Brian Montague Email & Phone Number

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Jackson, Michigan, United States

• Lead strategist for technology roadmap, including both external projects and IR&D• Internal and project budgeting• Develop engineering best practices & conduct training• Serve as SME for multiple areas of technology• Create ongoing meeting strategy within department to maximize team engagement and gather feedback• Significant cross department collaboration, including business development, lab, project management• Identify and develop relationships with key partners• Present at major design reviews, workshops, conferences• Support project setup, monitoring, closeout• Restructured department into subgroups to manage growth (Systems, Electrical, Software, Acoustic, CAD, Mechanical)• Recruit and hire engineers and designers, including interns

Jackson, Michigan, United States

• Note, up until ~2015, PE also covered Project Manager role• Technical roadmap, strategy, planning, tasks• Work breakdown structure, schedule, budget• Subcontractor identification, SOW, management• Internal team organization, status updates• Coordinating & gathering support across departments• Customer interface including reports, calls, reviews• Test planning, execution, reporting

Jackson, Michigan, United States

• Generate & track requirements / key performance metrics• Design verification planning & reporting• Implement product architecting process, including functional segmentation, SWaP-C+ budgets, and ICDs• Supervise team of systems engineers and project engineers• Facilitate risk management, FMEA, and RCA best practices• Conditional probability forecasting and outcome tracking

Jackson, Michigan, United States

• Supported design, simulation, testing & data analysis for various projects in non-PE/PI role• Helped define requirements & verify performance• Participated in customer facing reviews, status updates• Bridged between different engineering disciplines to clarify requirements interdependencies, untangle risks and conduct root cause analyses

Jackson, Michigan, United States

• Helped wrap up previous projects• Reviewed network structure and recommended changes• Led new business capture, including DARPA’s Persistent Ocean Surveillance (POS) project and multiple SBIRs

Jackson, Michigan, United States

• Conducted various lab testing of compliant sonobuoy tethers• Supported design, documentation, build, testing, and reporting for two Unattended Ground Sensor projects• Built scale models of folding structures for underwater acoustic arrays• Supported dynamic float simulation and reporting for prototype data collection buoy• Designed, built, and tested rotating arm structure for wave motion input to sonobuoys at test facilities