Dave Parsons Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Greater Seattle Area

Seattle, Washington, United States

Leading an organization of Managers, Launch Engineers, and Hardware Support Engineers insuring new physical store launches are on time. Works with development teams to provide feedback on areas of opportunity to improve overall system and reduce deployment time.

Greater Seattle Area

•Manages production support engineering for OCI hardware solutions after transfer from design to high volume production.•Interfaces with hardware design, process, test, and reliability engineering to solve problems•Sustains assigned products through life span focusing on cost reduction and yield improvements•Drives focus on Design for Manufacturability during product selection and early development•Daily tasks include solving complex issues such as test code errors through unix or linux, PCB/PCBA contamination, and troubleshooting servers•Engages production team to root cause and solve complex build issues.•Creates and maintains product specific documentation; such as hardware spec documents, technical operations instructions, etc.

Greater Seattle Area

•Lead and manage large scale infrastructure projects from conception to implementation•Spearheaded transcontinental backbone program enabling worldwide connectivity of regional data centers.• Currently leading multiple regional network infrastructure expansions simultaneously •Responsible product life-cycle management for networking hardware rack SKUs, including requesting and submitting engineering change orders, updating BOMs, and updating global trade compliance documents.•Planning and coordinating multiple new region launches simultaneously around the globe•Work with internal customers, external customers, vendors and other key partners to ensure on time delivery of high value projects.

Greater Seattle Area

Program Manager – WW Fulfillment Design and Engineering(Previous roles include Support Engineering Manager and Robotics Support)•Facilitated the integration of a new conveyor design in 4 new facilities on 3 continents•Determine inefficiencies in systems, design and implement changes to overcome those inefficiencies. •Managed hardware support, software support, and technical writing teams for development project focused on machine learning and computer vision applications.•Supervised narrow scoped development engineering projects, including a prototype humidity and temperature test chamber that resulted in a 250K cost savings over off the shelf chambers. •Actively charged with providing engineering requirements for serviceability and quality in gate reviews and design validation activities of new products. •Acted as liaison between multiple engineering teams and operations teams during product development and testing. •Tested new software builds through both automated and manual established methods in beta environment in order to promote code to production. •Managed multiple test labs and test lab builds to include 3 multi-million dollar lab retrofits.•Implemented and managed asset and inventory tracking program for greater organization including recycling efforts which resulted in 5.25 tons of recycled steel in one year. •Lead technical adviser for team of robotics technicians, responsible for maintaining fleet of robots. – Facilitated the transition away from lead acid batteries to lithium ion resulting in more energy efficient units.•Developed documentation and standard operating procedure for new hardware and software.

Greater Seattle Area

•Tested new avionics, electrical and general aircraft systems for P-8 aircraft during initial production phase.•Use specialized electronic test equipment such as ohmmeters, ammeters, oscilloscopes, and multi-meters to isolate faults. •Installed, configured and tested various military communication and navigation sensor systems.•Performed authorized rework on aircraft systems / sub-systems as needed.•Worked with various engineering teams to determine root cause failures of new avionics packages.

Greater Seattle Area

•Primary on site escalation point for any business critical networking, software, telephony or A/V related issues•Program and configure network devices and hardware such as switches and routers.•Install software and perform tests on computer equipment and programs.•Provide end user set up and support for computer hardware, software and A/V equipment.•Coordinate with other agencies during projects and new builds to ensure on time completion.

Various Locations

•Team supervisor for highly skilled technical team, managed shift of 8 technicians.•Analyzed RF equipment and systems operating characteristics to isolate malfunctions in avionics systems.•Diagnosed malfunctions using technical orders, schematics, wiring diagrams, integrated test systems and other test equipment.•Removed, replaced, and repaired faulty system wiring, electrical connectors, antennas, transmission lines, and multiconductor cables.•Interpreted and recommended corrective action to inspection findings.•Inspected and verified operational status and configuration of avionics systems and software.

Master Of Science - Ms, Biomimicry

Bachelor'S Degree, Technology Management

Primary concentration in electrical technology

Avionics Systems Technology