Principal Staff or Project Engineer
Resume:
TIEN LINH DO **** Leader Crossing Drive
U.S. CITIZEN – WILLING TO RELOCATE Houston, TX 77072
*******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a principle staff or project engineer position with a growth- oriented manufacturing company
SUMMARY
A highly effective and assertive manager with superior communications skills. Proven skills in Safety, Reliability, and Mission Assurance management.
EXPERIENCE
ONE EVA (Extravehicular Activity) Safety, Reliability and Mission Assurance Manager, UTC Aerospace System, Houston, TX, 1/2005 to 3/2016 Responsible manager for the direction and implementation of applicable Safety, Reliability and Mission Assurance requirements to meet mission, crew, and customer EVA requirements.
• Determine program objectives, and provide assignments to appropriate internal and contractual personnel.
• Manage four prime contractor and contractual deliveries. Interface with all levels of management. Conduct briefings and technical meetings for top management and customers.
• Developed of Project Milestones and reported metrics for customer satisfaction, quality of work, schedule and delivery performance, product acceptability, and overall program schedule.
• Authored and managed Technical/Management proposal included evaluating technical and management approach, past performance, risk assessment, assumptions, and schedule.
• Overall accountability for on-going operations, including administrative support, new project implementation, procedure development, change control, and the identification of new service and technology opportunities.
• Served as board members for Program Office Decision Board (PODB), Risk Management Program Office, Award Fee Performance, Engineering Management Integration Team, Logistics Integration, and Export/Import Control.
System Safety Mission Assurance Engineer, Group Lead, Science Applications International Corporation, Houston, TX, 07/2000 to 01/2005
Promoted to Group Lead responsible for the direction and implementation of applicable requirements to meet mission, crew, and customer requirements.
• Supervised, trained, and coordinated projects and assignments between various subsystem safety Engineers. Provided guidance, mentoring, and job performance evaluations.
• Participated in the Columbia STS-107/OV-102 Investigation.
• Prepared Hazard Assessment and Mid-Life Certification Reviews to support the program decision for the Orbiter Return to Flight.
• Responsible for Orbiter Rollout Review (ORR) and Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for potential safety concerns regarding all subsystems in the Orbiter.
• Represented customer on various boards and panels including: Orbiter Review Board, Orbiter Configuration Control Board, Un- explained Anomaly Board, and Flight Readiness Reviews.
• Participated on the Mission Evaluation Room (MER) Safety Console at the Mission Operation Integration Review (MOIR.). System Safety Mission Assurance Engineer, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Houston, TX, 1/97 to 07/2000 Lockheed-Martin Space Information Systems, Houston, TX, 4/96 to 12/96,
(Contract sold to SAIC)
Loral Space Information Systems, Houston, TX, 10/90 to 4/96, (Contract awarded to Lockheed- Martin.)
Ford Aerospace, Houston, TX 1/90 to 10/90, (Contract sold to Loral) Boeing Aerospace Operations, Inc, Houston, TX, 10/88 to 1/90,
(Contract sold to Ford)
Responsible Subsystem Safety Engineer for the Environment Control Life Support System (ECLSS) and Fuel Cell/Power Reactant Storage & Distribution System (FC/PRSD).
• Worked extensively in a leadership role with NASA Engineering, Shuttle Project Office, Flight Operations, and contractors at all management levels.
• Provided mechanical engineering and technical support for component evaluations, design reviews, hardware certification, special topics presentations, and Orbiter hardware problem resolutions for the ECLSS & FC/PRSD subsystems.
• Prepared Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (FMEA) and Critical Items Lists (CILs) for the Return to Flight evaluation following the Challenger accident.
• Prepared Hazard Analyses, Launch Commit Criteria, Flight Rules, and Crew procedures.
• Prepared Probability Risk Assessments &
Reliability/Maintainability Analysis for the ECLSS and FC/PRSD subsystems.
• Reviewed and provided technical adequacy of the Operational Maintenance Requirements and Specifications Documents supporting the checkout and readiness of the Orbiter.
Plant/Maintenance Engineer, Pan American World Services, Inc., Houston, TX, 10/86 to 10/88
Responsible for performing field surveys of all Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) equipment located at NASA Johnson Space Center facilities.
• Prepared detailed machinery specifications for all new equipment that was ordered and installed.
• Prepared maintenance calculations for the development of maintenance and replacement schedules of heating coils.
• Responded and troubleshot all Hot and Cold problems identified by the customer.
• Review, updated and adjusted frequencies of predictive maintenance (PM) tasks and analyzed effectiveness of the PM program.
HVAC Engineer, Robert Woest & Associates, Sugarland, TX, 6/85 to 4/86 Performed Load and Energy calculations for determining the size and layout of pipes and ducts for HVAC systems.
Designed layouts for HVAC and plumbing systems for industrial and commercial projects.
CERTIFICATION & TRAINING
ACE Certification Program – Associate Level, 2012
ITC Focal for Export Control, 2015
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, University Park, TX, May 1985
PERSONAL DATA
United States Citizen,
Security Clearance – Secret
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