Director of Engineering
Resume:
SHANE J. MURRAY
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ENGINEERING DIRECTOR
Delivering Vision and Leadership for the Enterprise
PROFILE
Highly experienced Engineering Director with a record of developing and supporting successful projects and solutions
incorporating a diverse range of applications, environments, and technologies. Talented, results-driven, and versatile
leader, with a record of success in projects requiring an in-depth knowledge and solid experience working with defining,
planning, scheduling, resourcing and controlling, scope, schedule, budgets, and projects with original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) and clients in Aerospace and Engineering Industries.
Recognized as an excellent resource to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency through a personal
contribution to align the business processes and infrastructure. Able to realize cost savings, accelerate performance, and
create a competitive advantage for the organization through aligning business and technical expectations.
• Adept at quickly and successfully responding to ever-changing environments and situations, able to achieve goals
within critical project deadlines, and leverage an eye for detail to ensure the quality and accuracy of projects.
Able to work with, mentor, and manage cross-functional, multi-geographical teams.
• A builder of high-performance business teams and a natural team leader and mentor thriving in environments
requiring a high-level strategist and a big-picture thinker, capable of successfully working independently or as
part of a team in high-pressure, delivery-oriented environments.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Project Development • Project Planning • Project Management • Budget Development • Budget Oversight
Performance Optimization • Process Improvement • Change Management • Strategic Planning
Proposal Development • Contract Negotiation • Client Relationship Management
Global Delivery • Project Communication • Team Leadership
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Curtiss- Wright Defense Solutions Santa Clarita, CA 2011 –
Systems & Electrical Engineering Manager (Integrated Solutions Division)
Responsible for the development of personnel in the Electrical team, Designing and Implementing new processes, and
mentoring the high potential staff.
• Developed and implemented new metrics to measure the efficiency of the electrical design development process
and related design errors for continuous improvement initiatives.
• Developing Model Based Systems and electrical design process to improve reuse efficiency within the electrical
development cycle
• Provided technical engineering leadership and due diligence for $90M aquisition
Product Marketing Manager (Integrated Solutions Division)
Effectively managing several product lines and custom products. Developed marketing strategies and strategic action
plans to capture new business.
• Implemented product and marketing strategies for two new product lines, including pricing strategies,
marketing automation strategies and production strategies
• Secured 4 new contracts including direct contracts with the Navy for the V22
• Developed technical articles for industry magazines
Technical Product Manager (Integrated Solutions Division)
Responsible for technical leadership for an existing motion control product line developed in Switzerland and
establishment of a new local power systems product line.
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• Established technical architecture and future roadmaps for new power distribution products
• Provided technical expertise and guidance for formal certification to recover several troubled programs
• Developed successful technical proposal to win $10M Bradley Tank upgrade
• Presented Turret Stabilisation technical approach to raytheon for M-60 upgrade and reinforced Curtiss
Wright position as the leaders in this domain. CW subsequently secured a teaming arrangement based
on this architecture
Crane Aerospace Burbank, CA 2007 –
2011
Director of Engineering (Cabin Systems Division)
Successfully implemented processes driving original equipment manufacturer (OEM) returns down through engineering
design changes by 80%. Implemented Corrective Action process driving root cause investigation in low reliability
products which resulted in resolving and reducing warranty claims by 50%.
• Managed engineering cost reductions by utilizing low cost resources in India.
• Guided the development and technical decisions of highly successful new product line of seat actuation systems
Crane Aerospace continued
Software Manager (Landing Systems Division)
Effectively supervised and managed a team of approximately 300 staff including contractors at nine locations including
HCL India. Delivered 787 Brake Control System as one of the first certified systems on 787 after it was publicly
identified as holding up first flight.
• Held productive daily meetings with Boeing and GE leadership discussing current progress and status.
• Developed annual budgets totaling $20,000,000 and scheduled timely delivery of certification software.
Software Supervisor (Landing Systems Division)
Recruited and maintained staff requirements consistently meeting customer goals, including top grading staff to enhance
company capabilities for the future. Implemented a structured staff training program significantly improving staff
knowledge on internal development processes which was highly regarded by Honeywell management.
• Collaborated effectively with Embraer correcting a problem on the ERJ145 aircraft. This program is now used by
Embraer as a case study showing other suppliers how to commit and work through difficult problems
Senior Software Development Engineer (Landing Systems Division)
Developed requirements, software design algorithms and C coding for auto-brake functionality for the 787 program.
Analyzed and resolved several generations of 80196 ASM code for reliability issues on ERJ145 program.
Boeing Australia Limited Seattle, WA 2002 – 2007
Senior Software Test Engineer (Wedgetail Project, USA)
Provided oversight to Integration of Mission Computing Software Subsystem to system hardware platform having over
1,500,000 lines of code.
Subsystem Team Lead (High Frequency Modernization Project, HFMOD, Australia)
Completed scheduling and resource profiling for new phase of HFMOD project including planning for $15,000,000
budget.
System Integration and Test Supervisor (High Frequency Modernization Project, Australia)
Coordinated test resources with Australian Defense Force for execution of test program. Successfully managed four
rotating teams of four to five people executing a daily schedule for nine months. Supported customer test requirements
and training on site during validation.
Software Engineer (High Frequency Modernization Project, Australia)
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Voxson Limited Brisbane, Australia 2001 – 2002
Microelectronics Engineer
Geonautics International Pty Ltd Brisbane, Australia 1998 – 2001
Microelectronics Engineer
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering, Microelectronic Engineering Griffith University Brisbane, Australia
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Requirements Development, Analysis, and Testability
Software Process Standards MIL498, DO178B Level A, DO254 Level A
Microprocessor: 8051, 80196, PPC565, TMS320F2812, ATMega Series,
Programming Languages: ASM, C / C, Perl, Python, VBA
Hardware interface drivers (Serial (UART), Parallel, I2C, Can Bus, A/D)
Protocol Interfaces and Design: CAN, GSM, GPS
Systems Design, Algorithm Development
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