Experience

Applied Technology Associates

• United States
• Defense & Space
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Systems Engineering and ATP Group Lead

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Group lead for a team of highly skilled EO/IR system engineers developing Laser Communications and IR Imaging and Targeting (ATP) systems utilizing System-On-Chip real-time embedded processing architectures. Group lead for a team of highly skilled EO/IR system engineers developing Laser Communications and IR Imaging and Targeting (ATP) systems utilizing System-On-Chip real-time embedded processing architectures.



Northrop Grumman

• Airlines and Aviation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Signal and Image Processing Systems Engineer

  • Feb 2001 - Sep 2017

  Manager Systems Engineering, 2014 - present: System Architect for a multi-spectral RF and IR sensor system development. Experienced in receiver detection, tracking, sensor fusion, antenna array beamforming. Experience in applying adaptive (machine learning) methods to signal analysis, identification, sensor resource management and enhancement of system effectiveness. Champion for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Product Line Architecture methodologies to enable a requirements driven approach to product line architecture development. Using integrated descriptive (SysML / UML) and analytical performance modeling. Development of scalable simulation methods; from behavioral to high fidelity modeling using CPU and GPU cluster computing. Manager Systems Engineering, 2009 - 2014: Functional Manager for Signal Processing and Algorithm Development group; technical staff management and team development, proposal development on various RF and EO/IR programs. Development of signal processing algorithms and modeling applied to RF and EO/IR systems. Responsibilities include algorithm requirement definition, algorithm research, modeling, implementation and performance test and verification. Systems Signal Processing Engineering, 2001 - 2014: Development of RF and EO/IR algorithms for real-time sensor signal processing and resource management. Lead systems teams in sensor and waveform generation requirements development, firmware and software based algorithm implementation, system test and verification.



PrairieComm

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Engineer

  • 1997 - 2001

  Contributed to the development of baseband processing System-On-Chip designs for Panasonic, Mitsubishi, and Ericson cellular handsets for the US market. Processing design using SDR concepts for multi-cellular standards: IS-136, IS-95, CDMA-2000, UMTS. Contributed to the development of baseband processing System-On-Chip designs for Panasonic, Mitsubishi, and Ericson cellular handsets for the US market. Processing design using SDR concepts for multi-cellular standards: IS-136, IS-95, CDMA-2000, UMTS.



Rockwell Collins

• United States
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Systems Engineer

  • Oct 1995 - Oct 1998

  • Designed, simulated, coded, and tested real-time DSP algorithms on TMS320C5xx for software radio architecture and Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) satellite communication modem. • Designed, simulated, coded, and tested real-time DSP algorithms on TMS320C5xx for software radio architecture and Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) satellite communication modem.



Raytheon Missile Systems

• France

• Electrical Engineer

  • Apr 1987 - Dec 1994

  Systems Engineering and Hardware Designer for Standard Missile Block II, III and IV (Aegis) Systems Engineering and Hardware Designer for Standard Missile Block II, III and IV (Aegis)