Tim Nuhfer

Tim took lead of the Design Group at SDA in 2019, bringing his experience in the design, manufacture, integration, and testing of aircraft primary and secondary structures from his involvement in various stages of several aircraft programs including Aurora’s Orion UAS, XV-27A LightningStrike, Boeing’s Solar Eagle, Phantom Eye, F-22 Raptor, E-8C Joint-STARS, RQ-4A Global Hawk, E-3 AWACS, X-47B UCAS, CH-53K Sea Stallion, S-97 Raider, the Gulfstream G400 and G500, and a Formula 1 Reno Racer. His experience includes aircraft lofting and performance analysis, preliminary and detailed design of structures, sub-system integration and test, and support of deployment and flight test activities. He has hands on experience working side by side with technicians building and integrating large aircraft like the Orion UAS and small aircraft like the Formula 1 racer.