Aaron Dixon Email & Phone Number

Middleburg, VA, US

Supporting and managing NGA Intelligence Community (IC) with GEOINT software deliveries.

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, US

Supporting NGA Intelligence Community (IC) with GEOINT software deliveries.

Arlington, VA, US

Systems Engineer/Test Engineer supporting software deliveries for maintaining security of Internet Service Provider (ISP) domains.

Fairfax, VA, US

• Contributing Systems Engineering support to the National Cybersecurity Protection System (NCPS) Development, Deployment, and Capability Support (DDCS) program under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
• Providing System Requirements Document (SRD) expertise for the Data Management Service (DMS) solution to assist with passing Concept Design Review (CDR).
• Conceptualizing and creating software design processes sequence diagrams.

Alexandria, Virginia, US

• Provided Quality Assurance Systems Engineering support for the Defense Logistics Agency
• Technical SME supported business development
• Developed technical briefings for senior management in support of new business

Fairfax, Virginia, US

• Managed Environmental Testing for new Airborne SIGINT VPX/ATR equipment that will bring new technology, faster processing, and smaller form-factor
• Wrote non-intrusive Mil-STD Environmental Test Plan to baseline unit stress level to spec out vendor components requirements
• Analyzed and defined previous equipment requirements to tailor test plan accordingly.
• Excellent rapport with vendors/site administrators, requesting quotes, to determine best cost/value.
• Established and built a positive working relationship with the customer counterparts.
• Briefed system builds and design implementation analyses to senior engineers and managers.

Arlington, VA, US

• Supported the new software development efforts for the ADR (Allied Discovery & Retrieval) web services portal under the AFA (Allied Federation Access) program.
• Maintained and updated the SADD (System Architecture Design Document) which describes the method of conception of the software
• Led a team that designed EA (Enterprise Architect) sequence diagrams using customer requirements and SADD to be used by stakeholders and developers to understand system functionality and write software code.
• Managed requirement traceability matrix and stood as the requirements representative during stakeholder’s reviews.
• Led Integration and Test supporting a major software agile development effort for enhancing NGA RTM release 2.1 GIMS baseline, web-services vehicle.
• Provided senior engineering support to implement a developmental lab to prototype simulated web services load traffic using SoapUI and LoadUI across the cross-domain solution security platform.

Fairfax, Virginia, US

• Supported the full system life cycle of SIGINT SSEE Increment E Ship’s Systems
• Responsible for deriving system requirements from government contracts.
• Managed and executed Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for software releases
• Managed environmental testing standards to pass government Military specifications - Temperature, humidity, shock and vibration, and EMI
• Briefed customer on design, status, and cost.
• Built strong rapport with vendors and government stakeholders

Tampa, FL, US

• NAWCTSD HMX-1 Presidential Helicopter (VH-3D/VH-60) Support Project, pilot training program
• Troubleshot, repaired / replaced, and tested the electrical and mechanical components that are embedded within the Helicopter Simulators.
• Integrated software code updates / changes provided by remote software engineers to improve / repair trainer functionality.
• Communicated effectively with engineers / government officials / suppliers regarding the definition of faults / failures.
• Maintained records detailing fault discovery / isolation, troubleshooting accomplished, corrective actions undertaken

• Responsible for electronic / electrical hardware integration for several simulator programs for the US Navy. Programs included the Landing Signal Officer Trainer (LSOT), AV-8B maintenance trainers, and the KC-130.
• Development and maintained maintenance drawing packages for the COMS (Contractor Operation and Maintenance of Simulators) Division.
• Participated in the mechanical design and mechanical components integration efforts.

Salisbury, MD, US

• Provided support in the manufacturing of Microwave & RF filters for use in RF industry.
• Tuned filters according to customer specs using a Hewlett-Packard Network Analyzer.