Experience

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  Retired

  • Retired

    • May 2009 - Present

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  Northrop Grumman Corporation/TRW

  • NPOESS Spacecraft Systems Engineering Manager

    • Aug 2002 - May 2009

    • Managed performance, schedule and cost for 12 disciplines (Systems Engineering, Autonomy & Fault Management, Mechanical Design Integration, Mass Properties, Dynamics, Cable & Harness Engineering, Electrical Design Integration, Radiation, EMC, Contamination, Reliability and Safety). Managed up to 40 engineers. • Developed schedules, staffing, costing for the proposal effort. Wrote task descriptions and basis of estimates. Wrote Integrated Master Plan descriptions for key documents. Provided Established baseline for proposal.• Executed Space Segment level system engineering and design integration, including functional, mechanical, electrical and operational requirements definition, allocation and flow down, verification, OPSCON, spacecraft internal interfaces, payload accommodations of Electro-optical and RF payloads, and satellite command & telemetry database management resources.• Performed trades, defined scenarios, developed options, and recommended solutions for Space Segment/Spacecraft issues. • Chaired the Space Segment Engineering Review Board ensuring coordination of engineering changes across payloads and spacecraft subsystems, evaluated impacts and developed closure plans.• Successfully managed the Space Segment Preliminary Design Audit (PDA) and Preliminary Design Review (PDR), receiving accolades from the Customer and Program Management.

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  TRW

  • Section Head, Space Environments and Threat Engineering

    • 1989 - 2006

    •Supervised seven engineers. Duties included: performance appraisals, salary evaluations, assignment of duties to section members, proposal inputs (task descriptions and cost inputs), and evaluation of section training requirements.•Subproject Manager (SPM) for the planning, development, deployment and operation of the DSP Lightning Detection System. Managed the operation of the system during several Titan IV launches. Met critical Program milestones and delivery on time.

  • Chief Engineer, Systems Engineering, Integration & Production Center

    • 2001 - 2001

    •Chaired the SEI&PC Preventative Action Board across all TRW satellite programs. Developed and implemented corrective/preventative actions/processes for Integration & Test unplanned events, engineering design errors/escapes, and environmental test errors.•Proactively identified Center Performance on Cost, Schedule, Technical, Quality and Customer Satisfaction. Developed and implemented resolution plans and verified corrective action effectiveness.

  • Department Manager, Electrical Systems Design & Integration

    • 1996 - 2001

    •Managed a department of 110 engineers, technicians and support personnel. Disciplines include Electrical Design Integration, Cable & Harness Engineering, Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering & Test, Radiation & Survivability Engineering, and Radiation Test Operations.•Developed and maintained metrics to monitor the quality, cycle-time and schedule of testing and engineering activities within the department.•Managed an indirect budget of $800K for training, process improvement, lab maintenance, and recruiting. •Accomplished two major process improvements in department: 1) The Common Electrical Database for designing and verifying the cable design, a joint process/tool between CHE, EDI and Box Level Design Engineers (won the Hannemann Award for Improved Processes in 2000) and 2) A Command and Telemetry Database process and common structure between Spacecraft Systems Engineering, Electrical Design Integration, Flight Software, Integration & Test, and Mission Operations.•Implemented Performance Management Process, and performed ranking and rating of department personnel.•Benchmarked EMC testing and Radiation testing against commercial test facilities, streamlined test processes, and supported improved contract processing procedures for outside contracts.

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  TRW

  • Staff Engineer

    • Jan 1985 - 1989

    •Area Manager of the Plasma laboratory, provided supervision of all testing conducted in the lab. Testing included measuring electrical material properties and measurement of discharging properties of materials.•Project engineer for spacecraft survivability in both natural and hostile environments. This work included spacecraft charging, meteoroid and debris, orbital and hostile radiation, charged particles, lightning analysis and Electrostatic Discharge phenomena in the ignition of a solid rocket motor (Peacekeeper).

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  The BDM Corporation

  • Staff Engineer

    • Mar 1983 - Dec 1984

    •Validated and implemented a HEMP (High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse) protection scheme for a communications facility and analyzed the effect of nuclear blackout on skywave propagation of an HF communications system.