Jesse Ortega Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Fairfax, Va, Us

Seeking Program Manager position to utilize my product experience in aerospace, defense and commercial industries.• Management areas of expertise include: Program Manager, Product Management, Project Engineer, Systems Engineering, Product Design, Product Test & Validation, Cost Account Manager.• Technical product expertise includes: FAA certification and delivery of commercial airline products, Mil-Qualification Validation/Verification product testing, Infrared sights, Laser communication systems, stabilized optics/gimbals, EO targeting & tracking systems, Special Ops UAV, Satcom-on-the-move Ka/Ku band RF systems, hyper-kinetic/hyper velocity missile systems

Round Rock, Tx, Us

• Senior Program Manager/System Engineer – Major Customers are Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Naval Research Labs, Air Force Research Labs • Technical management for delivery of laser communications systems and custom stabilized gimbals

Plaisir, Fr

• American Airlines, Boeing and Airbus Business Class Programs.• Solved supply chain, product design and qualification issues at sister European Zodiac companies that allowed critical component deliveries for the $160M AAL 777-220 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircrafts• 100% on time, on budget delivery of multiple projects, ranging from $100K to $3.1M• Company focal point for Program Management Risk Management pilot program introduction and rollout

Program Manager / Project Manager / System Engineer: • Seeking new opportunities to lead teams that develop products, meet customer demands, and deliver exceptional systems in the global market• Offer successful career experience of leading Product teams in rolling out defense, commercial and industrial products, from inception, design, build, test/validation through Customer final delivery. SKILLSProgram Management, Project Management, Technical Management, Engineering Management, Risk ManagementTechnical Reports, Status Reports, Planning, Design Reviews, Gate Reviews, Primary Customer POCBudgeting, Forecasting, Earned Value Management System (EVMS), ETC, EAC, RFQSystems Engineering, System Design and Architecture Requirement Analysis, Decomposition, AllocationDevelopment Manager, Product Development, Marketing RequirementsData Analysis & Reduction, Troubleshooting, Problem SolvingSOW, Contracts, Subcontracts, Contractual Agreements, Configuration ManagementWBS, Schedule ManagementPre-Production, Production, Manufacturing, Design to Cost (DTC), Material ProcurementEngineering, Hardware, Software, Embedded Systems & Software, Algorithm development, Algorithm implementation, Quality AssuranceIntegration, Verification, Validation, Performance Testing, FATEMI/EMC, Vibration, Shock & Environmental TestingMIL-STDs, FCC, RTCA DO, CAN/CSA, ANSI/UL, CE/CB Certification, Laser Safety CertificationThermal Analysis, Heat Transfer, Structural Industrial, Aerospace, Military, & Defense SystemsSatellite Communications, SATCOM, RF, Ku-Band, Ka-Band, X-Bands, Antenna Patterns, Radio Communications, UHF RadioGimbal Control and Stabilization, Servo Control, Pointing and Tracking, Fire Control Systems, Target Tracking, Electro-Optics, Infrared, FLIR, TV, Lasers, SensorsMS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, VisioSix Sigma, Agile, Sprint, ScrumPOC Info:• 469-744-9712 Mobjjortega@tx.rr.com

Addison, Tx, Us

• Provided technical management, Customer coordination, qualification planning and testing resulting in successful execution and completion of OCIS2 $2.3M high speed currency fitness sensors for two major central bank Customers which resulted in go-ahead $17.6M Production award• System Engineer responsible for requirements analysis, decomposition & allocation and delivery of all (40+) system documents : SOWs, System, Design, Hardware and Test Specifications and Documents..• • This involved coordinating hardware and algorithm development and implementation from prototype alpha and beta stages. ..• • This included System Engineer duties such as Customer interaction in finalizing product requirements and test methodologies• System Engineer responsible for prototype beta build, integration and qualification/safety test requirements definition, analysis and verification/validation • System Engineer who conducted successful CE/CB certification/validation compliance testing for a third banknote product which included laser safety testinghttp://www.authentix.com/solutions-services-currency-systems

Fairfax, Va, Us

• Senior System Engineer for mobile RF antenna system group, Satellite On-The-Move (SOTM) product group • System Engineer responsible for coordination, planning/scheduling, detailed product requirements, analysis/trade studies, and initial first article qualification requirements analysis for SOTM product line • SOTM Production Manager to coordinate start-up pilot manufacture of DoD rated, $1M SOTM Antenna Model KP3 (Ku-Band Pre-Production Product Model) ..• • Implemented manufacturing processes for material tracking, inventory control, purchasing coordination, ..• • Product build schedule for front-end assembly and back-end integration & test (I&T)..• • This pilot Product Production line became the model for follow-on DoD rated $15M and $17M order for WIN-T (Warfighter Information Network- Tactical) SOTM Model 20 (Ku-Band 20” Aperture) Production systems• Project Manager and System Engineer responsible for GDC4S WIN-T Increment 3 (Inc3) program, a $10M Future Combat Systems (FCS) funded, cost plus, earned value program (EVMS): ..• • Developed and successfully completed Antenna subsystem SOW, specification and contract negotiations which led to the $10M Production award for development, design, build, I&T, qualification, and delivery of WIN-T Antenna SOTM hardware for GDC4S ..• • Inc3 SOTM antenna architecture was a two aperture (Ku and Ka) band mobile antenna for FCS communications command and control combat vehicle• Following Inc3, became the Lead System Engineer on design validation, re-design and testing of Inc2 SOTM Antenna, model M20-20 to meet its military qualification requirements..• • This involved temperature, vibration, shock and EMI/EMC testing to applicable military standards such as MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-461 ..• • Identified and corrected thermal and structural design flaws ..• • Identified and greatly reduced severe EMI/EMC exceedancies (>45 dB)http://www.gdsatcom.com/sotm.php

Arlington, Va, Us

• Executed System Engineer technical and Program Manager programmatic oversight for $5M AN/TAS/4 (X) TOW II and Avenger advanced infrared sensor development programs..• • These programs are based on the next generation DRS common module MASTIR™ and focal plane array (FPA) FLIR technology• Program Manager and System Engineer responsible for the design and built effort for AN/TAS-4 (X), a replacement FLIR sensor for TOW 2 missile common module based night sight• Program Manager and System Engineer responsible for the design and built effort for Avenger Upgrade also a replacement for existing obsolete FLIR sight• System Engineer responsible for coordination and implementation of all design activity which included prototype design, build, integration and test, and First Article Qualification (Verification and Validation) Test• Program Manager responsible for program reviews both internal and with Customer, budget/cost tracking, material procurement and start-up Production buildhttp://www.drsinfrared.com/

Arlington, Va, Us

• System Engineer responsible for the execution of qualification (verification/validation) testing for Special Forces Neptune unmanned air vehicle (UAV) $5M contract• System Engineer who solved fatal UAV performance compliance deficiencies that jeopardized not only current $5M delivery contract but a $12M follow-on Production contract..• • Solved UAV UHF RF line-of-sight (LOS) range communication deficiency from less than 10% of desired to full compliance..• • Solved UAV flight range (distance) deficiency, previously at 60% of desired to full compliance• DRS Unmanned Technologies is a division of DRS Technologies that specialized in small UAVshttp://www.drs.com/Products/UAS/index.aspx

• Project Manager of Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Proposals, BAAs, and coordination of efforts between academia (UT, A&M, SWT, etc.), major defense firms (Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, DRS, etc.), DoD, and SPEC • System Engineer responsible for proposal efforts consisting of requirements analysis, communication with DoD Technical POCs, overview, edit and final approval of proposals submitted to DoD/government agencies (USAF, Army, Navy, DARPA, MDA, DTRA, NIMA, OSD, CBD, SOCOM, NIST, NASA, EPA, DOE)..• • Proposals range from Intelligent Corrosion Structure Sensors, Lidar/Hyperspectral/Multispectral Sensors, Intelligent Asset Identification Systems and DNA Aptamer-based Biological/Chemical sensors• Project Manager responsible for leading a team effort that greatly improved SBIR Phase I and Phase II awards wins from none to $2.5M in new awards• SPEC was a small, private owned high technology companyhttp://www.spec.com/

• Principal System Engineer responsible for all system engineering coordination, planning/scheduling, development of detailed program requirements that included:..• • Marketing requirements definition (MRD), ..• • Analysis/trade studies, ..• • Cost modeling, • Provided System Engineering leadership from initial concept through Alpha and Beta prototypes for $72M new R&D breakthrough technology to process, digitize and print 35 mm film, all within 6 minutes.• System Engineer responsible for performed analyses, evaluated models and design trade-offs to arrive at fact-driven design directions with quantifiable risks.• System Engineer responsible for the interpretation and flow down of Customer and system level requirements into well-defined, unambiguous engineering design specifications, from top level detailed design specification to sub-system and product specifications. ..• • This involved coordination of hardware and software requirement definitions, analysis, test methodology, and review (informal and formal) across all Engineering cross functional disciplines along with coordination with Marketing/Sales and Operations into well-defined, unambiguous design specifications. ..• • Was responsible for definition and release of ALL system and subsystem specifications.• System Engineer responsible for the definition of failure-mode mechanisms and test mythologies for system built-in-test (BIT). ..• • Analyzed impact of failure mechanisms to system performance, which requirements became degraded or failed, and tied these failure modes into system built-in-test (BIT) requirements.• Provided System Engineer support during integration and verification/validation test of Beta subsystem prototype hardware. ..• • Prepared test requirement definition and planning for design verification and validation testing on Beta system hardware.http://www.asf.com/

Arlington, Va, Us

Successful Raytheon/TI career that began with electrical circuit design, progressed with increasing responsibilities to Project/Program Manager / Principal System Engineer.The following are highlights of major projects executed while at Raytheon/Texas Instruments, aggregate contract value of over $100M which resulted in follow-on awards of over $200M:• DRD Chief Engineer/Project Manager ($29M): Responsible for tstartup production for digital ruggedized display for USAF AWACS command and control aircraft• Line-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (LOSAT) Optical Head Assembly (OHA) Cost Account Manager (CAM) ($35M): Responsible for the design, build & test of the OHA Electro Optical (EO) tracking system for the LOSAT hyper-kinetic guided missile system • KEOTS System Engineer ($5M): Korean EO Tank Sight air defense tracking fire control system. Responsible for the successful execution & completion of $5M 1st Article Test (verification & validation) and delivery of KEOTS systems which resulted in $45M & $100M Production follow-on awards• Light Armored Vehicle–Air Defense (LAV-AD) Project Manager/System Engineer ($28M): Responsible for the design, build, test & delivery of the USMC LAV-AD EO air defense tracking fire control system; Pioneered implementation of 6-sigma for manufacturing in deliverable production systems• Lightweight Shipboard Electro-Optical Sensor (LSEOS) Project Lead/Lead EE/Asst PM ($2M): Responsible for the design, build, test & delivery of a lightweight EO shipboard infrared tracking system for Saudi Royal Navy• US Air Force Europe (USAFE) Project Lead/Lead EE ($1.5M): Responsible for the design, build, test & delivery of a classified EO shipboard infrared tracking system• Sea Dragon Lead EE/ Lead Project Engr ($10M): Participated in design & build, responsible for test & delivery 5-axis stabilized, pointing, tracking, laser ranging/designation system used to guide a laser beam riding ship-to-ship missile; Success contributed to a $68M Naval award

Master Of Engineering (Meng), System Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering

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