Joseph Vickers · Clearwater, Florida

Understand the system.
Help people use it.

I'm Joe. I test aerospace hardware, teach practical skills, and build useful digital tools. I like the work where a complicated problem becomes something another person can understand and act on.

Open to roles and project conversations · Career overview

Selected work

Useful things.
Built from real interests.

Learning, the outdoors, and creative work. These independent projects show how I organize information and turn it into something people can use. I build with AI assistance and own the product decisions, review, and follow-through.

Local information / ongoing operations

Sun Coast SUP

A paddler's questions, organized: where to launch, what conditions mean, and what to consider before heading out. My work spans the experience, content, and reporting workflows.

Product workflows / communication

PeakClips

A creator product connecting content production and publishing. I work across the product experience, website, onboarding, and the details that make a workflow understandable.

Beyond the screen

Good instruction starts with listening.

Running Trinity Tactical in Delaware and serving with the Trauma Survivors Foundation taught me to explain clearly, adapt to the person in front of me, and follow through when the work matters.

Teaching, leadership & community work

About

The setting changes.
The work still involves people.

Before working in aerospace electronics, I spent years teaching, supporting people, managing a training facility, and contributing to nonprofit programs. That work required listening carefully, explaining clearly, and adapting to the person in front of me.

Teaching a physical skill, helping someone stay composed, and walking a new colleague through unfamiliar work each call for patience and judgment. Those are skills I carry between industries.

I moved into aerospace testing in 2024 and learned a new field through hands-on work. Building independent projects gives me another way to apply that curiosity: turn something complicated into something people can use.

Career at a glance

Experience across different settings.

Freelance work and volunteer service overlapped with employment. The career overview includes the roles, dates, and supporting detail.

2011–2018

Trinity Tactical

General Manager / Lead Instructor & Range Master

Feb 2015–Jun 2024 · Volunteer

Trauma Survivors Foundation

Board Director & Crisis Interventionist

2020–2024 · Freelance

The Elite You

Digital Marketing & Community Communications / Assistant Instructor

2024–2026

Mercury Systems

Test Technician · Testing, troubleshooting & technician training

Feb 2026–Present

Honeywell Aerospace

Test Technician, Level 3

2004–2008

United States Marine Corps

Combat Engineer

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Contact

Let's talk about the work.

Have a team to support, a system to make sense of, or a useful idea to build? I'm open to full-time roles and project conversations, including remote work. Tell me what you're working on.