Starrag Hires New Applications Engineer

Starrag has hired Matthew West as its new applications engineer. West pursued a career in the aerospace manufacturing industry after completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Dayton. He entered the industry through a technical training program to leverage manufacturing technologies for the production of rotating jet engine components. Later, he served as a manufacturing engineer responsible for lathe CNC lights out program development for multi-axis machining centers, which produced blisks and spools for new jet engine platforms.

While completing his master’s degree in mechanical engineering, West became an additive manufacturing engineer, producing metal components made from exotic materials to sustain legacy military air craft. According to Starrag, West has extensive experience leveraging five-axis machining centers, machine probing, macro programming and CAD/CAM technology to produce jet engine and airframe components for the commercial and military aviation sectors.

“My goal is to understand the needs of our customers and help them utilize Starrag’s cutting edge technology to achieve peak performance and efficiency,” says West.