Systems Engineer Test Engineer
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• US Citizen with BS in Electrical Engineering. Available for travel as needed.
• Analytical, detail-oriented problem solver with exceptional trouble-shooting skills.
• Extensive background defining and validating requirements as well as creating and executing test plans and procedures.
• 10+ years of experience in the system lifecycle, from requirements development and analysis, design, integration and testing, deployment, and operations and maintenance.
• Excellent communication skills. Demonstrated experience writing technical documentation and briefing customers.
• 15+ years of experience with satellite data processing systems.
• Proficient in DOORS, SQL, MS Project, and MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Metispace Technologies – Rockville, MD 2014 - 2015
Test Engineer: Responsible for developing and executing software test plans/procedures for the mission planning and telemetry & commanding subsystems of NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS).
• Wrote test plans/procedures to verify the requirements of the mission planning system.
• Wrote problem reports against the software and tested the software fixes.
• Wrote automated test scripts to stress test the telemetry & commanding software.
Belcan Corporation – Windsor Locks, CT 2014 - 2014
Systems Engineer: Wrote the software requirements specification for controlling the opening and closing of airport tram doors to enable a security sweep of the tram. Specification was successfully completed in the allotted 3-week time frame.
McKnight Associates – Goldsboro, NC 2012 - 2013
Systems Engineer: Engineering consultant to AAR Corporation’s Cargo Systems division, responsible for software requirements management and technical evaluations of a cargo handling system.
• Reviewed and recommended changes to all documents required for DO-178B software certification. Ensured all requirements were covered by the software verification test cases and procedures.
• Created the requirement verification traceability matrix for 2 separate certification cycles.
• Analyzed test data logs for over 70 problem reports (PRs). Determined root cause, identified countermeasures, and documented the limitation on the system due to the problem.
• Created and presented briefing slides for various customer milestone reviews (PDR, CDR, etc).
SCITOR – Chantilly, VA 2009 - 2011
Systems Engineer: Lead engineer for ensuring the current and future acquisitions of a satellite payload met its collection and ground processing performance requirements. Worked directly with government civil servants across multiple organizations (Acquisitions, Systems Engineering, and Operations) to evaluate performance and to make appropriate modifications.
• Saved the organization tens of millions of dollars by determining with the analysis team that several proposed payload modifications were unnecessary and should not be purchased.
• Received performance bonuses for instructing the contractors on how to develop deployment test plans and procedures and for training the operations organization on how to identify and fix anomalies on the deployed payloads.
ITT – Alexandria, VA 1987 - 2009
Systems Engineer (2007-2009): Responsibilities the same as above. Left ITT when this position was transferred to Scitor.
Test Engineer (2004-2007): Lead engineer for establishing payload configuration settings for various regions of the world a...
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