Training Team Lead for the Training and Crew Operations Branch of Mission Operations Laboratory

System Engineer Office Chief

Systems Engineer for MSFC EV81 to define Ares Upper Stage Interfaces

Senior System Engineer • Supervise the System Engineering Section• Responsible for staff assignments, technical direction, budget and schedule inputs, time reporting and annual reviews• Provide coordination and technical assistance to the UAB/CBSE hardware/software design teams with the development of requirements, design, build, test, verification, certification, mission operations, and sustaining/maintenance tasks• Develop training material and train astronauts for UAB/CBSE’s on-orbit operations (ISS and STS crews)• Provide Mission Operations support at NASA and UAB/CBSE facilities• Develop all phases of project documentation as required per contract• Support hardware/software testing (environmental, vibration, thermal, acoustic, EMI/EMC, etc)• Support DC-9 and Zero-G flights as a certified passenger• Support Project managers with project level tasks including tracking verification/integration milestones• Negotiates schedules, inputs, and deliveries with NASA • Provide overall System Engineering support to non-NASA projects at UAB/CBSE• Assist with supervision of contracting software engineers• Worked closely with new product develop teams to prepare concepts and proposal inputs from a System Engineering prospective

Assisted Project Manager with project level tasks including tracking verification/integration milestonesTechnical Liaison at UAB/CBSE to NASA for interpretation and implementation of requirements related to the payloads in the various projects and negotiate inputsProvide coordination and technical system engineering assistance to the UAB/CBSE development teams in the review of payload design/drawings, verification, and mission operationsOverall responsibility for payload integration, mission operations documentationResponsible for Flight/Ground Procedure DevelopmentResponsible for Coordination of Crew TrainingExtensive experience with the Space Shuttle and International Space Station Experiment Integration, Verification, Certification and Mission Operations ProcessSuccessfully integrated hardware for flights STS-110, STS-107, STS-118, STS-123, STS-126, STS-127, STS-128, STS-129 and currently working on future flights

Overall responsibility of software development/test/management for UAB/CBSEAssign and Monitor staff software development teamsKept abreast of NASA ISS requirements and interfacesProvided technical assistance/guidance to the software developersProvided over-site of software sub-contractorsSoftware developer for several UAB/CBSE NASA projectsProvided Software Quality and Software Configuration Management support for UAB/CBSE projectsTrained/mentored new team membersAssisted in the ISO 9001 Quality System Implementation.Provided Training to an ISS payload developer (Brazilian Space Agency INPE)

Provided Project Planning and TrackingManaged all phases of the software developmentImplemented Requirements Analysis, Design, and Development of the embedded controller software, data acquisition system software, diagnostic/prognostic off-line softwareSupported the hardware design process

Developed test software/systems for the North American Chrysler plants. Developed software for the alternative fuel vehicle control systems project.Developed software/test equipment for the tracked vehicle contracts (Bradley/M1A1/M1A2/Breecher vehicles). Implemented requirements analysis, designed, and developed embedded control software, data acquisition system software, diagnostic/prognostic off-line software, communication and test software for various projects while adhering to DOD and other contract required standards.