PRINCIPAL ENGINEER / IPT LEAD
Effectively Integrating Design with Business
Expert project engineer specializing in cost account planning, risk assigning / mitigation, concurrent engineering, scheduling and technical performance in the aeronautical industry. A professional engineer with solid experience leading integrated product teams to on time, under budget, cost effective manufacture of Department of Defense-related programs. Proven ability to transform top level customer requirements into manageable work structures, driving best design solutions to cost effective manufacturing.
A mentor and builder of high performance teams who thrives in situations requiring a high-level strategist and a big picture thinker. Proven project management skills utilized in driving profitable and cost effective collaboration between product engineering and critical business functions. Extremely reliable, possessing a strong work ethic and a dedicated team leader.
•Subject-matter expert serving as a welcome addition to any business team, with a demonstrated ability to deliver highly critical projects within tight schedules and budgets, willing and able to function in any role necessary to ensure project success and on-time project delivery.
•Professionally dedicated individual with desire to develop innovative solutions that influence operational and strategic decisions while exceeding customer expectations. Detailed professional who streamlines processes, reduces unnecessary expenses, and focuses on profit goals, while investing in people.
Project Management • Resource Planning • Continuous Improvement • Strategic Planning • Process Layout Technical Analysis • Forecasting and Review • Quality Assurance • Aerospace Technology Testing • Validation • Hardware Integration • Team Building • Risk Assessment Integrated Product Management • Project Planning • EVMS Reporting
PREVIOUS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SECRET CLEARANCE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Triumph Aerostructures Arlington, TX
2013 to 2015
Sr System Engineering Specialist / Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead
Manage integration of subsystems for the Embraer E-JET family Aircraft. Develop cost, schedule and technical performance criteria of Fuselage and Control Surface components utilizing advanced composite and metal structural designs. Balance international production commitments across multiple functional supply base while maintaining key customer relationships.
Oversee suppliers in maturing manufacturing processes to ensure readiness for full rate production. Provide leadership and direction to multifunctional international based supply teams ensuring compliance to U.S. Export Control policies and procedures. Develop program strategic and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) goals. Negotiate contract deliverables. Prepare business proposal plans, statements of work, and component specifications.
•Improved model release “cycle time” by utilizing “Digital Mock-Up” technology of airframe flight hardware. Realized savings of 30 labor hours per model and 50% reduction in non-conformances.
•Implemented laser track acceptance techniques for control surface hinge line on Embraer’s E2 Aircraft. Eliminated master gage cost of $80,000 and the possibility of rejecting acceptable flight hardware.
Orbital Sciences Huntington Beach, CA
2009 to 2013
Principal Engineering Specialist / Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead
Schedule, manage budgets, oversee technical performance, and coordinate propulsion-related systems in the small- to medium-class launch vehicle market. Develop hardware requirements, trade studies, design for production, and system integrations. Collaborate with suppliers on various production aspects of propulsion-related components in vehicle design. Served as project lead for the main engine feed system of the Antares stage I vehicle, managing project from concept to implementation, achieving an on time delivery for this $10 Million contract.
Technical advisor in the research and final down-select for upper-stage enhanced capabilities of the Antares vehicle, creating trade studies of upper-stage propulsion systems against new mission criteria, increasing payloads and expanding the market for the Antares launch vehicle. Coordinated ground support equipment requirements, design, testing, and production of hardware required to support launch operation of the Antares vehicle (Wallops Island). Oversaw subcontractor requirements, budgets, schedules, and hardware deliveries, completing launch pad one month ahead of sche...
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