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Stratford, Connecticut, Us

• Oversight of $18mil+ in development programs ensuring execution through design, test and customer support• Lead multi discipline organization including engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and customer support• Develop full program master schedules assuming ownership of performance and budget metrics. • Present program strategy, risk and status to Executive level leadership• Set priority and resolve conflict across Operations, Engineering and Supply chain to maximize cost and schedule opportunities • Engineering representative for sales proposals to commercial market customers• Identify, manage and mitigate all technical program risks

Stratford, Connecticut, Us

- Program lead for an engineering team tasked with the design of the Main Rotor System of a developmental rotorcraft.- Provide guidance and technical direction for a cross functional team of 40+ design, structural, M&P, test and manufacturing engineers.- Develop and maintain master schedules to execute program objectives.- Oversee technical and business risks including creating management and mitigation plans - Present technical topics to USG customers and Executive level leaders- Lead the design engineering hiring process. Including, identifying candidates, conducting interviews, recommending hires and mentoring new engineers. - Act as a design supervisor to review and approve new designs in addition to revisions.- Manage supply base to ensure technical requirements and delivery schedules are met.

Stratford, Connecticut, Us

- Responsible for the design of various components and systems within the Dynamic System of developmental rotor craft. This includes conceptual and preliminary design, creation of engineering drawings, parametric models and management through the release cycle. - Manage suppliers to resolve technical issues and ensure on-time delivery in support of manufacturing.- Lead cross-functional engineering teams to review structural analysis, manufacturing capabilities and test requirements to be incorporated into various designs. - Lead large scale design projects in support of cost savings and performance improvement efforts, including staffing plans and schedule management. - Mentor junior team members learning design and project management roles as well as interviewing potential internal and external candidates for open positions. - Extensive interactions with the USG customer as a technical point of contact. - Travel to various supplier, company and customers locations to support technical issue resolution, manufacturing, aircraft operations and project schedule execution.- Presenting technical solutions to management.

Stratford, Connecticut, Us

- Led the planning, scheduling, coordination and execution of testing for various mechanical and hydraulic rotorcraft components. - Reviewing/witnessing supplier tests and documentation to validate conformity to company, military and aircraft specifications. - Authoring and reviewing technical reports to document results of in-house and supplier testing.

Stratford, Connecticut, Us

- Responsible for technical oversight of all dynamic system assemblies ranging from Engine modifications and Hydraulic Servos to Transmission and Rotors assemblies. - Creating and maintaining work instructions for assembly of components. Reviewing all proposed design and manufacturing changes for new and fleet aircraft. - Maintaining quality requirements along with planning rework of discrepant and damaged components.- Creating and implementing specialized tooling for assemblies. This involved managing the lifecycle through design suppliers, fabrication houses to the usage and repair of the tool in process. - Coordinated various engineering groups, manufacturing, logistics, program management and test to ensure the successful completion of developmental Main Gearbox projects. - Utilized technical knowledge to ensure the proper scheduling and completion of manufacturing efforts for prototype Main Rotor Transmissions. - Line of Balance management of supply chain in house operations to ensure various business units completed defined tasks.

Stratford, Connecticut, Us

- Responsible for updating legacy tool designs. Taking 40+ year old engineering requirements and updating them to meet the technical standards of modern day engineering. - Editing/creating new tool designs. Interacting with manufacturing personel/customers to identify required processes and the tooling that is required to complete quality components. - Creating a database to track $10 mil of shipping/storage equipment.This included logging almost 1000 protective and storage items to protect aircraft components from nicks/dents/scratches etc.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Science (Ms), Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba