Brian Hall Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

Moffett Field, CA

• Lead a cross-functional team of electrical, controls, and reliability engineers in test support, systems engineering, and reliability engineering for the world's largest wind tunnel. Responsible for ensuring the.
• Improved schedule and budget performance through the development and implementation of a resource loading tool that enabled an efficient distribution of resources across multiple projects
• Achieved a year-to-year reduction in wind tunnel downtime by directing an intensive systems engineering review of the maintenance and reliability program
• Enhanced and sustained facility capabilities through the justification, development, and execution of facility upgrade projects
• Enabled more efficient interactions between engineering staff and craftspersons through the development and implementation of work order processes
• Cultivated the skill development of junior engineers through advocacy for training budget

Moffett Field, CA

• Designed, implemented, and maintained a wide range of control systems hardware and software for the world’s largest wind tunnel.
• Designed and implemented control system solutions consisting of relay logic, PLC-based ladder logic, PID motion control, digital I/O, analog I/O, and HMIs
• Generated and modified electrical drawings (elementary diagrams, wiring diagrams, one-line diagrams, etc.) using AutoCAD
• Developed facility annunciation system capable of alarming and logging facility abnormalities with millisecond accuracy
• Developed custom FPGA-based high speed camera control system using National Instruments hardware and LabVIEW software
• Developed a high definition, 8-camera PTZ video system with real-time data overlay and computer controlled file management

Broken Arrow, OK

• Designed and debugged autopilot software for FAA-certified aircraft flight simulators
• Translated electrical schematics and transfer function diagrams into Fortran code
• Translated aircraft switchology and autopilot control laws into Fortran code
• Designed feedback-control models to accurately simulate autopilot hardware and software

Broken Arrow, OK

• Developed and operated an automated test bench designed to study the propagation and attenuation of acoustic waves in relation to gas composition, temperature, and pressure.
• Developed programs in LabVIEW to control test equipment (signal generators, transducers, mass flow controllers, solenoid valves, etc.) and collect data
• Developed scripts in Visual Basic to organize large data sets
• Used MATLAB to analyze transducer response under various conditions
• Maintained online database using Microsoft Sharepoint
• Co-authored papers for presentation at academic conferences