BARBARA WEST

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Parker, Colorado 80138

Cell: 408-***-****

Email: ad1ia4@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Experienced Electrical Design Engineer with over 15 years of excellence in Avionics integration at Lockheed, Boeing, BAE, Bell Helicopter and Sikorsky Helicopters.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Platforms: Windows NT, UNIX

Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project), Adobe FrameMaker, AUTOCAD 9 through AUTOCAD 2010, CADAM, CADEX, Mentor-Graphics Logical Cable, CM-Pro, IBM-Basic, UNIX-Basic, ENOVIA, CATIA V5 (Class), ZUKEN

Aircraft: Beechcraft 12 and Pilatus 12 Aircraft, Sikorsky UH-60M VH-60M, S092 / H-92 (MHP), S-76D Helicopters, Bell Helicopters, Boeing 737 CatBird, Boeing Apache Helicopters; Boeing & Lockheed-Martin SBIRS-Lads Satellite Systems.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ULA (United Launch Alliance) Centennial, Colorado

Wire Harness Design Engineer 04/2014 - 04/2015

Acquire verification of parts and equipment, notes, schematics, and Wire lengths for Atlas and Delta Rockets. Generate Atlas and Delta files from MCAD data to (Zuken) E3.Series and provide those files to Wire Harness Installations. Develop/update Wire Harness Assembly Drawings. Submit Wire Harness Assembly Drawings and HRLOs to the release cycle in EDDS/ECC.

Booz-Allen-Hamilton - Annapolis, Maryland 11/2012 – 03/2014

VH60N Presidential Sikorsky Helicopter Conversion Program

Electrical Design Engineer

Redesigned Wiring for new (updated) Avionics and created cable drawing . Designed Wire Harness for information Systems (Entertainment), Communication systems, Cabin power distribution (115AC and 28Vdc) Seat Wiring. Cabin Surround Sound; Powered Window Shades; Cabin Read/Accent Lighting; Cabin EMER lighting; primary and secondary cabin heaters/Climate Control.

Created Cable Drawings for installations of new equipment and re-fixture legacy equipment on the VH60N Presidential Sikorsky Helicopter Conversion Program using Autocad 2010/ASME Y14.5M-1994. We are actually using the Electrical Schematics that were created for Sikorsky when I worked at Butler Int’l in West Lafayette, Indiana. This is the second time I have seen my own work in two different places.

Bell Helicopter, Montreal, Canada 07/2011 - 12/2011

Electrical Design Engineer

Research parts for the latest glass helicopter. Wrote ECO’s in ENOVIA.

Manipulated models in CATIA V4.

Sierra-Nevada Corp. (SNC) Hagerstown, MD 03/2010 - 07/2010

Electrical Design Engineer (Avionics)

Designed and configured Avionics Wiring from the under dash to the empennage.

Supervised one Drafter, coordinated installations with four Technicians.

Designed Wiring harnesses and created Cable Drawings for installations of new equipment on Beechcraft Airplanes using AutoCAD 2010/ASME Y14.5M-1994. Created PowerPoint Presentations of the Electrical Harness routes, including photos and pertinent notes, to set into Notebooks for the Technicians to use. Note: My Beechcraft photographed the Gulf Oil Spill for television.

Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC), Littleton, Colorado. 04-2008 - 04/2009

Electrical Design Engineer

Designed wiring harness and created Cable Drawings using AutoCAD 2008 for Pilatus Aircraft and Pilatus Simulator.

Worked closely with, and led teams of technicians during the design process and reported directly to Engineering Manager.

Sierra-Nevada Corp. (SNC) Littleton, Colorado. 11/2007- 04/2008

Electrical Design Engineer(Avionics)

Designed Wiring harness and created Cable Drawings using AutoCAD 2008 for the Pilatus Aircraft and Pilatus Simulator.

Worked closely with, and led teams of technicians during the design process and reported directly to Engineering Manager.

Highly commended for fast turnaround of drawings.

Butler Int’l, Inc. West Lafayette, IN. 11/2005-11/2007

Aircraft Design Engineer

Served as Airframe Design & Equipment Installation Engineer for several Sikorsky helicopter models. Completed equipment installations, wiring diagrams, and test fixtures using CATIA V4, V5 and CADEX applications.

Created and released 2D and 3D drawings for detail parts, assemblies, and wire harness installations. Produced and revised a broad range of drawings including Form-board Drawings, used for accurate production and field modifications.

Generated Engineering Orders (EOs), Engineering Changes (ECs),

BAE Systems (Military Contractor) at the SpacePort in Mojave, CA) 9/2004 -11/2005

Lead Aircraft Design Engineer

Selected to train Engineers and Drafters using AutoCAD 2004. Used Specifications for Transducers, Accelerometers, Flow Meters, Liquid Flow Switches, Voltage Transducers, Current Transducers, Current Monitors, Temperature Probes, Humidity and Vibration sensors to make a schematic symbol defining each component to create Schematic Diagrams. Selected Connectors for the Harnesses, created Schematic Diagrams used by the Cable Manufacturing and Installation Departments.

Coordinated with Aircraft Mechanics, Shop Personnel, and Vendors to aid in creating designs facilitating practicality, ease of manufacture, and installation of wiring and sensors for the Boeing 737 "CATBird" Cooperative Test Bed Experiment.

Boeing in St. Louis, MO. 2004

Design Engineer

Contracted for design work on the U.K. Apache Longbow Helicopter Simulator. Designed wire harnesses and avionics to match aircraft modifications installed per Boeing engineering standards.

Retrofitted simulator, adding multiple electronic parts including switcher, smart switch, cables, wiring, and two PCs.

Researched and wrote Requests for Engineering Change (REC) orders to update cable drawings using Mentor-Graphics Logical Cable and CM-Pro software. Supported technicians during installations. Flew simulator 45 minutes to test new equipment.

Supervised one Technician and one Mechanical Drafter. Wrote Mentor-Graphics Logical Cable Instructions as required for other Engineers who were new to this software.

KEY PROJECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

Invented the Interchangeable Test Adapter (ITA), saving Lockheed the cost of a Virginia Panel Console Station ($40K).

Acted collaterally as Liaison Engineer, coordinating with outside vendors on the manufacture and assembly of PC boards, boxes, and cables.

Created detailed assembly drawings and schematics.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California – A.S. Degree, "Computer And Other Technologies"

Advanced Coursework: Graphic Design, FrameMaker, Microsoft Office, Courses in Commercial Art

College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, California - CATIA V5 Course

University of California, Santa Cruz – Lifetime Teaching Credential

De Anza College, Cupertino, California - Electrical Drafting / AutoCAD 11 Instructor

Foothills College, Los Altos Hills, California - AutoCAD 9 Instructional Assistant

San Jose State University, San Jose, California - Solids (CAEDS) Course

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

CADENCE-Concept Symbols Librarian. LuxN, INC., Sunnyvale, CA. 2000

A Manufacturer & Provider of Fibre-Optic Network Computers.

Developed and managed the libraries of CADENCE Concept symbols used for schematic creation using CADENCE Concept Part Developer PE13.6, Library Explorer PE13.6, and Concept HDL P13.6 software. 800+ models created were: IC, Discrete, and Asymmetrical models.

Guerra Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA 1998 - 1999

Member of the Technical Staff.

Created ASIC Design Schematics using CADENCE Composer and CADENCE Virtuoso Software. Performed Heat/Cold/Stress tests on Trimble Navigation GPS Antennas.

Compiled reports using Microsoft Excel, created charts/flyers/documents using Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe FrameMaker, QuickBooks, and Autocad 14.

Kaiser Hospital – Mountain View, CA 1997-1998

Administrative Specialist to the Chief Doctor of Internal Medicine, Dr. Sandy Chun and thirteen Doctors who reported to her.

BOEING, Anaheim, CA. 1996

Aerospace Satellite Cabling and Wiring Harness Specialist.

Worked on SBIRS-Lads Aerospace Satellite Cables and Wiring Harnesses. Verified the design, construction and connection of each Cable or Wiring Harness.

Created monthly Reports of every connector used in Boeing's Aerospace Satellite Wiring configuration and also the Cable or Wiring Harness and Connector interface to Lockheed-Martin SBIRS-Lads Satellite with Excel.

Using AutoCAD 14, prepared detailed Assembly drawings for mechanical structures and brackets for the various black boxes and wiring harness and cable assemblies in the SBIRS-Lads Satellite.

Lockheed-Martin Missiles and Space, Sunnyvale, CA 1994 - 1996

Aerospace Satellite Cabling and Wiring Harness Specialist

Using CADAM software, Prepared detailed Assembly drawings for mechanical structures and brackets for the various black boxes and wiring harness and cable assemblies in the SBIRS-Lads Satellite.

Working with the Project Engineer, designed complex Breakout Box Assembly Drawings using SDRC-Ideas 2D software. Using Mentor-Graphics Logical Cable software, also designed Cable Assemblies. Coordinated the Manufacture and Assembly of PC Boards, Boxes and Cables with Outside Vendors.

As this program expanded, supervised and taught Jr. Drafters to use SDRC-Ideas for Electrical and Mechanical drawings.

Ordered and kitted the parts for the Black Boxes, delivered the kits to the outside manufacturer, supervised the manufacture of the boxes at the site, and checked the boxes when they were received. Kitted and built test boxes and black boxes as needed for early trial.

Invented the "Interchangeable Test Adapter" to replace the $40,000 Virginia Panel Console.

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