SUMMARY
Over sixteen years technical and leadership experience. Hands-on experience in full product development life cycle of complex engineered systems, from initial concept development through verification and validation. Problem solver and active communicator effective at encouraging collaboration between multiple engineering disciplines, all staff levels, and external customers.
EXPERIENCE
University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL) Aug 2013 – May 2014
Senior Systems Engineer, Instructor, D.Sc. Systems Engineering Program (Contract)
• Developed curriculum for five graduate courses in a new D.Sc. Systems Engineering program, including Systems Engineering Fundamentals, Risk & Failure Analyses, Verification & Validation, Software Systems Engineering, and Project Engineering
• Taught three graduate courses, including Systems Engineering Fundamentals, Risk & Failure Analyses, and Verification & Validation
• Collaborated wiith faculty in the College of Engineering and engineering management in local companies to promote and further develop the D.Sc. Systems Engineering program
• Managed five systems engineering graduate students in development of over 100 engineering documents during collaboration with Dept. of Meteorology to provide systems engineering support to the South Alabama Mesonet, a system of 26 weather stations; systems engineering support included development of requirements, FFBDs, ICDs, FMEAs, test plans, test procedures, and trade studies
Teledyne RD Instruments (Poway, CA)
Nov 2012 – Feb 2013
Senior Systems Engineer (Contract)
• Reviewed and analyzed calibration process for CTD instrument acquired from another company
• Recommended systems engineering changes to CTD laboratory set up, test processes and procedures, and calibration processes
• Collaborated closely with engineering, manufacturing, production, and test engineers to refine and improve CTD calibration process
• Collaborated with sales manager to solicit customer feedback and also to refine CTD instrument specifications for more successful use in the field
Ocean Observatories Initiative (Woods Hole, MA)
Dec 2010 – Mar 2011
Senior Systems Engineer (Contract)
• Analyzed OOI Cyberinfrastructure requirements for Release I software phase
• Developed OOI Cyberinfrastructure test plan and test procedure templates
• Coordinated initial test procedure content development for all OOI Cyberinfrastructure subsystems
• Coordinated and reviewed OOI Cyberinfrastructure requirements and ICDs with collaborating OOI institutions’ systems engineering teams
University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Sep 2007 – Present
Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering, expected 2014
• Conceived of, designed, developed, and field tested a small Lagrangian oceanographic float that measures 3-D free surface accelerations of breaking waves in the surf zone with an inertial measurement unit consisting of a MEMS 3-axis accelerometer and MEMS 3-axis gyroscope
• Intensive study and literature review in the design and use of accelerometers and gyroscopes, engineering dynamics, and quaternions and rotation sequences
• Deriving float path reconstruction using inertial navigation equations and sensor fusion techniques
• Designed, developed, and tested photodetection system for the detection of dissolved chlorophyll
• Designed MEMS structures using microfabrication techniques and improved process flow
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation (Boulder, CO)
Jun 2004 – Jun 2007
Senior Systems/Project Engineer
• Nadir Sensor IPT Lead and Project Engineer responsible for the $70M electro-optical OMPS Nadir sensor assemblies (UV to visible)
• Deputy Project Engineer for the $120M NPP/NPOESS Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) program, oversaw tasking and schedules of multiple IPTs and approximately 40 engineers
• Directed program hardware integration activities including three electro-optical spaceflight instruments, main electronics system, and production activities
• Reviewed and approved mechanical and electrical drawings, test procedures, and validation plans
• Analyzed main electronics system EMI/EMC test data
• Supported thermal vacuum testing of NPP/NPOESS OMPS CCD subsystems
• Effectively directed and coordinated design and test activities of both small and large multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Led daily schedule review and status meetings with IPT leads and NOAA, NASA, and DoD customers
• Identified and resolved critical path hardware integration issues
• Developed and delivered critical program review presentations to NOAA, NASA, and DoD customers as well as the general OMPS scientific community
Raytheon Systems Company Feb 1999 – May 2004
Senior Systems Engineer, Intelligence & Information Systems (Aurora , CO)
• Lead Systems Engineer for testing of Special Test Equipment of the NPP/NPOESS Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor; developed and executed test procedures; maintained requirements
• Lead Systems Engineer on software porting trade study for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP); maintained DMSP sensors’ environmental data record processing requirements
Systems Engineer, Santa Barbara Remote Sensing (Goleta, CA)
• Led integration effort to develop LabWindows control and C analysis software to support opto-mechanical alignment of visible to long-wave infrared focal plane assemblies to optical sub-assemblies and relative spectral response tests
• Analyzed MTF, LSF and coherent noise test data from the Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager electro-optical sensor during ambient and thermal vacuum testing
• Developed blackbody specifications and requirements for NPP/NPOESS VIIRS instrument
• Supported thermal vacuum testing of Mars Exploration Rover Mini-TES infrared spectrometer
Systems Engineer, Naval and Maritime Integrated ...
Login or Register to view the full resume.
