Michael David Hilley Email & Phone Number

Westminster, Colorado, US

Performed systems and safety engineering for domestic and foreign, commercial and government, manned and unmanned rated, spacecraft systems. Generated system and subsystem mission and interface, performance and detailed requirement specifications. Led systems and configuration trade and development efforts, developed risk mitigation and test, inspection.

Melbourne, Florida, US

Systems safety engineering of Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft in support of foreign and domestic airworthiness certification. Generated and managed safety-derived requirements through the development life cycle across all systems, design and test engineering phases utilizing regulatory standards assessment methods to determine.

Systems safety engineering of Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) aircraft in support of foreign and domestic airworthiness certification. Generated and managed safety-derived requirements through the development life cycle across all systems, design and test engineering phases utilizing regulatory standards assessment methods to determine the.

• Systems Engineer [Contract] Northrop Grumman [formerly: Westinghouse Marine Division] Undersea Propulsion, Power Generation, and Missile Launcher Systems 2016 to 2017 Sunnyvale, CA Systems engineering for undersea.
• Mechanical Engineer [Contract] Northrop Grumman [formerly: TRW / Spar Astro Aerospace] Space Deployable Structures and Antennas 1994 to 1995 Carpinteria, CA Mechanical and structural engineering loads and detailed.
• Mechanical Engineer [Contract] Northrop Grumman [formerly: Westinghouse Marine Division] Missile Storage and Launch Canisters 1992 to 1994 Sunnyvale, CA Mechanical and structural engineering trade studies, conceptual.
• Member of the Technical Staff Northrop Grumman [formerly: TRW, Inc.] Communication and Imaging Satellites 1981 to 1984 Redondo Beach, CA Mechanical and structural engineering trade studies, conceptual design and.

Hardware and software systems safety engineering for the Federal Railroad Administration Rail Safety Improvement Act Positive Train Control interoperable communication-based real-time embedded control system automated collision and over-speed derailment detection and prevention development and certification.

@ Andrews Seattle, WA 2006-2013 @ ATK Promontory, UT 2008-2009 @ ATK Magna, UT 2006-2007 Performed systems engineering for commercial and military manned and unmanned rated launch vehicles, solid and liquid propulsion, crew, cargo, payload, and ground infrastructure systems. Generated system mission, performance, loads and environments, and interface.

Performed systems safety engineering for turbine engine / auxiliary power unit systems for commercial and military, rotary and winged aircraft, domestic and foreign regulatory agency airworthiness certification. Generated System Safety Program (SSP), SSP Plan (SSPP), and System Safety Assessment (SSA) requirements and verification. Developed Functional.

Technical management authority and deputy manager for NASA onsite contractor Jacobs Technology, for the Space Shuttle and International Space Station Intra-Vehicular Activity Section, responsible for hardware development and certification oversight and supervision of project managers and their reporting project engineers, generating and revising.

Bethesda, MD, US

@ Infinia Corp. Kennewick, WA Technical and contractual onsite oversight manager at subcontractor Infinia Corporation facility, for NASA and US Department of Energy program to develop deep space radioisotope powered generator, Stirling engine power convertors. Generated technical interface documents, monitored subcontractor deliverable drawings and.

Technical project planning, design, analysis, development and testing of actuator component and motion control systems, focal point for customer communications, compliance to component and systems customer technical specifications, coordinating and monitoring tasks in adherence to the program management budgets and schedules.

• Structure Subsystem Manager Space Systems Loral 2000-2002 Palo Alto, CA Program and technical manager responsible for multiple satellite structure subsystems and structural components, through lifecycle development.
• Advanced Systems Engineer [Contract] Space Systems Loral 1995-2000 Palo Alto, CA Requirement specification / derivation, new business satellite proposals, bus systems architecture and configuration trade studies and.

• Scientist/Engineer [Acting Section Head] Boeing Satellite Systems [formerly: Hughes Space & Comm] Communication and Imaging Satellites 1989-1992 El Segundo, CA Manager for the satellite repeater payload mechanical.
• Member of the Technical Staff [Contract] Boeing Satellite Systems [formerly: Hughes Space & Comm] Communication and Imaging Satellites 1984-1986 El Segundo, CA Mechanical and structural engineering trade studies.

Developed aircraft missiles weighted parametric trade model specification, maintaining interdependent trace-ability to multi-level mechanical system requirements, and external and internal load distributions and structural design criteria. reducing conceptual and preliminary design schedule and program cost below baseline budgets.