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Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Falls Church, Va, Us

• System Engineer Integration & Test Lead for a rapid proof-of-concept system – concept to full-scale prototype demonstration test in 10 months, reducing time to deployment by years• Successfully executed of Phase 1 ($15M+) and awarded Phase 2 ($50M+) with increased scope to begin work on a fielded system• Drove systems engineering proposal ($7M), within a 3-week deadline, to secure work for 20+ employees• Overcame rapidly shifting project scope by managing personnel to meet baseline goals while establishing a new plan to smoothly transition to new budget and schedule• Resolved resource availability conflict by setting task prioritization and reassigning work• Supported risk management including identifying risks, establishing mitigation steps, and tracking to closure• Safeguard sensitive information as a derivative classifier - approve outgoing documents and information access

Falls Church, Va, Us

• Managed a $2.4 million budget and led a team of 12 engineers to completed tasks on time• Managed, developed, and coordinated requirement development, functional flow, trade studies, and analyses• Coordinated successful formal reviews with engineering leads and management• Successfully expanded team by and on-boarded new employees within 3-months due to rapid project scope increase – interviewed candidates and assigned work• Support business strategy initiative through brainstorming activities and identify potential areas of business• Developed requirement specification document – established standard practice for all other specifications• Improved the technical review process to help team members streamline document development• Coordinated weekly status communication meetings with the customer• Successfully presented at several formal customer milestone review meetings• Awarded four consecutive customer satisfaction awards

Falls Church, Va, Us

• Developed requirement specifications and functional flows for the main subsystem• Tracked key performance measurements to ensure project goals are met• Supported several working groups and presented technical information to key stakeholders• Coordinated technical interchange meeting with the sub-contractor, Integrated Product Teams and our customer to discuss environmental conditions and mobility analysis; received Mission Assurance Award• Participated in systems engineer volunteer working group to develop standard practices and processes• Led a team to develop a design notebook process to document baseline design information

Stanford, Ca, Us

Collaborated with Toyota Motor Corporation and three Stanford graduate students to develop a new human machine interface. Implemented structured methodologies (value chain analysis, affinity diagrams, QFD, morphological analysis, etc) to define a comprehensive product. Optimized the conceptual design and planned for its manufacture. Japanese liaisons pleased with the product and showed our presentation to their managers in Japan.

Masters, Manufacturing Systems Engineering & Product Definition

Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering