James A. Heil

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Wichita, Kansas 67210

316-***-****

acz2tz@r.postjobfree.com

Education BSEE University of Minnesota, Minneapolis – 1982 Pre-Engineering curriculum at Southwest State University, Marshall, Minn. 1977-1979 Ridgewater College – August 2014 to May 2015

Classes in Automation/Robotics, including Control Systems (PLCs), C# Programming, Motion Control, Basic Networking, and AutoCAD Experience

Boeing Oklahoma City June 2013 – August 2014 (Early Retirement) Electrical Engineering Lead over new engineers hired due to the transition of Boeing Plant from Wichita to Oklahoma City. Responsibilities included:

Oversight of Analog and Digital circuit design/designers for B52 sustaining products and test equipment

Coordination of low rate production activities and prototyping activities with fabrication shop o Electrical/Electronic Design and Troubleshooting o Parts ordering

o Drawing signoff

o Dispositioning quality tags

o Communicating with fab shop and Engineering to incorporate design changes, improve manufacturability

o Working with Quality Assurance

Engineering Design MRB (Material Review Board)

CSS (Contract Support Services) Engineer for hardware returns and repairs – testing and troubleshooting

B-52 CONECT (Combat Network Communications Technology) Kit Proof Jet wiring and debug

B-52 1760 In the Bay Survivability/Vulnerability Junction Box design and test

B-52 MUSTANG (Multi-Use System Tester for Armament/Next Generation) and Cable Tester analog and digital hardware design upgrade for 1760 In the Bay

KC-46 Software Development Lab Rack and Cable Design and Fabrication

B-52 System Integration Lab hardware checkout after move to Oklahoma City Boeing Wichita 1996 - May 2013

Lead engineer for B-52 IWIU (Integrated Weapons Interface Unit) test set design and fab

Design and fab for B-52 System Integration Lab modification for IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) Boeing Wichita 1996 - May 2013 (continued)

Lead engineer for B-52 CONECT Peculiar Support Equipment – design, manufacture, and procurement of test equipment

Lead hardware engineer for B-52 MUSTANG circuit design, prototype manufacture, Air Force repair depot activation

KC-10 GATM (Global Air Traffic Management) circuit design for Interface Unit and Test Set

B-2 mission planning computer system drawings and assembly for software development

B-52 IU/TACAN (Tactical Air Navigation) circuit card design and test Boeing Seattle 1994 -1996

WARFI (Warranty Returns and Factory Investigations) Engineer - troubleshooting 747 and 767 avionics that were returned for repairs

Boeing Huntsville Alabama 1990 - 1994

Systems Design Engineering for Space Station

Circuit Card Design for NLOS (Non Line of Site) Program Boeing Wichita 1982 - 1990

Circuit design for B-52 and other military aircraft avionics, primarily analog and D/A, A/D conversion circuitry, operational amplifiers, filters

Digital design using discrete components, PALS, FPGAs, etc.

Creation of Acceptance Test Procedures

B-52 Strategic Radar, Generator Control Panel and miscellaneous V-22 and F4 projects Computer Skills and Experience

Allen Bradley RSLogix 500 and 5000 Programmable Logic Controller software

GE Fanuc Proficy Machine Edition Programmable Logic Controller software

Omron – Zen Programmable Logic Controller software

C# programming

AutoCAD

Mentor Graphics V8 schematic Capture, Board Layout, Analog Simulation (Accusim)

FPGA design using Actel development software, VHDL

Boeing drawing release tools – CMPro, REDARS

General MS Office software – MS Word, Excel, Power Point Activities/Community Involvement

Volunteer basketball and baseball coach at my children’s elementary school

Sunday School co-superintendent

Helped coaches with miscellaneous tasks for cross country, track and volleyball meets

Occasional driver for high school cross country and track events

Assisted with water stations at Wichita half marathons

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