Engineering Manager

Donald Wayne Denham 707-***-****

Burbank, CA **********@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/donald-denham-0917592a

SUMMARY

A senior engineering professional with extensive experience in the development of advanced control systems, focused on the development of high performance aerospace and defense systems. Recognized for excellent attention to detail and organization. Major strengths in workflow and production, research and problem solving, as well as domestic and international customer interactions. Proven successes in internal leadership, formulating strategy, departmental policy, and training. Accustomed to a fast-paced, multi-faceted workplace with the ability to meet critical deadlines. ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Led standard work kaizen for the mcX rotary actuator production cell. The team created the cell, brought the cell area into compliance for ESD and OSHA requirements, and reduced takt time 25%. Kaizen team’s efforts recognized by the CEO of Crane Corporation. Kaizen was nominated to be part of yearly review by corporate board.

Participated in standard work kaizen for the mcX linear actuator production cell that reduced takt time by 50%. Kaizen team’s efforts recognized by the corporate leader of Crane Business System.

Developed FFT based analysis tool to support remote diagnostics of the worldwide base of internet- enabled PV installations by tier 1 customer support. The system greatly reduced the need to dispatch field support technicians to troubleshoot problems, saving significant expense for the company.

Received award for engineering excellence from the president of General Dynamics.

Developed a software validation process using hardware simulation to validate embedded software system designs, which resulted in a $2 million per year cost reduction for the company.

Led the development of multiple aerospace projects, including the Advanced Integrated Munitions

(AIM), a UAV launched single processor GPS guided munition; Wasp, a UAV launched GPS / laser guided munition; Shadow Hawk, a single processor control actuator and IMU system; and Future CAS, a high power missile actuator.

Integrated accelerometers, gyroscopes, GPS, and a four axis servo controller into a single processor missile control section.

Implemented and developed acceptance test equipment for production of aerospace systems. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Modeling Environments: MATLAB, Simulink, dSPACE.

Programming Languages: C/C++, UML, TI Assm, LabVIEW, Ruby, JSON, XML, HTML, SQL. Development Environments: TI Code Composer, IAR Workbench, VxWorks, Linux, Arduino. DSPs: TMS320LF2406, TMS320F2810, TMS320F28335, TMS430G2. Micro Controllers: STM32F103, STM32F107, STM32F4, STM32F7. Sensors: Accelerometers, gyroscopes, GPS, resolvers, encoders, potentiometers, magnetometers.

Communications Interfaces: RS422, RS485, RS232, SPI, CAN, SSI, LVDS, UART, I2C, Analog, Wireless, Ethernet

ECAD: EAGLE PCB.

MCAD: SolidWorks, SolidWorks Electrical.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Crane Aerospace and Electronics, Burbank, CA 2013 – 2017 Engineering Manager Cabin Solutions

Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Mechanical and Electrical engineering departments.

Member of the senior engineering staff responsible for strategic planning.

Generated Annual Operating Plans. Responsible $2.75M annual engineering budget.

Earned ‘Exceeds Expectations’ on all personal performance goals for 2015.

Implemented agile approach for engineering team that increased productivity 250%.

Oversaw 10 direct reports, 1 domestic contract engineer and up to 4 foreign contract engineers.

Track KPIs metrics for ECO and drawing completion.

Increased ECO FPY by 20% since 2014.

Participated in bid and proposal and NPI activities.

Dedicated effort to establish open communications between engineering, manufacturing and quality.

Work closely with HR to fill open position.

Systems Engineer IV

Lead systems engineer for the Stelia pilot seat actuation system.

Developed model of the actuator system to determine effects of high commutation switching speed.

Met all weight and performance requirements and successfully completed program.

Led integration efforts for Tanda, a new international customer, on train seat program.

Redesigned seat mechanical operation during integration efforts in Shanghai, China. Aerojet Rocketdyne, Sacramento CA 2013

Software Engineer Specialist

Developed gas real-time embedded gas dynamics model to estimate combustion chamber pressure.

Developed real-time signal processing technique to increase resolution of on-chip ADC.

Developed AGC system for embedded control algorithm to compensate plant variation. Enphase Energy, Petaluma, CA 2011 – 2012

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Led conceptual design and generated system requirements for new features.

Partnered with program management office to develop system engineering plan for NPI.

Implemented FFT analysis tool to support remote diagnostics for customer support.

Developed customer-facing web interface to support international power regulatory authorities.

Refactored existing software systems to greatly increase system efficiency.

Worked with verification team to speed up release process while increasing test coverage.

Developed Linux-based unit test process for embedded code. General Dynamics Ordinance and Tactical Systems Division, Healdsburg, CA 2000 – 2011 Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Member of the senior engineering council and IRAD steering committee.

Project Engineer responsible for system design and integration on multiple aerospace programs.

Lead engineer responsible for control system architecture and design of aerospace control systems.

Tuned actuator control loop to achieve required closed loop performance.

Characterized closed loop performance of analog and digital servo actuator.

Led integration of mechanical, electrical and software systems into first article actuators.

Lead systems engineer and software architect on automated test equipment.

Generated system requirements and interface documents for new products and test equipment.

Developed software requirements, test plans, and test reports.

Developed acceptance test procedures for new product lines to verify requirements compliance.

Developed environmental stress screening techniques for products transitioning to production.

Provided performance data to systems engineering for modeling and model validation.

Designed analog and digital filtering for servo actuators and data acquisition equipment.

Led the design of schematics and PCB layouts to maximize signal integrity and minimize EMI issues.

Developed 3-phase amplifier control schemes for brushless motor drive amplifiers.

Developed PC based unit test process for embedded code.

Developed real-time HWIL and PIL test beds for software and controller development and validation.

Performed board level electronics, software and interface debugging.

Assisted in failure investigations of board, electronic component and system failures.

Designed custom electronics to interface COTS encoders with actuator test equipment. Raytheon Missile Systems Company, Tucson, AZ 1993 –2000 Engineer II - Guidance, Navigation and Control Center Embedded Software Department

Development and implementation of real-time embedded target tracking algorithms.

Derived software requirements from overall missile performance requirements.

Designed software architecture using UML and OOA methodologies.

Designed system class diagrams, collaboration diagrams, and sequence diagrams using UML.

Implemented code in C++ targeting embedded processor running VxWorks RTOS.

Modification of legacy Kalman and target tracking filters, guidance law, and SW to HW interfaces.

Verified filter behavior via 6-DOF simulation and HIL testing. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 1993

Engineering Assistant

San Diego, CA/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 1992 - 1993 NASA Research and Design Team Member

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California Emphasis in Control Theory

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering

San Diego State University, San Diego, California

Emphasis on Aerospace Structural Design and Analysis ASSOCIATIONS

Member of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

Member of Sigma Gamma Tau Aerospace Engineering Honor Society Eagle Scout

ACTIVITIES

BattleBots, 2003-4 – Rolling Blackout LW

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