Fast and Reliable Avionics Support for Your Spaceship
Spaceship Ambulance is here to help you build a successful space or aircraft company. Our avionics tech support team is passionate about helping start-ups succeed, and we go above and beyond to provide the support you need to reach your goals. With years of experience and expertise in our field, we are committed to ensuring that your technology is up to date and optimized for performance. Contact us today to find out how we can help you build the company of your dreams.
Services
At Spaceship Ambulance, we are dedicated to providing top-notch tech support for avionics systems.
Our team of experts is here to help you with any issues you might be experiencing with your aircraft.
We also offer consulting services, where we can advise you on the best technology and practices to maximize your aircraft's performance.
Our goal is to provide our clients with the highest level of technical expertise and customer service.
Tech Support
With deadlines looming, you need someone who can jump in with limited information and get right to work.
I am a solid go-to person for the following:
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emergency harnessing repairs
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new harness assembly for Flight, Test, HITL from one-offs to full sets
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electro-mechanical assemblies
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junction box assemblies
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vehicle integration
Consulting
Ever built a lab? There is a lot that goes into it that's not always obvious.
That's where I come in. I can help with the following:
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layout and manufacturing flow
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furniture procurement
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equipment procurement
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set up
Training
Ready to build your team, but having trouble finding the right experience?
I can teach them! I am familiar with all the processes and requirements.
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harness assembly from bundling to prep to close out
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how to read and work to drawings, data sheets, safety sheets
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Torque and safety cable techniques
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how to bond click bonds and zip tie blocks and properly secure harnessing
A story about me.
Hi, my name is Stephanie. I love to travel, spend time with family and friends, chase critters in order to get their photo, and help out my friends in the space industry with their start-up ventures.
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I grew up in small-town Texas and studied Laser Electro-Optics Technology at Texas State Technical College. My first job after college was at Raytheon in El Segundo, CA as a Laser Electro-Optics Tech for 3 years assembling, aligning, and testing laser systems used for range finding applications.
I then went to work for SpaceX, and for the next 7 years held various positions: Electro-Mechanical Tech, Launch Integration Tech, Lead Integration Tech, R&D Avionics Tech, and Build Reliability Specialist. In these positions, I worked from conception to final integration on just about every part of the Falcon 9, Dragon, and Heavy vehicles as well as a lot of the test equipment and instrumentation at some point or another. I assembled avionics boxes, instrumentation equipment such as test racks and junction boxes, test and flight harnessing, bonded on brackets and thermal protection, and even assisted with some tube fit-up and orbital tube welding. I ran a team that integrated avionics and propulsion systems into vehicles and ran checkout and proof/leak testing. Then I learned the build reliability of it all from a quality control aspect.
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After SpaceX and some much needed time off, I briefly worked at Virgin Orbit before settling in at Relativity Space. As the first Harness Tech for the first year and half, I worked from home building test harnesses in my small apartment during COVID to ensure testing and design didn't slow down. I was one of the first to go back into the office, and we were in need of a lab. This was where I learned all that goes into building a lab from sourcing and ordering equipment, budgeting, safety regulations, ESD and power requirements that go into not only the assembly but the testing of complex avionics systems. I did a lot of this on my own while simultaneously building harnessing, so I know how stressful this can be. After being promoted to Manufacturing Specialist, I designed a training program, wrote work instructions for harness and box assembly.
I then wanted to try something new, so I went to work for Impulse Space as their Avionics Specialist. While there I helped streamline their assembly process, organize their lab, and designed their Hipot test set up. Impulse, along with a few conversations with some friends in the start-up industry, made me realize that there is need for part-time focused support while start-up companies are getting their first couple articles ready for flight.
They need someone to build their HITL and first and second set of flight cables. They need someone to help guide them with what cables and connectors to use, what consumables they need to account for, what tools they need, and where to get all this stuff. That is my specialty. My goal is to help start-ups build that foundation for success!
