Brandon Perry

Experience

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  GTRI

  Aug 2003 - Aug 2006

  Engineering Coop

  Worked in support of team design projects, specifically upgrading aircraft avionics and electronic warfare products. Participated in entire design process for circuit card assemblies. Tasks included project planning, reverse engineering of legacy digital CCAs, system and interface specifications, digital circuit design and schematic capture, HDL design for FPGAs and CPLDs, mechanical design, board layout, parts selection and purchasing, test set design, board testing, and documentation. Participated in peer reviews of documentation, hardware design, software components and system designs. Show less

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  City Segway Tours

  Feb 2007 - Dec 2007

  Tour Guide

  Tour Guide for Segway tours of downtown Atlanta. Provided led tours, managed reservations for offices nationwide, and provided customer service. Repaired and maintained Segways.

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  Viasat

  May 2007 - Aug 2007

  Engineering Intern

  Antenna systems support. Tasks included: designing and construction test fixture for antenna controller units; implement FPGA based encoder driver in Verilog; circuit design and PCB layout for interface panel.

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  Phi Kappa Sigma

  Jul 2007 - Aug 2011

  Oversee Chapters in the South Region.

  • Director of Expansion

    Aug 2010 - Aug 2011

  • Regional Director

    Jul 2007 - Aug 2010
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  Georgia Tech Research Institute

  Sept 2007 - now

  System Architect for complex mixed signal embedded systems in aerospace and defense. Subject Matter Expert for Radar Warning Receivers (RWR) and Ground Based Radars (GBR), as well as advanced Electronic Support (ES) algorithms, Radio Frequency Interoperability (RFI/RFC), and Electronic Warfare (EW) related Open Architecture (OA) efforts.In addition to direct program work, led business development efforts in area of RWR/ES, and significant support of ground based radar programs, including authoring dozens of proposals/white papers worth >$75M with >$30M funded. Interacted with government sponsors at engineering and management, and military and civilian levels, for specific programs as well as surrogate for entire division or lab level activities. Facilitated cross org programs and relationships. Lead instructor for Radar Warning Receiver System Design and Analysis professional education short course as well as a variety of directed training for sponsors and public. Show less Managed >30 engineers, technicians, and students performing Electronic Warfare (EW) and radar related engineering support, research, and development. Branch among the largest in GTRI. Oversaw hiring, onboarding, and promotion processes for the branch, including onboarding new 10 engineers in 12 months to meet growing project portfolios. Improved onboarding by generating standardized and branch specific onboarding plan for before start and first day/week/month. Oversaw branch portfolio of government sponsored and internal research programs with >$25M in funding at any one time. Managed internal funds for management, selling, and professional development. Created personalized professional development plans for each employee including specific GTPE courses selected for each employee to attend each FY. Ensured employee compliance with applicable GTRI/GT/DoD policies, trainings, etc. Supported lab ISO9001 certification including maintenance of lab spaces and equipment, and participation in project audits. Worked with division management to develop high level organizational strategies and implement actions to achieve them. Show less Research and development engineering related to Electronic Warfare. Acted as subsystem subject matter expert in complex avionics/EW integration team. Developed and executed plans for testing at unit, system, aircraft, chamber, and flight level. Had staffing, schedule, budget, and reporting responsibilities on $2M of government sponsored programs. Was company lead interface for program that worked with multiple government sponsors and other contractors. Technical task lead in hardware development efforts, specifically digital circuit card design. Show less

  • Electronic Systems Architect

    Jul 2017 - now

  • Branch Head

    Jan 2014 - Jun 2023

  • Research Engineer II

    Jul 2013 - Dec 2013

  • Research Engineer I

    Sept 2007 - Jun 2013
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  The Princeton Review

  Aug 2011 - Jan 2014

  SAT Instructor