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Andrew C.

Andrew C.

Electrical Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Lead Test Box Engineer at NAVAIR

  • Education

    • University of Southern Calfornia

      2015 - 2017
      Master’s Degree Astronautical Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Liquid Propulsion Laboratory (LPL); AIAA student member Developed and presented a concept for an expendable lander touchdown accessory that virtually negates dust effects upon landing on celestial objects.Designed a resistojet rocket mission to Jupiter in advanced propulsion course.Involved in the on campus graduate organization Liquid Propulsion Laboratory as the electrical team lead to develop control and data acquisition devices for static firing liquid rocket engines.

    • California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

      2007 - 2011
      Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical Computer Engineering Technology

      Activities and Societies: TAU ALPHA PI – Engineering Technology Honors Organization Lifetime Member S.C.E.T.A. – Southern California Engineering Technology Association Member and Vice President of Southern California Engineering Technologists Association (SCETA)

  • Experience

    • Tempo LED Lighting

      Aug 2011 - Oct 2014
      Electrical Engineer

      Construct and Test Prototype LED Fixtures and PCBs for Defects, Improvements, and Approval• Measure, Troubleshoot, Stress, and Repair LED Drivers and LED Boards• Use OrCAD to Design PCB Board Layouts and Unique Component Footprints• Test Wide Range of Different Types of LED Drivers and Dimmers• Creating Detailed Instructions and Training Factory Workers in Construction of New Products• Create Technical Drawings for All LED Boards• Integrate PLC and Sensors into Pneumatic Automated Wire Crimp Machine Show less

    • Liquid Propulsion Laboratory

      Nov 2015 - now
      Liquid Propulsion Laboratory Electrical Team Lead

      Design and Implementation of Data Acquisition for the testing of a GOX/Kerosene engine for Temperature and Pressure Measurements.

    • NAVAIR

      Jul 2017 - now
      Electrical Engineer

      Fuze and Test Box Engineer. May 2019 - CurrentLead engineer for the operation, maintenance, design, and upgrade ofthe FMU-139 D/B and FMU-139 C/B fuze test boxes. Oversight and support for ordnance acceptance and function testing for the FMU-139 D/B and C/B fuzes. Universal Firing System design, upgrade, prototyping, construction, troubleshooting, maintenance, installation, documentation, and operation.AMRAAM Hardware-In-The-Loop (HIL) facility Upgrade. Aug 2017-Feb 2018Compiled, organized, labeled, and delivered about 3 miles worth of RF SMA cabling. Calculated the power budget requirements for HIL instrumentation racks. Designed heat sink housing for a current stress test resistor load box. Safe-Arm Development. Mar 2018 - Aug 2018Designed, prototyped, and built a high temperature low energy exploding foil initiator fireset with test plan and test results. Upgraded the universal firing system for long range test firing. Solid Rocket Motor Propulsion. Sep 2018 - Dec 2018Modeling and testing of stripline connectors from fireset to solid rocket motor ignition. Skytop Rocket Motor Test Support. Jan 2019 - May 2019Instrumentation and support of various rocket motor live fire testing. Reverse engineering of thrust vector control rack test circuit. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ESDP Graduate

      NAVAIR
      Dec 2022

    • IPC J-STD-001 Certification

      Institute of Printed Circuits
      Aug 2020

    • FE / EIT

      NCEES
      Jan 2017

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Andrew C.
      Tau Alpha Pi - Engineering Technology Honors Organization