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Jordan Black

Founder

Founder at Senra Systems

Redondo Beach, California, United States

FoundedSenra Systems

30 Under 30 2024 · Manufacturing & Industry

About

Jordan Black is the Co-Founder and CEO of Senra Systems, a wire harness manufacturer based in Los Angeles that supplies companies including Northrop, L3 Harris, Rocket Lab, and Anduril. He began his career as a technician at the Santa Monica Pier and held internships at Ford and Enerpac before joining SpaceX as a manufacturing development engineer for wire harnessing, where he worked on Dragon, Falcon, and spacesuit products and later managed the avionics research and development team. He co-founded Senra Systems with Ben, the company's CTO, after five years at SpaceX.

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Senra Systems's investors · 11

Adapt VenturesNew York · $250K – $350K checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksCaffeinated CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $50M checksChampion Hill Ventures$500K – $1M checksCIVVenice BeachFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksInterlagosNew York CityLowercarbon CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checksPalm Tree Crew InvestmentsNew YorkShrug CapitalSunnyvale · $100K – $3M checks

Co-founders at Senra Systems

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Benjamin ShanahanFounder

Experience

  1. Senra SystemsCo-Founder/CEOcurrent2023 — present
  2. SpaceXManager Avionics R&D & NPI Production2021 — 2023
  3. SpaceXAvionics R&D Supervisor2020 — 2021Hawthorne, California, United States
  4. SpaceXAvionics Manufacturing Development Engineer2018 — 2020Hawthorne, California
  5. Bascom VenturesFellow2022 — 2023
  6. TranscendUWPresident2017 — 2018Madison, Wisconsin, United States
  7. University of Wisconsin-MadisonComputer Science Research Assistant2016 — 2018
  8. Ford Motor CompanyManufacturing Engineering - Plant Operations Intern2017
  9. EnerpacManufacturing Engineer Co-op2016Columbus, WI
  10. MadhattersBouncer/Bartender2014 — 2016Madison, Wisconsin, United States
  11. University of Wisconsin-MadisonCollege of Engineering Academic Peer Advisor2015Madison, WI
  12. Pacific Park on the Santa Monica PierMechanical & Quality Engineering Intern2014Santa Monica, CA

Education

  1. University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering2013 — 2018
  2. Santa Monica High SchoolHigh School2009 — 2013

Skills & more

  • Minor in Manufacturing Engineering — University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Minor in Entrepreneurship — University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Shared employers

Also worked at SpaceX145

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Also worked at Bascom Ventures5

Christian KaczmarczykPrincipal at Third PrimeGiuseppe InfusinoCIO, Managing Partner at InvestBevKeaton NankivilPrincipal at Alumni VenturesJason JacobsohnManaging Partner at Propellant VenturesKanika JainAssociate at HealthQuad

Also worked at Ford Motor Company72

Brock CsiraInvestor at Matter Venture PartnersEdward KimInvestor at Side Door VenturesAlan TaubAdvisor at Autotech VenturesSaud AbbasiAdvisor at Autotech VenturesMusa TariqInvestor at FELIX CAPITALJosh HarmsenManaging Director at Ankona Capital

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