Aerospace Engineer Searcher Intro

April 16, 2026

by a searcher from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Seattle, WA, USA

Hey all, I'm an aerospace engineer at Boeing in Seattle (VC-25B program), searching self-funded for my first acquisition and open to equity partners. Looking for established B2B businesses in the aerospace, defense, and space supply chain — precision manufacturing, technical services, specialty distribution, and testing/inspection. $500k–$1.4M purchase price, $250k+ SDE. 6–12 month timeline. Currently in diligence on one deal. Would love to connect with other PNW searchers, equity partners open to operator-led deals, or anyone who's closed in aerospace/defense/space. — Matt

Reply by a professional-advisory
from Seton Hall University in West Palm Beach, FL, USA

@redacted‌ congrats on the progress Matthew. I'm based in Palm Beach County, just south of the treasure/space coast of florida with huge concentrations of aerospace and precision manufacturing firms that fit your criteria. I'm searching in this space as well. We're pretty plugged in with exit planners and the local chambers down here so have a decent line of site to the market activity. Happy to connect. Shoot me a DM.

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from The University of Michigan in Snohomish, WA, USA

Welcome to the fun ^redacted‌! I live near Snohomish, and also previously worked at Boeing before launching my search and buying a business in the area last year. Happy to chat if it's helpful. There is also a local group of searchers & folks that bought businesses that meets up monhtly in Seattle, DM me and I can share details as well as our WhatsApp group.

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