SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Highly qualified Systems Engineer and Technical Manager with extensive experience adhering to system engineering life cycle processes for complex systems. Ability to derive customer needs and mission needs from documents, plans, policies and standard operating procedures. Proven ability to lead teams of engineering professionals to achieve focused results and creative solutions. Ability to collaborate with customer and other engineering disciplines in a dynamic engineering environment.
Project Management • Proposal Preparation (SOW, BOE) • Leadership in IRAD Planning and Execution
System Integration and Test • Electrical Circuit Design and Analysis • Lean Manufacturing
Power Systems (Ni-H2, Li-ion, solar arrays) • Laser Optics • Hardware and Software Testing
Proven Ability in Leadership and Team Building • Requirements & Test Specifications (MIL-STDs)
• RF Test (S-band, X-band, L-band) • Aerospace and Defense Background
Creative Presentation Skills • Strong Verbal Communication and Interpersonal Skills
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ROPER MOBILE TECHNOLOGY, Tempe, AZ
Senior Systems Engineer, February 2010 to Present
Responsible for developing system requirements for ultra-rugged mobile computer system market.
Conduct requirements analysis and requirements management.
Track customer requirements to system requirements, specifications, interface control documents and architecture artifacts.
Collaborate with design engineers to produce state-of-the-art designs from conception to prototype and low rate production quantities for military and industrial customers.
Generate performance, qualification (Mil-Std 810, & Mil-Std-461), and functional procedures to validate system requirements to verify hardware meets customer expectations.
Lead effort on implementation team to establish new processes for ISO-9001:2008 certification to win new business.
ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION, Chandler, AZ
Principal Engineer, June 2008 to August 2009
Directed a technical team to perform functional, thermal and vibration tests that were required to validate avionics products before delivery to customers for launch vehicle systems.
Synthesized strategies in a multi-disciplined Integrated Product Team to optimize avionics product activities.
Coordinated daily activities with avionics to meet customer delivery schedules.
Responsible for the generation and maintenance of product specifications, engineering drawings, statements of work, and detailed test procedures.
Implemented more effective cleaning processes that technicians followed to assemble piece-part components to increase the reliability of the products.
ATK LAUNCH SYSTEMS, Promontory, UT
Senior Electrical Systems Manager, May 2006 to June 2008
Supervised electronic design engineers and technicians in design reviews and development activities for various projects involving ordnance components for Navy, Air Force and NASA customers. Designs included: rocket motor safe and arm devices, stage controllers, ordnance initiation and termination systems, embedded instrumentation and digital communication using CAN 2.0 network for static motor test demonstrations.
Participated in proposal efforts working with statements of work and defining basis of estimates to allocate resources for new business.
Supported IRAD efforts for emerging technologies to extend existing rocket motor designs for the missile fleet.
Extensive involvement with MIL-STDs, range safety documents and system requirements.
Responsible for developing and evaluating the team through performance reviews.
Established a Kanban System for design development in an electronics lab to reduce the down time in setting up electronic components for test.
BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Boulder, CO
Senior Test Engineer, June 1997 to April 2006
Created test plans and test schedules using Earned Value principles for various spacecraft tasks.
Generated automated test procedures for execution on UNIX based computer terminals in clean room facilities.
Utilized DOORS to link systems level requirements to subsystem requirements for traceability.
Performed spacecraft integration testing, functional verification and system performance testing.
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