Responsible for GRACE-C Satellite Mission Assurance / Reliability on all systems, subsystems, and box level for JPL department 5131 organization as an Affilliate. All aspects of Reliability Analysis are generated or reviewed by JPL, JPL Partners, JPL Suppliers and the results are presented to Reliability Engineering Management, Mission Assurance Directorate, and Project Management. Control Account Manager of the Reliability Project and Systems Reliability tasks for EVMS Tracking and reporting. Managing a diverse workforce and interfacing with various organizations, both Mission Assurance and Design, to meet project objectives, commitments, and goals. Performing and reviewing circuit analysis and tracking analysis status to both Project and Line Management.

Responsible for Psyche Satellite Mission Assurance / Reliability on all system, subsystem, and box levels for the 5131 Project Reliability Organization as a JPL Affiliate. All aspects of Reliability Analyses, including Worst Case, Part Stress, Single Event Effects, Interface Failure Modes Effects and Criticality, Total Dose and Displacement Damage Radiation, Thermal, Structural, etc. are performed and/or reviewed by JPL, JPL/Partners, JPL Suppliers, Partners Suppliers and presented to Reliability Engineering Management, JPL Mission Assurance Directorate Leadership, and Project Management. Coordinator of Project plans, dispositioning of discrepancies, tracking performance, and resolving issues using classical and standard Reliability processes and procedures. Coached and trained employees using various communication methods in a very diverse, as well as virtual workforce, with a broad background in Reliability of Analog, Mixed Signal, Digital, RF, and Power Supply Design to meet project objectives and improve efficiency. Participated as technical lead and subject matter expert on multidisciplinary team to meet mission CDR and Pre-launch requirements by documenting completion to Reliability Requirements and identifying risks to mission success.

Performed Parts Stress Analysis, Worst Case Analysis, Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis of electronic circuits following JPL Reliability process. Supply results to Project Reliability Engineers for review and approval and entering results into project database to track discrepancies. Supplied feedback on analysis results to project design engineers and support questions and updates as required. Generated estimates for work tasks to be accomplished and assigned. Lead for WCA Team to create sample analyses and Certified as Section Reviewer for Parts Stress Analysis. Interfaced with Product Partners for all Reliability analysis reviews. Mentored reliability engineers on analysis generation and review.

Support electrical design architectural trade studies and provide quotation estimates for new product design. Support troubleshooting and detailed analysis with recommendations to Product and Chief Engineers. Work risk reductions in production and provide project guidance for cycle time reductions in both analysis and design activities. Write positional White Papers for customers and end product users. Support critical design circuits through Worst Case Simulation Analysis.

Managed multiple Programs with both Mechanical and Electrical Assemblies to Design Guidelines and Processes using Earned Value Measurement System as the Electrical Hardware Box Lead and certified Control Account Manager working with Functional Leadership, Program Leadership, and Chief Engineers. These projects had multiple Printed Board Assemblies and Chassis designs with up to 40 Engineers (including outsource and internal resources) and up to a $45M budget for Electrical, Mechanical, Power Supply, ASIC/FPGA EMI/C, and Prototype Product Build/Test designed to Human Space and Satellite Standards. Led internal project working with outside vendor to reduce cycle time.

Lead Electrical Design Engineer for Strategic Sensors Group on secure program. Led the production transition from prototype to multi-axis production unit with another Honeywell site. Primary customer interface to Draper Labs for electronics modules. Lead Power Module Electrical Designer responsible for all aspects of distributed power to multiple boxes within navigation unit.

R&D Staff Engineer, Program Manager, and Technical Director for development of Advanced Power Supply Technology with Ultra-High Efficiency resulting in patent. Lead Power Supply Design Engineer for Space Station Local Area Network 20A power supply. Lead Power Supply Design Engineer for Space Shuttle Health Management Computer with 5-output High Current Power Supply. Lead Hybrid Design Engineer for Space Station Propulsion Module and Provisioning Item Order Programs. Lead engineer responsible for Manufacturing Readiness Review at Hybrid Supplier where 5-sigma analysis of hybrid parts to derived test limits was performed. Responsible for all aspect of bringing new hybrid supplier into test and production of Space Station Hybrids including detailed technical design reviews and source control drawing updates resulting in minimal production issues within a very tight schedule.

Electrical Lead Design Engineer for Space Station Mass Memory Unit Program to replace hard disk with Flash Memory for use in International Space Station main computer control boxes. Responsible for the In-Circuit-Emulator (ICE) and development of the Controller Microprocessor test scripts. Responsible for transfer of all hybrid designs to a new vendor without any issues or problems reported. This included improvement of yields to above 95% when previous vendor was as low as 60%.

Responsible for all development testing, analysis, and qualification reports including EMC Tests (Conducted Susceptibility, Radiated Susceptibility, Conducted Emissions, Radiation Emissions), Power Quality and Transient Voltage Tests (ESD, Surge Immunity, Electrical Fast Transients, Burst, Minimum/Maximum Voltage, Reverse Voltage, Voltage Fluctuation, Abnormal Voltage Dropouts and Load Dumps), and Environmental Tests (Temperature, Humidity, Water Resistance, Vibration, Impact, Shock) on all products used in worldwide industrial minim environments using IEC, FCC< ISO, CISPR, and customer requirements. Working with the design team, after test failures to recommend low cost hardware and software design changes to allow equipment compliance by developing a practical design rule checklist and SPICE models for simulation. Derived theoretical model to perform accelerated random vibration test based on actual vibration field data take with peak event data recorder of Power Spectral Density (PSD) using the Rayleigh probability density function. Products included RF spread spectrum radio, processors, fiber optic modems, GPS/GLONAS location systems, and custom antenna arrays.

On site laiason to major hybrid vendor for Space Station during MIL-H-38534 Qualification Testing and initial production of complex analog and digital hybrids. These included, Power Supply Control, Power Supply Rectifier, High Level Analog, Low Level Analog, Analog Output, Common Gain Amplifer, Analog/Digital Input, Discrete Input/Output, and Solenoid Driver Hybrids. Responsible for troubleshooting during Integration Validation and Verification (IV&V) testing of the flight hardware and software for Space Station Computers and I/O Boxes. Responsible for Design to Production Transition of the units including multiple output power supply. Liaison to the Russian Space Agency (Energia and Krunichev Companies in Moscow, Russia) and personally responsible for new interface development and over $1M in new business with RSA to analyze DC-DC Converter Power Supply Stability. Interface for Honeywell to NASA, customers, and users on delivery, schedule, and technical aspects to program contract auditing and negotiations as technical expert. This included extensive travel for customers, users, and vendor support on major multi-million dollar subcontracts and negotiations.

Responsible for completion of the final design phases of multiple I/O Circuit Card Assemblies including Power Supply. Completed Critical Design Reviews (CDR), final Spice simulations, and design modifications as Integrated Product Team Hardware Lead. Control Account Manager with multi-million dollar 2-year budget including customer driven Class I design scope changes with Request for Quotes, engineering Basis of Estimates, fact-finding and negotiation support, and formal contract change. Prepared and presented at customer reviews including monthly Program Management Reviews (PMS) with Performance Management System (PMS) data and periodic Technical Detail Design Reviews. Name critical member of the Space Station Program Assembly Integration Team by customer in contract. Responsible for all MacDonnell Douglas radiation testing which saved over $1.5M in potential redesign due to accelerated schedule completion. Developed the NASA Interface Control Document for the Sperry I/O Box working with customer and user supplied specifications and requirements. Supported NASA and customer technical discussions of on-orbit troubleshooting and maintenance with radiation impacts.

Responsible for the High Level Analog (HLA) Hybrid which operates on a 27.7 kHz sensor set, read, and record frequency. This 2-channel hybrid has four digital control input/output functions which include a precision 5V balanced differential input voltage sensor, a 20 mA current loop sensor, a 15V regulated output source to power current sensors ,and a loop powered current sensor mode. Supported multiple Hybrid interface discussions and recommended fixes to the analog chain. Responsible for the design development, interface simulations in SPICE, Worst Case Analysis (WCA), Stress Analysis, and development integration and test of the 32-Channel HLA Circuit Card Assembly (CCA). Responsible for the design of a 16 Channel Solenoid Driver Output (SDO) CCA, reviewed similar design activites on all the other IO cards. Space Station Program Personal Computer (PC) Coordinator for all Engineering Workstation hardware/software specifications and procurement as a member of the Computer Services Group Committee as well as the Capital Equipment Coordinator for development test equipment ($2M+ over 5-yr plan) requiring formal approval at Honeywell Group level. Site representative to the Engineering Library responsible for procurement of reference materials and charter for the inter-divisional library system.

Key contributor to Corporate Reliability Advisory Board Project for development of a Computer Aided Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) utilizing outside vendor development. Responsible for typical Reliability Engineering activities including Computer SPiCE simulations for Circuit Stress Analysis and Worst Case Analysis. Completed a DC Brushless Motor Driver Controller for Hubble Space Telescope Reaction Wheel Assembly using Engineering Workstation and simulators. Present results of Parts Reliability and System Probability of Success analysis at Preliminary Design Review and Critical Design Review to customers with multiple redundant systems. Responsible for Failure Rate Predictions and calculation of Mean Time Between Failures as well as System Availability based on Mean Time to Repair. Developed database software to prepare statistical analysis of Production Malfunction Reports. Quality Engineering used these in government audits to ensure report closure and tracking prior to delivery of product.

Developed first USPICE simulation of a full bridge DC motor driver to analyze circuit worst case performance in a radiation environment. Provided engineering support with fault analysis of problematic circuits using USPICE. Continued to provide all reliability analysis software updates as directed by Program Engineers.

Developed software used at three divisions for Failure Rate Predictions to MIL-HDBK-217 on UNIVAC mainframe computer used on Shuttle, Reaction Wheels, Control Moment Gyros, Multiple Air Force Jets, and Commercial Aircraft. Developed all Reliability Engineering Department Software including FORTRAN, Pascal, 'C'​, Assembler, and BASIC languages on PC, VAX, and UNIVAC computers. One software package included 22,000+ lines of code developed and tested within 18 working days. Recommended and developed Database Structures, Spreadsheets, and Report Generation software including Word Processing and Desktop Publishing links. Developed, recommended, and managed the department computer system networking integration hardware and software.

Directed to develop software and perform Reliability Engineering statistical analysis by project reliability engineers. Recommended software and hardware for specific Reliability Engineering functions.