Ampaire | 2021-2023
Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Program Leadership
Requirements, suppliers, budgets, testing, and certification under aggressive flight-test milestones.
Overview
At Ampaire, Travis led cross-functional development programs for hybrid-electric aircraft systems under FAA certification requirements.
The Challenge
Aircraft development required technical execution, supplier coordination, requirements discipline, budget control, testing, and certification strategy to move together.
Travis's Role
Program and subsystem owner responsible for requirements, schedule, suppliers, budget, certification strategy, and executive alignment.
What Travis Built
Fuel-system portions supporting Eco Caravan development, certification-basis documentation, test planning, supplier coordination, and operating cadence for milestone execution.
Development budget managed.
Certification strategy and Type Certification Basis authored from scratch.
Subsystem work supporting ground and flight-test milestones.
Lesson learned
Complex programs move when technical execution, stakeholder trust, and certification strategy stay connected.