Brian Balfour Email & Phone Number

Clifton, New Jersey

Test engineer for next generation GPS monitoring system

St Louis Mo

Led avionics ATE equipment hardware design, modification, and sustaining.- Lead Engineer responsible for the direction of 5 engineers and 1 technician in refurbishment of a liquid cooling unit for high power electronics.- Collaborated with Electrical, Software, Mechanical, and System Engineering to develop system and subsystem requirements specifications- Developed and presented Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews to customers- Performed Trade Studies, Risk Analysis, and… Show more Led avionics ATE equipment hardware design, modification, and sustaining.- Lead Engineer responsible for the direction of 5 engineers and 1 technician in refurbishment of a liquid cooling unit for high power electronics.- Collaborated with Electrical, Software, Mechanical, and System Engineering to develop system and subsystem requirements specifications- Developed and presented Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews to customers- Performed Trade Studies, Risk Analysis, and scheduling- Worked with suppliers to ensure items were ordered and delivered on schedule- Developed design specifications for commercial suppliers. - Performed laboratory analysis- Created and tracked Engineering Change Orders- Developed of field modification kit- Modified system self-test software- Security officer for the CASS closed facility.- Supported software and system integration- Developed Engineering and Acceptance Test Procedures- Redesigned RADAR avionics boresighting on the APG-170 (Combat Talon II) hot mock up testing system (ARATS) to include a roll measurement capability- Added hidden point bars that allowed the theodolite measurement system to access the roll axes of the antenna- Modified the ATLAS software to include using the hidden point bars. Show less

St Louis Mo

Development of TPS hardware and ATLAS software for the RADAR assets on the US Air Force RADTS and Navy CASS HPDTS ATE test stations. - Design ATLAS testing of waveguide assemblies for F15 AN/APG-63 and AN/APG-70 RADAR assets. - Utilized Air Force Portable Automatic Test Equipment Calibrator (PATEC) - Updated 300 page Calibration Measurement Requirement Specification (CMRS) to reflect system measurement capabilities- Security officer for the RADTS and CASS closed… Show more Development of TPS hardware and ATLAS software for the RADAR assets on the US Air Force RADTS and Navy CASS HPDTS ATE test stations. - Design ATLAS testing of waveguide assemblies for F15 AN/APG-63 and AN/APG-70 RADAR assets. - Utilized Air Force Portable Automatic Test Equipment Calibrator (PATEC) - Updated 300 page Calibration Measurement Requirement Specification (CMRS) to reflect system measurement capabilities- Security officer for the RADTS and CASS closed facility.- Support testing of high voltage and high power elements of avionic weapon system transmitters and power sources for the APS-137, AWG-9, APG-65 and ALQ-99 RADAR systems. - Designed and integrated Test Program Set (TPS) hardware and ATLAS software to support the above mentioned RADAR systems.- Developed electronic and thermal design of high power water cooled electronic load bank- Designed interconnecting cables - Managed the repairs of RADAR assets of the APG-170 (Combat Talon II) system.- Utilized the EEETS ATE system to run selloff of repaired SPC, SDC, PS, X and Ku band R/T and X and Ku band antenna RADAR assets. Show less