Ryan Neillo

Experience

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  Northrop Grumman Advanced Systems and Products

  Jun 2010 - Sept 2010

  Mechanical Engineering Intern

  - Component failure analysis support due to failed capacitors- Collected and correlated data, Wrote reports, created spreadsheets, and presenting findings to upper management- Researched replacement components for End of Life parts. Interacted with vendors, generated engineering change orders, updated drawings and released revised drawing packages- Worked multiple programs and supported several disciplines including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and components engineering. Show less

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  Northrop Grumman Information Systems

  Jun 2011 - Sept 2011

  Mechanical Engineering Intern

  - Converted AutoCAD documents to SolidWorks- Generated new CAD/Drawings in SolidWorks

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  Northrop Grumman

  Sept 2012 - now

  SE lead for small team on a rapid development, scalable Target platform for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).- Responsible for oversight of entire SE scope, including requirements & verification, analyses, mission timelines- Co-Led $100M proposal effort & award for MDA program, including initial Task Instruction (TI)- Developed relationship with MDA customer through briefings, weekly meetings, and regular coordination- Develops and manages Agile sprints in Jira for team tasking- Leading as technical interface for multiple subcontractors & heritage component qualification Show less Major contributor to SE artifacts and presentation content for successful SRR, PDR, Kit PDR, and CDR milestones- Championed the release of A/B/C-Level specifications and Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for CDR (~20 Docs)- Frequently interacting with newer SE team members to support onboarding, program familiarity, and task execution- Performed thorough evaluation of requirements traces and verification modules across A/B/C-Level specifications to ensure complete coverage going into CDR- Responsible for generating key SE artifacts to comply with CDRL and internal command media requirements Show less Led small I&T team (~6 Engineers) and performed Responsible Engineer (RE) duties for instrumentation subsystem.- Successfully led I&T team through program milestones and addressing quick-turn customer requests- For I&T team, executed CAM responsibilities and developed agile test execution schedules in Jira- Helped shape the team’s SOW with customer and developed BOEs for a multi-year proposal bid- Performed numerous RE tasks: requirements development, V&V planning, architecture definition, qualification testing Show less During 5+ years on program, supported numerous leadership roles including Hardware (HW) deputy IPT lead, Lead Mechanical Engineer (ME), HW lead for +$400M program proposal, and mentor for multiple engineers.- As deputy IPT, led a team of ~20 ME/EEs through payload modernization efforts, successful design reviews, DMSMS sustainment, deployed operations support, IMS generation/tracking, and EVMS- Led white paper generation and customer brief for USAF LCMC. King Air: HW lead for capital effort performing mechanical design, airworthiness analyses, and payload integration on King Air 200 platform. Developed and tested modular solution to integrate antenna/EOIR assemblies without impacting existing FAA STC, significantly reducing certification costs and lead times for future integration efforts. Show less

  • System Lead

    Sept 2022 - now

  • System Engineer

    May 2020 - Sept 2022

  • Technical Auditor (Engineering Rotation)

    Oct 2019 - May 2020

  • Mission Engineer (Engineering Rotation)

    Apr 2019 - Oct 2019

  • System Integration And Test Engineer

    Feb 2018 - Apr 2019

  • Mechanical Engineer

    Sept 2012 - Feb 2018