April Sanders

Engineering Department Manager at Raytheon Technologies
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(386) 825-5501
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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

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Experience

    • United States
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Engineering Department Manager
      • Aug 2018 - Present

      Department Manager for the Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Communications Systems Engineering Department. Responsibilities include the overall management of discipline engineering within the department; managing the department leadership team and technical staff; developing and maintaining training and development plans aligned to the product line, product roadmaps and capability needs of the department; maintaining a pipeline of engineering talent with the competencies required to support program execution and new business pursuits; and ensuring programs are adequately staffed to meet the program needs over the life cycle of the program. Show less

    • United States
    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Wideband Communications Program & Capture Manager
      • Jun 2009 - Dec 2017

      Responsible for developing technology roadmaps and business plans for wideband communications product line for commercial and military applications; pursuing new business opportunities for, commercial communications businesses, and key government organizations (DARPA, AFRL, NRL, IARPA, DHS); managing NBI and IR&D budgets and execution of project plans; and working with other commercial companies to sell IP and/or develop a business plan to generate revenue for the technology developed.

    • Deputy Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead
      • Jan 2008 - May 2009

      Payload System level Integration and test Deputy Integrated Product Lea. Responsibilities include planning and conducting tests to verify system level performance; managing a multi-disciplined team of 50+ mechanical and electrical Special Test Equipment (STE), software, system, and verification engineers; providing oversight for all phases of STE hardware and software development, test plans and procedure development, hardware and software planning, integration, testing, verification, and validation; establishing effective customer and teammate relationships in support of system level integration at customer facilities; support of off-site system level testing and exercises; supporting various program, business, and customer reviews; managing earned value, cost, schedule, and performance; performing variance analysis/reporting, supporting estimate at completion reviews, and engineering resource requirements analysis; and providing bids, CROM, ROM and proposal cost estimates, as well as risks and opportunity analyses. Show less

    • Section Manager/Special Projects Tevhnical Lead
      • Aug 2003 - Jan 2008

      Responsible for the design, development, and conduct of multiple system level interface tests involving customers and teammates. Technical responsibilities included: providing technical support, consultation, and/or oversight for numerous internal, external, teammate, and customer led technical exchange meetings, test design reviews, test readiness reviews, Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) activities, and test plan and procedure reviews; supporting requirements analysis activities for system level test procedures; definition of test configurations and test methodologies for various test activities, test equipment requirements definition; development of detailed test plans and procedures, and test overview and training packages; and test script and software development (C, Tcl/Tk). Project management activities included maintaining cost and schedule; detailed EVMS planning, tracking and analysis; project planning, variance analysis/reporting, supporting estimate at completion reviews, and engineering resource requirements analysis; and providing bids, CROM, ROM and proposal cost estimates, as well as risks and opportunity analyses. Show less

    • Payload Command and Control Software Lead
      • Mar 2000 - Aug 2003

      Responsible for the full software development life cycle of a multi-platform, multi-node software system developed to command, control and monitor the payload system under test; Responsibilities include definition and documentation of system requirements; detailed design definition and documentation; presentation of detailed design at various design reviews; development of the software certification plan; project management including cost, schedule and earned value management; and development of core software for command and control of a system composed of several subsystems with various types of hardware interfaces (including TCP/IP, 1553, RS-232, GPIB, VXI (CSWP SEI Level 4) in C, Tcl/Tk and LabView. Show less

    • Technical Lead
      • Jul 1991 - Jun 2000

      Technical Lead for radar receiver special test equipment for a number of airborne radar platforms.

Education

  • Loyola Marymount University
    Master of Science - MSEE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    1994 - 1996
  • California State University, Long Beach
    Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

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