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Seattle, Wa, Us

Arlington, Va, Us

• Acting as Design Engineer II for the Avionics Integrated Surveillance System (ISS) composed of weather radar, terrain awareness, traffic collision avoidance, onboard maintenance and more. Run ISS integrated HITL lab testing with computing platforms, data networks, flight deck displays, flight management (guidance, navigation and performance), navigation sensors, communication radios• Define and integrate electronic and electrical systems across our commercial airplane fleet. • Demonstrate project management skills involving, analyzing and translating requirements into system architecture, hardware, software and interface specifications with a worldwide supply base to develop system components and validate designs through both laboratory and airplane testing. • Work airplane systems throughout the entire product lifecycle from initial concept through certification and delivery. Apply knowledge of FAA / EASA certification.• Implement hardware and software design, develop model-based development tools.• Develop and documents moderately complex electronic and electrical system requirements. Design hardware, software and interface specifications. Test and validate to ensure system designs meet operational and functional requirements.• Assist in monitoring supplier performance to ensure system integration and compliance with requirements. Solve problems concerning fielded hardware and software over the entire product lifecycle. Research specific technology advances for potential application to company business needs.• Built integrated ISS Gitlab-Jira local CI/CD tool centralizing/tracking all projects & subsequent tasks for entire product lifecycles, avoid problems integrating new tasks, development and operations teams. • Led BCA Spectrum Case Study involving E-UMs to understand dangers of 5G interference with Airplane Avionics & present at Global Spectrum Summit.

Hawthorne, California, Us

• Brownfield upgraded all Starship suborbital launch pad and launch mount control systems while maintaining launch capability during post-SN15 to SN20, B3, B4, etc. & beyond campaigns resulting in a distributed and robust architecture.• Worked with techs, flight controllers, flight software, launch engineers, execs to get this done in 64 days, testing & troubleshooting high pressure (400bar, Class 1 Div. 2) LCH4, LOX, N2 systems.• Installed, activated, & troubleshot NI-based distributed control systems (DCS) on suborbital/orbital launch pads including RTDs, pressure transducers, valves, pumps, heaters, string pots, LeLs, data acquisition and control hardware, tuning PID Controllers, linear time invariant systems • Programming and software development, C/C++, exposure to Python and Javascript. Applied industrial bus protocols such as Modbus, Profinet and EtherNet/IP. • Hands-on experience activating, building, and troubleshooting analog electronic systems. Experience working with National Instruments cRIOs and cDAQs. Implemented a communication protocol by crafting data packets. Applied linux-based operating systems. Worked with ICD, or interface control documents.

Hawthorne, California, Us

• Led DCS critical path team, provided activations, software deploys and checkouts on DCS systems including: full stack of Starship, SN20, SN21, Booster B3 & B4(Super Heavy), Starship Orbital Launch Pad, Suborbital Launch Pad, Orbital Launch Mount, Orbital Integration Tower, Starship Mechazilla, Starship Methane-Oxygen Fuel/Air Separation Unit, Cryogenic Testing, Raptor/Multi-Raptor SN20 Static Fires. • Built case study ASU Simulink automation and controls, embedded controllers PLC Model, for HITL, SITL, Modeling and Simulation for Main Air Compressor subsystem of LOX-CH4 (Methane-Oxygen) (Nitrogen, Argon, Hydrogen), use-case to produce supply in-house for rapid reusability• Configured Siemens PLCs/remoteIO in Siemens TIA to directly control Air Separation Unit from launch pad servers.• Led 8 engineer DCS team for orbital launch pad. Designed and installed orbital launch pad DCS systems. Configured, tested, and deployed launch pad software. Maintained & updated production based HITL DCS Software Branch end-to-end avionics and software testing• Maintained DCS local CI/CD hardware-in-the-loop integration testing, CI/CD solution to problems integrating new code, development and operations teams.• Applied DCS CI/CD HITL integration testing to introduce ongoing automation and continuous monitoring throughout the lifecycle of apps, from integration and testing phases to delivery and deployment.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Bethesda, Md, Us

• Completed Trade-Study improving integration between procedure and scripts on Automation Framework ATLO Operations Procedure- STARS (Satellite Telemetry Analysis and Real-Time System) for GPSIII/SBIRS GEO5-6 spacecraft (TVAC, SCB, SV Mate) Operation procedures• Showed areas AF can send actual automated commands and telemetry, provided metrics and cost savings of $60,000 per satellite built per year, approximately $600,000 a year, provided example of procedure which automates Assembly, Test and Launch Operations (ATLO) operations

Bethesda, Md, Us

• Completed trade studies at quick pace and drove projects to closure, software GIT/SIMULINK (testing, driving design) within GNC Space team• Performed innovative research and development primarily in optimizing hypersonic missile trajectories and integrating into model-based software.

Arlington, Va, Us

• Developed system and software, radar-satellite-architecture techniques to test, analyze and process data rapidly from the TPY-2 radar system, in conjunction with the THAAD missile defense system subcontracted by Lockheed Martin

Crofton, Maryland, Us

Worked varied roles within Jay Vending Company. Trained employees, worked cashier, food cart, sno-cone cart, chef, merchandise, etc.

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