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Senior level project engineer experienced in leading Integrated Product Teams (IPT) including all engineering disciplines (Digital, RF, Analog, Power Supply, Firmware, etc.) and coordinating activities with Systems, Program Management and Manufacturing. Experience includes Technical Management, Cost Account Management, Earned Value (EVMS), Risk Management, Estimating and Project Scheduling. Other areas of experience include extensive involvement with overall systems design, hardware/software integration, systems, field-testing, DO-160 Testing, DO-254 and ARP4754. Expert problem solving abilities, using whatever tools are available to solve a problem. Have held DOD Security Clearance.

Functioned as a technical lead engineer for the Electronic Hardware Engineering Directorate in Wayne. Filled that role for both the Win-T and CDL Hawklink projects. Duties included serving as leading all Hardware Design activities (Digital, Analog, RF, Mechanical,etc.), interfacing with other disciplines (SW, Manufacturing, Contracts, Finance etc.) as well as serving as Cost Account Manager for the associated accounts. Managed nearly 50 accounts at one time.

Responsible for design support and field test for an automotive satellite radio receiver.Wrote software for data acquisition systems from National Instruments and IOTech as well as GPS receivers to collect field data in a mobile environment.Developed and performed field tests of the receiver hardware and firmware.Coordinated field tests with the customer's field test team.Reduced field testing from a two man to a one man operation.Used orbital parameters to coordinate tests with satellite positions.Analyzed field data and developed lab tests to simulate field problems in a controlled environment.Designed and programmed test instrument GUIs in Visual Basic.Generated production tests for several boards using JTAG boundary scan.Supported VHDL coders during their debug process on prototype hardware using Altera FPGAs.Developed algorithms for Flash Programming using a JTAG bus.

Responsible for the direction of design teams (5-12 members) and coordination with other disciplines to produce entire products.Coordinated and supervised the hardware design and VHDL coding of a programmable signal-processing card including Xilinx Virtex FPGAs and a PCI bus interface to a TI DSP processor.Proposed the use of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) to cut costs by using Commercial off the shelf (COTS) technology that met bus traffic and latency requirements.Redesigned an Information security (Infosec) card to add a security monitor to a 486 microprocessor on a PC-104 ISA bus and upgrade the PCMCIA cryptographic device interface.Developed a Microsoft Access database to track the configuration of pre-production radios, saving many hours of labor.Supported the pre-production testing of a cryptographic radio.Appointed as a local expert for Windows NT.