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Skaneateles, Ny, Us

Skaneateles, Ny, Us

North Syracuse, New York, Us

Guide the technical direction of the group, including professional development, processes, tools,and the exploration of new technologies, in collaboration with the Director of EngineeringStrategy.- Operate as a second-level manager, guiding a management team which directly supervises the staff.- Provide formal supervision for the group, including setting goals, providing regular feedback and coaching, etc.- Oversee the writing performance reviews, determination of performance ratings, and salary actions.- Work with the Director of Engineering Operations to determine proper staffing levels for the group.- Oversee recruiting and hiring for the group.- Collaborate with the Director of Engineering Operations, Program Management, and other Engineering Managers/Directors to ensure that programs are properly staffed and that all members of the group are fully tasked.- Manage group overhead costs, including maintaining a labor overhead rate within a specified target range.- Provide mentoring to technical leads to help ensure that your team executes program tasking on budget, on schedule and in a technically sound manner.- Participate in Engineering management staff meetings.- Additional responsibilities for the Hardware Director:- Oversee a multi-disciplinary team that designs and builds physical product.- Represent Engineering in working with Supply Chain/Purchasing, the Stock Room, Government Property, Material Planning, and other support organizations critical to hardware development.- Build and oversee a Component Engineering capability to help manage approved components and obsolescence.- Guide the direction of our Labs and Lab Facilities, in collaboration with the Director of Engineering Strategy.- Provide Technical guidance and mentoring to SRC & SRCTec engineers, program managers, and technicians.

North Syracuse, New York, Us

Providing direction and oversight while managing a staff of up to 25 Engineers & Technicians with a focus on RF/Microwave and Mechanical engineering. Providing technical leadership within the division across programs and business areas. Position involves splitting time between Functional Management and Direct Contract work at approximately a 40/60 split. Responsibilities include: - Developing technology roadmaps and charting the strategy for the RF/Microwave area and overseeing the efforts for the Mechanical area - Providing guidance and oversight for the RF/Microwave area throughout the design process - Planning, managing, and executing programs; including Internal Research and Development efforts - Managing all indirect spending for the group against an allotted budget while collaborating with other Functional and Business area managers to maintain the division’s indirect multiplier - Performance reviews, salary planning, training, professional development, program staffing, hiring and maintaining a balanced workforce for the demands of the business

North Syracuse, New York, Us

Provided management support for a team of 4-5 RF engineers within the Airborne Radar Group. Provided technical guidance and oversight for all active projects in the area. Position involved splitting time between Personnel Management and Direct Contract work at approximately a 20/80 split. Responsibilities included: - Supervision for staff, including setting goals, providing regular feedback and coaching, writing performance reviews, determining performance ratings and salary actions - Worked with the business leaders and program managers to develop staffing plans - Managed personnel performance that required strong action with attention to detail and fairness - Provided architecting support, design support, technical leadership, testing, and integration support to the FORESTER V2 Design team for the Power & Transceiver subsystems

North Syracuse, New York, Us

- Performed early stage analysis for many of SRC’s programs including frequency planning, link budgets, spur analysis, receiver path analysis to include gain, P1dB, OIP3, noise figure, exciter cascaded phase noise for both static and vibration induced phase noise - Developed custom design tools for harmonic analysis and frequency planning, receiver gain calculations and path analysis, cumulative phase noise analysis for static and vibration induced phase noise, and time domain and frequency domain signal analysis for A/D converter evaluation and characterization - Mentored the junior staff within the RF/Microwave engineering group. Developed training materials and performed several lectures for frequency planning and receiver and exciter design conceptsMajor Projects: - AGES (Engineering Program Manager)Directed the engineering work of a large, multi-company, cross-functional technical team to develop the company’s next generation Integrated Electronic Warfare platform. Performed initial system and hardware trade studies, developed the system architecture and provided technical guidance, direction, and program management. Traveled extensively and provided programmatic and technical briefings to the customer and engineering team. - FORESTER (RF Lead/Transmitter Integration Lead)Led the RF electronics development for an airborne UHF radar system. Responsibilities included designing, developing, testing, and integrating a low noise, high dynamic range, 18-channel receiver, a low phase noise exciter and 10KW Transmitter, and the DC power system. - CREW Duke (RF Transceiver Lead)Performed rapid prototype development of a wide band transceiver used for a responsive ECM system. Responsibilities included the design, development, and test of a high-speed broadband transceiver and fast tuning LO synthesizer. The system went on to become the most widely-fielded and reliable system playing a critical role in protecting U.S. and allied forces.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Designed and developed a variety of electronic equipment and systems to support the company’s surveillance and control systems. Developed advanced technological ideas and guided their development into a hardware prototype or final product. Performed planning, scheduling, and cost account management for assigned projects. Guided the RF/Microwave group in the use of very low phase noise design techniques for radar synthesizers and waveform generators.Major Projects:- MEADS International Fire Control Radar X-Band ExciterDesigned, tested, and integrated four of sixteen RF/Microwave subassemblies for an ultra-low phase noise X-Band frequency synthesizer. Demonstrated proof of concept via detailed technical analysis & design reviews. Performed scheduling and cost account management. Provided chassis level hardware integration planning and execution.- Signal Analysis Facility DevelopmentDeveloped Matlab code to interface with the Tektronix TLA700 logic analyzer and assist in the analysis of digitized data and associated hardware.- L-Band Digital Final ReceiverDesigned and managed the fabrication of six RF PWBs for the prototype FPS/TPS-117 Digital Final Receiver. Worked closely with Systems Engineering to define the system architecture and develop the hardware specifications. Performed detailed RF path analysis to support hardware requirements. Performed testing of the six RF PWBs for the receive path from L-Band through the A/D converter output. Directed the mechanical engineering design for the receiver chassis and integrated the PWBs into the chassis.- AEW UHF Exciter ProjectDesigned, tested, and integrated two of six RF/Microwave subassemblies for an airborne low phase noise UHF frequency synthesizer. Designs included a low phase noise LO/Clock generator module and a Decade Synthesizer module. Provided oversight for chassis fabrication. Integrated all synthesizer modules into the chassis and performed all subsystem testing.

Researched, designed, prototyped, tested, and integrated analog and digital circuits for power system monitoring and networking. Design responsibilities included developing and implementing innovative measurement and control techniques for the company’s next generation product line, the G-Series rectifier. Digital circuit design focused heavily on the Motorola Neuron Distributed Communications and Control Processor and the Atmel AVR series microcontroller. Analog circuit design focused heavily on precision measurement techniques inside the noisy environment of the switchmode rectifier.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Worked in cross-functional assignments while on the Engineering Leadership Development Program. Assignments included: - System and Circuit design for an X-Band civil marine radar application - System integration - Transmitter power supply modeling for an MTI radar development - Engineering test and evaluation of exciter modules for a UHF Surveillance Radar - Analysis and characterization of RF receiver chains and A/D converters - Personal training and support for summer interns and Australian cadets - Representing OR&SS in the EPI RF/Microwave sub council - Process development for the Microelectronics manufacturing flow - Training, certification, and support for the Microelectronics IPT

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical Engineering

Associate Of Science (As), Engineering Science