Kenneth McClish

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Professional Experience

Over 20 years of proven experience on a wide variety of programs including:

FPGA Systems Engineer - North Star Scientific Corp.

Systems Engineer - Boeing B-52 CERP

Systems Engineer Javelin Missile - Raytheon

Certification Systems Engineer for the first AW609 Tilt-Rotor TC

Certification POC with DER functions to the FAA for electrical / avionics integration STCs

Principle Electrical Engineer and Project Test Engineer on the Rotating Airframe Missile

Engineer Manager, Sr. Engineer Specialist, and Flight Test Engineer for the V22 Osprey

Avionics design, integration, and instrumentation for corporate aircraft

Digital fly-by-wire flight controls and radar redesign for the B1b bomber

Electronic warfare systems on B-52’s

North Star Scientific · Oklahoma. City (Contract) 9/2023

FPGA / Systems Engineer

Performed Systems Engineer duties by writing all the requirements for the Radar Transmitter Assembly (RTA) Device Under Test (DUT)

Organized and managed requirements in MS EXCEL to import them into DOORS for the RTA DUT.

Built the spreadsheet for the acquisition of test equipment to test the RTA

oProcurement of the following test equipment: Spectrum Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Function/Signal Generators, Power Supplies, relay control panels, multimeters, and associated cabling

Performed RTA DUT testing with all of the above test equipment

Boeing · Oklahoma. City (Contract) 1/2022 – 4/2023

Systems Engineer in Propulsion Systems

Requirements management:

Worked directly with the USAF to ensure that all of the requirements were complete per the Statement of Work (SOW)

Using DOORS 7.1, linked requirements to the test plans and test plans linked to test results

These links are critical for the tractability of hundreds of requirements to ensure all of the retirements are completely tested and contractually met

Wrote test plans; collected test results and put them into DOORS

Wrote and approved Certification plans and linked them to the requirements

This enabled Boeing to provide traceability back to the USAF that the contract was on track per agreed terms

L&T Technologies ·Rockford, IL (Contract) 8/2021–1/2022

Lead FPGA Systems Engineer

Performed requirements management for the Boeing 777X FPGA flight controls module

oThis required an in depth understanding of the CCA, flight controls, FPGA circuit analysis

Set traceability for requirements fulfillment using DOORS 7.1

Initiated the procurement of DOORS Next Gen for the program and training for the other engineers on the team

Raytheon Indianapolis, IN (Contract) 4/2019-8/2021

Systems Engineer

Conducted multilevel System Functional Reviews (SFR), Product Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), and System Verification Reviews (SVR), involving Chief engineers, Top Level Management, mechanical, electrical, software, and systems engineers

Designed Systems Integration for the Javelin missile system and the AN/AWW-13 missile control pod and test using LabView

Using the Verification Requirements, wrote Verification Test Requirements and procedures for system integration

ASIC/FPGA RTL Design Engineer including micro-Architecture, Simulation, STA, and Verification.

This FPGA resides on a Main Control Unit of an 800G System Bandwidth Data Center Interconnect system.

Performed requirements management using DOORS Next Generation (DNG) linking Verification Requirements to the Verification Test Requirements

FPGA fabric GMII-RGMII adaptation logic for HPS EMACs to connect to the external Marvell switch chip

Worked with design engineers to ensure the designs being developed meet the requirements for the AN/AWW-13 missile control pod

Supported Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) Tucson, AZ for requirements development for the Javelin missile system

BAE Endicott, NY (Contract) 1/2019-4/2019

Sr. Systems Engineer

Performed FPGA Integration Verification testing using Automated Test Equipment (ATE), Python scripts and LabView for the Boeing 777X avionics modules

Modified Python scrips in C/C++ when necessary to complete the Integration Verification testing of the modules FPGAs

Convert ASIC RTL into FPGA RTL.

Add IP to FPGA RTL with system validations and debugging.

Compile and download bit files into FPGA

Troubleshot integration issues between the avionics modules and the ATE when failures would appear during the verification test process

Worked with the ATE and software engineers to determine if the failure was due to the module UUT, ATE or the Python script

Honeywell Phoenix, AZ (Contract) 8/2018-1/2019

FPGA/Systems Engineer

•Extensive use of DOORS to link program development efforts to requirements verification, LRU and component (FPGA) testing and flight test planning to ensure all program objectives were met using LabView

•Performed requirements definition and analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification and validation, transition, decision analysis, technical planning, technical assessment, requirements management, risk management, configuration management, technical data management, and interface management for the Honeywell APU controller

•Ethernet SoC post-silicon bring-up and validation/debugging Python and C Programming.

•MIPI video processing system top-level integration, simulation, FPGA debugging. Xilinx MIPI Controller/PHY IP configuration and debugging with graphic silicon chip.

•Xilinx FPGA synthesis and debugging for pre-silicon emulation.

•Planned and executed the technical reviews and assessments (e.g., System Requirements Review, Technology Readiness Assessment) and documentation development (e.g., Systems Engineering Plan, Risk Management Plan) that are an inherent part of the activities and processes listed above

•Actively supported production engineering and diminishing manufacturing sources while conducting program meetings with senior management as the Lead Systems Engineer

GE Aviation Grand Rapids, MI (Contract) 4/2018-8/2018

FPGA/Systems Engineer

•Wrote and approved test plans for the Boeing 777x Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) system for validation and verification of software, firmware, and hardware(FPGAs) using LabView

•Extensive use of DOORS to develop, execute, and document IMA test verification procedures

•Performed both manual and automated verification test procedures for the Auxiliary Air system on the IMA using I2C, USB, WIFI, RFID, TCP/IP protocols verifying the firmware(FPGAs) performs to customer requirements

•Worked on E-2D Cross Domain Solution Device (CDSD) including leading the trade study for the selection of COTS FPGA hardware devices, development of requirements and Statement of Work (SOW), costs and contracts, coordinating software development

•Developed and solved Problem Reports with resolution for firmware (FPGAs), hardware, software, scripts (Python), and the Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) anomalies

•Diagnosed complications with firmware (FPGAs), hardware and embedded software with regards to the configuration of the ATE

•Developed and reviewed Systems Requirements with customer specifications resulting in firmware, hardware and software requirement flow down all linked through DOORS

Field Aerospace Oklahoma City, OK (Contract) 5/2016-3/2018

Electrical/Systems/Certification Engineer

•Created test plans to guide verification direction focusing on design accuracy and performance.

•LabView, (COMINT, ELINT, HISAR Radar, LOROP Camera, EO/IR, HF, VHF, IR, Laser RX etc.)

•Wrote Ground and Flight Test Plans for certification compliance per ARP-4754, DO-178 Software Verification, DO-254 Hardware Verification, and DO-160 Environmental Qualification standards

•Worked in the Systems Integration Lab (SIL) to prove out embedded software for electronic hardware for electrical power, avionics, and surveillance systems with Logic Analyzers, Network Analyzers, Oscilloscopes (analog and digital), Function Generators with many other instruments

•Performed Electronic hardware failure mode analysis for customer Reliability/Maintainability reports

•Wrote and or Reviewed system safety documents (PSSA, SFHA, ADHA, SSA) for both ground and inflight operations for certification per 14CFR Part 25 transport aircraft

•Wrote the Project Specific Certification Plan (PSCP) for the above program’s STC per 14 CFR Part 25 Transport rules

•Ensured components selected from vendors met the Environmental Standards of DO-160

Agusta Westland Philadelphia Corporation Philadelphia, PA (Contract) 5/2015-5/2016

Electrical/Systems/Certification Engineer

•Performed AW609 civil Type Certificate and Airworthiness tasks as defined in FAA Order 881.4 capturing 14 CFR Part 25 requirements completion in DOORS

•Focal Point of contact for the New York ACO, FT Worth ACO, and the South West Rotor Directorate in behalf of the applicant, AW, with daily interaction with the FAA Program Managers and FAA Engineering Specialists resolving certification issues

•Reviewed, approved and submitted for FAA approval 32 System Specific Certification Plans for every engineering discipline (to include electrical, avionics, structures, stress and fatigue analysis, flight controls for both mechanical and flyby-wire systems) on the AW609 in support of gaining the Type Certificate

•Wrote the AW609 Project Specific Certification Plan (PSCP) along with the Method of Compliance (MOC) Matrix for all Part 25, Part 29, and the new Part TR FARs and built the Compliance Check List for the completion of the first ever Tilt-rotor Type Certificate

Universal Avionics Corporation: Tucson, AZ (Contract) 3/2014-10/2014

Sr. Electrical/Certification Engineer

•Performed certification duties for Universal Avionics new Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Multifunction Flight (Display (MFD)

•Wrote the Project Specific Certification Plan (PSCP) and the Verification Certification Requirements Matrix (VCRM)

•Tracked all requirements for the PCSP and VCRM in DOORS linked to Test Plans and Test Procedures

University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ 1/2013-3/2014

Full Time Student College of Engineering

International Communications Group (ICG): Newport News, VA (Contract) 11/2012–1/2013

Sr. Electrical/Systems/ Certification Engineer

•Responsible for research, design, validation, verification, certification, and quality assurance on satellite communication systems under AS9100 and per FAR-145 Repair Station regulations

•Wrote Plans for Hardware Aspects of Certification (PHAC), Hardware Specific Assurance Plans (HSPA), Hardware Verification Plans (HVP), FHAs, and Hardware Accomplishment Summaries (HAS) documents with Top-Level Drawings per DO-254, DO-178B, and DO-160 capturing requirements verification in DOORS

•Developed the RF transmit / receive interference pattern analysis for GPS (GNSS) receivers to Inmarsat and Iridium (NGSS) satellite frequencies and transmit power to certify the ICG SATCOMM as a navigational system

Enstrom Helicopter: Menominee, MI (Contract) 10/2011–11/2012

Avionics Systems, Electrical Design, and Certification Engineer

•Responsible for all new avionics and electrical systems design, verification, validation, and certification for Enstrom’s fiberglass fuselage helicopter through the FAA Chicago Aircraft Certification Office (CACO)

•Wrote and submitted letters of application (FAA Form 8110-12), Project Specific Certification Plans (PSCP) with STC certification compliance checklists per Part 27; FHAs and ELAs with detailed compliance analysis per DO-160G with comparison charts and DO-254 and DO-178B vendor compliance

•Design and integration projects: Turbine 480B Trim Drive Actuator Controller, F280 trainer RPM Governor, and the first Garmin G1000H integration for the Enstrom Turbo shaft production line models

•Performed prototype flight / functional testing and troubleshooting per FAR-145 Repair Station regulations

Raytheon Missile Systems: Tucson, AZ (Contract) 1/2009–10/2011

Principle Electrical Engineer (Secret Security Clearance)

•Designed new Automated Test Equipment (ATE) testing for the digital upgrade on the Rotating Airframe Missile (RAM) system that led to higher reliability yields for first time test samples

•Final authority approval for Automated Test Instructions (ATI) while conducting laboratory testing

•Wrote ATPs for IR, mixed RF, digital, analog, FPGAs, power and control circuits with EMAs, and EPS due to new software upgrades, and design integration failures

•Extensive use of communications protocols, such as MIL-1553, RS-232, RS 422, Ethernet, and TCP/IP

•Created and modified missile specification documents detailing system design enhancements

•Processed and presented official classified test data to the DOD that allowed for the DD-250 sale of the missiles

University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ 10/2008–1/2009

Full Time Student College of Engineering

Bell Helicopter: Amarillo, TX 7/2003 – 10/2008

Sr. Engineer

•Played a critical IPT leadership role in the DOD Department of Acquisitions decision to award the $10.4 billion dollar contract that put the V-22 Osprey into full rate production by implementing the following improvements:

•Reduced cost required for: Functional Test Procedure (FTP) completion, obsolescence replacement turnaround time from vendors, and time to complete SW/HW SIL verification testing

Sr. Specialist

•Troubleshot all system events in production to determine if the anomalies were due to a faulty design, integration tolerance incompatibility, or a component not meeting MIL-SPEC standards for avionics, electrical power distribution, digital flight control systems, ECU, FADEC, and Hydro/Electric-Mechanical Actuators

•Utilized the UNIX based HW/SW SIL to simulate component interaction and certify that the avionics units were flight worthy at post modification

•Wrote and modified Functional Test Procedures (FTP) / Special Troubleshooting Procedures (STP)

•SME in the use of schematic capture/layout tools, LabVIEW, National Instruments data acquisition equipment, and communications protocols, such as MIL-1553, RS-232, RS 422, CAN, TCP/IP, and RTL

Flight Test Engineer

•At the critical transition from return to flight to LRP, performed flight crew member duties to include:

•Data Acquisition and Recording instrumentation analysis, documentation of failures, and performance of all avionics, navigational, display, engine, structural, environmental, electrical, and deicing systems

•Preflight calibrations and troubleshooting for transducers and A/D resolvers for engine, airframe, and drive systems vibration performance tests

•Acceptance Test Procedures (ATPs), in-flight instrumentation calibration and troubleshooting, and emergency procedures

•Plotted and analyzed post flight instrumentation test data into Excel spreadsheets for root cause investigations of new in-flight discrepancies to complete system analysis with subsystems design improvements

•Produced daily flight data audits for internal safety inspections and quality reports provided to the DOD Government Flight Representative

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation: San Antonio, TX 6/2001–7/2003

Sr. Avionics Lead

•Responsible for avionics research, design, validation, verification, certification, and quality assurance on Hawker and Beechcraft airframes under AS9100

•Performed design integration and post-installation reverse-engineering of Rockwell Collins and Honeywell digital avionics instrumentation to all analog systems while responsible for cost analysis, budgets, and delivery schedules

•Performed, installed, maintained and troubleshot instrumentation monitoring systems on corporate aircraft to include horizontal trim and flight control electro-magnetic actuators per FAR-145 Repair Station Regulations

•In-flight monitoring tests and instrumentation programming of newly installed commercial avionics systems

•Completed incoming inspections and final systems checks including flight test certifications (per FAR PART 25, DO-160, DO-254, and DO-178 compliance)

West Star Aviation: Grand Junction, CO 8/1998–6/2001

Sr. Avionics Lead

•Managed daily efforts for the avionics component level repair facility responsible for labor to profit ratios and labor justification costs for customer billing

•Provided engineering support for systems integration testing; performed repair and maintenance on all avionics systems on the Lear 20-60 series, Hawker, Challenger, Falcon, Beech 1900, Citation, and Conquest aircraft

•Performed in-flight avionics instrumentation, validation, certification, and troubleshooting on the above aircraft

•With a thorough knowledge of avionics principles, aircraft schematics, and component drawings; isolated failures on the airframe; tested and troubleshot wiring and coaxes and if needed removed and repaired units down to component level per FAR-145 Repair Station regulations

The Way College: Gunnison, CO 8/1996–8/1998

Full time student

U.S. Civil Service: Oklahoma City, OK 11/1993–8/1996

B-1b Depot Avionics, Flight Controls, Auto Pilot and Radar (Secret Security Clearance)

•During the Department of Acquisitions Congressional investigation of component reliability and Mission Capability Rates completed the following:

•Led the Integrated Product Team prototype engineers in the implementation of hardware and ATLAS source code software redesign on the B-1b Fly-by-Wire Flight Controls and radar systems

•Utilized an in-depth knowledge of avionics, mixed RF principles, and ATLAS source code to make appropriate design changes to integrate the B-1b flight controls, UUTs, and components, thus increasing efficiency levels thereby enabling Congress to justify continued funding of the aircraft and program

United States Air Force __ 11/1986–11/1993

B-52 Electronic Warfare Systems (Secret Security Clearance)

•Held in-flight crew member certification for troubleshooting Electronic Warfare Systems during live bomb run test flights onboard the B52 G/H aircraft

•Performed depot level troubleshooting for the AN/ALQ 172 digital deception countermeasures radar system

•Maintained and calibrated the Honeywell USM 603 ATE in support of the AN/ALQ 172 component level troubleshooting in RF, analog, FPGA digital processors, systems automation, and software algorithms code

•Member of the Presidential Personal Reliability Program (PPRP) authorized to work in and around nuclear weapons with classified data

EDUCATION

M.S. Autonomous and Unmanned Systems Engineering (in pursuit)

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

B.S. Aeronautics Engineering: graduated Magna Cum Laude

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

A.S. Avionics Technology:

Community College of the Air Force

FCC license: Advanced Electronics with Radar Endorsement

Affiliations: U.S. Air Force Desert Storm Veteran; Active member: International Counsel of Systems Engineers (ICOSE)

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