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 Lead team of developers to create VxWorks 7 Board Support Package with VxBus Gen 2 drivers for a GE Custom System on a Chip.  Designed and integrated prototype Hardware Micro-controllers (NXP Kinetics ARM Cortex) to control power and reset sequences of several avionic systems. Architect high performing data operations for interrupt driven IO with DMA over PCI-Express framework. Lead team of software developers to create flight application libraries for Vehicle Management Computers

 Developed Acceptance Test, Environmental Stress Screening, & Qualification Software for military and commercial avionics equipment (Flight Recorders, Data Entry Panels, General Processor Modules, Data Transfer/Storage Systems, Vehicle Management Computers) Directed teams of Michigan Tech Co-Op students to design, develop, and integrate product test software at the University Development Center (UDC) Managed and consoled sub-contractors on test hardware and software development  Managed and maintained project cost/schedule metrics Constructed test software requirements from system level requirements Developed & Integrated test software in C (LabWindows CVI) and C#/.NET (Visual Studio)  Developed Qualification Embedded Test Software in VxWorks 6.9 for Vehicle Management Computers and Data Transfer Memory Systems Formed software development plans and detailed software designs Performed export control tagging (USML and ECCN) Analyzed and resolved issues with the product design team found during Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) Emissions and Susceptibility product qualification testing Investigated and solved temperature related product timing issues in Operational Flight Programs (VxWorks 6.9 Embedded)

Oculus-ASR is a nano-satellite developed by students to aid in the advancement of U.S. Space Situational Awareness for the Air Force Research Laboratory. (www.aerospace.mtu.edu) 1st Place at the University Nanosat 6 competition (Jan 2011) Scheduled space launch date on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy  Lead OBDC in designing and programming the satellite’s computer system Directed as many as 14 students on projects and software design to complete OBDC’s goals Programmed component drivers and complicated attitude control algorithms in C Integrated actuator and sensor components into software architecture (VxWorks) Performed & documented tests between flight hardware and software to satisfy requirements Modeled and performed FEA of flight computer boards (SolidWorks)

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 Developed & enhanced HMI’s using GE Fanuc’s iFIX 5.0 to monitor generator & boiler systems  Programmed Control Logix PLCs to monitor plant processes such as natural gas flow Improved the Boiler system’s BTU control for greater efficiency Analyzed & resolved communication issues between controllers and HMI/SCADAs Designed & implemented a PLC health monitoring system for over 50 controllers in the plant Created & improved web pages for monitoring Furnaces and Camber-metric readings in Perl script Researched, investigated, & executed emulators for OpenVMS X-Terminals running DECWindows