Ronald Lee Huffman, Jr.

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La Mesa, CA 91941

H: 619-***-****

C: 619-***-****

ad1p10@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Specialized experience in sustainment/modernization engineering of U.S. and Allied C5I systems and architectures.

Provided hands-on technical aptitude, management ability, system development skills, requirements definition, and operational experience.

Demonstrated expertise in system analysis, design, verification, validation, and integration.

Drove collaboration between relevant teams locally, internationally, and across organizational lines.

Adapts to fast-pace and changing priority environments.

Professional Experience

Amentum, San Diego, CA Jun 2022 – Feb 2023

Senior Systems Engineer

Project Funding pulled/back

Sr. Systems Engineering Lead providing engineering oversight to the execution, sustainment, and modernization for the Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE) led project to support Southern California Tactical Training Range (SCTTR).

Supported the engineering team to design the requisite solutions and test plans, participate in transition activities, and provide status on all tasks/activities to range stakeholders. Requirement Management Activities to include:

Daily updates to Confluence and Jira on project/task status

Weekly Scum Mtgs

Sprint Schedule/Status Meetings

Integrated Product Team (IPT) meetings

Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR)

Risk Review meetings

Action Item Review meetings

Requirements Traceability Matrix process (RTM) status meetings

Engineering Change Request meetings

POAM Updates

OmicronVis LLC, San Diego, CA Jul 2021 – Sep 2021

Senior Systems Engineer

Project Funding redirected

Sr. Systems Engineering Lead providing engineering oversight to coordinate integration of Navy C4I programs supporting Aegis Ashore requirements across the PEO C4I / COMNAVWAR Enterprise (PMW-760).

Supported production, installation, interoperability planning, assessment, analysis efforts and other new/emerging requirements for the Aegis Ashore Platform.

Activities to include:

Liaison across the PEO C4I and COMNAVWAR enterprise technical groups, engineering codes and configurations management codes to develop appropriate artifacts and inputs to Aegis Ashore systems engineering documents

Identify and assess risks that impact Aegis Ashore

Monitor Navy C4I System (Program of Record) development milestones and assess alignment to Aegis Ashore baseline development efforts.

Monitor future C4I capabilities and initiatives for emerging communications technology and applicability to Aegis Ashore C4I requirements.

WCG LLC, San Diego, CA Jun 2020 – Apr 2021

Senior Systems Engineer

End of Contract

Sr. Systems Engineering Lead overseeing the execution, sustainment, and modernization for the Syun An Program Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) PMW-740 led project.

Managed systems engineering, production, installation, and logistics upgrades and improvements to the Taiwan Joint Forces. Provided integration, testing, and training of system software, in support of the local sustainment labs, TIF/CTB, CONUS, and In-Country sites.

Activities to include:

Integrated Product Team (IPT) meetings

Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR)

Risk Review meetings

Action Item Review meetings

Requirements Traceability Matrix process (RTM) status meetings

Test plans and procedures for CLVT 11

Test plans and procedures for (Conus and In-Conus) – modernization testing

Engineering Change Request meetings

POAM Updates

Standup/Support local sustainment lab for (pretest and posttest analysis

Cabrillo Technologies, San Diego, CA Dec 2019 – Mar 2020

(A McKean Company)

Senior Systems Engineer

Project Funding redirected

Technical Design Agent (TDA) overseeing the execution, sustainment, and modernization for the Military Sealift Command (MSC) component for the Program Management Warfare (PMW)-160, Other Customer Funded (OCF) Project, also known as Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) Based Variants (CBV).

Managed all systems engineering, production, installation, and logistics activities following the Application Integration (AI) process to include:

Technical Working Group (TWG) meetings

Assistant Program Manager (APM) status meetings

Integrated Product Team (IPT) meetings

Risk Review meetings

Action Item Review meetings

Engineering Change Request meetings

Requirements Traceability Matrix process (RTM) status meetings

Quarterly Program Review (QPR)

AI Systems Integration Test (SIT)

Hosted Application and Connected Systems Implementation Manual (HACSIM)

Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR)

Willcor, Inc., San Diego, CA Feb 2018 – Dec 2019

Senior Systems Engineer

End of Contract

Sr. Systems Engineering Support Lead for the Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Program Office, delivering cutting edge tactical networking capability to US and Coalition warfighters for the International Program Office (IPO).

Participated in design working group meetings with the customer. Analyzed and developed technical and logistic data and documentation in support of the MIDs product line to include:

Program Management Review (PMR)

Program Requirements Review (PRR)

Technical Working Group (TWG)

Contract Data Review List (CDRL) Analysis

Material Review Board (MRB) Process Creation

Requirements Capture

Discussion/Decomposition

Requirements Grooming

Requirements Approval

Baseline Requirements

Sprint Planning/Tasking

System Requirement Specification (SRS)

Software Design Document (SDD)

System Requirements Verification Matrix (SRVM)

Sentar, Inc., San Diego, CA Jul 2017 – Jan 2018

Senior Systems Engineer

Project Funding redirected

Systems Engineering Lead for the Comprehensive Automated Maintenance Environment - Optimized (CAMEO) VH-92A program. In this capacity, followed the Agile process and utilized Jira conducted requirements capture, allocation and traceability, system design, integration, and verification.

Participated in design working group meetings with the customer. Analyzed and developed technical and logistic data and documentation to include:

Requirements Capture

Discussion/Decomposition

Requirements Grooming

Requirements Approval

Baseline Requirements

Sprint Planning/Tasking

System Requirement Specification (SRS)

Software Design Document (SDD)

System Requirements Verification Matrix (SRVM)

Raytheon Company, Intelligence, Information and Services, San Diego, CA Sep 2016 – Jul 2017

Support Chief Technical Staff

End of Contract

Team Engineer supporting the Systems Validation, Test and Analysis Directorate (SVTAD) to ensure customer success through all aspects of test.

Supported the Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) testing for CVN, LHD and LSD Combat Management Systems to include:

Supported the development and integration of U.S. and Allied C4I systems and architectures.

Assisted with the development of the Automated Macros tool to provide Continuity for all Test Procedures (TP).

Test activities - stability and endurance runs.

Ownership of test cases.

Updated / Validated Share Drive.

Conducted analysis of Engineering Difficulty Reports (EDRs).

Participated in working group meetings for the GEARS program.

Camber Corporation, San Diego, CA Sep 2015 - Mar 2016

Senior Systems Engineer

Project Funding redirected

Senior Systems Engineering Lead for the MK 18 Mod 2 Increment I Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) ACAT IV-M program. In this capacity, conducted requirements capture, allocation and traceability, system design, and integration and verification, following the Systems Design Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DODAF).

Participated in design working group meetings with the customer and end users, operations and test planning, and test verification against requirements. Analyzed and developed technical and logistic data and documentation to include:

Supported the development and integration of U.S. and Allied C4I systems and architectures.

System Requirements Verification Matrix (SRVM)

Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP)

Performance System Specification (PSPEC)

System Engineering Plan (SEP)

Test and Transition Readiness Assessment (TTrRA)

Preliminary Engineering Change Proposal (PECP)

Rockwell Collins, Poway, CA Feb 2010 - May 2012

Senior Systems Engineer

End of Contract

Systems Engineering Lead for the Tactical Air Control Party Close Air Support System (TACP CASS) utilizing the Ssystem’s Modeling Language (SysML) and DOORS for requirement traceability; to include analysis, design, verification, validation, and black-box testing of a broad range of systems and systems-of-systems for the following:

Aircraft

Terminals

Radios

F-16

JTIDS

AN/PRC-117F

AV-8B

MIDS

AN/PRC-117G

F/A-18

MIDS LVT

AN/PRC-148

A-10C

MOS

AN/PRC- 150

B-52H

MOS

AN/PRC-152

Supported the development and integration of U.S. and Allied C4I systems and architectures.

In-depth knowledge of Tactical Data Link network structures and operations, as well as Link 16, Link 11, and VMF message protocols (MIL-STD-6016/MIL-STD-6011/MIL-STD-6017).

Systems Engineering Team Lead for several U.S. Government sponsored programs, where most of the projects followed the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and/or British Ministry of Defense Architecture Framework (MoDAF).

Systems Engineering Lead for Continental United States (CONUS) and In-Country proposal activity to include: Development of the Integrated Master Plan (IMP), System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP), System/Subsystem Specification (SSS), and System/Subsystem Design Description (SSDD).

Judge Technical Services, Providence, RI Aug 2008 – Feb 2010

(Contractor for Rockwell Collins, Poway, CA)

End of Contract

TACP Senior Systems Engineer

Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the integration of the MIDS LVT 2 (Platform J) terminal, in support of the TACP CASS program. In this capacity, conducted requirements capture, allocation and traceability, system design, and integration and verification. In addition, developed detailed functional and system-level use cases, system specifications, and verification specifications. Created the following documents: Concept of Employment (ConEmp), System Requirement Specification (SRS), and Interface Control Document (ICD).

Supported the development and integration of U.S. and Allied C4I systems and architectures.

Used DOORS to create requirements repository structures.

Served as Systems Engineering Lead for the TACP CASS Human Machine Interface (HMI) re-designs.

Participated in HMI working group meetings with the customer and end users.

Authored the business rules as defined for the new HMI workflows and ConEmp.

Defined hardware/software interfaces for the company product, and system interfaces between product and supported ground and air platforms.

Conducted test activities with supported aircraft (B-52) during operational test and development.

Colsa, Inc., Digital Wizards Division, San Diego, CA Jan 1990 – Jan 2008

Senior Systems Engineer

End of Contract

(Formerly Digital Wizards, Inc.)

Taiwan Po Sheng Program

Systems Analyst III

Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Po Sheng Gateway (PSGW) System for the Taiwan Po Sheng Program. The Taiwan Po Sheng Program, a Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) PMW-159 led project, provided upgrades and improvements to the Taiwan Joint Forces. Provided integration, testing, and training of system software, in support of the TIF/CTB, CONUS, and In-Country sites, utilizing the following:

Aircraft

Link 16 Terminals

F-14

JTIDs Navy Airborne Class 2 Terminal

F-18

JTIDs Navy Shipboard Class 2 Terminal

E2C Hawkeye

JTIDs Army Class 2M Terminal

A-10C

MIDs F-18 LVT

B-52H

MOS Shipboard Class 2 Terminal

Supported the development and integration of U.S. and Allied C4I systems and architectures.

Conducted extensive testing and evaluation of systems, and was responsible for analyzing, validating, and updating test requirements.

Provided system training to international students (in classroom and hands on).

Supported the development and integration of U.S. and Allied C4I systems and architectures.

TIF/CTB, CONUS and In-Country Support Responsibilities:

Assisted Test Directors in developing and executing test plans and procedures.

Tested Data Links to include Link 16 Messages in MIL-STD-6016B/C format.

Provided support for live remote Radio Frequency (RF) integration and testing, including, System of System Integration (SOSI), Data Test (DT), On the Job Training (OJT), and Operator Training (OT) preparation.

Provided post-test support and analysis.

Developed documentation for program, including requirements, user manuals, and quick look guides.

Supplied train the trainer support, which included giving an overview of system administration with the following methods: presentation, test, evaluation, and hands-on lab training.

Data Link Test Tool Programs

Computer Scientist

As Lead Supervisor, coordinated efforts of Senior Engineers in implementing navigation functionality in JTIDs and its follow on MIDS, which included providing Link 16 capabilities for both ships and aircraft. Designed, developed, and supervised many of the Data Link Test Tool (DLTT) programs for SPAWAR all under CMMI guidelines. Modular design and open architecture allowed for flexibility, plus rapid and dynamic integration of new interfaces and capabilities to suit user needs.

Education and Skills

Master of Science, Software Engineering, National University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, National University

Development Tools: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office Suite, DOORS, StarTeam, Enterprise Architect, Subversion, TeamSpace, ClearQuest, Visio

Active Secret Clearance

Secret Clearance renewed 09/20/16.

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