Kevin E. Smith Email & Phone Number

East Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Flight Test Manger for advanced engine program.

East Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Deputy Validation Manager for several advanced engine programs.

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

On-site Flight Test Manager for the PW1200G engines on the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ).  Manager for all P&W on-site flight test activity for the MRJ and the PW1200G engine. Technical lead for all flight test engineers on site in Nagoya, Japan. Primary point of contact for all technical issues from Mitsubishi regarding the PW1200G, and engineering.

Flight Test Engineer for the PW1524G engines on the Bombardier CSeries aircraft. Monitor engine health and safety during CSeries flight test, and troubleshoot any engine issues during flight test. Supervise maintenance, repairs, and engineering upgrades to the P&W engines at Bombardier. Report daily flight test status from Bombardier Mirabel back to P&W.

Second-in-command for the Test group for the PW1524G engine for the Bombardier CSeries Aircraft.  Work with the Validation Manager to direct all BA PW1524G test activity Supervise 8 – 10 direct reports and provide training, guidance, and career development. Work with 10 – 15 other engineers and contractors who work on my test teams. Direct daily.

East Hartford, CT

Second-in-command for the Test group for the F135 engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.  Work with the Validation Manager to direct all F135 test activity Supervise 6 – 8 direct reports and provide training, guidance, and career development. Work with 10 – 15 other engineers and contractors who work on my test teams. Direct daily conference calls.

East Hartford, CT

Responsible for long-range planning of F119 engine tests, including spare hardware management. Coordinated and submitted all required reports to the Air Force. Reviewed all Test Job Requests (TJR) from engineering and worked with engineering to fix TJR's that needed more information Collaborated with the Test Engineers to assemble a Test Plan for each.

Team Leader for the F119 Test Engineers. The Test Engineers were in small groups, each with a Lead Test Engineer, and my responsibility in this position was to manage the groups, to be a "Lead of the Leads. Provided general guidance and mentorship to all test engineers during build and test Worked with Validation management on manpower management.

Support Integration Manager for all F119 bases throughout the United States. In this position, I worked to coordinate engineering support for all of the engine shops at all F-22 bases in the United States, as part of a larger Fleet Management group. I was a first point of contact for any technical issues encountered at the bases, and I would work to.

Senior Test Engineer for the F119 Engine for the F-22 Raptor. As a Senior, or "Lead" Test Engineer, my job responsibilities were the same as a Test Engineer, but leading teams of three to eight test engineers. In this position, I was also tasked to work as needed in Flight Test at Edwards Air Force Base in the F-22 Flight Test Control Room. I was.

Test Engineer for the F119 engine for the F-22 Raptor. As a test engineer, I worked in a team of engineers to build and test development F119 engines. Responsibilities during the Build phase: Worked with design engineers to incorporate newly designed hardware into development engines Created a detailed Microsoft Project schedule of the engine build, then.

two semesters in college. I worked as an "engineering liaison" on the production lines for the F100 and F119 engines.

M.B.A

Msm, Management

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

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