Engineer Design

RONNIE B. REED Sr.

P.O. Box **** Hot Springs, Arkansas 71902-6076 *Cell 602-***-**** * E-mail: *********@***.***

PROFILE:

Senior/Lead level Contract-Only Engineer, working knowledge in Electronic Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Electronics hardware

test design systems w/ COTS (applicable to Aerospace/ Avionics, Flight Simulators, Aircraft Maintenance Trainer, Missiles Systems and

Satellite Launch/Ground Systems), Defense and Commercial Electronic hardware and software systems, includes System Level Concept

Development, Trade Studies & Analysis, Requirements Definition & Traceability, Requirements Allocation and Compliance Tracking, HW

Interface Control Definition, System Integration, and Design Verification and Validation.

* Preliminary & Critical Design Review prepare and presentation (PDR & CDR package)

* Earn Value Measurement System (EVMS)

* Electrical Controls and Instrumentation (External Power Supply Unit design, System power control interfacing)

* Control Bus Design -VXI, VME, Mil-Std 1553, RS422, RS485, IEEE1394, GPIB, ARINC, CANBus

* Missile COTS sub-systems designs.

* Data Acquisition (Window) Design.

* Avionics and Spacecraft Integration & Test.

* Aerospace/Satellite - Ground Support Test Equipment Design (COTS)

* Documentation – (SLATE and DOORS) ICDs, SDDs, IDDs, etc.

* System Engineering - Architecture Design and Development, Verification Methodology and Test Integration planning

* Analog and Digital Circuit Design and Analysis.

* Avionics Simulator Design.

* ATE-COTS subsystems design and application

* Aircraft Instruments/ Wiring Diagrams: (TCAS, DEU, FMCS, DADC, GPS, VHF NAV, SDME, etc…)

DEVELOP SKILLS:

HARDWARE / SOFTWARE – Microsoft Office 2010,Outlook,Visio Pro, Redars, AutoCAD, VME, VMIC, VXI, Labview, Allen Bradley &

Keyence, Programmable controllers, Cadence, ARINC 429, 561, 608a, 626 and 627-1, DOORS, SLATE, HTML, CMPro,

Teamcenter, SLATE and LiveLink, Lotus notes,

CLEARANCE:

Active Secret and COMSEC Briefed

EXPERIENCE: (Responsibilities and Accomplishments)

The BOEING Company – Training Systems & Government Services - Mesa, Arizona

Lead Electrical System Design Engineer – Mar 12, 2009 – Jul 25, 2013

CV-22, Canadian Chinook, E6-B Aircraft and Apache Block III (AB3): Duties and responsibilities Electrical Lead in Aircraft System Design

per the System Design Document (SDD) Requirements, also as lead directs and coordinates all electrical activities necessary to complete the

major project task, including System Level Concept Development, Trade Studies & Analysis, Requirements Definition & Traceability,

Requirements Allocation and Compliance Tracking, HW Interface Control Definition, System Integration, and Design Verification and

Validation. This includes participate in customer technical interchange meetings (TIM), design reviews and earning value management

analysis and monitoring. Perform the following tasks detail electrical design specification, aircraft systems schematics (block diagrams,

schematics, and electrical wire harness and cable design and documentation). Collaborate with manufacturing for build, testing of system

components.

The BOEING Company – GMD Program Protection - Huntsville, Alabama

Electrical System Engineer / Security System Engineer – Apr 2008 – Feb 26, 2009

Duties travel to site location to perform the Installation and Checkout Reviews (ICOR) to evaluate the Component Certification Package,

which includes documentation resulting from the previous I&CO effort at the site, also examines individual facility or Test Asset (TA) issues.

Participates in Level-3 Configuration Control Board (CCB) and Engineering Control Board activities for the Ground Equipment Systems.

CRANE AEROSPACE Co. HydroAire - Burbank, California

Sr.Contract Avionics Systems Engineer- Aug 2007 – Mar 2008

Duties to perform system engineering on the 737NG Antiskid/Auto brake Control Unit (AACU) – writing of the Manual Test Procedure

(MTP) for the AACU and Flight Change (FC’s) sheets/doc’s and assist Boeing in Flight testing of the AACU’s Verification Test Procedure

(VTP) for Boeing 787 Brake System Control Unit (BSCU) against the allocated requirements.

The BOEING Company – Commercial Aircraft – Seattle, Washington

787- Avionics Systems Engineer- M&PT research & development group Sept 2006 – July 2007

Specific task to define performance, functional requirements & their verification method, decomposing and derive its low-level design

requirements and allocating to hardware, software, interfaces and reviewing aircraft production detail test plans (DTP’s) duties include

documentation management (SLATE and DOORS).

ROCKWELL COLLINS Inc - Avionics & Communications Div - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Avionics Systems Engineer- June 2006 – Sept 2006- Specific task was to define performance, functional requirement for modular Avionics

Flight Instrument and/or Platforms.

Ronnie B. Reed (Con’t)

Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems – Global Hawk Unmanned Air Vehicle - San Diego, California

Sr. Contract Avionics Ground Segment Systems Engineer - Nov 2005 – June 2006 Duties and responsibilities to perform Global Hawk

UAV ground segment system specification requirements management activities, Specific task to define performance, functional requirements

& their verification method, decomposing and derive its low-level design requirements and allocating to hardware, software and interfaces,

duties include documentation management (SLATE and DOORS).

Honeywell International Inc. - Defense & Space Electronics Systems - Albuquerque, New Mexico

Sr Contract Electronics Systems Engineer - Sept 2005 – Nov 2005 Duties and responsibilities as a Contract System Engineer on the Royal

New Zealand Air Force C-130 aircraft avionics configuration design and specifications ICDs, SDDs, IDDs, etc…

The BOEING Company – Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) – Mesa, Arizona

Electrical HW Systems Design Engineer(E-6B IAT Program) - Nov 2003- May 2004 and Oct 2004 – Sept 2005

Duties and responsibilities as a contract engineer is to implement new avionics upgrades, design and integrate new hardware

(Arinc 429, TCAS,TACAN, DEU, FMC, DU, A/T, CDS, FIP, MIP, etc..) utilizing VME controller & I/O equipment into the

Navy E-6B Aircraft Integrated Avionics Trainer (IAT). Project includes the design, fabrication, documentation, installation,

integration & test. Also System Engineering efforts on the A160 Hummingbird UAV in Irvine, CA

Swales Aerospace Company – GAT Program – Beltsville, Maryland

Avionics Systems Contract Engineer - June 2004 - Oct 2004

Duties to develop System design requirements (includes documentation, reviews, etc…) for the General Avionics Test-bed (GAT). Task to

creative the general architecture design / purchase (COTS) hardware, test procedure and equipment acquisition for Computation HUB which

is similar to the SMEX Lite core avionics, currently being implemented on the NASA GSFC TRIANA spacecraft.

The BOEING Company – GMD Integration & Verification - Huntsville, Alabama

Systems Engineer Integration & Verification (I & V) - September 2002 – November 2003

Ground–Based Missile Defense System I & V duties; to develop certification process, plans, policy and ground rules for the Integrated Flight

Testing (IFT), Integrated Ground Test (IGT) and Test Bed –IGT capabilities and components development in accordance to GMD Capabilities

Document (GCD). Overall objective meet GMD program target dates. Duties also includes to verify and integrated GMD components to all

Boeing program IPT’s and system element POC’s.

RAYTHEON Missile Systems – Electronics Division – Tucson, Arizona

Electronic Systems Engineer, – December 2000 – December 2001 Assist in design and development of the National Missile Defense (EKV)

Kill Vehicle Electronics System & Test Equipment. Duties to develop electronic control systems (COTS & sub assembly designs), Test

Stations and process in the testing and production of flight vehicles. Also hardware member of the design and develop team for the Tow Fire

& Forget Seeker Missile Software Evaluation Station.

LOCKHEED MARTIN Missile & Space Division - Sunnyvale, California

Electronic Systems Engineer, October 1997 – November 2000

* Duties as a Contract Engineer (Payload Launch Vehicle PLV- Launcher Electronics and Flight Test Equipment): to research, design and

support (PLV) Missile Upgrade Program of the Launcher Electronics System & flight equipment. Develop detailed integration and test

procedures, integrate hardware (COTS), test and debug missiles electronic controls. Also function as test preparation director during Bay

Validation (wrote procedure) and vehicle Testing (VXI / Labview CVI), support testing at KMR Kwajalein in the Marshall Island.

ROCKWELL COLLINS Inc - Avionics & Communications Div - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

System Integration & Test Engineer, April 1997 - October 1997

HONEYWELL Air Transport Systems Division - Phoenix, Arizona

Avionics Test System Hw/Sw Engineer, (Honeywell STS-2000) August 1996 - April 1997

FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL-SIMULATOR System Division - Tulsa, Oklahoma

Avionics System Electronic Engineer April 1996 - July 1996

LORAL VOUGHT SYSTEMS - MISSILE System Division - Grand Prairie, Texas

Electronic Systems Design Engineer November 1995 - April 1996

ECC INTERNATIONAL CORP - Simulation Design & Production Division - Orlando, Florida

Electronic Systems Design Engineer January 1995 - October 1995

STATISTICA, INC Simulation Design Division - Orlando, Florida Electronic HW Systems Design Eng. September 1994 - January 1995

LOCKHEED - MARTIN AEROSPACE CO. Test System - Fort Worth, Texas A T S Engineer June 1993 - February 1994

GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEM Division. System Integration - Sterling Height, MI - HW Eng. February 1992 - April 1993

EDUCATION:

* College of New Jersey - Trenton, New Jersey

BS, Electrical /Electronics Engineering 1983

* Phoenix Bible College and Seminary - Phoenix, Arizona

Bachelor of Theology 1997

* Continuing College credits, Seminars and Application certificates - hardware / software. Labview/CVI Basic and Advance Training

* Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS) Training

* University of Alabama Huntsville– UAH Continuing Education – HTML Web Design

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