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Falls Church, Va, Us

Work with program offices to identify issues, concerns, and needs in the areas of electrical analysis.Direct staff effort to conduct independent analyses on deliverable products.Review the development and implementation of design, analysis, and test methodologies used in the evaluation of cable harnesses and assemblies.Develop and maintain relationships with design and systems engineering program offices responsible for electronic systems hardware and electrical components.Conduct line management functions including staffing, mentoring, establishing technical direction and standards, allocating staff support, performing administrative duties and communicating with upper management regarding technical and programmatic issues.Develop staff by increasing their technical/functional abilities and knowledge by using work assignments, mentoring and training, and regularly provide high quality feedback.

Falls Church, Va, Us

System Engineer (Test Director) responsible for supporting the development of the System Integration and Test planning. Responsible for detailing the requirements verified in each multi-segment test, develop a test schedule, resource planning, and coordinate with IPTs for hardware and emulator availability to support testing for specific test cases in the system test verification process. Support system testbed lead in facilitating Space Vehicle Integration & Test negotiations on needs and performers. Support/Perform space hardware system engineering or integration as required. Support/Perform in multi-segment testing and test plan development process.

Falls Church, Va, Us

RF/Microwave Engineer -Individual contributor and team member for the Sub-Systems Integration and Test of space based antennas and passive microwave devices. Perform and support all compact antenna test range activities from test set-up planning, testing, troubleshooting, updates of test procedures, and miscellaneous projects relating to RF development.Completed Sub-system Integration and delivery.

Burbank, California, Us

Instruct All Belt Levels.Introduce new material to existing levels as part of an appended curriculum.

Suwanee, Ga, Us

Summary: Responsible Engineer for the design, integration, and test of Antenna Test Systems.Duties and Responsibilities:Overall system analysis and design of RF/microwave/millimeter-wave systems, and perform system validation in factory and customer site.Create/populate WBS tree diagram for RF, electrical, and mechanical requirements.Generation of RF/microwave system and “flowdown” specifications based on customer requirements.Perform link budgets over frequency bands.Calculate power budget on racks.Create RF System, Control, and Rack drawings in Visio.Perform manual and automated test on R&D modules prior to system integration. Collect data to verify unit performance to system predicts.Create factory and site acceptance reports for customer review.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Assignments and Responsibilities:Linear Operations Assignment: App/Product support installation and verification of upgraded software products. Perform systems end-to-end testing for systems operational verification. Problem Management Assignment:Primary responsibility is to ensure the lifecycle for all sustaining production problem engagements are completed.Serve as the point of contact for Problem Management within the Entertainment Group –Shared Services. Align to process methodologies (i.e.(ITIL/DEVOPS) that serve to ensure assigned tasks are performed at the appropriate tier level.Act as an individual contributor in a group responsible for tracking the actions assigned post Root Cause Analysis of incidents and events. Verify remediation paths and ensure support teams implement the resolution through the appropriate control procedures, especially Change Management and Release Management. Responsible for documenting, monitoring and reporting of information associated with system/network performance issues (e.g., Firmware Upgrades, Service Restoration, etc.). Utilized Jira.Video Operations Assignment:Perform Site Acceptance Testing of newly integrated RF hardware with updated DMACS M&C Software. Investigate RF propagation issues utilized in Monitoring Systems. Investigate EOL D/L Test Loop Translator (TLT) performance issues and recommend replacement products. Investigate KPA/TWTA problems (ie. Airflow differentials, power supply failures.)Utilize company SOP to perform AM/AM Gain Transfer and perform phase balancing of dual TWTAs. Perform monthly KPI of multiple Antenna Systems and RF sub-systems.Support and modify XML files for DMACS monitoring and control on LD1/LD2 antenna upgrades. Contact vendors to RMA defective units.Seek guidance from SME (subject matter experts) for specific system configuration.

Summary: Designed automated bench and rack test set-ups utilized in ambient and thermal testing. Supported multiple products lines from passive microwave devices to an integrated top-assembly module. Performed planning and integration of parent company's proprietary software facility wide and trained Engineers and Technicians on its use. Duties and Responsibilities:Provided network architecture requirements and coordinated with IT services to enable remote access for data review and troubleshooting.Coordinate integrated testing activities with Program Managers, technicians and test facility.Create analysis files for Insertion Loss, Return Loss, Phase, Group Delay, etc. Review and evaluate the test requirements to insure completeness of the test program.Utilize AWR Microwave Office to analyze RF performance of EM Units.Characterize Cable to De-embed test set-up from true unit performance.Investigate performance anomalies on all passive microwave devices in test.Create training documentation for technicians to follow as guidelines on testing.Create automation scripts for thermal profiles for Watlow F4 thermal controllers.Create test scripts to run on LabVIEW runtime environment.

Arlington, Va, Us

Primary Responsibilites:Development of automated test sequences by Testbase PTEX Systems (Commercial Payload).Development of automated test sequences by Next Gen Test Systems by Aeroflex (Commercial Payload).Integrated Product Team Member:Support the design, implementation, and execution of RF hardware integration and testingSupported and performed Antenna PIM testing Performed automated testing of Antennas utilizing Near Field Systems Inc. software (NSI)Performed amplifier testing (Linear/ALC Gain Transfer, Spur, Noise Figure)Review and validate test data and test execution results to verify system level requirementsPerform link margin, downlink, and uplink for systems testDevelop and modify test procedures per program specification

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Identify short-term and long-term trends, and develop corrective and preventive plansConduct performance analysis on the uplink of sub-systemsEnsure performance criteria and mission constraintsPerform root cause analysis and investigate failures in the sub-systemsProvide analysis results to system development and sustaining teamsGenerate system metrics approach for the system development effort

Duties and Responsibilities:Contributed in the design and test of an FM Discriminator’s gain and linearity (S-Curve)Involved in the design and Testing of Local Oscillator for DC Current Leakage in receiver systemProduction line evaluation and testing of RF Transceivers utilizing Automated Test EquipmentEvaluation of antenna’s effective area, near and far field radiation pattern for receiver systemLoad, Test, and Calibrate frequency on RF Transmitters and Validate Frequency on RF TransmittersTest for Noise Figure on electromagnetic Compatibility of devices in Anechoic ChamberMonitor and track technical anomaly reports on hardware and software discrepanciesInvolved in the Design and Testing of RF Transmitters spurious noise emissionsConfigure transmitter telemetry modules to link with receiver monitoring systemInvolved in the Design and Testing of RF Transmitters adjacent channel rejectionAdjust RF Transmitters power levels for FCC/FDA regulationsVibration testing of RF chassis and component stabilityFill out Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s)Field tests and data acquisition for RF propagation for system coverageCalculate gains and losses with transmitter linkageGenerate report of findings and give presentationsMonitor systems performance analysis for product supportTechnically support customers for product recalls and upgradesMaintain database systems performance reports from log filesDocument all test procedures and utilize Engineering Test Verification Forms

Master'S Of Applied Science, Telecommunication Systems

Bachelor'S Of Science, Electronics And Computer Engineering

Principles Of Modern Radar, Electrical And Electronics Engineering