Posting again about 3 years later. I've been very happily employed in the Los Angeles area for the last 2 years or so, but looking to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area for personal/family reasons.

Here's my background:

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Experimental Fluid Mechanics from UC Berkeley

Dissertation on studying blood flow for medical device applications.

Spent the last 2 years working in the aerospace industry on launch vehicle propulsion systems.

Honestly would like to find a job in the aerospace industry, preferably on the commercial side, but ok with defense again. Would love to work with any of the airlines!

My greatest skill is the ability to critically think, process processing large amounts of data, develop conclusions, and present results in a manner understandable to a technical and non-technical audience.

Its a long shot, but thought I would give this a try.