SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Electronics Engineer with a highly technical background in hardware design, avionics technology, and project management. Approximately five years of experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry specializing in project management, printed circuit board design, systems engineering and FPGA firmware development coupled with a military background in avionics technology.
• Experienced in leading and directing multi-disciplined engineering teams.
• Design experience in printed circuit board and FPGA firmware development.
• Familiar with airborne and ground based RADAR systems.
• Current DoD Top Secret clearance.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NORTHROP GRUMMAN, ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS – Baltimore, MD
INTEGRATED PRODUCT TEAM LEAD 2011– Present
• Served as the systems engineering project manager for a $250K U. S. Army multi-mode ground based RADAR trade study.
• Provided regular status updates to customer based on the Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL).
• Started and fully implemented a cross campus community of practice utilizing MS SharePoint which led to improved engineering analysis in the topics of signal and power integrity design.
• Served as deputy project manager for a dual microcontroller / FPGA printed circuit board (PCB).
• Developed product requirements and system architecture of FPGA and circuit card assembly.
• Assisted in developing PCB schedule and staffing requirements.
ELECTRONICS ENGINEER 2008 – Present
• Led design reviews with internal and external stakeholders.
• Completed preliminary design phase of an anti-tamper security FPGA in a classified area.
• Completed detailed design phase of a VHDL firmware design utilizing a Microsemi ProASIC3 FPGA.
• Integrated NASA SpaceWire core and designed state machines without using vendor specific cores thus promoting design reuse.
• Performed multi-chip system simulations utilizing a VHDL test bench, Modelsim, and Synplify Pro, which led to the detection of hardware faults prior to first prototype build.
• Performed design, schematic capture, integration, and test of a high speed daughter card that provided PCIE access, a 24 port Ethernet switch, I2C, and SERDES interfaces to a backplane and host Intel i5 (Arrandale) processor chipset.
• Performed signal and power integrity simulations utilizing Hyperlynx and SPICE which led to a stable design and minimal laboratory troubleshooting during board bring up.
• Led team of system engineers in the development of a ship based Air Missile Defense RADAR antenna deflection trade study.
AJAX TOCCO MAGNETHERMIC – Warren, OH 2007 – 2008
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER INTERN
• Managed scope and schedule of product design as well as all engineering design and implementation.
• Performed cradle to grave design of mixed signal daughter card utilizing the Altera Cyclone II FPGA and a Texas Instrument 12-bit analog to digital converter (ADC).
• Designed and implemented a data logging graphical user interface (GUI) using Visual Basic.
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE – Vienna, OH 2000 – 2006
AVIONICS COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION TECHNICIAN
• Managed aircraft maintenance activities during Phase Inspections.
• Performed troubleshooting and repair of aircraft avionics systems such as navigational radios and RADARs.
• Attended various leadership training programs for Airman and Non Commissioned Of...
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