Experience

AeroTEC - Aerospace Testing Engineering & Certification Inc.
• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Senior Flight Test Engineer

  • Aug 2022 - Present


Boeing

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Flight Test Operations Engineer, Boeing Test & Evaluation

  • Feb 2018 - Jul 2022

  As a Flight Test Operations Engineer (a.k.a. Test Director or TD), I am responsible for planning and executing safe and efficient flight and ground testing of aircraft and aircraft systems.Onboard the airplane, I am the focal for conducting the test and interface directly with the pilots in the flight deck while coordinating with the test engineers in the aft of the airplane to acquire required flight test data and successfully complete each mission.Off the airplane, I work with the pilots, analysis and division engineers to organize requirements and test conditions into an operationally executable test sequence. I lead the conduct of the pre-flight briefings to go over the test sequence with the test team, and the post-flight briefings to review the test results after completing a flight or ground test.As a Lead Flight Test Operations Engineer, I am also responsible for producing and maintaining both long range and short range schedules for flight test activities, and for communicating status and performance metrics to Program Leadership. Show less

• Flight Test Operations Engineer

  • Nov 2011 - Feb 2018

• Flight Test Operations Engineer (Contract)

  • May 2010 - Nov 2011



Bombardier Inc.

• Canada
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Lead Flight Test Engineer

  • Jan 2006 - May 2010

  Experienced in all aspects of test planning and execution of flight test activities for R&D and certification. Types of testing included: handling qualities, flutter, stability & control, aircraft performance, flight controls, autopilot, propulsion, avionics, natural icing, environmental control systems, interiors and acoustics.Produced short range schedules of flight test activities, and communicated status and performance metrics to Program Leadership.Managed the flight rotation schedule of Flight Test Engineers assigned to my aircraft.As the onboard Flight Test Engineer during test flights, I was responsible for directing the flight crew (typically comprised of just pilots and myself) through a various set of test conditions planned for each mission, managing the weight and center of gravity of the airplane, and operating the onboard instrumentation and data recording systems. Show less

• Flight Test Engineer

  • Jul 2004 - Jan 2006



Rockwell Collins

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

• Flight Guidance Controls & Flight Test Engineer

  • Jul 2001 - Jun 2004

  Responsible for design and development of flight guidance control laws of the Head-Up Guidance System (HGS).Conducted simulator and flight test activities in support of development and certification of the HGS.Produced 6-Degree Of Freedom models in Matlab/Simulink for proof of match analysis and guidance control law tuning.

• Systems Engineer

  • Sep 1998 - Jun 2001

  Responsible for systems requirements definition and tracking for the Head-Up Guidance System (HGS).Provided Systems Engineering support during simulator and flight testing activities.Conducted software verification and validation bench testing.

• Program Coordinator

  • Jul 1998 - Sep 1998