ATA Engineering
Heather Wilkens currently works as a Manager of Business Development at ATA Engineering, where Heather promotes innovative solutions through test and analysis-driven design. Heather has previous experience as a trustee at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center and as a Business Development Manager at General Atomics, where Heather led projects to drive new business. As a Group Leader and Scientist, Heather managed the Coatings Group at General Atomics. Prior to that, Heather was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford, specializing in transmission electron microscopy. Heather also completed an MBA at The Wharton School and a PhD in Physics at the University of Minnesota.
ATA Engineering
ATA Engineering, Inc. (ATA) provides innovative solutions through test- and analysis-driven design by focusing on the engineering needs of manufacturers in addressing their cost, quality, and time-to-market challenges for mechanical and aerospace systems. We use testing and analysis coupled with computer-aided engineering and mechanical engineering software to solve problems in the aerospace, entertainment, industrial, biomedical, and consumer products industries. We are experts in applying advanced mechanical engineering software to design, test and analyze mechanical engineering structures. Besides our headquarters in San Diego, we also have offices located in Albuquerque, the Bay Area, Denver, Huntsville, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.