Engineer Quality Assurance

Kenneth Thornhill

* ******* ***** ********, *** Jersey 08619 609-***-**** ************@*********.***

SYSTEMS INTEGRATION & TEST ENGINEER/QA ENGINEER/TEST ENGINEER

Motivated Engineering professional with hands on experience encompassing a 20+ years track record involved in

various engineering developments testing Hardware and Software Systems. Talent for quickly mastering technology.

Have Systems Engineering Experience and Disciplines in areas of: Systems Test, Analysis, Development and Integration

of Flight Simulation Hardware and Training Systems, Black Box Projects, Work Stations, Radar Systems and

Subassemblies. Digital and Analog Signal Analysis and Processing of Real Time Systems, RF Communications and

Transmissions. Experience with Serial/Parallel I/O devices, VME and 1553 Local Bus, Ethernet & Fiber Optic Links &

Cable Interfaces, Software Integration and Analysis, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic Tests, Wiring, Installations,

Soldering, NASA Soldering and IPC 610 Soldering of Surface Mount Technology, Technical Writing and Presentations.

Have used Fiber Optic Electronic Equipment (digital & analog), Test Instruments and Optical Devices at Various

Wavelengths as well as Various Telecommunications Devices and Equipment. Problem Solving Skills Testing and

Troubleshooting New and Existing Electronic Products and have used COTS and MIL STD products with some

familiarity of Technologies such as SONET/DWDM, AutoCAD and NI LabView.

Skills Summary:

Project Management Computer Savvy Software Integration

Report Preparation Customer Service

Written Correspondence Scheduling Hardware Integration

General Office Skills Sales

Presentations Quotes

Networking

Training DOORS

WinRunner/Test Visio

Defect Tracking

Director/LoadRunner

95/98/2K/XP/7

HTML

Professional Experience:

02/12 to 05/13 Inspector Sr. Specialist Engineer (Lockheed Martin SSC), Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

• Daily supported Source Inspection of Quality Engineering Purchased Material verifying the characterization and

analysis of static sensitive material (electrical/mechanical) using microscopes & computer workstations and analysis

input of

material in SAP/ZZIP ERP software database for on going Defense Electronic Projects/Programs.

• Wrote and submitted Q Notes supporting QA anomalies and RCCA (Root Cause Corrective Action).

• Daily used of Livelink version 9.7.1 WGC (Work Group Collaboration) File Database for manual scan and upload as

well as on line access of Vendor/Supplier Documentation, Electrical Test Data and Certifications.

• Perform QC Inspection using SAP/ZZIP software database for inspection of Cables, Harnesses and FUZE Assemblies.

01/08 to 08/11 & (11/06 to 04/07) Technical Specialist Engineer (Lockheed Martin SSC VTR/VSC), Newtown, PA.

• Daily supported Source Inspection of Quality Engineering Purchased Material verifying the characterization and

analysis of static sensitive material (electrical/mechanical) using microscopes & computer workstations and analysis

input of

material in SAP ERP software database for on going Satellite Projects/Programs.

• Supported vendor activity, to facilitate delivery as needed via Supply Chain Management systems and maintenance,

focusing on demand planning, materials management and production with SAP ERP applications.

Kenneth Thornhill

• Supported analysis and migration of component data from legacy database to SAP ERP database. Daily usage of

internet search engines for electronic specifications and reference data, for analysis of component specifications &

associated data in PDM. Submitted ECN/ECR (Engineering Change Notices/Engineering Change Request) and Q

Notes supporting QA anomalies and RCCA (Root Cause Corrective Action).

• Daily used of Livelink version 9.7.1 WGC (Work Group Collaboration) File Database for on line access of Vendor

Electrical Test Data and Certifications.

07/07 to 09/07 Satellite Installer Technician (DirecTech NE), Piscataway, NJ.

• Daily Performed New Satellite Installs, Former Installs, Service Calls and Upgrades of DBS Satellite Hardware on

Business and Home Customer Premises.

• Responsible for Satellite Hardware (Electrical/Mechanical) and Integration with Customer Entertainment System.

• Responsible for Verification of Satellite TV Set Top Box Authorization (Digital, DVR, HD & Combos) for DBS

Viewing.

• Responsible for Satellite Receiver Hardware Inventory, quality of installation and organization of contract paperwork.

07/01 to 11/06 Assistant Manager Technical Specialist Sales Associate (Radio Shack), Lawrenceville, NJ.

Daily Supported and Managed Electrical and Electronic Sales.

• Team Leader Assisting In Managing Electrical and Electronic Sales to Business and Non Business Customers.

• Daily Handled Customer Electrical and Electronic Anomalies.

• Responsible For Recruiting/Staffing, Scheduling, Training, Product Replenishment and Delegation of Sales

Associates.

• Responsible For Opening and Closing of Business.

• Responsible For Software/Hardware Demonstration of Features Associated With Low and High End Products (Such as

Wireless Technology at Handset Level Using TDMA/CDMA Technologies) and Display Model Installations.

• Responsible for Network Administration of POS (Point of Sales) Terminals.

• Daily Interface with Vendors for Product Training and Customer Sales.

• Responsible For Handling Money and Bank Transactions In Reference To Business Operations.

• Responsible For Handling Product Quality Control and Quality Assurance Issues.

• Responsible For Enhancing and Generating Sales and Profit.

• Responsible For Addressing Loss Prevention Issues.

• Responsible For Business Cleanliness.

01/00 To 06/01 Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (ION Networks, Inc.), Piscataway, NJ.

Daily Supported the Development of Network Security Systems and Monitoring Products (Beta and GA).

• Team Leader Managing Daily Quality Control Test and Evaluation of (Hardware/Software) Network Security &

Monitoring Products as well as Integrity and Quality of Product HW and GUI SW Used for Integration and

Distribution.

• Performed and Supported Technical Writing of Quality Assurance Documentation for ISO 9000 Certification.

• Performed Daily On going Confidence Testing and Evaluation of Various Network Security & Monitoring Products.

• Utilized Automated Test Tools for Pre Execution of Test Scripts to Enhance Speed of Product Testing and Improve

Productivity.

• Daily Interfaced With Manufacturing Subcontractors and Technical Liaison With R&D, Marketing and Presales

Personnel.

• Supported Product Development Upgrades, Analysis of Product Anomalies, RCCA and Reported/Tracked HW and

SW Defects.

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• Responsible for Developing Detailed Hardware and Software Test Plans, Procedures, Test Cases and Functionality

Validation.

• Responsible for Test of Proactive Hardware and Software Security Products and Integration with various

Telecommunications Devices (Meridian, Lucent and Siemen’s HICOM 150E Switches, Routers, Modems, SNMP Traps,

etc.) and Other Equipment.

5/95 To 11/99 Contract Engineer Technical Specialist

AT&T Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies, ATS Div/General Dynamics, ATS Div, Whippany, NJ.

• Supported Systems Engineering Design and Development of the Undersea Systems Engineering Program for the Deep

Water Optical Range Array/Multiplexed Extended Sensor Array (MESA) System, TSS Project and Development of

Customer Requirements.

• Directed System Environmental Test & Evaluation per MIL STDs 810D/E and 461 Processes.

• Hands on Test and Implementation of Refractive Index Profiling and FT IR (Fourier Transform Infrared)

Processing/Data Analysis of Fiber Optics and Mechanical/Thermal Stripping & Splicing of Optical Fiber for

Interconnect Module Cable Assemblies Performed Within Lab Environment.

• Developed and Implemented HTML Web Logic Page Design of ATS System Engineering and Technology Re use

Library while using Livelink version 8 (Information Management and Sharing Tool), software coding tools or via

manual coding for company intranet.

• Performed Computer Help Desk and Network Administration Support on Servers & Workstations.

• Developed procedures and other documentation and modified/updated data/information in existing documents using

DOORS (Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements Systems) application based upon customer SOW (Statement of

Work). Responsible for Test & Evaluation of FPGA Fiber Optic WSTS (Weapon Systems Test Set).

• Hands on Training and certification in NASA Soldering and IPC 610 Surface Mount Technology.

09/94 to 05/95 Product Support Help Desk Analyst

(Canon Computer Systems, Inc.) (Remedy Intelligent Staffing), Costa Mesa, CA.

• Successfully Resolved Customer Computer, Printer and Software Anomalies Troubleshooting via Telephone Interface.

• Responsible for Customer Database Processing, Entry, Logging & Tracking Anomalies via Oracle Customer Database

& CasePoint Problem Analysis Application Software.

10/93 to 07/94 Business Sales Associate (Computer City Supercenter), Brea, CA.

01/93 to 10/93 Training Committee Trainer & Speaker (Success Plus Professional Group), Anaheim, CA.

05/84 to 04/92 Sr. Systems Development Engineer, (Hughes Aircraft Company)

Hughes Training Inc. (Los Angeles, CA.)/Training and Support Systems Group (Long Beach, CA.) and

Ground Systems Group (Fullerton, CA.)

• Performed Integration, Test, Design and Development and Installations of F 14A & F/A 18C/D WTT Simulation Training

Systems Within a Simulation Lab Environment.

• Performed Integration, Test, Design, Layout, Development and Installations of TMS Engineering Test Stations for

NAVAIR WSTS AH 1T and AH 1W TOW Helicopter Programs. This Also Involved Field Installations.

• Performed Systems Development, Software Checkout, Integration, Test and Maintainability of Prototype Air Defense

& Ancillary Radars, Production Radars (Fire Finder WLRs AN/TPQ 36 & AN/TPQ 37) and Derivatives (LASR &

DIVAD).

• Training and certification acquired in NASA Soldering and IPC 610 Surface Mount Technology.

11/82 to 05/84 Electrical/Electronic Engineer (Vitro Corporation), Silver Spring, MD.

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• Performed NTDS (Naval Tactical Data Systems) SW/HW Verification, Validation & Development of Terrier AN/SPG

55B Fire Control Shipboard & Ground Based Radar Systems and Subassemblies Supporting (Naval Combat Weapon

Systems) and tested & performed System Target Tracking Capabilities Utilizing RF Transmissions and

Communications.

12/80 to 11/82 Project Engineer (Westinghouse Defense & Electronic Systems), Baltimore, MD.

• Directed Environmental Systems Test & Evaluation of AN/APG 66 F 16 Radars, SPS 65 Receiver Processors, 616A

100KW Transmitters, AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System) E 3 Aircraft, Commercial Equipment &

Components in Environments of Shock, Vibration, Explosion, EMI, Reliability, Rain & Others Using Manual and

Automatic Test Equipment (ATE).

11/77 to 12/80 Field Engineer (Sperry Rand/Sperry Gyroscope Division), Great Neck, NY.

• Performed Field Service and Operations AN/SPG 55B Terrier Fire Control Ground/Shipboard Radar Systems and

Relative Hardware Supporting (Naval Combat Weapons Systems).

• Performed NTDS Software Loads, Test & Functional Operations and Updated Schematics, Functional Flows and

Radar System Technical Manuals. Tested & performed System Target Tracking Capabilities.

EDUCATION:

09/11 Studying for A+ Service Technician Certification and CCNA Certification.

06/97 to 08/97 COMMUNITY COLLEGE of MORRIS, RANDOLPH, NJ.

Received 0.3 CEUs in Introduction to Telecommunications.

01/86 to 04/95 FULLERTON COLLEGE, FULLERTON, CA.

Received Certificates and Continuation Education Units (CEU) from the following courses:

Introduction to Novell Netware 3.11. Novell Netware 3.11. for

System Managers.

C Programming and Micro Computer Repair.

Electrical Wiring/Safety. &

AutoCAD V11.

12.7 CEUs in 6 (ATEP) Educational Courses.

09/77 NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (NYIT), NY.

Received BTEEE Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering.

• Major: Electrical & Electronic Engineering/Electro Mechanical Computer Technology.

• Minor: Computer Science Engineering.

CERTIFICATIONS:

•TBSFLS (Technician Bureau Service First Line Support) Registration Tech ID 18955 (Issued 6/8/2007).

•SSC NASA Cable/Harness (Expires 4/5/2014).

•SSC NASA Polymerics (Expires 4/5/2014).

•SSC ESD Hardware Handling & Awareness (Expires 1/24/2014).

•SSC Personal Protective Equipment Qualification (Expires 3/20/2015).

•SSC FOE Area Specific (Expires 3/18/2014).

•General Drop Mitigation (Expires 10/12/2014).

• SSC Contamination Control (11/29/2006 to NO EXP).

• SSC Mate/Demate (4/22/2013 to Present).

• SSC NASA Soldering and IPC 610 SMT Certification (Expires 4/25/2014).

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ADDITIONAL SKILL ATTRIBUTES:

• Experience developing test plans and procedures

• Experience requiring test data

• Experience conducting FAT (Factory Acceptance Tests)

• Experience performing functional testing of integrated systems/products

• Experience with requirements development, management and architectures

• Experience with (ICDs) interface control documentation and definitions

• Experience with software/hardware development, discrepancy reporting and configuration management

• Experience with test script development

• Experience identifying, isolating and correcting system anomalies

• Experience with requirements definition, verification and validation

• Experience solving problems and being organized

• Experience integrating hardware/software components into systems test environment

• Experience maintaining test lab and test tools

• Experience in analyzing, communications and technical writing

• Customer focused and always seeking continuous improvement.

PRESENT SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL: (Active DOD – Secret SCI/EBI).

RELOCATION AREAS OF INTEREST: South Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia or

Florida.

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