Sr Director of Product Release

• Feb 2023 - Present

Sr Director of System Design and Architecture

• May 2022 - Feb 2023

Systems Engineering

• Mar 2021 - Apr 2022

Staff Systems Engineer SME

• Aug 2017 - Mar 2021

• Lead establishment of Model-Based System Engineering practices adapting agile methodology, to provide end-to-end traceability from organizational strategic vision, systems requirement, to road validation tests in a streamlined configuration-managed process • Instantiate the Operational Design Domain Taxonomy and use this artifact to drive Vehicle Behavior development and test coverage analysis for Go/No-Go decision on a targeted city • Develop Self-Driving Vehicle Behavior requirements while driving consensus between legal, product, system safety, operations, software and hardware teams: model human driving and analyze road user behaviors • Gatekeep technical quality of requirement-supporting analytics for the ATG Safety Framework • Decompose Vehicle Behavior requirements into systems, subsystems, components requirements such that their corresponding unit, integration, vehicle, and systems of system tests can be developed with automated grading • Draft ASPICE/ISO-26262 process documents including: Systems Engineering Design, Requirement Management, Architecture Development, and Validation & Verification Management Plan • Provide Vehicle Behavior Work-break down structure for the Technical Project Manager to track milestone deliveries for a future demonstration; reconcile schedule discrepancies and reallocate resources as necessary to maintain delivery rhythm • Create the Self-Driving SW Architecture as part of the SW Development team to expose additional factors as to how a decision is made. Use this insight to enhance test coverage by parameterizing these factors into variations for the SIL testing. • Inject 4-corner testing methodology into the scenario-based virtual & track testing such that each test yields maximum signal to the development team • Prioritize test builds based on NTHSA Precrash Scenarios and leverage existing road test standards to create these scenarios • Manage resource allocation, recruit qualified candidates, and mentor junior engineers Show less

Systems Engineering Manager

• Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

• Managed the Enterprise Roadmap/ R&D Strategy alignment and integration, focused on vehicle platform by working with Mission, System and Subsystem Architects. • Managed training budget for +1800 employees by providing basic overview courses to early career employees as well as targeted training to proposal and program start-up teams • Led Design Escape Reduction Initiative in Mechanical, Propulsion and Thermal Engineering by examining past failures and implementing company level changes to prevent reoccurrence of failures in vehicle integration, system test and on-orbit operations• Liaised with University of Texas in El Paso for technology demonstration in the field of additive manufacturing for low power antenna designs intended for Cubesat.• Provided expertise and surge support to Mechanical System Integration group for a government project.• Successfully staffed up a team of 20+ System Engineers for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Proposal/Technology Pathfinding Team. Received a 2017 Special Recognition Award for this time sensitive effort. Show less

Space Vehicle Certified Principal Engineer for World View-4 Satellite (Technical Product Manager)

• Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

• Served as Failure Response Lead during Vehicle Launch and Early Orbit Operation (LEOP). Successfully initialized satellite and turned over to Digital Globe for operation. Received the 2017 SSC Team Excellence award as a part of the LEOP team. Received Special Recognition Award for on-time customer technical volume delivery and for leading various successful customer reviews. • Led a multi-functional team on four system-level tests. Received the 2016 Extraordinary Engineering Technical Excellence Award for leading the Thermal Vacuum Test completion in record time. • Represented Engineering on the production floor during assembly & test operations to ensure vehicle safety and workmanship validation. • Led Failure Review Board and investigated test discrepancies by coordinating with subsystem CPEs and technicians on data collection & analysis; used Root Cause Analysis technique to determine design escapes. • Drove project completion with cross-functional stakeholders on component rework, subsystem integration, space vehicle test logistics, and launch preparation. Show less

Systems Engineering Mid-career Advanced Development Program

• Jul 2013 - Jul 2015

A highly selective and rigorous two-year job rotation, training, and networking program targeting high potential mid-career employees. Focus on project management responsibility in unfamiliar functions or business area. •Tech Strategy Integrator – Resuscitated the enterprise tech strategy planning process at 1/3 of original budget. Examined over 150+ R&D activities across the enterprise to identify gaps in product pipeline. Standardized strategic planning practice by creating an information exchange infrastructure to facilitate communication between organizations. Consecutive 2015 & 2016 Extraordinary Engineering Award winner for individual excellence and team leadership. Tech Strategy Plan & Process pioneered was recognized by Corporate as the best practice. • Fleet Based Ballistic Missile and Reentry Vehicle – Managed Requirement & Verification resource planning and reviewed test data for requirement selloff. Authored program management plan for new re-entry vehicle development: Systems Engineering Management & Qualification Philosophy • Vendor Management with Advanced EHF Satellite – Evaluated vendor quality based on metrics related to quality defects, milestone payment schedule and technical issues for a $2.6B program with 29 vendors. Show less

Systems Engineer Staff

• Oct 2006 - Jun 2013

Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite • Functionally tested Spacecraft Payload software focusing on Resource Utilization Reporting capability. Then scaled up and performed Scenario/thread based integrated test with the Ground Payload Resource Utilization Analysis software. Conducted white box testing to drive out additional software defects in the Resource Utilization Analysis software. Used TestPartner for automated regression testing during Agile Development phase. • Joined the System Test group and successfully led a team of 20+ engineers as a Test Conductor to execute three System Test/Demonstrations. Became a Test Director and completed a System Test Event that featured the Full capability of the AEHF system eight days ahead of schedule. Participated in the On-Orbit Test for AEHF Satellite 2 as the Deficiency Report Coordinator. • Supported implementation of Program Process Management in accordance to CMMI® 1.2. Became Control Account Management Certified. • Currently working on new business involving integration of Boeing’s Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-Sight Terminal (FAB-T) into the AEHF ecosystem. Show less

Systems Engineer Senior

• Dec 2003 - Oct 2006

Meteorological Data Station (Mark IV B) • Migrated Requirements from Microsoft Access into IBM DOORS®, acted as a DOORS administrator. Validated deficiency report, assessed their impacts to requirement baseline, drafted Engineering Change Proposal, executed test procedures and drafted post-test report. DS Programs • Functionally allocated 1200+ requirements into Architectural Threads using IBM System Architect in preparation for Software Development and Testing. Developed object oriented software design using UML using IBM XDE Modeler. Pennsylvania State Police Incident Information Management System (IIMS) • Planned and executed a successful Customer Acceptance Test with the Computer Aided Dispatch software and Mobile Office Environment. Supported subsequent 24×7 onsite customer support and training. Show less