Exploration Upper Stage Tooling

Tooling-design and manufacturing-documentation support for the Space Launch System Exploration Upper Stage in the New Orleans/Michoud program environment.

CATIA V5Production ToolingWork InstructionsNASA Manufacturing

Terminology correction

The remembered “third-stage” assignment is presented using the accurate public program term: Space Launch System Exploration Upper Stage (EUS).

What the work involved

Supported tooling design for large launch-vehicle upper-stage manufacturing and integration.
Used CATIA V5 in a Boeing/NASA production-engineering environment.
Contributed to manufacturing work instructions and tooling-related documentation.
Coordinated tool intent with large cylindrical flight-structure handling and assembly needs.
Worked within the Slidell/New Orleans assignment supporting the Michoud program location.

Portfolio strengths

Large aerospace tooling
Manufacturing engineering support
CATIA V5 assemblies and drawings
Work-instruction development
Launch-vehicle production context

Representative public-safe visualization. No controlled tooling geometry, tolerances, manufacturing sequence, proprietary fixture design, or flight-hardware data is reproduced.

Scale

Applied tooling and documentation practice to large cylindrical launch-vehicle structures and high-bay manufacturing.

Production readiness

Connected tool design to the instructions, access, handling, and assembly realities faced by manufacturing teams.

Program relevance

Adds direct Artemis/SLS rocket-manufacturing experience to the wider aerospace and missile portfolio.

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