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Phoenix, Az, Us

Falls Church, Va, Us

Phoenix, Az, Us

* ACSS is a joint venture with L3Harris and Thales.Systems engineering design, test, and support of a variety of avionics devices.● Led System Test activities for initial program setup of a Detect and Avoid system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. o Wrote first draft of a System Test Plan as a step toward accomplishing ARP 4754a compliance.o Created an initial System Test Tracking spreadsheet, establishing a baseline and framework for delegating work.o Set up work packages in the Configuration Management System for drafting test cases, procedures, and scripts utilized by Program management to establish program metrics. o Devised test cases for initial Systems requirements while consulting with software engineers, and developing guidelines for continuous improvement, resulting in early detection of weak requirements and providing early analysis of testability.● Tested Interoperability of equipment from a variety of manufacturers, producing report allowing customers to pursue FAA certification of aircraft.● Wrote scripts to adapt existing Interoperability tests for automation using the GPIB interface of the Aeroflex RGS-2000NG TCAS Test Set, reducing test time 25%. Reviewed and verified Environmental Qualification test results when posted resulting in reduced need for re-testing saving time and cost. Concurrently updating test report led to back-end time-savings on document generation.● Updated, debugged, and executed System Test scripts for a number of programs using a proprietary scripting language producing a report required for FAA certification.

Phoenix, Az, Us

● Developed Systems Requirements for ASA applications on the Surveillance Processor.● Facilitated company transition to DOORS, improving schema, recommending ways to implement traceability to DO-160, importing and linking key industry specs, and composing sections of User Guide, proceeding with implementation. ● Produced electrical wiring interface system analysis documentsprovided to customers for installing products on aircraft, in collaboration with ACSS Certification Team.

Phoenix, Az, Us

● Carried out system test development, documentation, and execution for 2 transponder-based products,later FAA certified for use on commercial airlines. ● Developed system requirements, enabling implementation of DO-317B applications on existing product.

Phoenix, Az, Us

● Created requirements documentation and test development for transponder re-design project.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Secret level security clearance.Held intern level position focused on learning and obtaining IT certifications. Led to performing tests on software packages previously updated and installed by contractors.

Tempe, Az, Us

• Studied Particle Filters and Interactive Multiple Model.• Used Particle Filters for instantaneous frequency estimation of a variety of noisy signals.• Implemented Interactive Multiple Model to select the most likely model for the Particle Filters.• Wrote, debugged, and tested Matlab code to simulate noisy signals and their instantaneous frequencies using Particle Filters and Interactive Multiple Model techniques.

Tempe, Az, Us

• Studied Time-Frequency representations.• Designed, tested, and debugged Matlab code using the Wigner distribution and the Reassignment spectrogram to search for a signal in a noisy environment.• Wrote a report on the results comparing both search methods.• Gave a WISE-UP (Women In Science and Engineering) presentation to encourage interested high school girls to pursue the field of Electrical Engineering.

Glendale, Az, Us

• Tutored 2-6 students in Algebra twice weekly throughout a semester.• Individual tutoring at drop-in center – assisted with all levels of Algebra through Calculus and Differential Equations.

Glendale, Az, Us

Researched and wrote three lab modules addressing design concepts, testing, analysis, and problem solving used in ECE 102 Engineering Analysis Tools and Techniques.• Collaborated with a professor to implement the Lego Robot module with 40-60 high school students for Summer Tech Camp, 2003, 2004, and 2005.• Designed website for GCC Engineering Department, reviewed required specifications, formatted and programmed website.

Master Of Science, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering