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Louisville, Colorado (Co), Us

Enterprise-Wide Organizational role formulating the strategic planning and decision making driving disruptive innovations in products and processes ensuring distributed portfolio success and growth. Integrating the Sierra Space individual diverse sectors to derive mutually advantageous and aggressive engineering and business goals.

Louisville, Colorado (Co), Us

Dream Chaser reusable spaceplane. Responsible for leading and establishing processes and products for a 115 person and multi-consultant team of the disciplines below. - Systems Engineering – Responsibilities include requirements development, decomposition, allocation, validation and verification, ultimately providing for customer certification of technical and safety-critical requirements via specific gated reviews (NASA, Air Force Range, FAA, FCC, and other Federal Agencies)- System Analysis - Branch responsible for Aerodynamics, Dynamic Loads, Thermal Analysis, and Integrated Vehicle Performance (IVP), supporting the spacecraft design, test and certification campaigns- Spacecraft Test - Responsible for all Spacecraft subsystem and system level testing, including modal, bending structural, subsystem performance, environmental (Armstrong Test Facility aka Plum Brook), and pre-flight ground testing- Specialty Engineering – Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), Radiation, Fracture Control, and Materials & ProcessesResponsible for detailed, resource loaded scheduling that support the program baseline.Other responsibilities include leadership development, customer relationships, budget management, Earned Value Management (EVM) reporting, overall metrics, and acting as the Cost Account Manager (CAM) for multiple supporting consultants.Have lead multiple successful technical Tiger Teams to integrate disparate teams to resolve challenging issues, e.g. solve the unsolvable. Also have provided content and review of business proposals (NASA RFPs).

Louisville, Colorado (Co), Us

Project Engineering Lead for the Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) and Flight Dynamics, Modelling and Simulation (FDMS) teams. Previously was the Team Lead Systems Engineer for the Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT) Directorate.Primary responsibilities include: Leading two teams of engineers to ensure the GN&C design complies with NASA, FAA, Range, and SNC derived requirements through the application of an accredited in-house developed sim for both on-orbit and Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) phases for the International Space Station (ISS) re-supply mission (CRS2). Work also involves coordination with sub-contractors, primarily Draper, and cross-discipline groups.

Boulder, Co, Us

Expert consultant for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS, 2nd Stage) program requirements development, decomposition, and verification for the human rating of the upper stage of the NASA Space Launch System (SLS) program. Primary duties are to evaluate top-level NASA specifications and requirements against the modified Delta IV Cryogenic Second Stage design and to provide Verification Closure Notices (VCNs) for the decomposed requirements and ultimate design certification for flight. As a lead SE, guide the requirements tailoring and development of the supporting verification evidence from the team of assigned multi-discipline experts.

Washington, Dc, Us

Lead Flight Controller directing payload activities aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in coordination with Mission Control in Houston, on-orbit station crew, International Partners, and other research facilities across the globe in the real-time execution of the human spaceflight mission. Also responsible for:- Systems Engineer leading Operational, Test, and Evaluation (OT&E) of new ISS Payload Systems- Anomaly/Failure detection, identification, investigation, and resolution in real-time and post-flight as required, ARB/FRB member- Discipline specific Flight Controller training development and certification via sims and performance OJT- Documenting and reporting results to senior level engineering and program management (change management, error reports, payload anomaly reports, activity log, etc.)- Voting member for various product development boards and tiger/task teams as required

Washington, Dc, Us

Served as the technical lead of multi-disciplinary teams for the development, decomposition, allocation, and verification/validation of all Ares I/V and Space Launch System requirements for driving vehicle design, development, testing, Human rating, range safety, and ground operations. Also responsible for:- Developing a mission architecture, ConOps, and performance requirements to support Agency DRMs- Leading an engineering team to decompose the vehicle level requirements into element level functional, cost, performance, interface, and operational requirements (requirement flow down)- Performed risk management, system optimization, trade studies, concept of operations development, while maintaining control over technical products (TPMs, ConOps, SEMP, TEMP, SRD, System Spec, IRDs, V&V plan, DDT&E plan)- Initiating and leading tiger and task teams as required to support closure of issues and development of products- Managed the requirements database in DOORS, CRADLE, and Windchill

Washington, Dc, Us

Aviation Engineering Directorate.Led multi-discipline teams comprised of government and contractor personnel to support multiple U.S. Army Aviation developmental and legacy aircraft Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) programs requirement development and verification/validation activities. Team lead responsibility included being the senior DoD representative to all stakeholders, including the flight operations managers and unit commanders and served as the lead interface to the prime contractor and the FAA for airworthiness and certification (Parts 25 and 33). Provided technical advice, guidance and support to program and DoD management on technical issues regarding the OT&E of airborne weapons detection systems. Also led expert teams in the DDT&E concerning the new design, implementation, requirements management, verification evaluation, EVM, engineering cost analysis, and resource validation. Responsible for assembling, developing, and leading Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) as required and managing the Government requirement documentation for each program from the following Aviation Engineering Directorate (AED) disciplines: Aeromechanics, Structures and Materials, Propulsion, Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA), Software Engineering, Mission Equipment and Electronics. Managed the requirements database in DOORS.

Huntsville, Alabama, Us

International Space Station (ISS) Nodes Project Management Office.Nodes 2 and 3 Lead Internal Active Thermal Control Systems (IATCS) Engineer. As a senior technical expert provided critical flight element mechanical fluid / thermal systems engineering analyses. Responsibilities included the development of design review criteria, hardware-software-avionics integration, configuration management, problem resolution, data analysis, integrated flight systems (power, C&DH, avionics, life support, reliability and maintainability, safety, crew interface) test development and planning, and requirements validation activities as applied to the human spaceflight mission spacecraft internal ATCS. Support included all phases of design, manufacturing, testing and operational evaluation of ISS flight systems hardware, space shuttle integration, flight and operation of the ISS Nodes 2/3 modules.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Provided project management and systems engineering technical support for multiple aerospace vehicle production companies. Provided process development/design and manufacturing improvement for all stages of aircraft canopy fabrication, research, development and testing operations, ground operations, and materials and structures verification. Duties also included cost and schedule estimation, prime customer requirements development, data acquisition and analysis, test planning, budget and resource management, evaluation of test methods and test equipment, developmental and experimental analysis and design, problem identification and resolution, and non-exempt employee supervision.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

4th Fighter Wing. Honorably Discharged, Enlisted, Desert Storm Veteran. Performed scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on Pratt and Whitney F100 series aircraft engines, F15E aircraft. Duties also included trouble-shooting aircraft systems: avionics, airframe, hydraulics, fuel system and fluid and mechanical systems. Involved in the development of flight test projects in a test cell environment.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Aerospace Engineering (Meng), Doctoral Studies, Aerospace Engineering (Non Degree)

Master'S Degree, Aerospace Engineering