Design / Test Engineer with **+ years of experience in Aircraft Modifications, Flight Test Instrumentation, Primary Structures, Hydraulic Systems and Structural Test Fixtures (Static & Fatigue), experience in both civilian and military programs. Responsibilities included Installation/Design of Aircraft Metallic and Composite Structures, Hydraulic Tubing/Components, Flight Controls, and Landing Gears. Proficient use of CATIA V5 and V4 - 3D solids, 2D drafting, FiberSim, Composite Part Design, Sheet Metal and Tubing Modules.

SKILLS

Enovia SmarTeam

CATIA V5 +20,000 hrs

CATIA V4 +30,000 hrs

Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point

WORK HISTORY

Apr 08 – present GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE, Long Beach, California

Senior Designer / Design Lead Engineer - Flight Test Instrumentation Mechanical Design

G650 / G600 / G500

Design Experience consists of: cabin layout, emergency egress, antenna installs, fluid flow visualization pressurized dispensing system (212 port, multi-color), cabin and cockpit automated fire suppression system, natural icing probes fairings and attachment structure, camera installations, instrumented ECS ducts, composite two stage air data noseboom, stall/spin Ccute structure and system installations including new flight test composite honeycomb tailcone, designed flow controlled fluid dispensing systems for simulated hydraulic system failure drainage testing, instrumentation installations including accelerometers, thermocouples, flow meters, pressure transducers, calibrated flight control links and various control panels.

Responsible for the overall mechanical designs for each flight test aircraft (includes Special Mission Aircraft). Review and approval of all designs and modifications. Formulated and managed design product plan for each test aircraft, delegation of design packages, scheduling of tasks, co-ordination with supporting groups, review of all external instrumentation changes and provide detailed guidance to design engineers (30+).

Dec 07 – Mar 08 Boeing Commercial Aircraft, Long Beach, California

Structural Design Engineer

Boeing 747-8 Freighter

Responsible for Integration of Floor Beams to Frame Assemblies for Section 42 and 46 main deck floor structure and Main Deck Cargo Door Support Beam Installation. Produced D1 Layouts and detail drawings. Coordinated design efforts with systems and structures engineering.

Dec 06 – Dec 07 Boeing Commercial Aircraft, Everett, Washington

Structural Design Engineer

Boeing 747-8 Freighter

Designed Seat Track Installations for Section 42 and 46 main deck floor structures. Produced D1 Layouts and detail drawings. Coordinated design efforts with systems and structures engineering.

Jun 05– Oct 06 GOODRICH AEROSTRUCTURES, Chula Vista, California

Senior Structural Test Design Engineer, 787 Test Group

Boeing 787

Performed both test rig design and test engineering duties in support of Nacelle designs for GEnx and Rolls Royce Trent 1000 aircraft engines. Test Fixtures included; Inner Fixed Structure (IFS) Bond Panel Crush Test, IFS Stiffness, IFS Cantilever Beam, IFS 4 Point Bending, IFS Flatwise Tension, IFS Corner, IFS Latch Beam Joint, IFS V-Blade Joint and Pylon Labyrinth Fire Seal.

Jan 01–May 05 GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE, Savannah, Georgia

Senior Structures Design Engineer, Experimental and Flight Test

Quiet Supersonic Jet (QSJ)

Designed a mechanically controlled 3 segment supersonic Spike for noise boom reduction research. Worked as a sole designer responsible for all structural design consisting of composite tubes & fairings, machined bulkheads, fittings, sheet metal brackets/supports, pulleys and cables. Designed structural attachment of Spike to NASA’s F15B flight test aircraft for Quite Spike System and Structural verification. Design responsibility of both Flight Test and Ground Test Instrumentation installations, which consisted of accelerometers, strain gages (bending & torsional bridges), static pressures, temperatures and displacements. Designed custom Air Data Probe to installed on tip of spike to measure Total Pressure, Differential Pressures for Angle of Attack and Angle of Side Slip verification.

NASA – Synthetic Vision System Research (GV Aircraft)

Removed existing GV Heads Up Display (HUD), Combiner and Weather Radar Antenna and Support. Designed Structural and System installation to accommodate Rockwell Collins Heads Up Display, Weather Radar Antenna and Wave Guide Routing. Designed required extensive aircraft structural modifications to facilitate NASA’s required equipment installation.

GIV, GIV-X, GV and GV-SP

Designed Structural and System modifications to existing aircraft Structures, Hydraulics and Environmental Control System (ECS) for instrumentation installation onboard experimental aircrafts. Design modifications included: structural doublers, structural penetrations, sheet metal brackets and angles, machined details, localized structural beef ups, hydraulic line modifications and ECS duct penetrations. Duties consisted of 3D layouts, Installation and Detail Drawings of modifications from conception through to completion: Heads Up Display, Weather Radar/Wave Guide, APU Pressure Rakes, Pitot-Static Tubes, Thermocouples, Floor Board Ballasts, Aircraft Flow Visualization, Drainage Test, Enhanced Vision System Camera Cooling Ducts, Lightning and Rain Shield, Stall Chute Cable Structural Support Provisions, Lavatory Activation, Hydraulic Flow Schematic for Iron Bird, Roll Around Landing Gears (Nose and Mains), Engine Cowl Penetrations, Full Scale Fatigue Test Fixture for GV Stub Wing Structure, Simulated Horizontal Stabilizer and Landing Gears for Structural Tests.

Aug 99 – Dec 00 BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE (CANADAIR LTD), Montreal, Quebec

Senior Structures Design Engineer, Experimental and Ground Test Dept

Continental Business Jet, Global Express

Designed all Structural support and attachments for Aft Fuse Hydraulics (LH, RH and AUX) Systems, Fuel, Anti-Ice and Environmental Control Systems for Instrumented Test Rig (Iron Bird) and Full – Scale Mock Up. Re-designed aft fuse skin panel assembly.

RJ-700 and RJ-900

Designed Durability and Damage Tolerance Test fixtures (Fatigue) for testing of Ground Spoiler, Multi-Function Spoilers Flaps, Rudder and Aileron Control Surfaces.

Aug 98 – Jun 99

BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE (DeHAVILLAND), Downsview, Ontario

Senior Structures Design Engineer, Experimental and Ground Test Dept

DeHavilland Dash-8 Series 400

Created Excel spreadsheet which calculated required test actuator loading jack loads from required Bending, Torsional and Shear curves. Spreadsheet also calculated aircraft balancing moments and shears for full-scale Aircraft Durability and Damage Tolerance Test.

Apr 98 – Aug 98 RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Wichita, Kansas

Lead Design Engineer, Structural Test Dept

Raytheon Hawker Horizon

Full-scale Durability and Damage Tolerance Test rig, consisting of space frame, aircraft loading concepts and loading distributions. Wrote Excel program to determine aircraft jack test loads. Assisted in the design of both the Forward Fuselage and Empennage bird strike test fixtures.

Jun 96 – Apr 98 BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE (DeHAVILLAND), Downsview, Ontario

Senior Design Engineer, Experimental and Ground Test Dept

DeHavilland Dash-8 Series 400

Aircraft loading fixtures, structural provisions and whiffletrees for wing and fuselage assemblies; full-scale Durability and Damage Tolerance Test.

Dec 95 – Jun 96 EUROCOPTER CANADA LIMITED, Fort Erie, Ontario

Test / Design Engineer, Test Lab Dept

Eurocopter EC-135, Aerospatiale AS-350

Structural testing and all related documentation (i.e. Test Plans, Test Procedures and Test Reports) for Horizontal Stabilizer and 7 Place Seating Option. Prepared Flight Test Plans (FTP) in accordance with JAA and FAA Part 27 regulations,

May 94- Aug 95 MENASCO AEROSPACE LIMITED, Oakville, Ontario (currently Goodrich)

Test / Design Engineer, Test Lab Dept

Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, Sikorsky S-92 Helibus, Canadair CL-601 RJ, Lockheed F-22, C-17 Globemaster

Team Leader – responsible for all aspects of V22 Nose Landing Gear test program. Performed structural, fatigue, endurance and environmental tests, test rig design, instrumentation and load control set up and all related documentation (i.e. Test Plans, Test Procedures & Test Reports) for primary flight controls (Rudder, Elevator, Aileron, Spoileron and Ground Spoiler). Written proposals for flight control test requirements.

Apr 90–Sep 93 DOWTY AEROSPACE LANDING GEAR, Ajax, Ontario (currently Messier-Dowty)

Test Engineer, Test Lab Dept

Airbus A330/340, Canadair CL-601 RJ, McDonnell Douglas F-18 E/F Hornet

Performed structural, fatigue, endurance, environmental, photostress, strain gauge testing and all related documentation and instrumentation and load control set up (i.e. Test Plans, Test Procedures & Test Reports) for Main and Nose Landing Gear Assemblies.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Ryerson Polytechnic University, Bachelors of Engineering Degree, AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

(Graduated 1993)

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, Electrical Engineering Technician Diploma, AVIONICS

(Graduated 1987)

An Introduction to Vibration Testing, Robert Pemberton Consulting (1993)

Drafting, Solid, Surface, Shape Design, Space Analysis and CDM/CMA, L & H Consultants CATIA V4.1.5 (1996)

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing, CATE (1996)

Catia V5R14 Basic I and II Training, INCAT (2005)

ENOVIA Lifecycle Applications (LCA) Training, INCAT (2005)

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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