Steve Gerlach

Steve Gerlach has over 20 years of experience in engineering. Steve began their career in 1997 as a Tool Design Engineer at Boeing. In 1999, they moved to Orbital Sciences Corporation (now Orbital ATK) as a Mechanical Engineer. In 2001, they joined Newport Corporation as a Mechanical Engineer and Electroimpact as a Tooling Engineer. In 2006, they returned to Boeing as a Structural Test Engineer. In 2007, they took on the role of Senior Mechanical/Project Engineer at Nova-Tech Engineering, LLC. In 2010, they returned to Electroimpact as a Senior Tooling Engineer. In 2018, they moved to Virgin Hyperloop as a Senior Design Engineer - Test and Development. Most recently, in 2022, they took on the role of Senior Design Engineer at Impulse Space Propulsion.

Steve Gerlach received their Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo in 1996.