Joe Walker Email & Phone Number

Berthoud, Co, Us

Longmont, Colorado, United States

Boulder County, Colorado, United States

United States

Coordinate and interface directly with customers and other team members to facilitate the collection of requirements primarily related to spacecraft propulsion components, subsystems, system operations and testing to meet the needs of the customer. Manage the hardware activities with the team, the system engineers, mechanical engineers, planners, production technicians and test engineers by planning weekly and daily activities in the integration assembly and test of spacecraft flight hardware.Exercise positive leadership direction and control over activities impacting or contributing to Space Mission Success. Support SRR, CDR, TRR and MRR presentations to the Customer.Management of multiple Spacecraft programs occurring simultaneously as they are processed through the manufacturing and test facilities.Approve manufacturing work instructions, routers, and technical or programmatic documentation related to space vehicle assembly and integration.Present reports at engineering meetings, weekly meetings with senior leadership, and/or quarterly program reviews.

Westminster, Colorado, United States

Sr. Tech. Specialist / Manage Environmental Stress Screening Lab (Aerospace/Defense).Manage technicians: Scheduling daily work, quarterly one on ones to discuss performance and work on career growth plans. Challenge employees to learn and grow by assigning tasks outside their comfort zones. Conflict management.Identify and implement process improvements: Standardizing testing methods and updating test procedures. Improving 6S methods.Manage lab equipment: Sourcing multiple vendors for asset procurement. Identify equipment requirements and working with vendors to obtain quotes. Preventative maintenance, and repair.DOD Secret Clearance

Boulder Co.

Experienced in Medical Device and Data Storage R&D Engineering test.Project Manager, $800k Packaging Engineering Lab expansion, including capital equipment purchase/installation, (IQ, OQ, PQ), facilities renovation, North Haven CT. over an 8-month timeline.Lead weekly project meetings with equipment vendors, multiple departments, construction companies, safety, site facilities, and finance.Developed Verification & Validation test cases/test plans, drafted/executed protocols, and reports. V&V Project lead.Managed Engineering Test Lab: Develop test plans, wrote and release SOPs and reports. Lead Capital asset procurement projects, including scheduling, finance, installation, and validation (IQ, OQ, PQ), multiple US test labs. Developed procedures to assure the functionality and calibration of lab testing equipment.Extensive experience in design validation and verification testing for new product development. Shock and vibration, power requirements. Environmental conditioning, accelerated aging, ISTA, ASTM, FDA Quality system regulations (QSR), OSHA and ISO experience.Managed project review meetings with key stake holders regarding test schedules, results, and issue resolution.Power Point, Excel, MS Office, Word, AutoCAD, (C++, UNIX/LINUX. Classroom experience).

Boulder Co.

Lab ManagementProcess: Develop test cases, plans, protocols, SOPs and related reports, Developed tools for tracking calibration schedules, equipment availability, and lab test history.Schedule Testing: Lead weekly meeting to identify test priorities, allocate equipment resources, and establish expected completion dates, conducted all testing in the lab.Equipment Management: Developed Equipment Maintenance Database, schedule calibration and maintenance of equipment, identified and qualified vendors for Approved Supplier List, managed capital asset purchases and installation (IQ, OQ, PQ),.Qualified off site testing labs: Identified and qualified off site labs to contract for overflow testing, managed all testing conducted at offsite labs.Design Verification TestingSoftware test: Verification and Validation of new testing tools, regression testing. Edit exiting code and test scripts.Power testing: Power consumption, power loss recovery, voltage ripple, power spike and over voltage.Shock, Vibration and Overstress: Drop tower, vibration table, rotational vibration, rotational shock and compression. Environmental testing: Operating and non-operating temperature, humidity and altitude.Acoustic analysis: Isolated ten microphone Hemi-Anechoic Acoustic Chamber to measure Sound Power, Sound Pressure and Prominent Discrete Tones for system level testing.Equipment Build and MaintenanceBuilt and maintained: Prototype test equipment to engineering specs. Including automated robotic manufacturing and test systems, thermo/humidity and altitude chambers, shock and vibration equipment. Setup and repaired: Computers, loaded software, networked the lab. Electrical, mechanical, software and computer repair on all test equipment.

12+ years design verification testing and product development Analyzed existing test processes, identified ways to automate and improve the quality and time to market of the productsDeveloped new test hardware and software resulting in a 75% reduction in test time while improving data integrity and customer satisfactionExecute test plans and monitor the testing progress on a continuous basisExperience building computers/test equipment, loading software and networking systemsDesigned Excel report documentation eliminating human errors and reducing report generation time by 90%Developed and maintained training manuals, worked with China team to bring new testing facility up to corporate standards Edited Procom scripts Power Point, Excel, MS Office, Word, AutoCAD, C++, Lab View, UNIX/LINUXFDA, OSHA and ISO ExperienceCurrent passport

5 years medical equipment reliability testing and developmentExperience working to FDA, OSHA and ISO standardsExcellent electrical, mechanical and computer diagnostic skillsDeveloped and maintained training manuals, process procedures and report documentationAbility to calmly and professionally communicate technical solutions with overseas users in high pressure/stress situations over the phone, online and face to facePower Point, Excel, MS Office, Word, AutoCAD, C++

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Program Management, 3.7 Gpa

Activities and Societies: National Society of Leadership and Success . Sigma Iota Epsilon Honor Society . Certified Lean Practitioner.

Mba, Project Management, 3.67

Activities and Societies: Member: National Society of Leadership and Success (LSUS) April 2022 Member: Sigma Iota Epsilon Honor Society.

Bs, Cis, 3.68

Activities and Societies: Regis University Honors Graduate Cum Laude October 2010

B.S, Computer Information Systems

A.A.S, Business Management