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Saint Clair Shores, Mi, Us

Melbourne, Florida, Us

- Wrote build procedures that define required parts involved, build specs, and assembly drawings for techs or engineers to integrate into a final product.- Initiated reviews to discuss the build procedures written, to make changes to instructions, drawings or parts list.- Worked with the team and quality engineer to write and authorize traveler documentation to start build projects.- Reached out to vendors to obtain info and price quotes for internal customers, materials management, and procurement to review. - Used product data management (PDM) to work with procurement, materials management, approvers and engineers to process orders for required hardware and software for the product.- Used Confluence, to track work progress, program requirements, and manage, build procedures, test procedures, traveler documentation, assembly drawings and inventory. - Developed, built, organized and managed inventory database on Confluence to track procurement orders from supply chain and order delivery to support my team and internal customers.- Executed ground up build (GUB) procedures to calibrate, configure, troubleshoot, initiate testing, and to verify proper functionality on optical test modules (OTMs).- Verified and validated functionality of optical test module by executing the GUB, performing environmental destructive (dropping and handling) testing, thermal testing, and second round of functional testing. - Performed functional testing on the OTMs using test boxes, wavelength power meter, and SW to measure attenuation of laser output.- Collaborated with micro-electronics analyst to troubleshoot physical defects on the circuit board to determine the risk of product failure, and/or if the product is safe for usage- Held discussions with my team lead, quality engineer, design engineer and test engineers to go over failure analyses of OTMs and come up with plan of action to resolve the issues or what the best path forward to mitigate potential issues in the future.

Washington, Dc, Us

Employed with Logical Innovations Inc. as a subcontractor with Ares Corporation working at NASA Kennedy Space Center on Ares KLXS III contract. Actively working on the Artemis II project as a launch control system ground integration engineer.• Supported NASA launch control systems (LCS) group by writing, removing, and accepting current or new engineering requirements to meet program and stakeholder requirements.• Attended analysis task meetings to collaborate and ensure that any system requirement changes that take place, do not interfere or impact the launch control software systems.• Verified Level 5 system requirement evidence to check requirement mapping, and ensure that the test cases, and test steps have properly documented any passes, failures, and provide confidence that it will meet program requirements.• Attended on the job training to learn more in depth about NASA's launch control systems, consoles, hardware configuration, software configuration and how the entire software control system interacts prior to launch.• Submitted, change request to add system requirements for astronaut voice communications over the launch control center, and Orion to protect private health information going over communication servers.• Collaborated with other system engineering groups (Orion, ML, SLS, SE&I...) to resolve conflicting engineering requirements, inquire about new and existing requirement and to discuss changes to interface control documents (ICD)/ Interface requirement documents (IRD).• Attended NASA board meetings to present engineering changes, process, budget and impact to receive approval to complete the change request.

London, Gb

• Performed software verification testing on military vehicle electronic equipment in the laboratory and validation on the vehicle to ensure basic functionality and user control is performing up to military requirement. Logged results, tracked issues with JIRA, worked with BitBucket and Confluence to obtain software repository.• Collaborated with software team if there were errors found while performing tests in the lab or on the vehicle. Software team corrects the error and issues a new SW update for retesting.• Wrote test procedures to the automatic fire extinguishing system (AFES) to validate and verify the physical setting functionality, and user control.

Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, De

• Provided support to automotive steering group and to their clients directly by reviewing component testing, providing proper documentation in each project stage and making decisions based on the client’s best interest and current project milestones.• Worked with Bosch automotive steering departments worldwide to gather test data, review root cause analysis, documentation on logistics, and review client’s questions and concerns.• Worked with product quality assurance to ensure that all documentation provided by Bosch engineering fulfilled company requirements before presenting to the clients.• Attended Bosch/Client meetings where companies collaborate on upcoming automotive projects, set milestones for the upcoming year, and gives the client a chance to ask questions about project improvements.

Us

-Responsible for coordinating the work effort between engineering specialists, manufacturing, quality, logistics, supply chain, accounting, and production engineers to resolve project issues on daily and long term basis.-Provided input on RCCA, and signoff on project schedules on Team Center/ DOORS once a solution has been agreed upon with the engineering specialists, supply chain, production & manufacturing group and external parties.-Facilitate collaboration between GDLS groups, and 3rd parties to evaluate possible solutions or resolve technical issues on the Abrams Tanks.-Take action when needed to support, interact with other groups and team members projects when at critical time, or at high risk of production shutdown.-Reviewed engineer drawings, and reports to make sure the changes met GDLS and U.S. military requirements and were a viable solution for production.-Interacted, and supervised engineering specialists, and 3rd party companies to ensure the technical work effort is being worked in a timely manner.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Managed small business defense contracts to ensure project tasks are being completed on time and fulfilling US Army’s goals. This was accomplished by setting meetings, going through deliverables, having bi-weekly meetings, and making additional changes to when necessary to improve and get better results. • Traveled to test locations to assist contractors, other government groups on project field tests and to oversee testing-in-action process and the end results• Assist TARDEC’s environment group to internally audit various engineering research and development groups to ensure that all equipment, and laboratories are following US. Environmental regulations and to mitigate waste and environmental hazards• Programmed and automated control systems for safety purposes and assembling circuitry for high voltage capacitor tester. Assembled hardware and circuitry• Worked on director’s project to research new defense technology for potential future vehicle protection. Tasks include, traveling to NASA to getting consulting on the new technology, programming safety features to operate the devices safely under SOP, and gathering data to see what improvements and changes need to be made.

East Lansing, Mi, Us

-Enforce laboratory safety policies with other students in the lab, to help avoid any possible mishaps or injuries -Assist other students with their projects by answering any questions prior to using lab equipment and/or demonstrating the use of power tools and electronic measuring equipment -Clean up and close down the laboratory after the final shift to make sure the laboratory is ready for use for other students when laboratory is re-opened.

Saitama City, Saitama, Tokyo, Jp

- Evaluated and troubleshoot Power Inverting Modules (PIM) to assess damage and wrote 8D reports for possible causes and solutions- Analyzed and perform worst case circuit analysis on Battery Management System (BMS) design, to ensure reliability and possible performance results to the customer, and to reduce unnecessary cost - Assisted in shipment process of automobile parts between neighboring facilities and facilities in Italy- Worked with neighboring groups (in the company), and the customer to analyze and solve hardware and software issues after hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) powertrain unit undergoes testing - Attended frequent meetings with the customer to discuss any root cause analysis between each failed powertrain component, and any improvements on designs that were currently going through production part approval process (PPAP)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Math And Natural Science, Engineering