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Raleigh, Nc, Us

Orange County, Ca, Us

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Gb

Patuxent River, Maryland, Us

Principal Provider for Naval Aviation Enterprise Contributing to National Security Warfare Enterprise at the Fleet Readiness Center (FRC) East• Provides technical leadership for eleven engineers of various experience levels by clearly defining priorities and distributing the workload• Represents structures engineering team to program managers, FST leadership and outside vendors• Manages high-level briefings to internal leadership and external stakeholders on project status and updates• Independently reviews and provides comprehensive feedback on complex technical products completed by team members to ensure quality and continuous improvement • Identifies, analyzes and resolves program functional deficiencies (Gap Analysis) and develops corrective actions• Develops systems architectures and defines vital capabilities and performance requirements• Collaborates with team members across multiple engineering disciplines including systems, manufacturing, software, and electrical/firmware• Active contributor to streamlining department processes and adopting industry best practices• Evaluates junior engineer technical designs and concepts and provides expert advice to meet specification requirements• Creates new training materials including tools, templates, techniques and processes• Extensive knowledge of Military Standards and associated test methods related to systems and subsystems• Familiar with DOD Acquisition processes and project management professional principles

Patuxent River, Maryland, Us

• Provided in-service and maintenance, repair and overhaul engineering support on MH-60R/S airframe technical issues• Analyzed and determined the criticality of various structural parts using a defined organizational process• Designed and authored structural repairs for individual aircraft based on fleet damage reports• Used root causes analysis to conduct multiple engineering investigations to determine the cause of failure and produce an appropriate final report detailing findings, conclusions and corrective actions• Responded to direct requests from fleet customers with an appropriate engineering disposition• Wrote technical publication work packages to implement permanent instructions for necessary repairs and aircraft modifications• Developed stress analysis tools and methodologies• Communicated and coordinated technical disciplines to ensure deliverables were on target and met specified requirements

Patuxent River, Maryland, Us

• Managed all technical tasking for MH-60R/S subsystems components including flight controls, fuel systems, hydraulics, landing gear and environmental control• Provided technical leadership for a team of five engineers of various experience levels by clearly defining priorities and distributing the workload to meet deadlines• Evaluated, initiated, developed and reviewed changes to technical manuals• Conducted and reviewed engineering investigations for failed subsystems components, guiding risk assessment and mitigation• Performed analyses for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integrations, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulation, certification, product assurance and other specialties quality factors into a preferred configuration to ensure performance success• Resolved cross-functional technical issues• Developed and supported sub-system requirements and verification data packages to support architecture requirements, design, verification/validation, operations, and sustaining engineering

Dallas, Tx, Us

-Worked with the systems engineering team on a variety of commercial aircraft systems such as landing gear, air conditioning, doors, and fueling-Primary duties included analyzing hot aircraft reports, writing and editing engineering documents, creating spreadsheets to display test results, and aircraft record auditing-Analyzed flight attendant, pilot, and customer complaints regarding hot aircraft to determine if air conditioning system repairs or inspection was needed-Developed and distributed a weekly spreadsheet report illustrating the inspections and repairs performed by the engineering team to solve continuing hot aircraft problems-Read Boeing Service Bulletins and wrote engineering documents to align with the conditions and actions described

-Assisted with testing, documentation, and system repairs to multiple large-scale cooling systems for commercial and military aircraft-Attended project meetings with managers, engineers, and test technicians-Documentation tasks included test schematics to help document the set up and procedures for various tests, editing test procedure documents, and creating wiring harness schematics using Microsoft Visio -Testing responsibilities included running a variety of flight and ground cases for cooling systems to meet customer specifications and uninstalling and reinstalling systems into the test chamber-Repair duties included identifying problems with units and assisting lab technicians with any necessary repairs