Develop and maintain new capabilities for the Raytheon Multi-Function System Services (MFSS) software framework that provides the common capabilities/subsystems required by various EO/IR sensor pod product lines.Actively participate in DevOps Daily Scrum, Product Owner, Sprint Retrospective, and Sprint Planning meetings.Assume Product Owner role whenever Product Owner is unavailable.Actively participate in cybersecurity planning, requirements development, and design efforts for MFSS.Performed major overhaul of the MFSS software team’s On-Boarding (i.e. Orientation) Confluence web pages to more effectively help new team members setup their development systems and become familiar with building the MFSS software on both Linux and Windows targets. I received many praises for this work from leads, managers, and new team members.Designed and implemented proof-of-concept demo software that runs on both Windows and Linux. The demo software was part of an R&D project to evaluate the feasibility of implementing and using an upcoming new standard low level firmware API drafted by Raytheon, Lockheed, Northrup, and a few other high profile aerospace and defense companies.Performed trade study of various software tools to be considered for inclusion in a new tool suite for Raytheon’s next generation hardware platforms.

Managed a very small System Integrity software team in developing and releasing new System Integrity software baselines for two (2) parallel efforts every two (2) months.Solely responsible for performing a major upgrade of the System Integrity software team’s complex, layered automated build scripting system, and updated both the Operational Flight Program (OFP) team’s build scripts and Configuration Management’s build scripts as needed.Actively participated in initial planning meetings for a new Raytheon System Integrity initiative.Developed tools in both dynamically typed and statically typed programming languages to help streamline the lab integration workflow.Actively participated in weekly cross functional team coordination meetings.Managed software team’s version control repository, merged development branches, and released new software baselines.

Actively collaborated with leads and managers from multiple cross functional teams.Filled-in for Software Tech Lead as needed.Resolved software defects; designed, implemented, and delivered program-specific features on top of Raytheon’s core System Integrity software framework that runs on multiple architectures.Single-handedly developed and maintained software team’s complex layered build scripting system to automate software build process.Managed software team’s version control repository, merged development branches, and released new software baselines.Assisted OFP team with troubleshooting integration issues.Assisted Software Verification Team with system level tests and demos.Assisted spin-off projects with resolving integration issues, and to establish version control processes.Mentored and guided software engineers new to the team to grow their skills and mastery of Raytheon’s core System Integrity software products.Effectively led and mentored team of five (5) engineers to deliver multiple releases of System Integrity software for a new advanced domestic military platform within an aggressively compressed and ever changing schedule.Took the initiative to author and maintain orientation packets and “How-To documents” that were designed to help new team members get up to speed quickly and to properly setup their workstations to begin their tasks.Received strong praise and positive feedback after successfully creating and presenting artifacts at a customer critical design review.

Responsible for porting system integrity software to new advance systems intended for emerging foreign military markets.Engaged in reverse planning meetings to establish project schedules and tasks for the system integrity software team.Responsible for maintaining/enhancing system integrity software for legacy projects.Developed scripts to streamline software build and testing work flows.Created and maintained project Subversion software configuration repositories, established use guidelines, and trained software engineers on Subversion.Developed a very thorough, robust and flexible design for a critical data processing subsystem that was key in allowing me to code, test, and deliver two (2) months ahead of schedule.Trained software engineers on the architecture/design of Raytheon's proprietary system integrity software framework.Composed and updated system and software level requirement documents.Designed, developed, and integrated a system wide data log transfer sub-system for a multi-node system.Designed, developed, and integrated a sub-system responsible for processing encrypted NAND data.Successfully authored the software test plan for an R&D program in two (2) weeks just days before it was due for the program's customer-participated critical design review.

Designed, developed, and integrated real-time, embedded, system integrity software products across multiple projects consisting of heterogeneous multi-processor development platforms that used multiple RTOSes.Designed, developed, and integrated configurable, multi-node communication protocols that made use of multiple cryptographic communication algorithms.Single handedly designed and developed a new enhanced software testing framework used by the entire software team, while also training them on how to use it.Significantly enhanced and maintained in-house MS Windows based multi-node simulation software used for testing embedded, real-time software intended to run on multi-node systems.Led a five (5) man team to complete software requirement based testing of a program's system integrity software over a four (4) month timespan.

Designed, implemented, and tested executive task and laser control subsystem for a multi-tasking PowerPC based laser target tracking system for the Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft.Designed and implemented Linux based flash hardware simulation software to test flash manager CSC for an FPGA based 2-Color video module - ultimately helping my team to meet our first delivery despite receiving integration hardware over three (3) months late.Designed and implemented a test command processor for a multi-tasking 2-Color video module.Engaged in formal software development process consisting of detailed design, design reviews, pseudo code, code reviews, software test planning, module testing, and technical interchange meetings with customers.Created software build baselines.

Designed, implemented, and maintained Board Support Package (BSP) for a new Fly-By-Wire system for the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow combat helicopter. This included device drivers for PCI, VME, flash memory, UART, analog I/O, discrete I/O, 82C54 timer, and PIC.Supported both customer and Systems Engineers during flight control computer and actuator control unit Safety of Flight testing for the Boeing Apache AH-64D Longbow program.Translated and maintained in-house RTOS from C to Ada for the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master Advanced Fighter Trainer.Created and updated automated in-house build tools using GNU tools.Provided integration support at customer sites outside of California.Successfully lead a team in completing 20% more DO-178B testing than expected for the second milestone of an FAA certification.Trained and mentored two Systems Engineers on the inner workings of a new multi-tasking digital flight control system.Trained and supported five technicians responsible for testing new hardware.Baselined and released official software builds to customers.Administered software configuration management database.Used JTAG and ICE tools to load software/firmware into target boards.