Robert Mercer

Experience

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  Lockheed Martin

  Jan 1998 - Apr 2020

  o Antenna measurement facility lead.• 7 years experience as technical lead engineer.• Technical lead and project manager for 2019 facility upgrade.o RCS range operator.• 9 years experience.o Control account manager for all projects within the department.• Projects managed total over $2,000,000 annually and are consistently on target or under budget.• Develop project proposals including discrete tasks and basis of estimate costs for each task.• Participate in negotiations with the customer to ensure manageable budget targets.• Establish accounts for each project.• Accountable for total project performance.o Subcontract manager for facility maintenance contracts.• Develop statements of work for all vendors.• Work directly with vendors to schedule and execute work.• Manage costs for all contracts and ensure performance targets are met.o Responsible for planning and logistics of system level test events.• Work with the planning organization to develop and release test event work plans.• Responsible for pre-testing configuration and post testing restoration support.• Develop procedures for new testing or configuration requirements.• Manage all support equipment used during test events.• Manage personnel to deliver and recover equipment from maintenance and calibration as needed.o System administrator for facility computer systems.• Ensure security protocols were in place.• Perform system audits to ensure systems are operational. Show less o Supported acceptance testing for flight operations.• Responsible for troubleshooting / resolution of problems found.• Analyzed trends of parts and systems failures and created corrective action plans.• Developed troubleshooting software to aid in system level troubleshooting.o Provided field engineering support at customer locations.• Recognition of factory flight test performance led to an increase role in field engineering support.• Performed 2 Temporary Duty Assignments at customer site & back filled field engineering positions as needed.o Supported development of an aircraft component test station for use in a manufacturing production lab.• Test station used to checkout system components prior to installation to minimize failures during flight testing.• Provided fixture design for component layout, design of electrical test harnesses, and component integration into the existing lab.o Set up avionics testing capability at aircraft modification depot.• Responsible for avionics system baseline checks prior to aircraft modifications along with system checks upon completion.• Trained depot avionics technicians on how to perform system checks. Show less o Responsible for manufacturing functional test procedures.• Subject matter expert for aircraft software loading process.• Created and updated functional test procedures based on subsystem testing requirements.o Supported avionics functional testing in the factory.• Developed planning used to perform system functional testing on the production line.• Work with technicians to troubleshoot / resolve any issues that arose.• Troubleshooting performed down to the module level.o Completed over 15 lean process initiatives.• Results of initiatives created an overall reduction of 150 hours per unit.• Thorough understanding of manufacturing and functional test processes was critical in finding overlap in offline bench testing and online manufacturing testing.• Developed software to automate software configuration management checks for outside organizations. Show less o Performed quality assurance and configuration management for production flight program.• Responsible for loading aircraft software and verifying software configuration for 4 customers consisting of 7 unique software configurations.• Performed daily audits of the production fleet.o Supported software developers through full development lifecycle.• Performed process audits.• Supported coder reviews.• Witnessed final software testing prior to release to the aircraft.o Engaged by outside organizations to develop solutions to configuration and part tracking issues.• Developed software tools and labeling process for aircraft modules.• Developed database to track parts modified within the electronics lab. Show less

  • STAFF RESEARCH ENGINEER

    Feb 2010 - Apr 2020

  • STAFF MANUFACTURING FUNCTIONAL TEST ENGINEER

    Jul 2006 - Feb 2010

  • SENIOR MANUFACTURING FUNCTIONAL TEST ENGINEER

    Nov 2002 - Jul 2006

  • Software Quality Engineer

    Jan 1998 - Nov 2002
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  NSI-MI Technologies

  Apr 2020 - now

  Test Labs Manager