Virgil Cannon

Experience

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  TXU Energy

  Jun 1998 - Dec 2000

  Electrical Engineering Intern

  Support Distribution, Transmission, and Telecommunication departmentsAssist in convergence of data and voice networks; configured routersSimulate contingencies on transmission systemCreate operating metrics to evaluate supervisors and departmentsEstimate future design budgetsRecommend methods of recovering costs of $500,000/yr. from field servicesCreate electrical outage reportsProduce failed and overloaded equipment reports, charts, and spreadsheetsAssist dispatching work crews during adverse weather conditionsReview and update network connections database Show less

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  Boeing

  Jun 2001 - Sept 2016

  Payload Systems Engineer

  Lead Payload Engineer for Intelsat 35: Negotiate technical contract, decompose requirements for unit specification, manage payload team, and perform design trade studiesPayload Systems Engineering Channelizer Subsystem Lead: Create Generation 6 Channelizer requirements, present Channelizer design for system-level PDR and CDR, design system level Channelizer harness, create command and telemetry databases, review Channelizer analyses, develop unit level and system level test plans and procedures, and design Channelizer testbedTDRS K/L Payload Cost Account Manager: Schedule and cost planning and reporting, testbed design and planning, Engineering Review Board Coordinator, and pass government cost account manager auditsPayload Systems Engineer for Thuraya 3, ICO, TDRS K/L, and Intelsat UHF Hosted Payload: Resolve anomalies on in-orbit satellites, lead payload verification team during factory tests, planning and managing activities of test team, optimize testing procedures to expedite satellite production, test software development, analyze data for in-orbit testing, create test reports, test data selloff to customers to demonstrate satellite health, and develop system communication analysis tools for customerBoeing Satellite Design Center Show less

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  Intelsat

  Sept 2016 - now

  Identify key innovative technologies for insertion into the roadmap to enhance future revenues. Research on high altitude platforms and design of payload architectures to fit into size weight and power constraints while maximizing KPIs. Conducted lab experiments with receivers and filters to validate compatibility of satellite services and 5G services operating in adjacent bands. Creating innovative ways to measure and assess adjacent satellite interference. Creating RFIs and statements of work for innovation projectsResearch into optical satellite technologiesEvaluating and providing training on digital payload technology. Supporting the insertion of satellite technology into 3GPP 5G standards. Authored several patents related to satellite bandwidth efficiency using digital satellites and patented methods. Participate in PDR and CDR reviews for satellite procurements. Created quick automated methods of analyzing satellite comm link performances in response to satellite anomalies Show less

  • Senior Manager, Space Communications Innovation

    Jun 2024 - now

  • Manager, Payload & Terminal Technology

    Jun 2021 - Nov 2024

  • Senior Principal Engineer

    Sept 2016 - Jun 2021