Lopez, Melinda L.

Mel inda L. Lopez

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QUALIFICATIONS:

• Technical Execution & Oversight across Engineering Life cycle, Cradle to Grave. Concept & preliminary development, task definition, requirement & specification generation / analysis, interface definition & development, HW & SW system design, test planning, HW & SW integration, verification, evaluation, field test, validation, demonstration, qualification, production, maintenance, system upgrades

• Facilitation, Coordination, collaboration and interfacing between Customer, multidisciplinary teams, leadership, subcontractors, suppliers, internal and external agencies, and organizations. Anticipate, identify & translate user needs into solutions. Assess & negotiate design trade-offs. Provide recommendations. Engineering documentation packages & reports.

• Knowledge across multiple disciplines: aerospace, electrical, civil, construction, computer, environmental, logistic, cost, mechanical, operations, materials, reliability, software, structural, systems, test, avionics.

• Integrated Product Team and project start-ups, team formation, program outline and planning, scope & task development, IMP & IMS, concept development, detailed trade studies, system architecture development, CONOPS/CONEMPS development, status updates, scheduling, and resource management.

• Technical Team Lead, engineering data package, review and approval of changes, deviations and dispositions, Develop/Review/Approve requirements, test plans, reports and procedures. REA signoffs

• Engineering reviews, panels and boards, PMRs, CDRs, FRBs, ERBs, TRR, SRR, PRR, CTS

• Proposal generation, coordination and review. Generate BOEs, respond to customer RFIs, generate SOWs, ROMs, cost estimates, perform engineering evaluations of supplier quotes and proposals

• Presentations at multi level programmatic reviews & meetings, with senior stakeholder attendance

• Proficient in Research and development, Hardware, Software, requirements & interfaces, production, troubleshooting, integration, verification, test planning, system & subsystem design and development.

• Experience with Data link protocols, DSP algorithms, Software optimization, modification and updates. ANSI C, parallel assembly, LabWindows CVI, Test Executive, MATLAB. Some VHDL, DOORS, PC & MAC applications, MS office, Visio, Project, Quickbooks, engineering work systems, ARP 4754, DO-178B/C, DO-254, ARINC 429 EXPERIENCE: 2014 – present Contractor, Phoenix, AZ

• Systems Engineer- Embedded Avionics. Requirements Analysis, Definition, Generation, Capture, allocation, architecture. Change requests, Specification generation, Aircraft Certification Documents-MPS, SSAS, TLSD, PSAC, System CIA, EL CIA 2000 – 2012 Principal Systems Engineer, Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ

• Project Manager- Cost, schedule, & performance of MALD RSS contracts. Proposals & BOE’s.

• Lead Engineer- New Business Investment Project. Multi-agency network centric weapon system capability demonstration. System Requirements, interface definition & development, HW & SW design, integration, field test and demonstration at coalition military ISR exercise.

• Data Link IPT Lead- IPT start-up, proposal generation, task and concept development, architecture, trade studies.

• Section Head- Performance reviews, career development, staffing & planning. Train, assemble & engage.

• Cap/Can IPT Lead- Technical POC, Customer interface. Develop/understand/satisfy requirements, flow requirements to team and suppliers. Develop/Review/Approve test plans, reports and procedures. Develop, review, approve technical documents. Coordinate qualification, verification, validation, test activities, field test efforts, and production support. Support PM w/ planning, status, oversight, scheduling, resource management, proposals, BOEs, RFIss, SOWs, ROMs.

• SEIT Lead- UAV program. Rapid Prototype shop, program planning, IMP/IMS, CAM, asset allocation matrices, system verification planning, verification test matrix, and test planning. Support and present at design & status reviews before RMS senior executives and customer personnel.

• R & D Engineer- magnetrons, electron gun, vacuums, data collection & analysis, frequency measurements.

• HWIL Engineer- HWIL JSOW GPS Team. Troubleshoot custom CCA’s. HW & SW integration.

• Design Engineer- Development support of CPU Board. Trades, engineering tests and integration plans. 1999 – 2000 Comuniq, ASA. Rapid City, SD, U.S.A.

• Software Engineer- DSP code optimization in C and Assembly, DSP Algorithm research & analysis. EDUCATION: 2010 Master of Science, Systems Engineering - Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 2000 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering - South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

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