Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville Area
US Government Civilian
Aerospace. Missile Development.
-Principal Systems Engineer, Feb., 2017-Current, Parsons Currently on-site supporting the Missile Defense Agency thru the BMD Systems Engineering TEAMS contract as part of the TCM flexible targets program. Leading efforts concerning the front end integration of the T3c2 target. • Liaison with on-site support resources from Aerospace Corporation, Sandia National Laboratories, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory • Interfacing with prime contractor to ensure adherence to MDA Assurance Provisions (MAP rev B) • Working with multiple government functional groups and agency SME’s to developed low cost method for evaluating hit detection systems that will become the agencies standard practice. • Received letter of recognition from TCM Chief Engineer for exceptional performance during development of hit detection system evaluation test series.
-Senior Mechanical Engineer II, Nov., 2013-Current, Raytheon Missile Systems As part of the energetics and propulsion department currently designated as technical lead for interface with Aerojet-Rocketdyne, Camden related products and responsible engineering authority (REA) for the MK-72 Mod2 rocket booster. • Technical lead supporting supply chain management with engineering judgment and technical analysis relating to quality, process, and schedule related issues. This role covers Raytheon products purchased from the Camden site, MK-72 Mod1, MK-72 Mod2, MK-104, TDACS. • Coordinate between programs for engineering and technical issues. • Responsible engineering authority (REA) for MK-72 Mod2 rocket booster, primarily utilized as the first stage propulsion for the standard missile SM-3 block IIA. • Prior to January 2016, Lead design and development efforts for payload sections of tube-launched optically-tracked wire-guided (TOW) family of missile. As part of TOW IIP (Incremental Improvement Program) the 2A, 2B and Bunker Buster variants of this product line are undergoing technology updates. • As the responsible engineering authority (REA) for this design I have worked as a lead and individual contributor. • Scope of this upgrade included the redesign of legacy hardware and the integration of new components on all aspect of the flight vehicle from GN&C and propulsion to payload structure and cabling routing. • As REA was responsible for liaison with foreign partners to facilitate hardware integration. • Integration efforts involve ITAR compliance and documentation. • Upon completion of design provided program with production ready technical data package vaulted in CAD data management PDM. • Released 175+ drawings thru Raytheon configuration management system. • As REA reviewed and created drawings in compliance with Raytheon drawing practices and GD&T standards ASME Y14.5
Assisting government civilian engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane to support the needs of the U.S. military. • Assigned to the Blackhawk Aircrew Trainer Project, This is an approximately 20 month effort. At the conclusion of all three phases AMRDEC will provide the UH program office: • A United States Government (USG)-owned level III “build-to-print” technical data package • A USG-owned system integration lab (SIL), to be used for follow-on development efforts. • Global Discovery Air Integration Project, our team in conjunction with NSA Crane worked to install a suite of electronics surveillance equipment into an ATR-42 fixed-wing aircraft for the combined customer of the DEA and DASDE. Provided design, drafting, and structural analysis support in order to deliver a technical drawing package to the FAA for approval. • Improved Upgunned Weapons Station, a technology upgrade of the assault amphibious vehicle personnel model 7A1 weapons turret. The deliverable of this project is two capabilities demonstrator units for the U.S. Marine Corps PMA-AAV. As SAIC’s lead mechanical engineer on this project have been responsible for design and fabrication of the weapons elevation mechanism and motor mounting hardware as well as system live fire testing and evaluation. To fulfill customer requirements for analysis during live fire events have initiated creation of high speed camera filming capabilities by work with vendors to identify requirements and source the proper and most cost effective system. • Armed Helo Shipboard Storage Container, NSWC Crane supplies Armed Helicopter equipment kits (Weapons and ASE – Aircraft Survivability Equipment) to the fleet via a Crane modified ISU-90 Shipping Container. The fleet requested a method for storing particular items that cannot be placed in an available location aboard the ship. As primary, lead a team of SAIC engineers in the design and fabrication of a proposed solution.
As a member of the process engineering department responsibilities include all aspects of installation and layout of new machining lines, primarily consisting of Toyoda FH45 II machining centers as well as other Aisin Seiki produced machinery. Responsibilities of this department include: • Coordinating contractors for installation of machining lines. • Assisted Japanese technician with machine set-up and CPK trials to ensure part quality. • Conducted internal production trials to ensure capability as well as verification of required output. • Created standardized work charts, to determine efficacy of machine layout and combination man/machine time studies, to verify manpower requirements versus machine takt times. Working as the primary process engineer over the knuckle and carrier manufacturing area, projects have included: • Process design and machine layout of 11 computer numeric controlled machining lines that will be housed in the facilities newest expansion. • Implementation of high speed tooling package needed to reduce cycle time with only minimal additional tooling costs. Therefore, increasing production without the additional cost of overtime or additional machinery.