Engineer Engineering

Chad Esquivel

Email: **********@********.***

Address: Redondo Beach

City: Redondo Beach

State: CA

Zip: 90278

Country: USA

Phone: 310-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $90,000

Willing to Relocate

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CHAD ESQUIVEL

CHAD ESQUIVEL

2512 Curtis Ave Unit 6

Redondo Beach, CA 90278

310-***-**** (cell) **********@********.***

http://www.linkedin.com/in/chadesquivel

PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Creative, hands-on Engineering with demonstrated passion to succeed, dedicated work ethic and proven ability to overcome complex technical challenges to meet critical deadlines. Expertise and innovated award winning success in Operations, including Integration and Test of Multi-Sensor, IR / EO, Tactical and Surveillance / Reconnaissance production flight hardware. BS Electrical Engineering and Minor Applied Mathematics. Active, Department of Defense, Secret clearance.

ENGINEERING EXPERTISE

Systems Engineering / Integration & Acceptance Test

Technical Leadership

Systems Specifications & Requirements Flowdown

Verification / Validation Testing

Root Cause Corrective Actions

Environmental Stress Screening

Proposal Development

Field Service Representative

Trade Study Analysis: MATLAB, MiniTAB, LabVIEW

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RAYTHEON, Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA 2000 - April 2012

Principal Systems Engineer

Subject Matter Expert providing technical leadership in Traceability of System Requirements, Verification and Validation testing through Sustainment of critical path flight hardware ensuring customer satisfaction.

Coordinated, prioritized, and executed Acceptance Testing of IR / EO flight hardware in Production, Depot, and Environmental test facilities meeting scheduled deliveries per month.

Authored Process Specification, Acceptance Test Procedures, Functional Test Procedures, Field Manual, as well as updated/redlined Interface Control Document, Retrofit Interface Documents ensuring customer satisfaction and accurate requirements flowdown.

Technically led team of 8 engineers at repair facilities in California and Texas that met forecasted repair deliveries, achieving increased Operation Availability above 85% minimum threshold, repairs included fault isolation of the following; Infrared / Electro-Optical sensors, optical elements, circuit card diagnostics, servo control mechanisms, and tactical Command and Control software debugging.

Directed engineering support during stand up of Navy's Organic Depot, partnering with NAVICP (currently NAVSUP), including requirements flow down, redlining Navy test procedures, and Special Test Equipment (STE) training in Jacksonville, FL, completed on time and within budget.

Authored and revised Repair Work Instructions that allowed technicians, with minimal engineering supervision, to achieve maximum efficiency and capacity increasing monthly repairs by 50%, receiving Corporate Excellence in Operations Award.

Accepted lead role with only 2 weeks left in proposal preparation schedule and finalized proposal bid package for Systems Verification Center Department; prepared and presented technical summary and cost profile for department signoff on schedule, proposal value: $1.4M .

Led Systems Engineering Proposal as Basis of Estimate author for engineering labor with Engineering on-site support for repair facilities in California, Texas, and Navy Organic Depot in Jacksonville, FL, Multi-year Proposal value $3.5M.

Field Service Representative onboard USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier; Debriefing pilots, maintaining flight readiness, and isolating mission failures incorporating corrective actions to maintain full mission capability during Operations Enduring Freedom, Southern Watch, and Iraqi Freedom.

Performed test yield analysis, MiniTAB, to determine areas of concern, for example, STE and test performance variations and implemented corrective actions contributing to maximum capacity per month.

Authored multiple Failure Review Board Quality Deficiency Reports issued by Navy in response to unique catastrophic field failures leading to root cause isolation with preventative maintenance and design change corrective actions.

Provided oversight and image analysis via MATLAB, during sensor noise investigation isolating root cause with recommended corrective action, resulting in design change and increased noise reduction.

Processed upgrades and functionality improvements via LabVIEW, leading to increased capability to control system of Space simulation Integrated Test Facility.

EDUCATION

BS, Electrical Engineering, Emphasis: Digital Signal Processing

Minor in Applied Mathematics

California State University, Long Beach, CA

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Earned Value Management System

Six Sigma Specialist

UCLA Extension: Modern IR Detectors and System Applications

Introduction to Electro-Optical Systems

CERTIFICATIONS

RF Radiation Safety Awareness

Electrostatic Discharge

Electrical Safety

Laser Safety

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