Experience

Tyvak, a Terran Orbital Company

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

• Senior Electrical Engineer

  • Jan 2019 - Present



Kitty Hawk

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

• Lead Engineer

  • 2015 - 2018

  • Responsible for development and oversight of flight electronics which included flight computers, motor controllers, battery management systems, power systems and associated ground test equipment. • Led group of five (including self) electrical hardware engineers. • Led complete life cycle of hardware development which included requirements development, conceptual design, schematic capture, PCB layout using Altium Designer, design verification testing, acceptance testing and manufacturing oversight. • Designed PCBs with FPGAs, ARM microcontrollers, mixed signal circuits, and isolated/non­isolated power supplies. • Designed rigid and semi­rigid flex assemblies. • Supported design verification tests to ensure that functional, environmental (temperature, vibration, EMI/EMC/ESD), signal integrity and power integrity requirements were met. • Led troubleshooting and resolution of flight issues in a timely manner. • Responsible for interviewing and hiring new engineers. • Interfaced with external certification authorities. • Created engineering change requests to improve reliability/performance and reduced cost/lead time. Show less



Raytheon

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junior Electrical Engineer

  • 2005 - 2015

  • Responsible for the design, bring­up and verification of circuit cards with analog, power, and digital circuitry. • Captured schematics using DxDesigner and performed signal integrity analysis of USB, SPI, LVDS, DDR memory, ethernet and other high speed interfaces using Hyperlynx. • Oversaw layout team to ensure that printed circuit boards met functional, cost, signal integrity, power integrity, and producibility requirements. • Integrated GPS, electro­optic, inertial, and radar sensors into weapon system. • Directed development efforts of domestic and overseas subcontractors that were responsible for the design and fabrication of processor boards and power supplies. Authored technical specifications and supplier statements of work. Tracked supplier schedule and cost performance. • Developed a wireless telemetry system that measured weapon acceleration and reported weapon health. • Chaired peer reviews of subsystem components and tracked action items to closure. • Participated in production and flight failure investigations. Interfaced with cross functional teams to develop fault trees and gathered/analyzed test data to determine root cause. Created corrective action plans, and presented findings to the Failure Review Board. • Supported flight tests at various test ranges and monitored weapon status telemetry data to ensure go/no­go criteria were met prelaunch. Participated in post­flight data analysis reviews. • Presented design details to the customer during gate reviews and technical interchange meetings. • Awarded engineering honors. Show less