JOE PARDI
PERMANENT ADDRESS
Pawcatuck, CT 06379-1233
860-***-**** - Home
Email: ********@***.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ELECTRONIC ENGINEER 7/1987 - 3/2010
Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), New London, CT, Newport, RI
Conducted purchases and maintained invoices on a government purchase card.
Oversaw and maintained the confidential technical reports on new submarine arrays.
Experienced with MS Office PC suite.
Directed and conducted underwater acoustic, vibration and flow noise testing of prototype
submarine planar arrays.
Oversaw and reviewed environmental qualification tests (EQT) and regression tests on the
Lightweight Wide Aperture Array inboard electronics.
Conducted environmental qualification tests on outboard hydrophone array components,
including hydrostatic pressure, temperature and extraneous noise during pressure cycling.
Operated, signal conditioned and processed all diagnostic sensors (accelerometers, force
gauges and hydrophones) used in the underwater tests.
Publicized test results and analysis in Quick Look and Technical Reports.
Supervised and conducted inboard and outboard hydrophone array acceptance tests.
Developed specifications for replacing conventional ceramic hydrophones with fiber optic
hydrophones, evaluated contractor compliance to the specifications.
Technically guided subcontractors in qualifying fiber optic hydrophone arrays for
production.
Developed software for controlling hardware utilizing LabVIEW via GPIB and PC ISA
interface for the automated transducer test system in the Transducer Repair Facility
upgrade.
Developed data processing software in HP Basic and LabVIEW for evaluating hydrophone
array specification compliance.
Assembled data acquisition system for underwater acoustic and vibration tests.
Conducted trade-off studies on all test instrumentation prior to purchase.
Provided configuration management during production testing and purchase of Low
Frequency Bow Array transducers for SEAWOLF Class submarine.
Designed, assembled and operated optical water characterization systems for Advanced
Detection System lake tests.
EDUCATION
Master of Science, Electrical Engineering
Electromagnetics and Physical Electronics
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269
August 1990 GPA: 3.47/4.3
Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Science
Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13676
May 1987 GPA: 3.0/4.0
Associate of Science, Engineering Science
Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY 12180
May 1985 GPA: 3.26/4.0
CLEARANCE
Secret
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
● Received (NUWC) Performance Award in 1993, 1994, and 1998 for conducting Fiber
Optic Hydrophone Array Testing in Seneca Lake, NY and Lake Pend O’reille, ID
● Received (NUWC) Special Act Award in 1996 for monitoring BSY-2 Wide Aperture
Array Underwater Shock Tests in Aberdeen, MD
● Received Special Act Award for Fiber Optic Sensor Development in 1999
● Successfully completed acoustic, vibration, and flow noise testing of the Light Weight
Planar Array Advanced Technical Demonstration and publicized results within a one year
time frame.
● Received Secretary of Navy Citation for Significant Accomplishment in Testing the
Advanced Detection System in Cayuga Lake, NY
● Received Outstanding Performance Rating in 1993 and 1995
REFERENCES
Elsa Payne Mechanical Engineer (Project Lead)
Company Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Phone 401-***-****
Email ****.*****@****.***
Scott Mayer Electrical Engineer (Project Lead)
Company Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Phone 401-***-****
Email *****.*****@****.***
Russ Christman Senior Acoustic Engineer
Company Oasis Corp.
Phone 860-***-****