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 the National Airspace System (NAS). Working with the FAA and industry experts, led the DO-278 compliance effort for legacy and future Datalink systems and performed DO-278 gap analysis as well as developed Plans for Software Aspects of Approval (PSAA), Software Accomplishment Summary (SAS) and Software Configuration Index (SCI) documents. Performing system design and requirements capture of FAA NextGen efforts for tower and enroute systems to include SAE ARP-4754, DO-254, and DO-160 incorporation.Served RTCA Special Committee (SC)-214 in the developing operational and performance requirements and performing safety assessments for future Datalink application and services. Also, served as a member on SC-205 which developed DO-178C/DO-278A and supporting supplements.

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 engineering staff to ensure successful integration of technical and program objectives.To address the Communication Management Function (CMF) DO-178B Level D robustness concerns of the C-5 USAF customer, successfully led a cross-functional team of 15 people to analyze the potential failure modes of the CMF Global Air Traffic Management (GATM-CNS/ATM) architecture. Using FMEA and robust test methods, the team developed an alternative approach for analyzing software defects and Datalink message corruption. This provided the customer with an innovative and affordable approach vs. traditional DO-178B methods to mitigate their concerns. Based on the success of this effort, other Honeywell sites have integrating this approach onto their product lines.Managed the Honeywell DSES DO-178B Burden Project efforts to standardize DO-178B interpretation within Honeywell DSES Albuquerque. This included developing and integrating a DO-178B Compliance Matrix and Estimating Guidelines into the Honeywell Integrated Product Development System process. Based on the successful integration of this effort, Honeywell military programs and personnel are better prepared to capture and estimate their customer’s DO-178B expectations.

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 VHF data radio onto eleven BAF C-130 aircraft. Responsible for working with program management to provide cost and schedule reporting to senior management.

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. Helped develop an avionics system tool that allowed system architects to develop and integrate avionics systems more efficiently for current and future business needs.

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, led hardware, software, and systems engineers in the execution of the program tasks. Other duties included the tracking of program schedules/budgets, presenting program status to upper management/customer, and interfacing with internal and external customers.

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. Also, performed reliability and maintainability predictions for program efforts.

Master’S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Master’S Degree, Systems Engineering

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