Design Engineer Electrical

DEBBIE R. BERGER

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Rockwall, TX 75087 ******.******@***.***

SUMMARY

An accomplished electrical design/systems integration engineer with over twenty seven years of design experience specializing in VIP Interior Modifications on commercial aircraft. Skilled as a highly detail-oriented engineer ensuring system designs and installations utilize sound and safe industry practices (OEM and Mil-STD) and are in compliance with customer/vendor requirements and FAA regulations.

WORK EXPERIENCE

GDC TECHNICS, Fort Worth, TX (Agente Technical - Consultant) 11/16 to Present

Electrical systems design for a VIP on a Boeing 777-300 aircraft.

Designs include: Cabin Management System (CMS), In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) and electrical pallets.

Designed, revised and reviewed engineering wiring diagrams and created bill of materials for drawings.

Collaborated designs with mechanical engineering and production to ensure designs and installations met all specification restraints and maintainability.

Tasked with identifying all CMS vendor parts required for the cabin modification.

Led efforts in defining cabin systems' operations for the CMS vendor to assist in their programming efforts.

Associated Air Center, Dallas, TX 05/13 to 09/16

Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Agente Technical - Consultant)

In charge of reviewing, revising and checking subcontractor IFE/CMS drawings with the CMS vendor documentation for the Boeing 747-800 VIP Completion.

Oversaw the assignment of all equipment and hookup list information assigned for the IFE/CMS drawings.

Reviewed and checked all electrical engineering drawings to ensure drawing information was in compliance with the CMS vendor Acceptance Test Procedures.

Supported CMS vendor in identifying programming changes necessary to ensure the proper operation of all of the modified cabin systems.

Assisted in liaison efforts and generated engineering change orders to resolve drawing discrepancy issues.

Mentored junior level engineers.

Checked and verified all electrical drawings for peers and engineering lead on the Airbus A319 aircraft.

Designed and modified new and existing electrical headliners, pallets, and disconnect layout drawings using previous contract aircraft wiring diagrams and wire removal drawings.

Maverick Aerospace, Denton TX 06/11 to 05/13

Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Aerospace Design Concepts - Consultant)

Electrical systems design for VIP completions (MD87, Boeing 777-300 and Boeing BBJ 737-700).

Designs include: Cabin interior and emergency lighting, power distribution and cabin supplemental heat.

Generated 737-700 electrical load analysis, emergency lighting intensity and transverse separation analysis, and various cabin functional and flight test reports.

Associated Air Center, Dallas, TX

Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Johnson Services Group - Consultant) 08/06 to 06/11

Electrical systems design for VIP completions (Airbus A319 / A320, Boeing BBJ 737-700, Boeing 757). Designs include: IFE/CMS, 115VAC 60HZ / 230VAC 50HZ power generation and distribution, backup battery system for the COTS IFE equipment, Airshow 4200, cabin telephone, high speed data system, LAN, Securaplane Camera system, galleys, PA system, and various cabin interior lighting systems.

L-3 Communications, Greenville, Texas

Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Johnson Services Group - Consultant) 10/05 to 08/06

Researched and generated an OEM baseline electrical load analysis for the Lockheed P3B aircraft using ELAs from an existing P3A and P3C aircraft.

Analyzed all retained electrical systems on the P3B aircraft and verified all the aircraft equipment part numbers and their associated loads. Gathered supporting data sheets and/or Lockheed control drawings to help verify and support the loads presented in the new baseline analysis.

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Associated Air Center, Dallas, TX

Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Johnson Services Group - Consultant) 01/04 to 10/05

Electrical systems design for VIP completions for the Boeing 747-400 aircraft.

System designs include various aircraft lighting systems, headliners, cabin water system, cabin management system, and galleys.

Reviewed and checked engineering drawings to ensure conformity and compliance with CMS vendor specifications and documentation.

Assisted with CMS vendor coordination, documentation, system designing, and aircraft liaison support efforts.

American Eurocopter, Grand Prairie, TX

Avionics Design Engineer 10/03 to 01/04

Designed the electrical interconnect diagrams for integrating various avionic systems for the AS350 helicopter.

Associated Air Center, Dallas, TX

Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Avionics Engineering Services - Consultant) 10/02 to 6/03

Electrical systems design for VIP completions (Boeing 757, 767 and the Airbus 320).

Designed the cabin IFE system, cabin smoke detection, general cabin and emergency lighting, the 230VAC 50Hz, and 115VAC 60Hz power distribution systems.

Supported production in resolving engineering discrepancies and generated ECOs to drawings.

Interfaced and coordinated with various engineering groups, vendors and customer representatives to ensure that designs met customer specifications using sound engineering practices.

Associated Air Center, Dallas, Texas

Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Butler International - Consultant) 05/97 to 7/02

Electrical systems design for VIP completions (Boeing 737 (BBJ), 747, 757, 767, and

McDonnell-Douglas MD-80).

Designed the electrical wiring diagrams for interfacing various aircraft systems including cabin telephone, SATCOM, galley, IFE/CMS, security systems, smoke detection, power distribution, cabin lighting, passenger oxygen and cabin water systems.

Generated aircraft emergency lighting layouts and trained other engineers in properly performing and documenting the aircraft emergency lighting intensity and transverse separation analysis.

RAYTHEON E-SYSTEMS, Greenville, Texas

Design Engineer 08/89 to 5/97

Coordinated with systems engineering and Rockwell Collins in designing the PC controller communication system on the VC25 Air Force One aircraft. Responsible for the cabin telephone, interphone system, and the electrical power distribution system for the C9C U.S. Air Force, Boeing 747-SP and the MD11 Saudi Royal VIP interior modification.

Saved the company over 2750 hours in creating the baseline electrical load analysis for the MD-11 aircraft and led engineering efforts in preparing the aircraft modification voltage drop, current density, and supplemental load analysis reports.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Experienced using DOD standards, MIL-Specifications, and FAA airworthiness regulations.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology

SKILLS

Proficient in CAD software: AutoCAD – 24 years, Microsoft Office including Word and Excel.

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