Resume
Naval Air Warfare Center (Sept 2009 to Present)
System Engineer, Missile Programs
• Senior member of system’s group guiding programs in their development of missiles via the Navy’s system engineering and technical review processes.
• Defining system, subsystem, and software requirements, fail-safes, and diagnostics.
• Developed the system level interface control definitions for the Spike Missile and its associated fire control system.
• Developed the software/system requirement specifications for missile instrumentation on the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Hardware in the Loop(HIL) program. The instrumentation interfaces to the missile sections and enables communication, processing, and display during real time simulations.
• Developing the Fail-safe and Diagnostic Manual for the ESSM HWIL instrumentation.
• Developed manufacturing concept to produce Spike missiles at China Lake. Disassembled the missile to its logical subsystems and determined if China Lake had the capability to manufacture this missile in low rates of production.
• Utilizing automotive experience to mentor junior, and senior, engineers in system engineering concepts including requirements development, diagnostic and fail-safe definition, test planning, hardware and software design documentation.
• Panel member of several system design and test readiness review boards.
• Secret Clearance
Takata (Sept 2008 to Jan 2009)
Lead System's Engineer, Safety Air Bag Systems
• Lead system engineer on crash sensor programs for five Chinese automakers.
• System's interface between Takata's Chinese application system engineers and the US's system, software, and hardware groups.
• Analyzed Chinese OEM requirements. Developed and released requirements, via Use Cases, into Doors for software, hardware, testing, mechanical, and systems groups to review and implement.
• Chaired weekly international software requirement reviews to resolve Chinese OEM's issues.
• Designed and developed diagnostics utilizing FMEA analysis.
• Verified hardware and software requirements on test bench.
• Utilized Takata's processes to perform system analysis. Used IQFMEA for FMEA development and Doors to manage requirements. Visio was used to define system architecture.
TRW Automotive - Braking Safety Systems (Jan 03 to July 2008)
Application System Engineer, Slip Control Systems Group
• Application system engineer for anti-lock braking systems (ABS) on Chrysler, GM, Ford, and Mercedes Benz vehicle platforms. Developed and verified ABS requirements on vehicles at TRW's test facilities.
• Performed OEM requirement analysis of ABS, Traction Control, and Yaw Stability Control subsystems. Developed, reviewed, and released requirements for software group implementation.
• Chaired weekly OEM requirement reviews for issue and requirement resolution.
• Utilized Doors to functionally partition and manage software, hardware, and safety requirements.
• Defined system level architecture and subsystem partitions, via Visio, for new and carry over braking products.
• Employed TRW's processes to verify braking requirements. Focused on software, diagnostics and safety / hazard analysis and testing.
Utilized these tools and concepts:
IQFMEA tool, DFMEA
Structure flow charts and state diagrams
DOORS, Requirements Management tool
Visio, Architecture development tool
• Developed diagnostic failsafe manuals for internal and OEM customers. Tested diagnostics extensively on vehicles and buck vehicles.
• Performed requirement gap analysis to determine software and hardware development direction.
• Developed test plans, and test software, to prove-out features and functions on simulator bucks and vehicles.
• Green Belt Certified
Ford Motor Company (10-88 to 5-02)
Product Engineer, Body Module Group (Mar 1999 - May 2002)
• Defined and developed new body modules and features.
Lighting Control, Generic(GEM), Driver's Door and Seat
Power Trunk, Intrusion Sensing, Climate Control, and Heated Seat
Modules in production, 2000 to 03 Town Car, Crown Vic, Explorer, Explorer Sport Trac and Ranger.
• Developed two new features from concept to production on the 2003MY Town Car:
Intrusion Sensing Safety System and Power Opening and Closing Trunk
• Performed DFMEA analysis of new features, focusing on safety and diagnostics.
• Utilized PC based network analyzer tools, logic analyzers and o-scopes, to verify functional operation.
• Defined engineering spec's for owner’s and service manuals.
• Chaired weekly software requirement reviews with tier 1 suppliers to clarify and verify issues.
(Ford)
Application Engineer - Reverse Park Aid (Jul 1996 - Mar 1999)
• As application system engineer took Reverse Park Aid(RPA) from concept to production on the 1999 Explorer and 2000 Transit.
• Defined RPA functional requirements and performed DFMEA analysis focusing on safety.
• Developed test procedures, tested RPA on breadboards and vehicles documenting the results, including testing over 14,000 feet on Pikes Peak.
• Packaged the control module, ultrasonic sensors, and speaker in the vehicles.
• Developed side vision driver interface for blind spot detection, both visual and audio alerts.
• Utilized PC based network analyzer, o-scopes and logic analyzers.
(Ford)
Design Engineer - Phase 3 Advanced Products Group (Oct 1988 - Jul 1996)
• Promoted to lead product design engineer after two years at Ford.
• Designed the computer architecture, utilizing the Inmos Transputer, for a 94GHz radar based collision avoidance system(CAS).
- The CAS controlled the radar and scanning antenna, performed signal processing, and displayed graphical results on a head down display.
• Developed software, in C, to process and display radar and antenna data as a function of angle, range, magnitude and velocity.
• Designed the graphical user interface, head down display, seen by the driver. This display depicted cars and road signs as colored symbols, moving and stationary, to the driver.
• Designed, developed, and coded software in assembly, C, Parallel C, and Occam.
• Managed million dollar contract with Arizona State University, Super Computing Surfaces, and Ford Aeronutronic Division in development of Ford’s radar CAS van.
• The CAS was demonstrated successfully to Ford management in July 1996 at Ford's test track.
• Designed a scaled model of t...
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