Experience

Redstone Aerospace

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Electrical Engineer

  • May 2017 - Present



National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Senior Scientist/Electrical Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - May 2011

  • Electrical Engineer for the Advanced Magnetic and Quantum Materials group implementing the electronic requirements for seven research physicists - Circuit analysis and design - Schematic capture - PCB design and fabrication - Custom enclosure mechanical design - Component research and procurement - PWA assembly and test - 2-layer prototype PCB fabrication - Test fixture integration - Troubleshooting and repairs - Wire bonding and die sample packaging - Custom wiring harnesses and interconnects • Specific accomplishments: - Design three low-noise test electronics systems for characterizing new device technologies (Josephson Junction Qbits, SQUIDs, AMR sensors, CPWs, MOSFETs). - Upgrade, troubleshoot, modify and/or repair existing designs - Noise characterization and mitigation for new and old electronics systems - Designed a custom sample carrier and heat-sink enclosure to mount to the 4mK cold finger of an Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator (ADR) cryocooler - Perform research for Master’s Thesis topic: “Controlling the Indirect Exchange Coupling in Anisotropic Magnetoresistive Sensors with Ruthenium” Show less



Ball Aerospace

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

• Electrical Engineer

  • Oct 2001 - Nov 2007

  • Technical lead or Responsible Engineer for various circuit designs, comprising box-level and board-level electronics, using Mentor Graphics and Cadence OrCAD engineering tools, for multiple Civil Space programs - Circuit analysis, design, and schematic capture - Supervise PCB design and fabrication, and PWA assembly and test - Space and Flight quality component research and specification - Test fixture, board level, and box level integration, troubleshooting and repairs - Compose and execute test procedures as well as other deliverable Systems Engineering Reports - Lead or participated in design reviews, failure review boards, Tiger Team investigations, and product evaluation forums - NASA approved clean room certification • Specific programs: - Mars Exploration Rover (2001) - Wide Field Camera III (2002) - Cryocoolers (2002-2005) - Kepler (2005) - Signal Integrity Failure Review Board (FRB) Technical Lead (2005-2006) - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Programs (2006-2007) - Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite (OMPS) (2006-2007) Show less



Lockheed Martin

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

• Student Engineer

  • Mar 1998 - May 2000

  • Prototype assembly, • circuit design, • LabVIEW programming, • component specification/procurement, • circuit analysis, • database development • Prototype assembly, • circuit design, • LabVIEW programming, • component specification/procurement, • circuit analysis, • database development



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• SPC-4

  • Nov 1988 - Feb 1992

  Electronic Warfare Signals Analyst / Linguist Military intelligence analyst, Russian linguist, Desert Shield/Storm veteran, Top Secret security clearance. Electronic Warfare Signals Analyst / Linguist Military intelligence analyst, Russian linguist, Desert Shield/Storm veteran, Top Secret security clearance.