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Tucson, Az, Us

Tucson, Az, Us

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Tucson, Arizona, Us

CELSIUS Rocket Thermal Solution:• Principal Investigator & Lead Test Engineer• Tasked to generate and execute test plans and procedures to launch an external rocket payload to sub-orbital flight, never before done at Paragon.• Led a three-company proposal over 6 months in the development of a highly detailed and endorsed launch plan, including primary & secondary objectives, test timeline, instrumentation, safety reviews, contingency planning, and budget with NASA and Corporate PartnersCHIMERA Battery Protection:• Lead Test Engineer on a modular, scalable, lightweight storage solution, tolerant of high temperature, and can withstand high levels of released energy resulting from a lithium-ion battery casualty while mitigating cascade failures.• Developed, planned, and executed a one-shot test campaign involving the detonation of live-batteries to test the capabilities of the CHIMERA system.• 100% perfect safety record, including a pre-planned task-tree to track test situations live and adjust test protocol and procedures if safety was ever compromised.SNC Dream Chaser Radiator:• Lead Test Engineer on SNC Dream Chaser Radiator technology.• Charged with designing testbeds and qualifying state-of-the-art radiator technology while optimizing testing techniques and minimizing cost and schedule impacts.• Qualified radiators constituting ~1,000 hours of testing, in addition to a successful thermal vacuum test offsite under extreme scheduling constraints.

Singapore, Sg

Flight Test Engineering Team• Saved customer $20 Million via intense analysis on historical data trends to determine the necessity of testing techniques and procedures under various conditions.• Spearheaded the launch of QuEST’s Flight Test Engineering Team: working directly with Flight Test & Acoustic Engineers to process results in developing more efficient engine designs.• Developed unique tools for interpreting test data more fluidly; presenting a clearer image of the results while not losing fidelity.• Managed team of four people, coordinating research and real-time data processing to optimize the performance of our customer’s advanced combustor prototypes.Combustor Analysis Group• Led efforts through all phases of Combustor design, setup, and creation through CFD analysis of various model configurations over multiple engines.• Pushed boundaries on model size and definition, increasing the average cell-count by nearly 50%, directly resulting higher definition models for our customers yielding more accurate results.• Took metal geometry supplied by PW to create models capable of CFD rendering through robust geometric and mesh creation and testing.• Completed domain setup with given boundary conditions to properly model the cases in question• First-hand client interaction, walking them through performed procedures and steps done, instructing them on our process as well as taking notes and considering the desired outcomes on their part.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

• Focused on applying computational fluid dynamics data to generate input parameters used in producing fan noise predictions for aircraft engines.• Broke ground establishing new techniques using a collaboration of Computational Fluid Dynamics, test results, and Noise Prediction abilities (ANOPP) to more effectively model future predictions for upcoming aircraft.• Composed a research paper describing the findings of using CFD data to assist in gathering aircraft sound predictions and its comparison versus current methods.

Savannah, Ga, Us

Lead Flight Test Engineer for DCN Testing: Experimental G500 Aircraft• Coordinated with Pilots, Lab Technicians, and fellow Flight Test Engineers to plan and execute over 300 hours of in-simulator testing. • Established test requirements and plans through coordination with functional core engineering departments for the G500 and G600 aircraft certification.• Conducted post test data reduction, analysis, and generated close-out test results reports deliverable to the FAA for airworthiness verification.Propulsions Engineering FTE• Compiled daily Propulsion Reports from consisting of data from the previous day's engine performance across the experimental fleet.• Noted discrepancies across data evaluation and filed reports on suspicious or innocuous engine behavior throughout any given flight.Established familiarity with FAA FAR Parts 21, 23, 25, 33, 36, & 97International Flight Safety Training Certification experience

Savannah, Ga, Us

• Identified hazards, evaluated and analyzed in-service fleet risk within FAA regulations, and provided ways to assess and mitigate the risks associated with Product Modifications and Sustaining.• Performed Evaluation of Safety Impact reports and Risk Assessments using the Transportation Airplane Risk Assessment Methodology (TARAM).• General knowledge and experience with FAR requirements, as well as familiarity with FAA and EASA compliance.

Savannah, Ga, Us

• Executed and post-processed Vibration Tap Tests to determine possible modes throughout the aircraft structure and supports.• Implemented soundproof testing techniques on state-of-the-art interior aircraft paneling for the G450, G550, G650 and G650ER aircraft models.• Initiated an acoustic database to record SPLs for legacy aircraft and display performance increase/decrease overtime to better troubleshoot problems occurring within the aircraft finishing process.

Savannah, Ga, Us

• Returned aircraft to model condition by creating step-by-step guidelines on repair instructions, varying from aerodynamic gaps in the wing-to-body fairing to malfunctioning hydraulic lines.• Constructed online database of recurring hydraulic lines issues, creating an organized location of reference, saving 8 man-hours/week (approx. $48,000 savings/year).