Michael Grabinger, with a BS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, brings over 38 years of DOD Weapons Acquisition experience to the M20 team where he serves as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer providing expertise in development and design for manufacturing and transition to production support. During his career, he has served as project lead for various efforts including electronic component failure analysis, hybrid electronics and multi-chip module development/production, reliability enhancements, DC to DC power hybrid (thick film) development and production, Subminiature Telemetry hybrid (Dupont Greentape) transition to production, electromechanical fuze reliability improvement/process control (surface mount/thru-hole), and the Manufacturing IPT lead responsible for the manufacturing construct (SOW, MRA, Supply Chain development).
As a Senior Principle Engineer for the GBU-31/32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) SPO, he led the design for manufacturing and supply chain development efforts resulting in the sole contract award to McDonald Douglas/Boeing. Prior to JDAM Full-Rate Production (FRP) he spearheaded and won a ManTech's effort to develop small/medium size suppliers to improve production rates and lower costs while maintaining quality. This ManTech effort was instrumental in JDAM’s ability to rapidly increase the initial FRP target of 1,200 units/mo. to 3,300 units/mo. as a result of Defense Emergency Response Funding following the 9/11 attacks.
He served six years as President/COO/Director of Manufacturing of a small business (400+ personnel) with core competencies in avionics design, manufacturing, and obsolescence/redesign services. During this time he learned critical skills pertaining to organizational management, accreditations/certifications (AS9100 and NADCAP), P&L, contract negotiations, and supply chain management. He later served as Manufacturing Subject Matter Expert as a member of the System Program Offices for AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). Here he was responsible for hardware and supplier development, obsolescence management, process failure modes, effects analysis, transition to production, and manufacturing readiness assessments.
