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Systems Engineer Senior Technical Specialist on national systems. Operate over the complete system engineering lifecycle in agile development. Continuous analysis of projects with refinement of requirements, develop test plans, perform end to end system level tests, and brief management review boards. Working knowledge of communications networks, wireless.

Chantilly, VA, US

Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to a government client for a working group that coordinated with other agencies in developing system policies, standard operating procedures, interagency support agreements, and conops for a satellite system. Developed program management status briefings and assisted in testing.

Mclean, VA, US

Government Client. Provide Systems Engineering and technical support, including requirements, schedules, budgets, and subcontractor management. Future Combat Systems. Provided network engineering support for the Associate Director of Future Combat Systems Technologies. Technology maturity assessments and schedule oversight for Joint Tactical Radio (JTRS).

Systems engineering. Analyzed the data traffic loads and subscriber unit capacity of the Aether mobile messaging satellite system for maximum allocation of resources and frequencies. (Aether bought the Transportation division from Motient; Recommended engineering cost benefit analysis of leased satellite power & bandwidth to reduce unnecessary.

US

Systems engineering. Analyzed the data traffic loads and subscriber unit capacity of the Motient mobile messaging satellite system for allocations of resources and frequencies. Maintained Grade of Service (adequate capacity with a minimum of blockage) for the Motient-TMI satellite mobile phone system by monitoring call loads and adding frequencies where.

• Satellite engineering, project management. Orbital Sciences Corp. Microstar satellites: Monitored satellite subsystem performance to include power and communications. Filled a gap in company structure, became liaison.
• Initiated and implemented launch preparations that they lacked, such as launch and operations plans, communications plans, launch-only telemetry monitoring, shift operations, and made new problem review teams to help.
• Initiated, specified, purchased, installed, and tested $112,000 worth of satellite engineering telemetry monitoring system that provided satellite information to the launch team. Sole engineer to learn the company.
• Identified and resolved problems of the electrical power subsystems of the Orbital Sciences Corp. Microstar satellites, using STK (Satellite Tool Kit) and Matlab to maintain a high (98.5%) satellite availability and.

Global, US

Satellite engineering. GOES 8,9, and 10 Weather Satellites: Telemetry, command and communications subsystem lead satellite engineer of the Mission Operations Support Team that simulated, launched, deployed, tested, and operated three NASA-launched, NOAA-operated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). Satellite communications.

Ms, Information Systems For Business

Bs, Electrical Engineering