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• Lead author and coordinator of the Requirements and Interface Management Plan. Set up effective collaborative document development in Confluence. Filled in gaps regarding project requirements and interface flow.
• Work with Software and Controls element to develop; clear interface for system level ICDs based on the design architecture; ICD template to communicate Observatory Control Systems to other subsystems interfaces in a.
• Led critical effort to clarify and crystallize project seismic requirements critical to the success of an Observatory located in the high dessert of Chile. Developed requirements and interfaces within DOORS® Next Gen..
• Led significant update to the pointing budget after consulting with stakeholders individually and in focused meetings. Assured updated requirements were reflected in the appropriate requirements documents.
• Matured the Systems Engineering Management Plan from a “how to do SE” document to a “how we control the technical aspects of the project”. Authored the Reviews and Products Guidelines document used to develop statement.

Los Altos, CA, US

• Identified transportation business case allowing the company to diversify. Created and implemented targeted business development strategy to move into transportation focusing on transit and Intelligent Transportation.

Los Altos, CA, US

• Developed initial OneWeb Space Segment requirements document and CONOPS use cases for satellite anomalies and constellation replenishment.
• Member of independent review team assessing market forces behind solar cell vendor business outlook.

Los Altos, CA, US

• Developed architecture and prototype for systems engineering documentation process focusing on speed and accuracy to allow young engineers to develop the deliverable more efficiently and with less frustration. Mentored.

Los Altos, CA, US

• Integration manager for multiple spacecraft reflector subsystems. Assured successful antenna deployment subsystem integration by collaborating in the satellite and mechanical ground support equipment design, process.
• Stepped in to ensure success of meeting customer antenna performance requirements by leading design and manufacturing team to an understanding of alignment requirements and developing upper level workflow of a critical.
• Collaborated with team of engineers to design new holddown configuration to reduce cost, develop and document interface requirements, develop reflector integration plan and ground support equipment use cases..
• Developed use cases and specification requirements for the electric satellite bus R&D three axis Stationary Plasma Thruster mechanism which were used to refine the design as well as develop the life test profile.

Los Altos, CA, US

• Led multi-disciplinary test development team that validated robust end-to-end payload testing for new spacecraft design within existing compact antenna test range facility. This resulted in retiring a high profile risk.
• Failure Review Board (FRB) systems engineering lead of a high profile series of solar array on-orbit anomalies. Acted to keep conversations focused or wide ranging, depending on the circumstance.
• Successfully led design team that developed an innovative payload component layout feature configuration.

Los Altos, CA, US

• Developed draft of the Project Execution Plan.

Los Altos, CA, US

• Systems Engineering Manager of dispersed team of system engineers, collaborating with mining engineers, physicists and civil design contractors to develop the architecture and initial set of requirements documents for.

Los Altos, CA, US

• Project manager for a foreign commercial satellite customer procuring bus and payload hardware in the US and Canada.
• Identified mechanism failure root cause and developed the confirmation test thus allowing the vendor to correct the problem and remove liens on the hardware on multiple programs.
• Authored verification test plan for the James Webb Space Telescope sunshield membranes. Was able to show NASA and Northrop Grumman the vendor had a viable test plan.

Los Altos, CA, US

• Expert witness in stress analysis, fracture mechanics, machine design and materials for an investigation of a satellite on-orbit anomaly.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Lead Systems Engineer responsible for day-to-day system engineering RF, electrical, mechanical and system test engineering tasks including spacecraft integration, thermal vacuum testing, launch readiness and launch.
• Wrote the Satellite Alignment Test Plan for several programs. Decomposed system level pointing requirements and allocated subsystem and component requirements. Developed new method to approach as-built alignment.
• As Test Engineer for the release and deployment tests in 1g, validated sequence of events, hardware and commands.
• Mentored new system engineer on alignment and mechanism deployment design.
• Created electrical integrated schematics and resolved discrepancies between flight databases, wire lists and drawings.
• Led multi-disciplinary teams that re-designed the momentum wheel support structure, defined the interface between holddown/hinge mechanisms and reflector, and reworked the feed isolator waveguide and structure..

St Paul, MN, US

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