Principal Engineer @ Raytheon

• Oct 2021 - Present

System Software Engineer

• Jul 2018 - Sep 2020

• Analyze and debug partner factory issues and guided factory techs on issue resolution. Used networking utilities and utilized SQL server for interfacing with software applications. Designed and coded python projects to enhance csv and json validation.• Executed and wrote test plans and documentation for assigned applications. Participated with other team members and factories outsource partners to develop reliable high-quality solutions.• Accomplishments completed include training in SCCM “Deploy and Configuration Manager, Net Control, Parsing Json Data in Python and ISO 21001 security courses.• Participated in the work effort milestone to surpass 300 system units’ output via our Dynamic Configuration Services web user interface monitoring system. In addition, completed a python script that validates customer CSV files in utilizing YAML file rules. Show less

System Support Engineer

• May 2016 - Jul 2018

• Handled factory issues and provided support for frontend and backend database for production, replication and test servers. Responsible for installing software deliverables on application servers and production servers.• Performed system administration, monitoring and support on enterprise system consisting of 400 Windows servers.

Systems Hardware Test Engineer - Lead

• Jul 2011 - Jul 2016

• Leadership Role: Supervised staff engineers, designed and executed test plans, regression tests, system tests, UA tests, Integration tests, worked closely with developers to achieve the qualification and release of factory software deliverable's, tools and hardware products.• Attended code design review meetings, test plan design meetings in order to understand functionality concepts.• Conducted software and hardware testing; Performed hardware tests, analyzed test failures, debugged and escalation to factory support.• Tested Windows and Linux based operating systems, workstations, commercial desktops, graphic card and DIMM memory compatibility. Modified scripts for BIOS testing and worked with BIOS configuration utilities and performed image deployment utilization Wim files and multicast server methodology.• Worked with systems configuration that required knowledge of SATA/SAS hard disks, file systems and on-disk data structures, raid controllers, server caches and automated reiterative stress tests. • Maintained twenty servers, Window Server 2012 and Linux O/S installs, and server hardware maintenance. Debugged server issues, purchased servers, distribution power supplies and UPS for continuous operation of lab servers Show less

Test Engineer II - Hewlett-Packard - Reliability and Design

• Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

• Supported reliability group in reliability testing of HP products and new development products in order to prevent, capture, debug, analyze and correct defects found in product hardware. • Supported inter-company test requests on field failures and prototype hardware which led to improved products. • Executed environmental testing on hardware such as servers, notebooks, USB Keyboards and tape drives. • Addressed reliability robotic cycle testing on Notebook panels, Notebook LED’s, USB Micro interface. • Tested equipment utilized; Environmental HALT tests, Hi-Rox Image capture and robotic machine. V+ programming language used for programming robotic tests. Performed PCP stress tests and soldered strain gauges. Show less

Software Quality Assurance Analyst - Lead

• Apr 2005 - Jun 2010

• Leadership role: supervised a staff of quality assurance engineers and successfully met milestones, three months earlier than planned on a major migration project validating translated code from Forte to Java (J5U12). Utilized testing methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile. • Performed Integration, functional, end to end and regression testing. • Worked directly with product management, developers and business analysts to review test requirements, system design and implementation, testing software deliverable’s, deployment and schedule maintenance releases. In addition, utilized agile test methods such as scrum and iterative approach. • Utilized Mercury Test Director and HP Quality Center 10 for planning tests, executing tests and tracking failures. Reported defects on Support Zone (Jira). • Tested Extensible Markup Language (XML) files utilizing Tibco Rendezvous 7.4.1 messaging software. Used PL/SQL daily to analyze database tables. • Tested and configured web host servers, IIS servers, oracle databases and clients. Server components consisted of Apache Tomcat and Java runtime. Show less