Justin C. Hatcher

***** ** ***** *****, ****, WA 98058

206-***-**** acuplb@r.postjobfree.com

USA Citizen, Secret Security Clearance

Professional Experience

The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA

KC-46 USAF Tanker, Boeing Defense Systems (BDS) 2010 – Present Currently lead the technical design, development, and maturation of the remote vision boom fly-by-wire control laws and aerial refueling system integration

Lead an engineering team of 10+ Engineers and cast the vision for all phases of aerial refueling development from the proposal phase through flight test certification

Systems engineering architect for requirement and verification methods for boom refueling system

Developed the boom simulation (6 degrees-of-freedom) for control design and hardware integration labs based on first principles (Euler kinematics), wind tunnel data, and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) data o Auto coded Matlab/Simulink simulation for hardware-in-the-loop implementation and interface

Hardware-in-the-loop integration for all boom components in the Wet Fuels Lab (WFL) o Includes vast range of sensor/actuator hardware, interfaces, and communication protocols

Resolvers, LVDTs, ARINC-429, MIL-STD-1553, RS-232, Ethernet UDP, IMUs, hydraulics o Lab commissioning, lab test plans, verification, Operator-in-the-loop testing for handling qualities

Led ground test including Structural Mode Interaction (SMI) testing and aircraft functional integration

Designed fly-by-wire boom control laws to meet Level I Handling Qualities (Cooper-Harper) o Verified in flight test with no gain changes required due to successful model based design methods

Developed boom flight test plans for technical maturation and receiver certification o Performed real-time stability gain/phase margin analysis and decision making onboard aircraft o Over 100 hours of flight test and counting; cleared all boom operations in less than 45 hours

Led DO-178B DAL-A software certification for boom control laws providing required artifacts with required independence for compliance

Engaged in continuous mentoring of multiple Engineers of various levels of experience

Awarded Boeing Military Aircraft (BMA) Engineer of the Year in 2014

Awarded Boeing Associate Technical Fellow (ATF) in 2015; one of the youngest ATFs awarded in Boeing

Technical interface to the United States Air Force for boom refueling and hardware-in-the-loop lab The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA

KC-46 USAF Tanker, Boeing Defense Systems (BDS) 2013 – Present Currently lead the technical design, development, and maturation of the aerial refueling fuel control laws for boom, wing aerial refueling pods (WARP), and centerline drogue system (CDS) fuel offload

Developed fuel simulation utilizing flowmaster data to enable fuel control law development and maturation o Designed fuel control laws for fuel pressure and fuel flow regulation for high rate fuel offload

Hardware-in-the-loop integration for all fuel components in the Wet Fuels Lab (WFL) o Includes vast range of sensor/actuator hardware, interfaces, and communication protocols

Hydraulic pumps, pressure transducers, flow meters, leak detectors, valves o Lab commissioning, lab test plans, verification, achieved greater than 1,200GPM fuel offload

Fuel control laws verified in flight test with various receiver aircraft via mid-air refueling fuel offload

Technical interface to the United States Air Force for fuel control laws and hardware-in-the-loop The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA

747-8F/I Lateral Control, Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA) 2009 – 2010 Lead the technical design, development, and maturation of the 747-8 yaw damper modal suppression (YDMS), outboard aileron modal suppression (OAMS), and beta estimator control law

Developed and matured the upper and lower yaw damper modal suppression control law and outboard aileron modal suppression control laws to alleviate lateral accelerations for passenger ride quality o Designed simulation models from flight test data for control design using system parameter identification utilizing optimization techniques

Developed and matured a beta estimator control law based on wind tunnel and inertial estimates to eliminate sideslips at high angles of attack

Provided control analysis artifacts (stability, performance, redundancy) to achieve FAA certification The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA

KC-767 International Tanker, Boeing Defense Systems (BDS) 2005 – 2010 Matured the technical design, development, and completion of the remote vision boom fly-by-wire control laws

Designed the structural mode control, complementary filter, compensators, and all gain tuning to achieve industry standard gain/phase margins while achieving performance objectives for mid-air refueling

Integrated the Finite Element Models (FEM) into simulation for control design and structural attenuation

Supported hardware-in-the-loop integration and requirement verification

Supported aircraft ground test; Structural Mode Interaction (SMI) testing and functional integration

Developed flight test based finite element models using system identification for control design

Designed fly-by-wire boom control laws to meet Level I Handling Qualities (Cooper-Harper) o Verified in flight test, over 400 hours of onboard flight test o Performed real-time stability gain/phase margin analysis and decision making onboard aircraft The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA

Vision-Based Navigation Research, Phantom Works (PW) 2008 – 2010 Led independent research to mature technology for GPS-denied navigation utilizing onboard cameras

Implemented on aircraft image registration in simulation and hardware environment to compute a position update for navigation aiding of a strap-down navigation solution o Concept proven in X-plane simulation environment, quad-rotor hardware-in-the-loop VICON lab, and flight test helicopter installation

Developed an extended Kalman Filter to provide position updates in a GPS-denied environment

Developed a pose estimate algorithm to compute aircraft location based on an image registration from a known imagery database and DTED

The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA

787 Software Integration, Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA) 2007 Led Boeing on-site integration at Honeywell for flight control computer integration with aircraft simulation

Completed verification testing of the 787 control laws

Assisted in developing the Crew Training Simulator for the 787 program Education

Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics 2008 University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Osberg Fellowship recipient based on aerodynamic vortex breakdown research

Completed Master’s degree while working full-time at Boeing Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics 2004 University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Mathematics Minor

Mary Gates Scholar Award – Research Award

Sigma Gamma Tau National Aerospace Honors Society

Annual Dean’s list

Continuing Education 2009

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Navigation and Global Position System Centric

Qualifications/Awards

Technical Skills

Flight control design, analysis, test, and maturation

Simulation development

o Aerodynamic modeling

o Hardware modeling (actuators/sensors)

o Data driven modeling and validation; Optimization and System Identification

Software implementation: C, C++, Ada, Matlab/Simulink, Linux/Unix, Python

Matlab/Simulink, Mathematics, and Mathcad expertise

Project management proficient: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office

Hardware-in-the-loop integration and commissioning

Flight test planning, detailed test procedures, and execution

Thorough data analysis and presentation; communicate effectively to various audiences Boeing Top Awards

Boeing Military Aircraft Engineer of the Year (2014)

Senior Chief Engineers Award for Technical Excellence (2015) o Technical leadership on KC-767, KC-46, and KC-10 Advanced Boom Control Unit

KC-46 Boom Control Laws and Wet Fuel Lab $5000 Cash Award (2015) o BDS top talent cash award

KC-10 Advanced Boom Control Unit Lateral Oscillation Resolution $1000 Cash Award (2014)

KC-46 Critical Design Review (CDR) recognition award (2013)

KC-46 Lead Engineer recognition award (2012)

Multiple Lunch and Learn recognition awards (2012); Mentorship award

BR&T Boom Simulation $1000 Cash Award (2011)

747-8I YDMS and OAMS Recognition Award (2011)

747-8 Performance Analysis Design Recognition Award (2011)

747-8F YDMS Ocelot Team Recognition Award (2010)

Silver Phantom Award – KC-767 Boom Control and Flight Test (2007)

Silver Eagle Award – KC-767 Boom Control (2006)

KC-767 Boom Flight Test Efficiency $400 Cash Award (2006)

KC-767 Closed Loop Flutter recognition award (2006)

KC-767 Golden Boom Top Team Award (2006)

United States Patent Office

o Three patents awarded

o Six patents pending

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