Experience

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  United states marine corps

  Jul 1979 - Feb 1986

  Marine corps officer

  Supported flight operations with the Marine Corps Electronic Warfare Attack Squadron (VMAQ-2), Cherry Point, North Carolina. Deployed on the USS Saratoga in 1983 to support EA-6B engineering flight tests with a detachment from the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. Conducted EA6B Carrier Qualification, USS John F. Kennedy 1983. Deployed to the Mediterranean in 1984 with VMAQ-2 Detachment X, Carrier Air Wing 17 aboard the USS Saratoga. Accrued 200 carrier arrested landings and 800 flight hours. Provided EA-6B tactical jamming operations, special operations, defense suppression, and electronic surveillance of Soviet Bloc and NATO threat weapons systems in the Mediterranean Sea from Apr through Sep 1984. Provided EA-6B tactical jamming operations, special operations, defense suppression against US systems: Hawk Missile Batteries, Aegis AN/SPY-1B/D, Command and Control, and Weapons Control System, US Fighter Aircraft Intercept, 1985. Additional experience as Platoon Commander, 3rd Assault Amphibious Battalion, 1st Marine Division, MCB Camp Pendleton 1980. Show less

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  Raven inc

  May 1986 - Dec 1995

  Systems engineer

  SE Support to Naval Air Systems Command, PMA-253: Supported the engineering design and development of the U.S. Navy A-6F medium attack aircraft self-protection suite of electronic warfare equipment: ALQ-156 (V)-N Pulse Doppler radar missile warning system and ALE-50 Towed Airborne Expendable Decoy. Supported the aircraft integration for the Navy A-6E Upgrade, F-4 airframes. Supported subsystem integration of ALR-67 (V), ALQ-126B, ALE-39, control/display, central mission computer/bus controller interfaces, pulse Doppler radar, system processor, off-board RF decoy, mechanical installation, electrical interfaces, electromagnetic environmental effects (E3), systems architecture, control and display, human factors engineering, mission computer, airframe structural modifications, and flight operations. SE Support to Naval Air Systems Command, PMA-299: Provided post production engineering support and follow on test and evaluation of the SH-60F and HH-60H/J avionics systems and operational flight program software. Developed and reviewed SH-60 and HH-60 engineering specifications and test qualification data for Navigational systems, Communication systems, Electronic Warfare self-protection suites and Weapons/Targeting systems. Supported aircraft design, electronic warfare engineering, Navy acquisition management, avionics development, developmental test and evaluation. Supported Test Plan Working Groups in developing of test requirements for the development test phase. Provided integration of AAR-47, APR-39, AVR-2, ALE-47, and ALQ-144. Assessed and evaluated specifications, interface control drawings, and test documents for integration of the Downed Aircrew Locator System, ARC-210 radio, LST-5 Satellite communications, communication systems computer, Forward Looking Infrared systems, Heads UP Displays, and Hellfire missile. Show less

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  Information spectrum

  Dec 1995 - Aug 2000

  Systems engineer

  Supported the Air Combat Environmental Test and Evaluation Facility (ACETEF) at the Naval Air Weapons Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. Supported the design engineering for the Generic Radar Target Generator (GRTG) and the Infrared Scene Simulator (IRSS). Developed functional requirements and performance specifications for GRTG and IRSS. Providing engineering analysis for the F-18 E/F APG-73, CV-22 APQ-174 Terrain Following and Avoidance, and Global Hawk Unmanned Air Vehicle ground mapping synthetic aperture radar. Provided systems engineering services to PMA299 on the CH-60S program. Developed a Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) for the CH-60S and the Airborne Mine Counter Measures (AMCM) system, to identify and define engineering studies, organizational activities, tasks, principles, objectives and standards of the Systems Engineering process. Developed test requirements and design support in the concept and build of software simulations and hardware design. Incorporates the use of Computer-Automated Systems Engineering tools for systems design, development and integration. Supported IRSS Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) for software simulations. Supported systems test for the Joint Ship Helicopter Integration Program (JSHIP). Provided the engineering support for requirements trace ability and test design. Developed functional architecture and analysis for flight test. Show less

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  Alion science and technology

  Aug 2000 - Dec 2005

  Systems engineer

  Provided design, development and production engineering activities in support of PM Engineers for the Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) and the Expeditionary Assault Bridge (EAB) programs. Duties include: Systems Engineering, Design Engineering, Safety Engineering, Production Engineering, Information Assurance, Systems Interoperability and Team Leadership. Provide leadership, supervision and support for members of the engineer design team. Specific duties include: Development of engineering concepts, Interior and Cockpit Design, Design Drawings using ProE, Technical Data Package Documentation, Fabrication, Subsystems Integration, Human Factors, Systems Safety, Systems Interoperability, Manufacturing Processes, Survivability Ballistic test, Engineering Change Proposals and Production tooling and documentation. Provided engineering leadership for subsystem design and integration. Coordinate with Government Laboratories (Troy - NY), Pearson Engineering (UK), Anniston Army Depot (AL), Naval Surface Weapons Center (IN) and the Aberdeen Test Center (MD) for the development of engineering drawings, component fabrication, systems integration and subsystems verification. Developed Concept of Operations to define ABV operational and technical requirements. Coordinated the development and integration of the M1A1 Abrams Chassis, ABV Turret, M58A5 Linear Demolition Charge System, Lane Marking System, Remote Control System, Full Width Mine Plow, Hydraulic High Lift Adapter and subsystem test articles. Show less

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  General dynamics information technology

  Dec 2005 - Oct 2015

  Senior systems engineer / radar systems

  Principal Engineer: Provided SE support to Product Manager, Radar Systems; Marine Corps Systems Command. Supports the AN/TPS-59 Long Range Radar, TPS-63 Short/Medium Range Radar, AN/TSQ-267 Target Processing Set (TPS), and the Ground /Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR); AN/TPS-80. Lead for Enterprise Architecture and Cyber Security Development. Developed Cyber Security test Plan and Vulnerability Scans for PdM Radars. Supports the development of systems engineering and system security engineering deliverables such as the: DIACAP Certification and Accreditation plans, IA Strategy and documentation; and IA Controls. Supported development of Systems Engineering Plans, and Program Protection. Supports the development of Enterprise Architecture for PM Radars and PM G/ATOR. Developed Functional and Physical architectural model for the new Ground Weapons Locating Radar (GWLR); G/ATOR Block 2. Show less

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  Island creek associates (ica)

  Oct 2015 - Jul 2017

  Senior test engineer

  Senior Test Engineer (STE) For Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) and Command and Control Systems (MC2S)

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  Kitty hawk technologies

  Jul 2017 - now

  Senior test engineer

  Systems Engineering and Test on Areospace Systems