SUMMARY:

• Software engineering professional, with 20 years of experience in the areas of software and hardware test, software development, process and factory automation, and controls, project management, and team leadership. Experience working in multi - site, multi-national, team environments and in delivering turnkey projects to worldwide customer sites.
• Experience with DO-178B certification process and system requirements.
• Control Laws area configuration management and change control procedures.
• Team Lead, Extensive experience with C language development, integration, implementation, and debug.
• Experience developing test cases from requirements, executing test cases, entering issues into bug tracking application and participating in document and code reviews.
• Wrote C language test scripts for test of avionics control system, MS Visual Studio environment.
• Initiated multiple process automation projects resulting in savings of between 20 and 30 personnel hours per week. Coded excel macros, Vbscript, Visual Basic, Python and Html procedures in order to automate existing processes.
• Lead test engineer, managed test schedule and resources, responsible for on time delivery of system and sub-system functional regression, and performance test phases. Team consistently achieved 90% plus on time delivery record.
• Created, implemented, and executed the system and sub-system level test suite for radio system security product; Led test team to reduce defects found in next level of test by 20%.
• Wrote and executed, test scripts based on requirements documents, created and maintained MS project schedule for sub-system level, functional, regression and performance testing .
• Responsible for entering and subsequent tracking of test found defects using DDTS database; Requirements tracking maintained using Rational DOORS tool.
• Responsible for designing and implementing factory automation solutions that reduced production cycle time and enhanced product quality to Xerox manufacturing facilities worldwide.
• Wrote C language test code for automated machine vision inspection station. Station combined machine vision inspection capability with an automated laser based non-contact measurement system.
• Automated inspection station reduced production costs by 15% and cycle times by 20%.
• Led team assigned to solve recurring bar-code label readability issues at customer sites
• Team Created new company, standards for product bar-coding, recommended equipment purchases and directed implementation.
• Teams effort reduced product returns due to illegible bar-codes by 60 %

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• ARP 4754A, DO-178B, software system requirements, aircraft avionics, software integration and test
• System administration, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project, Rational Clearcase, DOORS, JIRA, GIT, Stash
• Operating Systems: WINDOWS 7, UNIX,, AIX, VAX/VMS, Linux, WINDOWS XP
• MS Visual Studio 13, C, MS Visual Basic 6, Vbscript, Python, Html, Oracle SQL, and Ladder Logic
• Basic Knowledge of network security principles and procedures, cryptography, public key encryption

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Aerospace Lead System Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Write C language test scripts for Avionics Data Processing and Control Unit.
• Responsible for directing duties of 5 test engineers and maintaining scheduled delivery of test software.
• Responsible for training and mentoring of junior test engineering personnel.
• Validation and Verification for Engine Control Unit (ECU). Perform test case and test script migration from DOORS to Clear Case.
• Implement, inspect and moderate PCR documents as assigned. Work with local and international counterparts to conduct change review implementation and closure reviews.
• Document and configure work environment, train team members on work environment and configuration.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Aerospace Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Epic System Application Specification Repurpose Project. Evaluate and categorize existing requirements in application specifications and re-write as needed to comply with ARP 4754A standard.
• Create and populate DOORS modules with requirements content and references to be archived.
• Write Microsoft Word and Excel Macros to parse and process Application Specification documents as needed.
• Developed, tested and implemented network sockets communication application on Ubuntu Linux Environment

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Aerospace Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Administer and execute 4754A process for design of aircraft flight control avionics system. Create and baseline releases as requested by program management. Create and archive validation artifacts using DOORS and MKS.
• Create and distribute weekly program metrics, including Problem report resolution and Validation status metrics.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Senior Advanced Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Multi site team lead for DO178B compliant, test procedure audit and review projects. Assigned tasks to engineers, managed and negotiated project schedule, interfaced with both domestic and internationally located teams.
• Led and moderated code reviews, and change request reviews.
• Automated test and report processes using C#, Python, VBscript, Excel Macros, and HTML, yielded 15 - 30 hr /week time savings
• Lab manager for System test laboratory used 24/7 by domestic and international groups. 

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Lead Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead test engineer, responsible for on time delivery of product system and sub-system test phases for TETRA standard encrypted radio system . Reported test coverage and defect metrics to management weekly. Made Power Point presentation to division level management monthly.

Confidential, Tempe, AZ

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented computer product factory test scripts and procedures for systems and board level testing to include coordination of daily repair and response activity of five engineering technicians.

Confidential, Mesa, AZ

Senior Controls Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Factory Controls engineer responsible for supporting and creating updates to production cell controller; cell controller was a PC Microsoft "C" application and interfaced with a MRP system running on a 4000 series VAX.

Confidential, Webster, NY

Process Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for design and implementation of cost saving factory automation solutions to Xerox manufacturing facilities worldwide. Prepared and presented project justifying financial metrics to management.