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Falls Church, Va, Us

Systems Engineer - IPT Lead for the Triton Unmanned Air Vehicle. Managed scope, budget and schedule. Ensured communication among technical leadership, the customer and engineering disciplines. Facilitated Functional Configuration Audits (FCA) and Physical Configuration Audits (PCA) identified and closed over 500 action items, Risk and Opportunity Management, processing engineering changes and providing technical inputs into proposals. Extensive knowledge of configuration and change management principles. Special Test Equipment (STE) Designed, developed, and integrated test equipment for an unmanned air vehicle. Authored test procedures and defined test requirements, conducted data analysis. Planned labor and scheduled equipment required to support production test activities. Proposal and estimating support, prepared task assessments and staffing requirements.Mechanical Project Engineer Packaged military avionics for F-22 and JSF programs. Responsibilities included: developing hardware specifications, component and material selections, 3D solid modeling/drawing preparation, implemented design changes and authored ATP’s for production testing. Resolved technical and schedule issues with suppliers to insure timely delivery of critical hardware. CAD Toolbox: Auto Cad, CATIA V5, One Space/Solid Designer.Functional Manager Managed a department of designers, drafters, checkers. Tasks included preparing drawing cost estimates, forecasting, performance reviews, interviewing and candidate selections. Worked closely with project managers to ensure suitable candidates were selected for successful project completion. Process lead for policies and documentation related to drawing preparation, change ECR/ECO, and release. Drawings prepared IAW ASME Y14.100 & ASME Y14.24.

Project Integration Engineer Involved with technical issues related to the interface a target discrimination vehicle and a contractor launch vehicle. Lead technical interchange meetings to insure electrical and mechanical requirements satisfied program objectives and controlled and managed all interface document changes. Developed test plans and procedures for the integration and qualification flight hardware. Identified an instrument power deficiency that resulted in the redesign of several electrical harnesses and components. Manufacturing Test Engineer Authored Acceptance Test Procedures and Test Requirement Documents in support of a missile production program. Performed fault analysis to determine the cause of product electrical and mechanical failures. Provided test technicians with technical instructions for conducting acceptance tests, developed a fuel vapor measuring procedure that detected Hydro-carbons. Tested and implemented an o-ring rivet design solution to prevent fuel cavity leaks.Proposal Manager Developed Engineering and Contract Change Proposals that resulted in additional program funds. Tasks included: defining the engineering approach, requirements, description of task, and providing information necessary to prepare the cost estimate and proposal. Worked closely with contracts, estimating, program managers, and design engineering to ensure proposals meet schedule expectations. Conducted internal and external technical interchange meetings and presented proposal status reports to the program office.Mechanical Test Engineer Conducted mechanical and vibration tests IAW MIL-STD-810 on vehicle systems, components, and subsystems for the Tomahawk and Atlas missile programs. Acquired and analyzed test data, authored test procedures and reports, and prepared cost estimates. Responsibilities included test fixture design and directing test technicians to insure targeted schedules were met.