Engineer Project Manager

Richard McCormack

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Electronic Engineer who is expert in the areas of system integration and

hardware testing.

As both a test engineer and development engineer successfully produced

numerous technical systems for delivery. Always focused on customer needs

and deadlines, from proposal to delivery, applying extensive background and

skills to arrive at novel solutions to technical problems. Proven trouble

shooter, thorough researcher as well as a methodical tester. Experience

includes the fabrication and integration of high power DC power supply

racks. Experienced and adept at dealing with numerous corporate

disciplines, including outside vendors, inside purchasing, and quality

assurance in order to meet project needs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RGM Electronics Technical Consultant

2009-Present

. Currently a consultant to a client in northern NJ after their acceptance

of a proposal for a warehouse inventory system project. Portions of the

project have been completed. Upon completion the following will be

accomplished; selection and acquisition of inventory management software

which included wireless identification; RF survey of the warehouse to

correctly locate the RFID interrogators; selection of hardware and set-up

of workstations for installation the software and creation of a network.

Future efforts will include selection and acquisition of RFID (RF

Identification) equipment including RFID tag makers; writing of procedures

for employees to switch-over and operate the system; follow-up consulting.

RGM Electronics Technical Consultant 2009-

Present

Providing Technical Consulting for a variety of concerns involving smart

phone apps, databases, antenna

design, and HD broadcasting.

. Planned effort to develop simplified method using smart phone application

for in-building wireless site

survey; increasing familiarity with iBwave software (in-building

propagation), and CST products.

. Follow-up effort to implement application for inventory location similar

to RFID.

. Operated as Project Manager for large State affiliated online membership

data base utilizing: PHP, HTML,

MySQL, Apache, and Javascript.

. Design and development of novel reduced size Antenna for home television

or WiMax use; utilizing C++

and CAELinux (Linux based analysis tool).

. Developed detailed system proposal for transmission of HD video broadcast

signals over WiMax style link

for transmission of medical imaging data to increase saleability of medical

imaging products to physicians.

Lutron Corp. Wireless R&D Engineer

2008-2009

Under Contract with Lutron to plan and conduct test programs for the

research and development of wireless

communications for control of industrial lighting.

. Applied expert knowledge of indoor and outdoor radio wave propagation

such as GSM, the ITU model, the

multi-ray, and two-ray propagation models. In-building site survey was done

in 802.11g wireless bands.

Efforts resulted in a product concept.

. Designed and built prototype antennas such as top-loaded monopole, patch,

and PIFA. Smith Chart

application knowledge, tuning using lumped circuit elements, stubs,

impedance transformers. Microstrip

and stripline constructions were used for prototype development, and

standard dipole antennas for both site

surveys and calibration were built.

RGM Electronics Technical Consultant

2006-2008

Provided Technical consulting for a company focused on antenna system

development.

. Consulted in the use of the Nested Cup Dipole Feed for broadband

reflector antenna development; helping

to expand the number of proposals the client could respond to.

. Analyzed tracking antenna system performance using available hardware as

an alternative to an optimal

design to provide continuous cost savings.

ITT Avionics Company Senior Test Engineer

2005-2006

Under Contract with ITT as a Test Engineer for a complex airborne EW

system, the AN/ALQ-172

. Handled all troubleshooting with expert use of schematics, system

documentation, cabling diagrams, and

computer line code. Performed Final Acceptance Testing of various modified

LRUs for the US Air Force.

. Integrated a high power DC (800 Watt) test stand for the testing of

Traveling Wave tube Amplifiers (TWTAs), then conducted testing of TWTAs.

Performed maintenance and repair of the EMTS, AN/ALM-289, and AN/USM-603 RF

EW Test Set maintaining continuous work flow and providing essential

equipment to the U.S. Air Force customer.

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Raytheon Corporation Chief Support Engineer

2003-2004

Responsible engineer for Special Test Equipment (STE) design, fabrication,

and integration into 3 nearfield

test facilities; used to test High Power Active Electronically Scanned

Array (AESA) aircraft radars.

. Generated and released full set of drawings to enable the production of

the qualification test equipment.

. Supervised, scheduled, and monitored the activities of the cable/board

assembler, mechanical assembler,

and drafter for the design and fabrication of high power DC supply and

control rack, cable/harness, circuit boards, and modules producing

essential equipment for qualification and acceptance testing.

. Combined analog/digital circuit design for system status monitoring,

coolant temperature and flow control,

RF radiation hazard, and interlock controls. Integration and test of high

power DC supply interface for test

of array transmitter function. Extensive use of OrCad, Pspice, and Autocad

at rack, unit and board levels.

EMP Systems Senior Project Engineer

2001-2003

Contracted to EMP to design shaped reflectors and various feed types,

produce procedures, and perform

microwave device measurements.

. Designed, prototyped, and tested a novel high power dual-Circular

polarized UHF feed and an L/S band

conical scan antenna feed using HFSS and NECREF for the design; all

completed on a small emergency

budget (due to program redirection) utilizing existing resources.

. Specification of RF switches and high power RF circuitry was accomplished

resulting from problems

uncovered by link budget analysis; heading off damage to high value parts

scheduled for stress testing.

Datron / Transco Inc. Ground Station Project Engineer

1997-2000

. Responsible Engineer for subsystem equipment integration for seven 13-

meter reflector antennas

systems (from L to Ku frequency bands) to track POES satellites. This was a

key project engineering role

in the delivery of $70 million of hardware still in use by the National

Weather Service (NWS).

. Provided expert knowledge base to produce numerous procedures to perform

microwave device

measurements using network analyzers and other equipment in both coaxial

cable and waveguide media

(gain/loss, VSWR, group delay, bandwidth, phase, noise figure).

Lockheed-Martin Aircraft Service Company Senior R&D Engineer

1991-1996

. Integrated test equipment including a high power DC supply rack for the

test of a high power airborne HF broadcast system.

. Analysis of a prototype system employing antennas on a variant of the EC-

130E aircraft, for ground-airspace-

ground UHF radio communications relay. Extensive modeling with NEWAIR, NEC,

and MININEC

code. Results included in an R&D proposal; awarded $2.3 million in matching

funds.

Infotech Development Inc. Principal RF / Microwave Engineer

1990-1992

. Responsible engineer for the RF portion of an aircraft landing system

calibration receiver. Developed

automated test bed for the receiver, using LabView to automate RS-232 and

GBIB interfaces; greatly

reducing test time. Awarded a US patent for the receiver design efforts.

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS / US PATENT

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY BSEE: Bachelor of Science Electrical

Engineering

Certifications & Trainings Information Technology Technician (A+), Project

+, Network +

US Patent #5,323,332 - Instrument Landing System (ILS) Calibrator Design

1994

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