Samuel Goertz

Samuel Goertz is currently serving as a Recruit Firefighter at Eastside Fire & Rescue since February 2023. Prior to this role, Samuel worked at Boeing Research & Technology from September 2018 to February 2023 as a Materials, Process, & Physics Engineer, and previously held a student intern position at Boeing in 2017, contributing to the Payloads, Pressurized Compartment Fire Marshal Group. Samuel's notable achievements include developing a robust program for assessing fire rates across aircraft and filing a patent for Non Destructive Evaluation. Earlier experience includes another internship at Boeing focused on Sustaining Empennage. Samuel holds a Master of Science in Physics from the University of Washington, completed in June 2022, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics/Applied Physics from the same university, earned in 2018.