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- Use Material Review Board (MRB) authority on a daily basis to ensure product integrity and system requirements are maintained while developing solutions for the D5 Trident II Fleet Ballistic Missile. Write dispositions for production floor rework, repairs, waivers, and deviations.- Collaborate in cross-functional work groups for Root Cause Analysis using six sigma techniques such as the Fishbone or Five Whys method. - Co-lead pilot program for a process improvement that will decrease human error incidents. - Act as Proofing Director leading a cross-functional group of 6-8 people to activate/demonstrate new abilities and procedures for the facility. - Implement process and procedural improvements by coordinating with Certified Principal Engineers and initiating documentation change requests. - Engineering Safety Committee representative leading organization of 42 people to accomplish Road To Target Zero safety policies, 1st place winner in 4th quarter safety competition, and continued zero injuries for 7 years.- Represented engineering at Documentation Control Board to ensure floor processing documentation changes comply with company common integrated processing requirements, program level directives, facility capabilities, facility wide memos, and follow best engineering and shop practices.

- Defined project requirements and developed research plan to create a Satellite Payload Database with purpose to define characteristics needed for satellite instrument selection.- Researched communication, imaging, and scientific payloads of Earth orbiting satellites launched since 1995.- Created Satellite Payload Database searchable by type of instrument or by mass, power, size, and functionality.

Tested for and monitored sensor drift for all new oxygen sensors. Prepared and delivered hardware and corresponding paperwork for flight on-time. Researched and wrote test plan for a proposed accelerated life cycle test to extend shelf life of hardware.Wrote, Opened, Worked, and Closed Task Performance Sheets for various projects to sustain, refurbish, build, and certify spaceflight hardware including those for time critical IVA/EVA projects such as MFR and REFH. Analyzed a conceptual tension device to assess practicality and design. Wrote sub-functions for new shuttle displays as part of an upgrade to the shuttle software. Tested new code and ran abort and landing scenarios for engineering related studies of the shuttle using the Shuttle Engineering Simulator. Scheduled and gave tours of the Shuttle Engineering Simulator to special guests and groups such as NASA Edge and upper management.Prepared and delivered Acceptance Data Packages certifying flight hardware. Gathered and interpreted documents as need to certify the hardware. Identified and solved problems concerning errors made by engineers or discrepancies in paperwork.

Designed a calibration tool manufactured for use in the calibration of the string pots used to measure velocity for bomb rack drop tests. Wrote Labview programs to automate the validation of calibration and data evaluation of the bomb rack drop test. Designed a mechanical assembly to automate the vent release step of the thermal test for the bomb racks.