Engineer Electrical Engineering

Lisa McCormick

RF System Design

Fairfax, VA

*********@*****.*** - 703-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE

Cognizant Engineer of Low Power Units for GEO Communication Satellite Payloads

ORBITAL SCIENCES - Dulles, VA - 2004 to 2013

• Responsible for Low Power Units 23 GEO Communication Satellites including Communication Receivers,

LNAs, Downconverters, Command Receivers, Telemetry Transmitters and UPC Beacons

• Managed suppliers from Thales Alenia Space – France & Italy, RUAG, and L3-Narda West

• Point of Contact between unit supplier and customers for manufacturing status, acceptance testing and

technical issues

• Facilitated flow down of customer requirements into unit specifications and supplier statements of work

• Preparation of reviews for system PDR & CDR and unit level EQSR & UAR

• Tracked, reviewed and approved the unit subcontractor documentation (SDRLs) including EIDPs

• Unit acceptance test data analysis and trending against heritage data

• Performed supplier studies, trades and analysis as required to support payload design evolution

• Supported TWTAs, switches, SSPAs, waveguide isolators, antenna feeds/OMT and other payload

components as needed

• MS OFFICE: Word, Excel (including Macro programming), Powerpoint, Visio, Project

Project Lead - RF/Microwave Design

HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS - Germantown, MD - 1999 to 2004

• Full Lifecycle: Design, Prototyping, CAD Layout, Qualification Testing and Production Release for VSAT

• Qualify design changes for alternate parts on BOMs and cost reduction

• Troubleshoot VSAT products in production and in the field for C, Ku and Ka frequency bands

• PSPICE, LabView, Touchstone, MathCAD, Microwave Office, Cadence

EDUCATION

Master of Electrical Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA

Bachelor in Electrical Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Communication Skills - Strong communication skills from supplier to internal/external customers for technical

issues affecting the payload or TC&R systems. Strong presentation skills for design reviews and unit

acceptance reviews (UAR).

• Process Improvement & Efficiency - Reduced preparation time for UARs from one month effort to one week

effort using Excel macros to analyze unit acceptance data.

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