Reed Watson Email & Phone Number

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

I am on contract to Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Washington working remotely from Texas. I was initially assigned to 777X, but have worked on other BCA aircraft as needed. I primarily develop fault trees for various systems.

Houston, Texas, Us

I served as the primary engineer for a data remediation project at the new Montgomery County Power Plant (Entergy) in Willis, Texas. I inspected 16,000+ assets in the plant and ensured asset tags matched engineering drawings while updating the maintenance database to ensure asset IDs and descriptions were aligned with the drawings and assets in the field.

Houston, Texas, Us

Although I never served in a quality assurance capacity in my previous companies, I have had many years of system safety and reliability experience. For those who know, safety, reliability, and quality assurance are all related. QA was a pretty easy role to step into for The Marsden Group when it was offered to me in August 2019. I was serving unofficially as the QA Manager until the official announcement in a organizational change in February 2020. I was prepping the company to pass the ISO and IECEx audits due during the summer of 2020. I organized check sheets and work instructions for multiple product lines. I also instituted a Problem Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (PRACAS) not long before I was laid-off. I was also tracking metrics for failures of components both in-house and in the field to help better predict reliability in support of warranty predictions.

Houston, Texas, Us

As the senior reliability engineer for The Marsden Group, I was responsible for developing fault trees and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) worksheets for various clients. I also occasionally had a hand in predicting failures by utilizing customer data in Weibull analyses.

Sugar Land, Tx, Us

While working for Noble, I developed and implemented Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents to guide rig personnel in various tasks from basic root cause analysis to proper data collection after equipment failures. I also led Noble personnel through Cause Mapping of major incidents to determine root causes and assign actions to resolve problems and prevent problems from recurring.Additionally, I conducted sparing analyses of critical parts for subsea components, conducted wear-out predictions of existing subsea components in order to better guide Preventative Maintenance (PM) activities, developed Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) worksheets for Noble subsea components, was active member of IADC subcommittees for resolving common nomenclature for subsea components across all companies in the industry, helped develop common data collection form that is being used in the subsea failure reporting database in use by drillers and operators that collects failure data for trends and predictions, and was a representative to a special Noble/NOV uptime improvement working group specifically geared at addressing top downtime issues in subsea and actively working together to correct those problems in order to improve uptime.

Chicago, Il, Us

I conducted root cause analyses of component hardware issues on Continental aircraft (737, 757, 767, and 777), produced reliability predictions, and provided other reliability inputs to the United engineering, purchasing, and fleet engineering teams.

Bethesda, Md, Us

I worked as the Project Orion/Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Lead Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability (RMS) Engineer, primarily responsible for activities pertaining to the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS). In this capacity, I utilized Systems Analysis Programs for Hands-on Integrated Reliability (SAPHIRE) to develop ECLSS fault tree models for Loss of Mission (LOM) and Loss of Crew (LOC) scenarios. I also led Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) development for Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR) by ensuring what is provided by the subcontractors is in-line with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) requirements and integrating the subcontractor deliverables into a deliverable report.Additionally, I provided input to ECLSS trade studies and other design considerations to help ECLSS engineering assess the pros and cons of a design while taking into account the effects on reliability. I also worked closely with Hamilton Sundstrand in order to foster a close partnership between Lockheed Martin and Hamilton Sundstrand that allowed for risks to be identified early and to be mitigated through corrective actions.Lastly, I provided guidance to LMES RMS engineering team members on various reliability related matters from scheduling and processes to conducting proper FMEA/CIL analyses.

Dallas, Tx, Us

I worked for NASA Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) as a Senior System Safety and Reliability Engineer. This involved writing Risk Assessment Executive Summary Reports (RAESRs) for the following projects: Space Shuttle Tile Overlay Repair, Expanded Range Ammonia Detection Kit, AN/PRC-112G Crew Handheld Radio Upgrade, and the Shuttle Crew Escape Equipment Communication System. I additionally conducted continuous event-driven technical reviews to help define each project such that it satisfied the needs of the NASA customer within acceptable risk and also presented RAESRs to Jacobs internal review boards and NASA safety panels for approval and implementation.In addition to writing RAESRs and championing them through the proper approval process, I supported System Readiness Reviews, System Design Reviews, testing, and technical meetings as the system safety expert.

Webster, Tx, Us

I supported the International Space Station (ISS) Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance (SR&QA) team as a Structures and Mechanisms Subsystem Engineer. I provided real-time engineering support for anomaly resolution teams (ARTs), failure investigation teams (FITs), and ISS Mission Evaluation Room (MER) Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) Operations. I also supported various ISS Program-level Panels and Boards, conducted hazard analyses of safety data packages, and reviewed ISS Change Requests (CR)/Technical Change Memos (TCM); performed long-term data trending analysis, root cause analysis, resolution of anomalies, and identification of long-term recurrence controls for on-orbit failures in support of the Structures and Mechanisms System Problem Resolution Team (SPRT); and assigned probability of occurrence to risks and provided inputs into the ISS Program risk database.

Arlington, Va, Us

I served as a Flight Engineer for the Space Shuttle Integrated Vehicle Analysis (IVA) Debris Transport Analysis (DTA) Team as well as the Lead System Safety Engineer for the Space Shuttle IVA DTA Team. My duties meant that I was involved with defining success criteria for performance, schedule, and cost elements for Space Shuttle IVA DTA. I also developed efficient Excel tools for stripping needed information from provided fault tree details rapidly; supported the NASA and United Space Alliance (USA) customers at planning meetings and presentations to Program Boards and Panels in addition to Flight Readiness Reviews; and worked closely and continuously with the NASA and USA customers representing Boeing Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) in producing and supporting integrated hazard reports (Integrated Debris Hazard Report (IDBR-01) and Integrated Aerodynamics Hazard Report (IARO-01)) for the IVA team and providing quality products in a timely manner.I also had a hand in the technical side by providing pre-launch loads support for the IVA team by learning how to use tools for computing excursions of thevehicle while it is on the launch pad and applying the tools in assessing and voicing concerns over clearances between the space shuttle stack and the launch tower.

Reston, Va, Us

Served two roles on the Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance (SR&QA) team on the International Space Station (ISS) contract: Structures & Mechanisms Subsystem Engineer and R&M Engineer. I provided real-time engineering support for Anomaly Resolution Teams (ARTs), Failure Investigation Teams (FITs), and ISS Mission Evaluation Room (MER) Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) Operations; supported various Program-level Panels and Boards, conducted hazard analyses of safety data packages, and reviewed ISS Change Review/Technical Change Memo (CR/TCM); and performed long-term data trending analysis, root cause analysis, resolution of anomalies, and identification of long-term recurrence controls for on-orbit failures in support of the Structures and Mechanisms System Problem Resolution Team (SPRT).I also assigned probability of occurrence to risks and provided inputs into the ISS Program risk database; participated in design reviews and assessments and assessed safety data packages; supported Certification of Flight Readiness process for NASA R&M Manager for all ISS flights andvarious Technical Interface Meeetings (TIMs) including the Russian Space Agency TIM and quantitative reviews of deliverables provided by Alenia and JAXA; and executed simulations with Reliability Block Diagram (RBD) stage models to produce S&MA metrics, successfully implemented RBD process improvement, and updated RBD to reflect on-orbit failure rates more accurately.I also provided analyses of various on-orbit components including the Russian Functional Cargo Block (FCB) and Service Module (SM) power strings, the Plasma Contactor Unit (PCU), and the EEPROM flipped bit anomaly. These analyses helped identify the probabilities of identified root causes of on-orbit failures and aided in driving corrective actions to eliminate or mitigate the identified risks.