STEFAN L. MELLO

CURRENT ADDRESS

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Avondale, AZ 85323

Cell: 573-***-****

E-mail: acz7p7@r.postjobfree.com

ASPIRATIONS

Obtain a position that will fully utilize my leadership ability, program development knowledge, responsibility traits and technical skills. This position must include the opportunity for advancement.

EDUCATION

DeVry University Kansas City, MO

Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology: 3.5/4.0 GPA October '98

WORK EXPERIENCE – Summary

The Boeing Company – Supported and performed Software and Hardware Integration/Verfication testing in support of B-1 Program system upgrades and customer levied requirements.

The Boeing Company – Supported core reliability and maintainability analyses (FMECA, Maintenance Task Analysis MTA, Reliability Centered Maintenance Analysis - RCMA, Maintenance Field Data record review and statistical analysis, Reliability and Maintainability predictions) in support of concurrent domestic and international Chinook helicopter programs.

Rockwell Collins – Supported the design, integration, testing and delivery of the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) to the warfighter (F-15, F-16, F-18 & F-35). System development to provide real-time monitoring capability for Flight Test.

Raytheon Missile Systems – Performed Reliability analyses, supported testing and coordinated Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) activities for H/W upgrades to the Standard Missile (SM), Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), Small-Diameter Bomb (SBII) and Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) programs.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems – Overseen FRACAS activities regarding subcontractor management, performed Failure Mode and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA) & Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) on communications, propulsion and Electrical Power Systems to ensure the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) aircraft meet its’ intended program milestones.

Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services – Systems Architect for the Global Network Supply Chain Management Solutions, supported S/W integration testing and new business proposals.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics – One of the initial 5 Specialty Engineers (SPe) assigned to the program upon contract award; to support the design, integration, testing and other critical tasks associated with the first-flight of the F-35 warfighter. Supported the design, integration, testing and delivery of upgraded avionics suites to the F-16 warfighter.

WORK EXPERIENCE

The Boeing Company

Oklahoma City, OK (Tinker AFB)

2016-2017

Title: ILS Systems Engineer 4 – Systems Integration & Verification (Contractor: SearchPro Solutions)

Applied an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify a lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions.

Seamless transition into the B-1 platform and architecture of systems; to include analysis, design, integration, development and sustainment.

Lead the development of system level test architecture by identifying unnecessary complexity and risks to integration and test execution; determining design, functional and performance testability criteria, translating and synthesizing Test As You Fly/Operate Philosophy into test programs, leveraging best practices and technology from across the enterprise and/or from industry.

Facilitated cross-domain knowledge by promoting cross function collaboration and encouraging the understanding of various disciplines within scope of test.

Responsible for the daily build and release operations of multiple key products, and communication with development, QA, Tech Support and Product Management.

Supported the development and verification of functional and system level test methods.

Developed detailed test procedures, instrumentation and configuration definition; needed to perform testing and minimize risk within the constraints of the test plan.

Reviewed test data, including off-nominal data, for accuracy, quality and/or fidelity; prepared and published test reports to document test results prior to delivery to customer.

The Boeing Company

Ridley Park, PA

2015-2016

Title: 6K8CP3-Systems Engineer 3 - 62U-Reliab, Maintain & Sys Health (Contractor: SearchPro Solutions)

Evaluated customer and /operational needs to define and coordinate system performance requirements, integrated technical parameters and assured compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces.

Performed various analyses to optimize total system of systems and/or system architecture.

Performed analyses for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulatory, certification, product assurance and other specialties quality factors into a preferred configuration to ensure mission success.

Developed the planning, organization, implementation and monitoring of requirements management processes, tools, risk, issues, opportunity management and technology readiness assessment

processes.

Resolved cross-functional technical issues.

Rockwell Collins

Cedar Rapids, IA

2014

Title: Reliability Engineer (Contractor: Technical Resources Unlimited)

Clearance: SECRET

Joined the Systems Integration & Test team, immediately took over Technical Publications effort to ensure delivery of Operational Maintenance Manuals (OMMs) in support of the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) program given aggressive schedule. Efforts included the development of troubleshooting guide, fault trees and various technical procedures for implementation into the OMMs.

Provide insight and guidance in the development of Maintainability Demonstration test procedures.

Carried out the completion of the gathering of Built-in-Test information and coverage regarding the procured modules and Commercial-off-the Shelf (COTS) equipment utilized in the CRIIS design.

Coordinate and manage technical and test procedure documentation for integration, validation and verification testing.

Assisted with the evaluation of customer/operational needs to define system performance requirements, as well integrating technical parameters to assure compatibility of physical, functional, and program interfaces.

Work related functions accomplished within a collaborative environment with other program.

Applied an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify a lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions.

Raytheon Missile Systems

Tucson, AZ

2013

Title: Principal Systems Engineer (Contractor: Technical Resources Unlimited)

Clearance: SECRET

Coordinated and managed Failure Reporting and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS) for the Standard Missile (SM) programs. Technical interaction with customer, Responsible Engineers (REs), design and chief engineers for multiple design updates and fielded systems. Monitored build, integration and production level testing activities.

Performed Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) to support the inclusion of Plastic Encapsulated Microcircuit (PEM) parts into the design for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) program. Included Failure In Time (FIT) rate determination and piece-part analyses.

Performed piece-part FMECA analysis in support of the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) program.

Performed parts derating, stress analysis and Reliability predictions for several Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs) which were required in support of design improvements and upgrades. Required detailed Bill of Material (BOM) and schematic interpretation. Included design influence to support Reliability improvements.

Involved in Thermal requirement derivation studies and decisions for the SM programs.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

Melbourne, FL

2010 – 2012 (PDS Tech. – Contractor 2010 – 2011) Hired on Direct (2011 – 2012)

Title: Level 4 Engineer, BAMS Program (Reliability, Maintainability & Affordability)

Clearance: SECRET

Responsible for maintaining FRACAS activities on assigned systems / subsystems (Propulsion, Electrical Power System and Structures). Including Root Cause Analysis and troubleshooting. Identifying failure trends and following them to closure.

Responsible for ensuring Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) procedures are adequate for effectively reducing latent defects for Air Vehicle components. Includes close coordination with customer for requirement satisfaction and verfication.

Responsible for ensuring Reliablity Design, FMECA and Prediction data for assigned systems (Communications, Propulsion, Flight Controls (including Autopilot functionality), Structures and Electrical Power System) reflect the latest configuration and system information. Coordinating efforts with Integrated Product Teams.

Supported activities to identify deviations that could impact design intent and safety and product/process improvements.

Perform Reliability, Maintainability Engineering, Support Analysis, and Prognostic/Health Management (PHM) analysis on assigned systems to determine requirements and concepts, incorporate desirable features and verify compliance with customer needs/requirements.

Work related functions accomplished within a collaborative environment with other program teams to assist with and/or plan, design, develop and verify a lifecycle balanced system solution.

Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services

O’Fallon, IL

2007 – 2009

Title: Systems Engineer Senior, US TRANSCOM Program Systems Engineer

Clearance: SECRET

Developed a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Roadmap to illustrate and describe the ‘path-forward’ regarding upgrading the various software products currently installed on our assorted servers.

Participated in the development of the Global Air Transportation Execution System (GATES) proposal, in an attempt to bring new business to our organization. Areas of specific contribution included: Integrated Solutions Management, Market Research & Prototyping and Interoperability & Architecture Support.

Responsible for maintaining System Architect Models/Diagrams regarding Server/Network Hardware Architecture (including Infrastructure, Hardware and Product Interaction), Functional/System Flows and Requirement views for the US Military’s Distribution Network Supply Chain Management operations.

Supported Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) Database Warehouse Program with USAF customer.

Responsible for developing test plans, test conditions, test data to ensure the quality of the Unix Platform and associated applications.

Ensured that all defects/System Trouble Reports (STRs) were tested after each build and install, to perform Dry Runs in the current Pre Production environment in which allows the team to verify the patches during Government Witness Testing (GWT). These include; Functional Security Testing on system logins, data encryption, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) lookups and End-to-End System Tests.

Conducted data testing to confirm that the processing logic implemented to populate the database as well as to retrieve the data for the reports is functioning properly and satisfies the detailed design.

Created test cases and executed test plans; modified, stored, and created all defects associated with each test case.

Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Fort Worth, TX

2005 – 2007

Title: Systems Engineer Staffer, JSF (F-35) Systems Reliability & Maintainability Technical Lead

Clearance: SECRET

Coordinated, managed and performed Air Vehicle Failure Mode and Effects Criticality Analyses (FMECA). Included managing twelve subject matter expert Reliability engineers, chairing the FMECA Review Board and briefing Chief Engineers & customers during various meetings/Design Reviews.

Coordinated, managed and performed Air Vehicle & Mission Systems Failure Immunity tasks. Included managing four System Safety engineers and conducting the training a variety of engineers on Fault Tree Analysis tools. Horizontal integration across Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) integral to success. Resolution of cross-functional technical issues, a must. Expert knowledge required on Navigation, Flight-Controls (including Autopilot functionality), and Hydraulic Subsystems to ensure Flying Quality requirements have been met/verified.

Coordinated, managed and performed Mission Systems Failure Mode Effects Testing. Included Test Plan, Test Procedure and Test Results documentation, Software patch writing/insertion to simulate Hardware failures and observance/documentation of system response.

Coordinated, managed and performed Reliability Mission Modeling. Included the development of Reliability Block Diagrams based on JSF-platform missions.

Coordinated and managed effort to resolve Integrated Core Processing hardware re-allocation issues, considering system degradation, in support of successful mission completion.

Responsible for management of Reliability Growth Testing, Reliability Design, Weibull Analysis, Accelerated Life Testing, Fault definition and Analysis.

Coordinated functions accomplished within a collaborative environment with other program teams to assist with and/or plan, design, develop and verify a lifecycle balanced system solutions.

Coordinated research and development teams for the Visual and Helmet-Mounted Display Subsystems. Included supplier and customer insight. Efforts included Specification and Statement of Work generation, development and Integration and Testing, to ensure design and requirements met the program platform required. Developed and executed plans for Quality Improvement Team (QIT) activities and improved customer satisfaction. Increased knowledge of Reliability & Maintainability design principles and effectively communicated design issues/solutions to design engineers.

Enhanced team vitality by demonstrating ability to develop team solutions to specific problems and contribute to team development.

Involved with Flight Test coordination leading up to and following First-Flight for the Conventional Take-off/Landing (CTOL) F-35 variant.

Initiated, evaluated and implemented improved product technologies, processes and tools targeted at performance improvements.

Coordinated the evaluation of customer/operational needs to define system performance requirements, as well integrating technical parameters to assure compatibility of physical, functional, and program interfaces.

System Safety direct Liaison

Risk Management

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Fort Worth, TX

2002 – 2005

Title: Systems Engineer Senior, JSF (F-35) Systems Reliability & Maintainability Engineer

Clearance: SECRET

Managed Reliability Growth Testing, Reliability Design & Predictions, Failure Mode and Effects Criticality Analysis. Includes Weibull Analyses, Accelerated Life Testing, Fault definition, Root Cause and Analysis on assigned avionics systems/subsystems (Radar and Electronic Warfare Subsystems).

Performed Reliability, Maintainability Engineering, Support Analysis, and Prognostic/Health Management (PHM) analysis on assigned systems to determine requirements and concepts, incorporate desirable features and verify compliance with customer needs/requirements.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Fort Worth, TX

1998 – 2002

Title: Systems Engineer, F-16 Avionics Subsystems Specialty

Clearance: SECRET

Performed Maintainability Engineering, Human Factors, Support Analysis, and Diagnostics/Health Management (DHM) analysis on assigned systems to determine requirements and concepts, incorporate desirable maintainability features and verify compliance with customer needs.

Specialty Engineering (SpE) Coordinator on miscellaneous projects. Performed SpE integration for all new LM Aero Business Proposals, including; Radar, Up-front Controls, Multi-function Display and Heads-up Display (HUD) Systems vendor selections. Includes development and coordination for: Procurement Packages, Engineering Change Documents, Life-Cycle Cost Studies, Statements of Work and Specifications. Focal point for all Customer Fact-Finding Efforts.

Primary job focus included cost, schedule, and personnel management. Working with subcontractors, suppliers, and customers during the design, development, systems integration and testing of Radar, Data-entry, Electronic Warfare, Flight Controls and Multi-function Display and HUD Subsystems.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Communication:

Poised interpersonal and public speaking skills

Strong technical writing skills

Database Experience:

Teradata and Oracle

Database Servers/Tools:

Oracle BEA Aqualogic Service Bus (ALSB) Middleware Server, Web Applications Server, Citrix Server, Tivoli Management Server, Business Intelligence Data Services/Business Objects (BOBJ) Server, Data Profiling/Data Flux Server, Informatica PowerCenter, Oracle Enterprise Manager (ODBC), Teradata SQL Assistant, Teradata Administrator, Teradata utilities (BTEQ), and Extract, Transform & Load (ETL).

Software:

Proficient in Telelogic System Architect, Rational RequisitePro, Rational ClearQuest, Rational ClearCase, Rational Rose, Mercury Quality Center, RELEX, SAFETREE, DOORS, WinSmith, LabVIEW, CATIA, VisMockup, OrCAD, MATLAB, PSPICE, and Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Publisher, Access, Visio, and Powerpoint)

Working knowledge of SQL, Perl, FOSS, Windows Turbo C++, DOS, UNIX, JADE and (Intel, Motorola, and Zilog) assembly languages

INTANGIBLE CONTRIBUTION CAPABILITIES

Knowledge of customer expectations

Resources to get the job done

Motivation – willingness to accept tasks above & beyond call of duty

Multi-tasking ability

Fast learner in accelerated environment

Works proficiently & effectively in pressure situations

Produce quality products to customer satisfaction

AWARDS

Exceptional performance appraisals

Weight-Incentive Program (2) – (Cash Awards totaling $14,800)

SPOT (1)

Special Recognition Award (4)

Instant Recognition Award (1)

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

U.S. AIR FORCE

1990 – 1994

F-15/F-111 Avionics Systems Journeyman

Clearance: SECRET

Analyzed, supervised, inspected, and maintained avionics systems at the organizational level

Supervised and recorded progress of incoming Airmen during on-the-job training

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