Mark Grindle Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, AZ, US

Currently, serving as a DO-278 Subject Master Effort (SME) for integrating software design assurance standardization into the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Data Comm Program (DCP) and Air Traffic Organization (ATO). This includes performing system safety and design assurance assessments for legacy and future Tower and En Route systems throughout.

Used commercial and military safety guidelines (MIL-STD-882C, AC 25.1309-1BX, MIL-HDBK-217, and Honeywell WIM8300135) to skillfully performed Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA), System Functional Hazard Analysis (SFHA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) on multiple military aircraft programs/platforms. Effectively worked with program management and.

Managed 25 system/software engineers in the test development and execution of the Honeywell Defense Avionics FMS test efforts. This included the test planning and execution of the KC-10 and C-5 military programs of FMS requirements. Not only did I provide technical leadership to the team, I helped mentor junior engineers and developed their skills.

Served as the BAF C-130 technical lead for integrating a commercial Datalink system into the existing BAF C-130 avionics architecture. This included interfacing with the BAF C-130 customer, aircraft integrator, and several Honeywell sites to procure and integrate a Honeywell Mark III Communications Management Unit (CMU), MCS-4000 SATCOM system, and RTA-44D.

Analyzed and defined system requirements using DOORS for cabinet-based avionics systems. This included analyzing operational and technical requirements and defining the system architecture and interface requirements for military and commercials markets. Assisted in the system safety analysis of software partitions within the cabinet-based architecture..

Responsible for the development and integration of the FMS-800 Flight Management System and FDS-255 Flight Display System onto the RDAF C-130 aircraft. This also included the integration of a new autopilot, air data, attitude heading, GPS, and Inertial Navigation systems onto the existing RDAF C-130 aircraft.

Managed the engineering efforts of the ARC-210 radio upgrade into the existing RDAF C-130 Avionics Upgrade Program. This included defining the system architecture and capturing the technical requirements, executing the engineering efforts, conducting informal/formal verification, and assisting with the customer in ground/flight testing.During this time.

Served as Senior Systems Engineer on the F-18 Weapons Tactics Trainer (WTT) program. Responsible for interfacing with the U.S. Marines/U.S. Navy and determining customer requirements for the F-18 WTT. Analyzed avionics system requirements and incorporated them into the flight simulation environment. Performed integration and verification of requirements..

Master’S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Master’S Degree, Systems Engineering

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services