Electrical Engineer Quality Assurance

JOSEPH NICHOLAS DEAN

**** *** **** ****, **********, FL. 32796 321-***-****

***********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Electrical Engineer / Technical Manager with over 15 years of diverse

design experience from component level to systems integration and test.

Highly experienced in Aerospace and Commercial Electronics with a proven

record of participating and leading diverse engineering teams toward

success orientated solutions

QUALIFICATIONS

* Analog and Digital Hardware Design, from Component to Systems Level

* PLC and SCADA hands-on hardware design/installation for control and

instrumentation systems

* Test Engineering and writing/release of supporting plan and procedures

* Systems Engineering and Requirements Documentation development through

PDR/CDR

* Project and Business Management - Performance Based, Earned Value, and

Risk

* Established Professional Oral and Technical Writing Communications

* MS Office + Project, AutoCAD, NI Lab View, RSLogix, PCB Schematic,

Design, and Layout

EDUCATION

BS Management University of Phoenix 2009

BS Engineering Technology University of Central Florida

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Manager

Vectorworks Naval Engineering, April 2011 to October 2012

Engineering and Business Management for the design of Classed Luxury Yachts

* Daily Management of multiple Naval Architectural Projects;

generated and maintained schedule and cost sheets to

achieve desired profit margins

* Daily resource planning and stakeholder communications;

developed matrices and project schedules to direct multi-

disciplined resources for successful achievement of project

milestones and provided weekly status reports

* Systems Engineering; support to engineering staff, assisting

with review and edit of analysis reports to ensure consistent

and professional product submittals

* Weekly Financial Tracking and Earned Value Analysis;

generated, maintained, and presented executive level spread

sheet reports and progress graphing for stakeholders

Project Manager

ASRCA (NASA USTDC), March 2003 to February 2011

Project Engineering of NASA Electrical Ground Support Equipment, NASA

Shuttle Operations Problem Resolutions, and the NASA Launch Equipment Test

Facility refurbishment

* Task Order generation; utilizing established contract

templates, created complete Task Order packages to include

all descriptive tasks with associated metrics and milestones

* Generated Basis of Estimates (BOE); supporting Other Direct

Costs (ODC) as required to acquire H/W & S/W

* Generated Project Schedules; utilizing MS Project, developed

supporting schedules for executive reporting

* Provided Subcontract management for Automated Systems and

Facility upgrades; authorized and monitored funding to

enable subcontract payments per contractual milestone

achievements

Lead Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineering Design and Test direction from component to system

level as related to Electrical Umbilical Interfaces and Shuttle Return to

Flight Testing.

* Constellation System Element Requirements development; as an

ASRC Team Member and Lead Engineer, assisted in the development of

Level III and IV System Element Requirements for Constellation

Launch Pad 39-A Umbilical and Space Launch Accessories

* Designed specialized EMI/RFI Haz Class tools; per KSC STD

0002/NEC/FM and provided design evaluation and safe

compliance assurance for Shuttle Launch Support Equipment Test

Equipment.

* Console and hand-on Field Test Conductor for Shuttle TPS

impact testing and Launch Equipment Testing

JOSEPH NICHOLAS DEAN

4070 Fox Lake Road, Titusville, FL. 32796 321-***-****

***********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)

Electrical Engineer

Dynacs Inc. (NASA EDC), May 1998 to March 2003

Electrical Engineering Design and Performance Based Project Management on

the NASA Engineering Development Contract for the following projects:

* Payload Ground Handling Mechanism (PGHM); directed fabrication

and design from component to system integration of a thirteen

axis, electro-mechanical, automated payload insertion and

extraction fixture that replaced antiquated pneumatic and

manually operated systems at Shuttle Launch Pads 39A&B.

* Circularity Measurement Tool (CMT); directed fabrication and

design of four light weight production units to measure the

circularity of the Solid Rocket Booster segments, providing Hazard

Classification compliance usage and updated distributed system

processing data acquisition for interface with the upgraded

Solid Rocket Booster Stacking Tool (SSET)

Electrical Engineer

Intelligent Machines Corporation Inc., June 1997 to May 1998

Electrical Engineering Design of Laser Sensitive Devices and PC based

vision systems interfacing with Staubli RX130L Robotic arm interfaces, to

provide integrated automated work cells for the following:

* NIKE Shoe Industry; Automated Adhesive Application of running shoe

soles for manufacturing

* DEXTER Shoe Co.; Automated Trimming System for injection molded sole

manufacturing

* FORD Motor Co.; 3D Planer Normality Sensor for robotic location of

complex surfaces

* BMW Co., BMW Z-3 Roadster sub assembly vision system to verify

manufacturing tolerances

* HDI Inc., Automated glucose test strip vision system to verify

manufacturing quality assurance

Engineering Designer

I-NET Inc. (NASA EDC), June 1992 to May 1997

Electrical Engineering Design on the NASA Engineering Development Contract

for the following projects:

* HEPA-Filter inspection robot; provided Design, Fabrication, and

Technical Documentation, of a portable HEPA-Filter inspection system to

mitigate the unsafe manual human filter inspection

* Printed Circuit Board design; utilized Schematic Capture and PCB

layout to design I/O circuitry

Engineering Specialist

Boeing Aerospace Operations, October 1988 to June 1992

Engineering technical support on the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), the

unpiloted upper-stage booster rocket program at KSC, Fl., Utilizing Secret

Clearance (DISCO) to the USAF, technical responsibilities included:

* Assist designated engineering groups with troubleshooting,

modification, and testing of the IUS

* Provide technical aid for IUS engineering issues in support to mission

launch data acquisition

Quality Assurance Engineer

ECC International Co., March 1987 to October 1988

Quality Assurance for DOD flight simulators providing:

* Interface with on-site DCAS representative per Mil-Std 9858 for

contractual quality compliance

* Analyzed manufacturing defects and aided in the development of first

article functional tests.

Associate Design Engineer

Electronics Systems Products Inc., June 1981 to March 1987

Engineering R&D of RGB High-Resolution Video Projection Systems

* Video circuitry; design and prototype of projection systems from

signal source to CRT display

* System peripheral support devices; design and test of infrared remote

control, Quad Standard Video Decoder to RGB out put, video blanking

circuitry and RS232 serial PC interface designs

CERTIFICATES

* NASA MSFC, Constellation Program, Umbilical designs 2008

* NASA KSC, Space Shuttle, GSE and Robotic designs 2007

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