in operational aircraft, and FAA non compliances across entire fleets of aircraft.
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