Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith is a Senior Design Engineer at Virgin Galactic since June 2020, previously serving as a Structural Design Engineer II and I, focusing on VMS EVE and SS2, Unity. Prior experience includes a role as a Materials and Process Contract Engineer at The Structures Company, LLC, and a Reliability and Maintainability Intern at Northrop Grumman, where automation of flight data plots was developed using Python. Smith also worked at The Spaceship Company as an Associate Contract Engineer and a Structural Design Intern. Additional experience includes leading the Structural Design group for the SDSU Rocket Project and instructing engineering courses for young students at Engineering For Kids. Smith holds a Master of Science in Engineering Management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from San Diego State University.