Roger Fastring

Experience

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  U.S. Army

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2002

  Officer

  Active Duty: 1998-2002Activated from Reserves 2005-2006 Detachment Commander - Movement Control Team Tikrit, Iraq

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  Lockheed Martin

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2007

  Project Engineer
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  Viasat

  Feb 2007 - now

  Division lead for systems test in central engineering. Manages Production Test Engineering team at the Duluth, GA facility. Supports satellite ground station and mobility antenna business areas with automated test solutions to capture manufacturing defects early in the manufacturing process. Leverages Agile methodology best practices with JIRA for issue management. Trained scrum masters by product, deployed dashboards & increased issue accountability. Opportunity facilitator! Managed Production Test Engineering team at the Duluth, GA facility. Supports airborne and maritime mobility business area with automated test solutions for both the local Duluth factory and offsite contract manufacturing facilities on the east coast. Project Engineer for Production Test Engineering (PTE) team in Duluth, GA. Provides project planning & cost account management for engineering team that develops and deploys production test equipment and test automation. Test lead for network security business area in Carlsbad, CA. Support business area with strategic test resource planning while providing tactical guidance for test team on network security product development. Manage test activities for government security product certification. Assist systems engineering with re-architecting product requirements management system. DOORS requirements management system administrator and new project architect.

  • Engineering Director

    Oct 2024 - now

  • Test Engineering Sr. Manager

    Jan 2021 - Sept 2024

  • Test Engineering Manager

    Jul 2017 - Dec 2020

  • Project Engineer

    Apr 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Functional Manager (System Test)

    Nov 2012 - Apr 2016

  • Engineer (System Test)

    Feb 2007 - Nov 2012