Kayla Fix

Experience

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  University of Washington

  Jan 2010 - Aug 2010

  Undergraduate Reseacher

  Participated in individual and group research working with conductive polymers, Labview software, and various lab instruments. Contributed to and edited journal papers and gave research presentations at two symposiums.Published paper on conductive polymer strain gauge with research colleagues:C.L. Chang, K. Fix, W.C. Wang, Reliability of PEDOT-PSS strain gauge on foam structure, SPIE Nanosensors, Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems, San Diego, CA, April 7-10, 2010

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  Junior Junction Day School

  Jun 2011 - Jan 2012

  Substitute Teacher

  Care of children ages infant through 6 years. Responsible for organization and cleanliness of the classroom as well as childcare. Usually partnered with another teacher, but also worked alone with up to 7 children. Worked closely with parents and other staff to encourage and maintain healthy child development.

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  Boeing

  Jul 2012 - Oct 2012

  Engineering Intern

  Worked closely with the Flight Test Computing supervisor to lead the Enterprise Development & Technology (ED&T) organization through a skill gap analysis. Gatherd data & created Excel mapping of skills, roles, products, and services within ED&T. Created a skills self assessment tool and distributed to employees. Consolidated results of assessment to evaluate the health of the organization. Created Macros within Excel to aid in the consolidation process. Worked part-time (20 hours per week) on this project for the first six weeks of the Fall 2012 semester while simultaneously attending classes and grading. Show less

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  Gonzaga University

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2012

  Student Grader

  Graded homework for both the Structural Analysis I and Structural Analysis II courses. Consisted of grading assignments for 75 students on a weekly basis and recording grades for the course professor. Grading was approximately a 10 hour weekly time commitment.

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  Boeing

  Feb 2013 - now

  Competitive, fast-paced, two year engineering rotation program with emphasis on accelerated technical and leadership growth. Completed two, 6-month rotations at Boeing South Carolina. First, in 787 Liaison Engineering providing engineering guidance on non-conformance items on the Production Line. Second, in the Innovation Cell developing tooling through design, 3D printing/prototyping, and collaboration with Production.After relocating to Mesa, Arizona, completed third rotation supporting the BDS Rotors Engineering team working Design, Tooling, and Manufacturing Engineering. Final rotation was in Apache Maintenance Engineering providing analysis of aircraft subsystems for maintainability. Show less Coordinate Structural Testing from cradle to grave. Testing includes materials & parts, airplane components, & full-scale airplanes. Work with customers to coordinate test plans, schedules, budgets, reporting, status and overall project management. Project Integrator Team Lead January 2016-July 2016. Worked closely with management to affect change & improvements within the team and the Structures Lab organizations.Design of tooling for orbital drilling of test articles. Utilized CATIA V5 for 3D parametric modelling and drafting of tools and their detail parts. Completed Boeing CATIA sketching and assembly design training courses (Approximately 60 hours). Show less

  • Senior Project Engineer

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Senior Systems Engineer

    Oct 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Systems Engineer

    Feb 2019 - Oct 2021

  • Systems Engineer

    Jun 2018 - Feb 2019

  • Engineering Career Foundation Program

    Jul 2016 - Jun 2018

  • Project Integrator - Structures Labs NW

    Feb 2013 - Jul 2016