Dan Thornton

Dan Thornton is a Principal Engineer at Northrop Grumman, focusing on integration and testing for space vehicle manufacturing since April 2022. Prior to this role, Thornton served as a Mechanical Engineer II at Leidos, where responsibilities included leading production engineering efforts. Experience also includes positions as a Mechanical Design Engineer at Gatekeeper Systems, Inc., where Thornton managed the in-house development of mechanical drawings, and as a Mechanical Engineer at PAE ISR, LLC. Earlier in the career, Thornton held roles in trail building and operations at Life Time, along with a security assistant position at Exelis. Dan Thornton holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota Duluth, alongside Associate of Science degrees from Northern Virginia Community College and Normandale Community College, and is pursuing a Master of Engineering in Engineering/Industrial Management at the University at Buffalo.