CHRISTOPHER LAMB / ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
17+ years across precision manufacturing, aerospace research hardware, multi-axis CNC, and process development. Bringing hands-on experience to the people, programs, and decisions behind production.
Approach
My background connects hands-on machining with the larger workflow: interpreting requirements, planning how parts are built, verifying results, and improving how information moves across production.
Custom test fixtures, demanding alloys, prototypes, DFM, process routing, CAM strategies, and production readiness form the technical foundation. Connected quoting, traceability, and workflow automation extend that thinking into software.
Documented recognition
Invention, advanced-materials test hardware, and rapid SLS test support—connected to the award records.
View award photographInvention recognition / 2025
Presented for the Mini Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Chamber. Recognized as co-inventor and lead machinist for collaborative design, machining, and assembly.
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View award photographResearch & technology / June 20, 2023
Presented to Chris Lamb for contributions as part of the HITEMMP Simulated Service Test Bed Team.
View recognition photographAdditional team recognition
Recognized with the Huntsville test team for rapid nut-factor verification test support following an issue identified during CS3 intertank assembly.
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Explore the machining gallerySelected projects
Historical manufacturing experience alongside current process work and clearly identified development concepts.
Testing hardware / advanced materials
Professional experienceCollaborative design, machining, and assembly of experimental corrosion-fatigue testing hardware, recognized through the 2025 Meritorious Invention Disclosure Award.
Advanced materials / team contribution
Award-recognized experienceContributed as a member of the HITEMMP Simulated Service Test Bed Team, recognized by the Boeing BR&T Performance and Innovation Award on June 20, 2023.
Published ARPA-E project
Boeing’s ARPA-E-backed effort explored compact metallic heat-exchanger designs for extreme operating conditions, serving advanced flight and distributed energy applications. The published objectives combine material development and optimized geometries with additive and conventional manufacturing.
These are published research objectives. My award documents recognition as part of the simulated service test-bed team.
ARPA-E program description (PDF)Cold spray / qualification
Professional experienceDeveloped machining processes for aluminum cold-spray tensile and fatigue specimens that contributed to qualification work for C-17 window-frame repairs.
Spaceflight / test fixtures
Professional experienceEngineered, machined, and calibrated nut-factor testing fixtures to support torque/tension testing for Space Launch System structural fastener qualification.
Defense / production support
Professional experienceProvided rapid development machining for PAC-3, including fixtures and tooling to support increased production.
Defense / vibration testing
Professional experienceDesigned, manufactured, and assembled tooling for prototype validation and circuit-card flight assembly testing across B-52, PAC-3, SLS, and CST-100 Starliner programs.
Advanced aerospace alloys
Professional experienceDeveloped machining strategies for difficult aerospace materials in advanced metals research and high-speed / hypersonic applications.
Manufacturing process / DFM
Current roleProcess planning, manufacturing reviews, setup and fixture strategy, and production-method improvements across machining, laser / waterjet cutting, forming, fabrication, and assembly.
Digital process development
Design / development conceptArchitecture and workflow planning for RFQ intake, drawing interpretation, DFM review, sourcing, cost estimation, and human-verified quote delivery.
Optical inspection / automation
Design / development conceptConcept design for a calibrated optical inspection workflow for flat-pattern sheet-metal features, with possible extension into bend inspection.
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Project context / Cold-spray repair
From material testing
to an aerospace repair.
My contribution focused on machining processes for aluminum cold-spray tensile and fatigue specimens supporting C-17 window-frame repair qualification.
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Career
From senior multi-axis manufacturing to advanced research hardware and manufacturing automation.
Current · Huntsville, Alabama
Manufacturing process improvement, DFM, routing, technical reviews, and concepts for connected quoting, production data capture, traceability, and process automation.
2020–July 2026 · Huntsville, Alabama
Advanced materials and aerospace hardware development, material test specimens, custom test fixturing, rapid prototyping, and technical integration of software tools with manufacturing operations.
2022–present · New Hope, Alabama
Independent prototyping, toolpath validation, fixture design, machining simulation, and high-precision setup planning using my home-based CNC machining equipment, including a SYIL X7 mill.
View my home-based CNC equipment2012–2020 · Huntsville, Alabama
Multi-axis CAM, precision machining, high-mix production, workholding, alloy process strategy, GD&T, and mentoring other machinists.
2010–2012 · Huntsville, Alabama
Electronic enclosures, military chassis, fabrication bills of materials, forming and punching, and Mil-Spec surface processing.
Technical depth
Manufacturing fundamentals, specialized aerospace experience, and digital systems thinking.
DFM, routing, production planning, cycle-time review, and manufacturing methods.
5-axis machining, Mastercam, G-code / M-code, toolpath verification, and workholding.
Titanium, Inconel, nickel alloys, stainless steel, cold-spray and additive manufacturing test samples.
Laser, waterjet, sheet-metal forming, nesting, material utilization, and assembly.
GD&T, inspection planning, and AS9100D / ISO 9001 compliance experience.
Quoting workflows, CAD/CAM integrations, digital process twins, and traceability.
Connect
For project and shop-floor leadership, advanced NC programming, manufacturing processes, or application development.
Portfolio summaries describe professional experience and development work at a high level. Employer and program names identify experience and do not imply endorsement.
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Software & app development
A source-based demonstration of the Xometry Toolpath Engine: bring CAD evidence, shop economics, material readiness, and production planning into the decision.
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