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Falls Church, Va, Us

Fairfax, Va, Us

Engineering program management duties include: Technical proposal support and evaluation, Program planning, execution and tracking. Monitoring program risks and opportunities. Local resource management. System and Lead engineer for the development of next generation controller platform. Established system requirements, citing key technical performance measures. Working with remote members of a multidisciplinary team to establish preliminary design for HW/SW/FW components.

Fairfax, Va, Us

Principal engineer for the specification, analysis, design and development of electro-optical-mechanical systems for ground based, airborne and spaceborne applications. Projects include optical scanners, precision beam steering and optical line of sight stabilization, Rotating optics for LIDAR applications. Provide support for business pursuits to help determine performance limits and critical margins.

Fairfax, Va, Us

Lead engineer for the specification, development and integration of a gyro-stabilized gimbal. Modeled control system components, plant dynamics and compensators to establish line of sight stabilization performance.Designed and implemented Laser Rangefinder electronics and embedded firmware using a COTS APD detector and laser source for integration into EO/IR imager. Modelled optical components and environmental conditions to predict ranging performance on various targets. Supported field testing and integration.

Fairfax, Va, Us

Project engineer and technical lead for the Design, Development and Integration of embedded control electronics for optical steering mechanisms capable of maintaining absolute base pointing accuracy over broad temperature ranges.

Noblesville, In, Us

Developed compact servo module for robotic assembly end of arm tooling. Enabling transition from pneumatic power to electric, demonstrated safety, energy savings and maintenance cost improvements with electric servo. Innovated and developed sensor processing algorithm for the detection of a clamp overload condition.

Beltsville, Md, Us

Lead engineer for application and tool development for the development and visualization of control systems using the Real-time Control System(RCS) methodology. Project Engineer and integration lead for Boeing Aircraft wing stringer fabrication machine. Lead architect for NIST traceable calibration of dosimetry spectrometers.

Lead Integration Engineer for Open Modular Architecture Controller utilizing Real Time Control System(RCS) methodology. Designed control modules for lower level servo control and sensor interface. Worked with National Laboratories (LLNL, LANL, NIST) to collaborate on open architecture standards for real-time controls.

Electrical and System Engineer responsible for the specification, design and development of embedded control systems used for the processing, fabrication, assembly, inspection and kitting of medical products.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Developed microcode for discrete processor diagnostics for exhaustive fault detection and isolation. Designed and developed hybrid microcircuit for spaceborne signal processor flight electronics. Supported initial production and test.Developer for robotics for automatic kitting, assembly and inspection of flight electronics hardware. Project engineer for machining center controller installation of an open architecture machine controller.