Project Manager Mechanical Engineer
Resume:
DON PETTENGILL
PMP / BSME / MBA
Moorpark, CA ***21
************@*****.***
SUMMARY
Engineering Manager / Engineering Project Manager
Demonstrated experience in engineering project management of complex,
highly integrated, embedded systems product deliverables. Experience in
cross-functional engineering management; proposals; and continuous process
improvement. Lean/Six Sigma Greenbelt / PMP / BSME / MBA.
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration, California Lutheran University, Thousand
Oaks, CA
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Project Management Professional (PMP) , Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt
Certified; Design for Manufacture/Design for Assembly; CMMI ; AS9100; ISO
9001; Requirements Definition; Risk/Opportunity Management; Project
Management (PMBOK) ; Siemens PLM Teamcenter; Earned Value Management
System; Reducing Total Ownership Costs; Proposal Technical Writing; Talent
Management; and Coaching.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
ATK Armament Systems, Plymouth, MN
2011 - 2013
Systems Engineering Manager / Systems Project Manager
Engineering Manager of Systems Engineering Department providing engineering
project management of advanced weapons systems.
Project engineering for U.S. Air Force Guided Bomb Hard Target Void Sensing
Fuze (HTVSF) and U.S. Marine Corps Precision Extended Range Mortar (PERM))
Programs. Proposal Engineering Manager (PEM) for the U.S. Army / U.S.
Marines M777A2 Lightweight 155mm Howitzer Performance Based Logisitics
(PBL) RFP. Six Sigma/Lean Greenbelt Facilitator for a Product Life Cycle
Management Continuous Improvement (CI) Project, which defined MCAD/ECAD
requirements, encompassed trades and developed the Path Forward. Division
Design to Cost (DTC) Lead.
Vantage Plus, Engineering and Management Services, Moorpark, CA
2009 - 2011
Engineering Project Manager
Engineering project management, proposals, and continuous process
improvement.
ATK Defense Electronics Systems, Woodland Hills, CA
2002 - 2009
Engineering Manager / Engineering Project Manager
Engineering Manager of Engineering Department developing missile and
electronic warfare systems, with distributed workforce, spanning multiple
engineering functions including Systems, Software, Radar, Guidance
Navigation & Control, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering,
Configuration/Data Management, and Integration & Test.
Project engineering management (engineering plans; budgets; schedules;
project monitor and control; R&O management; engineering status meetings;
action item management and tracking; customer requirements interpretation;
and monitoring of engineering deliverables) as the AARGM Missile Hardware
Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead for the ACTD AARGM Quick Bolt Missile
demonstration program. Proposal Engineering Manager (PEM) for U.S. Navy
Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS) and U.S. Navy Multi-Stage
Supersonic Target (MSST) RFP's. Responsible Engineering Authority (REA) for
the ACTD AARGM Quick Bolt Missile demonstration program. Six Sigma/Lean
Greenbelt Facilitator / Continuous Improvement (CI) Project Manager
responsible for implementation of Department AS9100 compliant processes and
CMMI appraised processes. CAD/CAE: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, MSC/Sinda,
MSC/Nastran, Mentor Graphics.
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Science and Applied Technology, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA (Acquired by ATK,
2002) 2000 - 2002
Engineering Manager / Engineering Project Manager
Engineering Manager of Product Design Department comprised of Mechanical
design and analysis, Electrical design and analysis, Millimeter Wave/RF
design and analysis, and Configuration/Data Management.
Project engineering management (engineering plans; budgets; schedules;
project monitor and control; R&O management; engineering status meetings;
action item management and tracking; customer requirements interpretation;
and monitoring of engineering deliverables) as the AARGM Missile Hardware
IPT Lead for the ATD AARGM Missile demonstration program and the ACTD AARGM
Quick Bolt Missile demonstration program. Missile Hardware Cost Account
Manager (CAM) for the U.S. Navy AARGM SDD Missile RFP. Responsible
Engineering Authority (REA) for the ATD AARGM Missile demonstration program
and the ACTD AARGM Quick Bolt Missile demonstration program. Continuous
Improvement (CI) Project Manager responsible for implementation of
Department ISO 9001 compliant processes. CAD/CAE: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire,
MSC/Sinda, MSC/Nastran, Mentor Graphics.
Vantage Plus, Engineering and Management Services, Moorpark, CA
1999 - 2000
Engineering Project Manager
U.S. Navy underwater sonar product design engineering, project management,
proposal activities, and product design solutions for Channel Technologies
Group - Sonatech, Goleta, CA (U.S. Navy Side Looking Sonar Array). CAD: I-
DEAS, AutoCAD/R14.
California Microwave Inc., Woodland Hills, CA (Acquired by NGC, 1999)
1996 - 1999
Mechanical Engineering Manager / Product Design Project Lead
Mechanical hardware design and analysis, product design and documentation,
CAD modeling, drafting, printed wiring board design, configuration/data
management, design of sensors and electronics for U.S. Air Force COMBAT
SENT RC-135U Aircraft. Product Design Project Lead responsible for project
planning, project execution and hardware delivery. CAD/CAE: Pro/ENGINEER
20.0, MSC/pal2, MSC/cal2.
Litton Aero Products, Woodland Hills, CA (Acquired by NGC, 2001)
1989 - 1996
Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical hardware design and analysis, electronics packaging design of
commercial GPS/ Inertial navigation systems (LTN-2001 GPS Sensor Unit and
LTN-101 Flagship Inertial Navigation Unit). CAD/CAE: AutoCAD/R10, ANVIL-
1000MD, MSC/pal2, MSC/cal2.
AIL Systems Inc., Eaton Corporation, Westlake Village, CA
1987 - 1989
Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical hardware design and analysis and electronics packaging design of
B1-Bomber Electronic Warfare System. CAD/CAE: AutoCAD/R10, COSMOS.
Rockwell International, Rocketdyne, Canoga Park, CA
1986 - 1987
Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical hardware design and analysis of small rocket boosters for the
International Space Station (25# Small Rocket Booster) and propellant
system design concepts for the Kinetic Kill Vehicle (KKV). CAD: CADDS 4X.
Texas Instruments, Inc., Radar Systems, Dallas, TX
1983 - 1986
Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical hardware design and analysis for U.S. Navy S-3A Radar Systems
(LRUs and Antennae, APS-116/APS-134). CAD: AutoCAD/2.1.
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