Manager Engineering

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Monrovia, CA *****

H 626-***-****, E-mail: acp2hh@r.postjobfree.com

Position Desired:

Seeking a senior leadership position with growth in the area of systems engineering or technical project/program management.

Skills:

Technical Program Management . . . Cross Functional Team Management . . . Technical Subcontract Management … Systems Engineering … Systems Engineering Processes … Management and Leadership…Profit/Loss … Earned Value Management System ... Risk Management … Cost as an Independent Variable . . . 6 Sigma Greenbelt certified . . . CMMI level 3 process

Summary of Qualifications:

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Managed multiple projects involving several avionics and space programs including HW, SW, DVT and firmware product development to first article products for both Air Force and Navy customers. Projects included ALR-67 Radar Warning Receiver, AEFH Crosslink communication payload, Fire Scout UAV, SBIRS GEO optical payload. Managed multiple cross functional teams in the areas of HW, SW, GNC, laser weapons, physical modeling and Test & Integration.

FUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT

Managed a team of 60 electrical engineers including career development, performance appraisals and work assignments. Managed multiple programs all within budget, meeting cost and schedule requirements with 100% customer satisfaction. Lead and coordinated technical design reviews, technical interchange meetings and system integration and test activities. Managed multiple subcontractors from contract value of $5 to $150M including overseeing requirements compliance including validation/verification to product sell-off. Experienced in reporting and tracking program performance using EVMS, MS Project, Metrics analysis and Risk Management tools.

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Generated unit design/system product specifications B2 and B3 level specifications…Performed unit/system performance testing/integration including flight tests of Satellite Communications/Radar Systems/Electronic Warfare/Embedded Real Time Processors… Familiarity of manufacturing process (DFMA/QFD/Concurrent Engineering)…Software process engineering using Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model… Familiarity with Fiber Optics, Test Equipment, GNC, physical modeling, laser weapons, optical sensors and information assurance

Work Experience

4/13 to Present Physical Optics Corporation - Director

Torrance, California

Director, RF Engineering - Responsibilities include managing the RF product engineering department including overseeing design, development and testing. Directed the transition of the RF tunable filter product development to manufacturing.

7/10 to 2/12 NGC Aerospace Systems – Engineering Manager 2

Rancho Bernardo, California

Fire Scout Air Vehicle Avionics Integrated Product Team Manager – Responsibilities include: managing all the air vehicle WRA reach back and change requests; interfacing with the customer and providing direction to a 25 member team to set priorities. Also managed the GNC and VMS (including physical modeling) teams providing direction, setting priorities and ensuring technical issues are addressed promptly.

-EVMS reporting including EACs and ETCs

-IMS using MS Project

-Risk Management using NGC process and program reviews

4/01 to 6/10 NGST Space and Electronics – Sr. Systems Engineer

Redondo Beach, California

Senior Systems Engineer –Technical Project Lead on MILSATCOM MILSTAR Software updates for the payload processors. Responsibilities include defining and reviewing requirements to ensuring State-of-Health software changes are designed correctly without impacting existing interfaces.

Technical Subcontract Manager – Manager for Pointing and Control Assembly (PCA) for SBIRS High GEO optical payload:

-Managed Lockheed Martin Space Systems PCA subsystem contract value at $150M

Sr. Systems Engineer – AEHF Crosslink IPT SE Project Lead responsible for managing a team of systems engineers in defining V-Band RF communication requirements for the Advanced EHF communications satellite. Responsibilities include link budgets definitions, requirement allocations to RF components, trade-offs, technical interfaces with supplier, customer and program office.

-EVMS reporting

-Risk Management

-Built and trained a 10-member team

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10/00 to 4/01 Rockwell Collins Passenger Systems – Program Manager

Pomona, California

Responsible for managing an In Flight Entertainment system. Responsibilities include establishing a process for identifying part obsolescence process with Materiel, Manufacturing Planning, Engineering and the Customer. Implemented SAP with emphasis in the Project Systems module. Coordinated hardware delivery requirements with manufacturing.

11/99 to 10/00 Lockheed Martin – Sr. Systems Engineer

Sunnyvale, California

Defined software processes for IT requirements, configuration management and code design. Member of software engineering process group responsible for project compliance to meet SEI Level 3. Defined information technology architecture requirements for Enterprise Systems using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools such as SAP, PeopleSoft and Oracle. Lead a systems engineering team in generating ERP requirements. Managed a 20-member helpdesk team for an SAP software application in the HR module.

-CMMI audit team member to certify SW area to level 3 process compliance

2/99 to 5/99 Mykotronx Inc - Sr. Systems Engineer

Torrance, California

Defined Encryption/Decryption requirements for Space Station uplink/downlink. Conducted technical interchange meetings with NASA. Managed a 10-member Systems Engineering team.

11/79 to 11/98 Raytheon Systems Company (formerly Hughes Aircraft Company) –Program Manager

El Segundo, California

Supervised, coordinated and resolved all engineering issues for several engineering projects in Radar, EW Warning Receiver and Embedded Real Time Processor systems including unit/system verification, integration and test, system certification qualifications testing and hardware/software development and recursive testing. Coordinated and supervised trade studies for an acquisition and tracking radar payload as part of Kinetic Energy Weapons satellite constellation.

Business Development Lead – Identified and captured new business opportunities both internationally and domestically for Radar equipment. Developed business strategies, authored, managed and coordinated several proposals including technical and management volumes including JSF submittals. Developed cost estimates and increased market share by 15%.

-International work experience working with AEG (Germany) and its partners on Euro Fighter program (Spain, England, Italy)

-Technical proposal generation process/submittal for US Navy and AF

-Familiarity with ITAR regulations and Export Compliance

Technical Program Manager – Managed multiple internal research and development study contracts and engineering and manufacturing/developmental contracts in Satellite Payloads/Radar/Electronic Warfare and Real Time Embedded Processors ranging from $100K to $60M.

Department Manager – Managed, staffed, trained and generated performance appraisals for a 60-engineering organization. Zero attrition achieved and staffed all programs 100%.

Design Engineer – hands-on design with RF/Analog and high speed technologies, bread-boarded and tested RF/Analog and Digital circuits including low noise amplifiers, mixers, and analog to digital converters, DRFM, MODEMS and high speed emitter coupled logic up to 250 MHz. Simulated analog designs using SPICE, MATLAB, Mathworks and Simulink tools.

Education:

Master's in Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, 1983, with emphasis in International Marketing and Finance.

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, California

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, California

Other:

Reserve Officer, U.S. Navy (retired)

IEEE, Society of Hispanic Engineers, Naval Reserve Association Member.

Volunteer for AYSO, Minority Engineering Program, Rise Above and Youth Motivation Task Force.

Active Secret Clearance, COMSEC

Awarded National Eagle Leadership award in 1998.

Speak and write Spanish fluently, speak and write French/Portuguese fairly.

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