Peter Cappelano Email and Phone Number

I manage Solers subcontract effort to the FAA's Navigation Programs Office Technical Assistance Contract. We provide the expertise for software development and safety engineering oversight for development and maintenance of the FAA's single largest Navigation and Positioning System used in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Alaska -- the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS).

I am the Technical Assistance Contract Safety Team Lead and primary System Safety Engineering expert for the FAA's Navigation Programs Office. Areas of responsibility include acquisitions management support, generating acquisition and contract documentation and defining Safety Program requirements for the WAAS program's current and future phases (WFO and DFO), three GEO leased service programs (GEO 5/6, GCCS, and Inmarsat). I have also support Safety Engineering tasks for the FAA's new Instrument Landing System procurement, the Low Power Distance Measuring Equipment, and the Transponder Landing System.I manage the WAAS System Safety Program, maintain the System Safety Program Plan, chair bi-weekly System Safety Working Group meetings for the WAAS and GEO leased service programs, and direct the System Safety Engineering team efforts in support of program progress goals and schedules.On behalf of the FAA, I am responsible for FAA Safety Management System-compliant Safety Risk Management activities on all changes to the WAAS and on the GEO programs we manage. SRM includes safety risk assessments, hazard identification and resolution, and risk documentation.Our Safety Team maintains a library of Safety Engineering process descriptions for performing the Safety Analyses and Tasks required to support the integrity and service continuity of the WAAS.We perform and maintain the Safety Analyses for the WAAS, including Fault Tree Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Common Cause Analysis.We are familiar with and provide expertise to other FAA programs in industry standard aviation system safety guidelines, including the Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) Aerospace Recommended Practices (ARP) 4754 guidance for safety assurance of complex aviation systems, ARP 4761 guidance for safety analyses, and RTCA/DO-178B guidance for software assurance of complex systems.

System Safety Engineering Lead on Technical Support Contract to the FAA Navigation Systems Group

Lead System Engineer responsible for managing two major system enhancements over a two-year cycle; responsible for capability definition, requirements development, detailed design, software development, test, and deployment of enhancements to the system broadcast Management Center.Lead Test Engineer for a $10M DoD Program. Responsibilities included planning test program approach, defining software and system-level test cases, coordinating test activities, managing test procedure and report development, and presenting test plans and results leading to operational certification of the program.Led a Joint Defense/Government team of Test Engineers in planning and executing a field test to investigate the signature characteristics of surface coatings using remote infrared detection systems. The team developed the field test approach, coordinated and executed the field test using Air Force airborne resources, analyzed signature data, and authored a detailed report assessing the utility of the products tested.System Engineering experience includes performing requirement traceability analysis to establish a comprehensive requirements baseline in preparation for system development.