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Electrical Engineer Engineering

Location:
Cocoa Beach, FL, 32931
Posted:
October 16, 2010

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Frances Schuh page * of *

** ****** ***** • Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 • 321-***-**** or 784 3105 • abjdej@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Electrical Engineer with over 20 years combined experience in areas of design, CAD, cabling systems,

electronics, test equipment, field engineering, control and monitoring systems, and large information systems

electronic hardware troubleshooting. Twelve of these years were spent in space flight development and

sustaining roles. I have proven to adapt quickly in various engineering roles to meet business requirements. My

electrical engineering experience is diverse and versatile. My Knowledge of space flight specifications and

requirements can be applied to new or existing designs in other fields. Hold Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt.

EXPERIENCE:

Electrical Engineer III

ATK Aerospace Systems

Design, Manufacturing, Systems – Developmental

Sep 2008 to Oct 2010

• Processed electrical hardware for developmental space flight test vehicle

• Supported vehicle processing issues including:

Electrical/avionics components test and installation

Cable interconnect system

Sensor/transducer testing for developmental flight instrumentation (DFI) –

o component and system level

Performed multiple roles: Manufacturing Engineer and System Engineer during different phases of

development

System engineer assignment for processing final vehicle included duties in asset management,

scheduling, and organizations. Resolved conflicts in asset scheduling. As well as verifying that

requirements were incorporated into documentation and processing instructions

• Supported auxiliary power unit controller (APUC) qualification tests to verify component passed system

requirements:

EMI

Acoustic

Pyro Shock

• Reviewed and commented on electrical work instructions for space rated test vehicle

Lead team efforts including customer and vendors reviews

Analyzed comments and redlines for validity prior to submitting

• Designed cables and interconnects for both lab and flight tests

Specification generation and validation

Drawings and interconnect diagrams

Bent Pin Analysis

Generated specifications for design

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Lead Electrical Engineer II/ Designer

UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE

Electrical Design/Design Engineering Sustaining

Solid Rocket Booster Element, Kennedy Space Center

Feb 1997 to Sep 2008

• Lead Engineer for design and documentation of flight and ground support cables

• Recommend design and documentation changes to engineering

• Presented design/documentation changes to customers through material review board – MRB

• Identified parts, notes, consumables, specifications, and documents relevant to design

• Inspected post flight hardware and reported electrical systems discrepancies

• Performed field inspections to obtain necessary technical information about systems

• Participated in team design reviews to ensure design met requirements

• Proficient in engineering drawing interpretation

• Work to specifications thru documentation requirements

• Interdisciplinary skills in both electrical and mechanical

• Electrical design roles in:

Camera, ABACS (ground test), EDAS (data acquisition), test cables

Included PWB/PCB, harnesses, cables, mechanical structure, all electrical diagrams

Instrumented thrust vector control system for static test of developmental motor

Contract Hire for Various Companies

Sverdrup, Lockheed Martin, Met Con

Designer/Drafter

Oct 1994 to Oct 1996

• Design and CAD documentation

Assistant Engineer

McDonnell Douglas Space Systems

Electrical Systems/Design Engineering

Apr 1991 to Sep 1993

• Developed new and as built drawings using Microstation and EE Schematic for International Space Station

cargo test sets

• Generated schematics, cable interconnect diagrams, and cable assemblies

• Documentation per NASA and MIL standards for ground support equipment

• Participated in field engineering activities to inspect electronic hardware and identify changes

Assistant Software Engineer & Programmer II

SAUDI ARAMCO OIL COMPANY

Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia

May 1983 to Jul 1990

• Process Computer Dept: Development of control and monitoring system for crude oil loading

• Generated system software documentation including Fortran flowcharts

• Ran simulations on prototype hardware to debug program

• Computer User Services: Supported PC users when PCs began to enter offices (DOS era)

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Computer System Technician

Honeywell Large Information Systems

Phoenix, Arizona

Feb 1976 to Apr 1983

• Performed planned test sequences on mainframe components and systems

• Troubleshot mainframe electronic hardware failures to component and chip level

• Oscilloscope and DMM used in troubleshooting processor, memory, I/O, and power supplies

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Major: BS Electrical Engineering Technology, ABET accredited

GPA: 3.7/4.0

SKILLS:

• Used on the job:

• Engineering drawing interpretation.

• CAD: Microstation & ProE

• OrCAD Capture

• Word, Excel, Power Point, Project

• Visio Professional

• Mentor Graphics

• Written Communication (Excellent Techwriting Skills)

• Verbal Presentations

• Proposal Efforts

• Team Player

• Asset Needs and scheduling

• Leadership Roles

Used in College:

• Matlab

• Visual Basic

• C programming used for microcontroller development

• FPGA’s

• CPLD, Altera UP Board Chip, Max+PlusII Development System, Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems

• Microcontrollers: Microchip PIC, PICDEM 2 Plus board, Development Kit

8051 Kit, Silicon Laboratories, Keil Development

VHDL (Hardware Descriptive Language) for design synthesis

• Schematic Capture and Pspice: circuit simulation

Equipment:

Oscilloscope

Digital Multimeter

Function Generator

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HONORS:

Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma

SAITS team award

Quest award for Teamwork

Various on the spot awards

Letters of job well done from lead engineers

RATS (safety awards)

Perfect attendance awards

MEMBERSHIPS:

Golden Key International Society

Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society, Engineering

Society of Women Engineers

COMMUNITY:

Regional Science and Engineering Fair judge

United Way project participation



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