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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Omaha, Nebraska, Us

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Developed system and subsystem requirements, FTA, and validation and verification testing.

Requirements Management (RM) for multi-year projects. Developed Word document conversion software to aid data import/export from DOORS.Wrote system-level requirements for city rail Automatic Train Control upgrade.Assisted, mentored, and linked work of Validation/Test Group and Software Group.Wrote 4,000-line software library in DXL, to simplify and automate common tasks in DOORS.Wrote 5,500-line metrics program (DXL), tracking progress of RM work throughout all US projects and subsidiary documents.

Coded proprietary trading algorithms (C++, scripting in VBS).

Genova, Italy, It

Developed and upgraded software tools to support group (VB, C#, SQL, Access).Developed block and control-line (traffic safety) requirements for depot rail traffic.Support bids with work/cost estimates.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Consulting for a startup software company.

6-month contract (later extended) to develop algorithms in C and C++ for Linux-based software, improving quality & survivability of oncological radiology.

Veldhoven, Nl

Lead engineer for development of Level Sensor Lens product.Redesign of optics for Class-2 vacuum / EUV ("soft x-ray") photolithography tool.Oversaw study attempting to double FOV of existing system, resulting in three tenable paths.Developed parallel models in Code V and Zemax, integrating lens assembly into parent system.

Veldhoven, Nl

Lead engineer for development of Level Sensor Lens product.Redesign of optics for Class-2 vacuum / EUV ("soft x-ray") photolithography tool.Oversaw study attempting to double FOV of existing system, resulting in three tenable paths.Developed parallel models in Code V and Zemax, integrating lens assembly into parent system.

Wrote and oversaw testing of twelve large optics, beating shipping deadline by 6 weeks.Reduced development time and cost of Kalman Filter algorithms by delegating duties over three engineering disciplines. Oversaw development to success.Developed Time-Space-Position Information (TSPI) target algorithms, and coordinate-transform packages, vital to the core mission of $12M defense program.Analyzed capabilities of dual-spectrum (visible and IR) imaging system.Improved effectiveness (POI) of fire-control systems through analytical and stochastic models of operator interaction, providing predictive targeting.Evaluated laser eye safety of range finder system.Developed calibration procedures, meeting all error budgets as well as DoD and NASA requirements.

Saved months of costly hardware development of prototype E-O gear inspection machine by recommending and developing VB simulation of operational principles.

Led software team developing a parametric measurement program, independent of machine-specific programming language.Project leader of group developing shop-floor gear metrology.Developed "Design of Experiments"-based evaluations of optical sensors.Developed and monitored timelines and budgets for multi-year program.Wrote technical and business project progress reports for government program.Member, AGMA Ad Hoc Committee on Data Exchange Protocol, 1998 – 1999.

Led team of six researchers in three states on R&D project spanning two years, developing first-ever shop-floor (athermal) precision CNC metrology. Innovated major components of submicron measurement system, dynamically-compensating for thermal errors on Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMMs).Reduced costs by up to 50% by conducting competitive bidding on custom fixtures.Designed company's first OTS retrofit systems for CMMs.Independently developed software tool for automatically building parts lists, with hundreds of components, for custom retrofit quotes.Designed and debugged control interface to laser scale system.Designed alignment and calibration fixtures for metrology systems.

Eliminated unnecessary replacement of motors through statistical analysis of coating deposition process on mastering disks.Rewrote tooling control software, improving usability, and reducing run time by 75%.

Designed, built, and tested ultra-light, ultra-small, scanning system, the first-ever early missile warning system for fighter aircraft.Designed forward-looking, segmented, sapphire dome for mach-speed aircraft.Reduced costs by dramatically loosening acceptance criteria of critical parts from vendor through analysis and cooperative process improvements, while simultaneously improving part performance.Specified, analyzed, and tested demanding, compact 13–element IR lens system.