Cathy M. Kulick

**** *. ****** ***** ******, AZ 85381 Cell: 623-***-****

ac0uh4@r.postjobfree.com

Objective Seeking a position where my 35+ years of experience in embedded software for the commercial Aerospace Industry can be utilized in an engineering position.

Experience

RTC LLC

Engineer Consultant Phoenix, AZ November 2014 – May 2017

Performed the following while assigned to Honeywell Engines:

Created System Level Requirements for the C919 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)

Conducted Review Boards to Validate System Requirements for C919 APU

Performed Detailed Gap Analysis of System Requirements to Matlab models for C919 APU as part of the System Requirements Validation Effort

Worked closely with the Honeywell Certification Office in developing a Honeywell Position Paper for Model Based Development to meet DO-178C and DO-331 guidelines

Created Trace Matrices, Verification and Validation Reports and related documents used as artifacts in certification

Performed on-bench testing for System Requirements for CSeries APU

Belcan Inc.

Contract Software Engineer Phoenix, AZ October 2009 – September 2014

Performed the following while assigned to Honeywell Flight Controls:

Developed Software Requirements for B787 Flight Controls

Developed and Executed formal Verification and Validation Tests for B787

Improved existing Processes for Software Development

RTC LLC

Contract Software Engineer Phoenix, AZ November 2007 – December 2008

Performed the following while assigned to ACSS:

Developed I/O software for the T3CAS for Airbus.

Created Software Test Plans and Procedures for T3CAS I/O.

Developed On-target and Off-target s/w test platforms for the T3CAS Airbus I/O.

RTC LLC

Systems IO Engineer May 2007 – November 2007

Created System/Software level requirements for Navigation Database Access for the Flight Management System (FMS) in the Eclipse 500 VLJ aircraft.

Developed System Tests for the FMS used in the certification effort.

Presented tests and testing results to FAA on behalf of Eclipse Aviation in Albuquerque, NM.

Superior Technical Resources

Contract Software Engineer Phoenix, AZ May 2005 – May 2007

Performed the following while assigned to ACSS:

Developed Software Test Cases and Test Plans for the ASSAP application on-target testing. . (Airborne Surveillance and Sequencing Assurance Program.

Developed Software Test Cases and Test Plans for Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS)

Updated TAWS Product Software for Airbus and Generic Configurations

Performed Formal Verification and Validation for TAWS Software

Developed New Functionality for Obstacle Awareness as part of the TAWS system

Wrote and reviewed Certification Documents

Integrated Third Party Software Deliveries onto Platform Software

Created Processes to Minimize Integration Effort

Created Software and Software Test Cases for the IO functions on Airbus Long Range, Single Aisle and Wide Body aircraft

Honeywell Inc

Contract Engineer Glendale, AZ April 2004 – March 2005

Developed level E software for On-Board Maintenance function for Honeywell Epic® Flight Control Systems on Gulfstream and Raytheon aircraft

Developed user interface screens for On-Ground execution of maintenance tasks

Documented and Implemented level A and level C software for the IO functionality in Raytheon aircraft for Honeywell Epic® Flight Control Systems

Wrote and reviewed system level requirements for level A IO functions

Researched and resolved internal audit findings with PDQA engineers

NSS, Inc

Engineer Phoenix, AZ May 2003 – March 2004

Documented high level software requirements for Honeywell Epic® Flight Control Systems

Reviewed system level Test Plans and Procedures for Honeywell Epic® Flight Control Systems on-target verification tests

Created and Updated system level Test Plans for Honeywell Epic® Flight Control System

Performed on-target System level testing for Honeywell Epic® Flight Control Systems

Honeywell Inc

Principal Engineer (T4) Glendale, AZ December 1998 – May 2003

Systems IO focal for Epic® Flight Controls department. Assignments include writing system level and high level software requirements to meet DO178B standards, while ensuring commonality across six fixed-wing and one helicopter projects.

Established processes for common I/O interfaces to other Epic® systems.

Established work instructions and processes for Flight Controls department to establish standards and guidelines.

Acted as resource for junior engineers.

Served as Lead engineer for formal Validation and Verification certification activities for on-target testing of I/O integration. Tasks included writing and reviewing formal test plans and results.

Interviewed and recommended hiring of engineering personnel and contractors.

Planned, scheduled and tracked work activities for nine I/O engineers to meet schedules.

Planned, scheduled and tracked work activities for seven V&V engineers to meet schedules.

Participated in presentations to Customers

Honeywell Inc.

Software Engineer, Software Project Engineer (T2 - T4) Glendale, AZ April 1983 - December 1998

The following assignments and responsibilities are a summary of my career with Honeywell as a software/test engineer (includes highlights with Sperry Avionics also)

Designed, Implemented and Documented software requirements for AutoPilot and Flight Director Systems on Regional Type aircraft.

Interfaced with Certificaiton Agencies while serving as the Flight Controls Software Quality Engineer for the GEX Bombardier application.

Performed low-level software testing on off-target platforms per Safety Directed Development (SDD) requirements.

Developed testing platforms to perform formal verification of software per Safety Directed Development guidelines. SDD was developed by Honeywell Inc. as an alternative means of compliance to DO-178A/B to obtain certification of on-board software in avionic applications.

Avionic systems: SDP-175 (Boeing 737-200), SPZ-8000 (deHavilland Dash 8, ATR-42/72, Dassault Falcon 900), Primus 2000 (Bombardier Global Express, Dornier 328) and Epic® (Gulfstream 550/450, Dassault 900/700, Embraer 170/175, Raytheon Hawker Horizon)

Skills/Tools/Platforms

Microsoft Applications: Word, Excel, Power Point,

Configuration Management Tools: Dimensions, Visual SourceSafe, Rational Clear Case, Rational Clear Quest, CM21, DOORS

PC platforms: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 10

Languages: Assembly, C, Fortran

Operating Systems: DEOS, Green Hills Software IDE

Development Tools: Matlab

Education Edinboro University

Bachelor of Science Computer Science

Edinboro, PA

August 1980

Awards/Recognitions

Received a Technical Achievement Award in 1997 for developing a new approach to specifying and organizing requirements for the Mode Logic function of the Flight Director

Received Customer Focus Award in 2002 for meeting and supporting key verification milestones towards the first certification of the Epic® product on the Gulfstream Planeview aircraft.

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