Aaron Jones is the Director of Sales and Engineering at Lightning Diversion Systems (LDS). He has 18+ years of technical experience in electrical systems and design with a specialty in Lightning and High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) within both the aerospace and wind energy industries. Aaron guides and advises clients of LDS including aircraft OEMs, radome manufacturers, and other electrical and communications system providers with their lightning protection needs and helps them reach their certification goals. LDS is widely known for its highly reliable lightning protection products that are custom made, engineered, and tailored to the specific requirements of each application.
Aaron is an expert in Lightning and HIRF standards, testing, design, and certification. He has 15+ years of experience in the aviation industry as a design engineer with Garmin International, with more than 10 years as an FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER) and a Organization Design Authorization Unit Member (ODA UM) in HIRF and Lightning for electrical and mechanical systems and structures.
Aaron is a member of both the SAE AE-2 Lightning Committee and the AE-4 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Committee. He has supported the industry with significant contributions to developing standards, procedures, and guidance best practice documentation including ARP 5415, ARP 5416, ARP 60493, and DO-160 Section 22.
Aaron also previously worked for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy in Denmark in an engineering role helping them with Lightning Protection Systems (LPS) and EMC compliant designs and then on their service team helping with lightning protection retrofits and also within their Product Integrity group including supporting several major case failures.
Aaron received his MBA from the University of Kansas and his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University.
