Tim Bridges served in systems engineering, electrical, mechanical, and management roles, ranging from wiring and avionics box design, to subsystems, system and ‘system of systems’ design. He analyzed operational needs, derived design requirements, validated and flowed requirements down through systems, ran box level development and qualification testing, provided verification reports, and fielded hardware that successfully flew. Experienced in aircraft, satellites, manned space, and launch vehicles. Bridges holds four patents and published two technical papers. He holds a Master of Science in Systems Architecture and Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Fullerton. He held a DOD Top Secret security clearance with SSBI/SCI Polygraph (1999 to 2015). ​​