Systems Engineer Engineering
Resume:
Jose (Joe) Valdez Jr
Madison, AL 35758
256-***-**** (Cell)
*************@*****.***
Active SECRET (formerly FGI, COMSEC, SAR)
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Seasoned Senior engineer with in-depth working knowledge of multidisciplinary processes and systems engineering methodology and techniques to develop, validate and manage product-level system/subsystem requirements and architectures and ensure system integration.
Broad and extensive experience in systems engineering, test and evaluation, missile flight test, production integration & test, algorithm development, modeling and simulation, communication systems, system architecture, aerospace vehicle systems.
Demonstrated ability to work within a collaborative environment composed of Warfighter, Government Civilian, Industry, and Supporting Contractor personnel.
MS Office Tools: Project, Word, Powerpoint, Linux, Fortran, Scrum, MATLAB, Cameo.
Former Naval Reserve Lieutenant, USNR, Aeronautical Engineering Duty Officer.
(AEDO) with Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).
Lead Systems Engineer – Parsons Federal April 2017 to July 2024
Lead Systems Engineer provided technical oversight and support to the Ground Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate (GMN).
Subject Matter Expert (SME) Coordinated and collaborated with government (MDA) and industry (NGC) providing technical support to evaluate Technical Reviews of Ground System (GS) Performance Specification requirements of the GCN system.
Senior Systems Engineer – Aerotek (Lockheed) June 2016 to November 2016
Executed Task Order modifications to UH-60, CH-47 and C-130 aircraft for Special Operations Forces Contractor Logistics Support Services (SOF CLSS) Army Blue Grass Station (BGS), KY.
Developed, integrated, verified and validated Task Order modifications to UH-60, CH-47 and C-130 aircraft for Special Operations Forces Contractor Logistics Support Services (SOF CLSS) at the US Army Blue Grass Station (BGS) in Lexington, KY.
Senior Systems Engineer – Butler America (Sikorsky) December 2014 to May 2016
Lead Engineer, Electronic Warfare Hot Bench (EWHB), In-Service Support (ISS) on the Canadian Maritime Helicopter Program (CMHP). The EWHB simulates the Self-Defense System/Electronic Support Measures (SDS/ESM) on the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter.
Executed requirements management which includes the analysis, decomposition and allocation of high-level requirements using DOORS.
Represented Sikorsky at Site Acceptance Tests and Verification & Validation events conducted at the EWHB in Shirley’s Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Principal Systems Engineer – Vencore (formerly QinetiQ NA) June 2013 to October 2014
Lead Logistics Engineer, providing technical support and analysis to the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (AMRDEC) Logistics Center (ALC) to enhance the logistics engineering maintenance on UH-60, CH-47, AH-64 components/platforms.
Implemented an AMRDEC Root Cause Working Group (RCWG) to perform root cause analysis and corrective action on UH-60, CH-47 and AH-64 platforms. Members included ALC, RAM Engineering and the Aviation Engineering Directorate (AED).
Principal Systems Engineer – MSCI January 2013 to May 2013
Performed duties as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the system engineering discipline providing technical support in a broad range of technologies, including Army Aviation Systems technologies.
Coordinated and authored a draft capabilities requirements document (CRD) for a new “Always On” distributed network environment, an Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology ASA(ALT) sponsored technology initiative to support the Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) community, Network Integration Evaluations (NIEs) and the Warfighter.
Senior Systems Engineer – Decisive Analytics Corp. June 2011 to December 2012
Authored a BMDS Sensors Requirements Management Plan to ensure the Sensors (SN) Requirements Management Processes were communicated and understood by other SN organizations and sub-contractors.
Provided technical interface between the SNET (Test/Requirements) office and the SNXD AN/TPY-2 Product Office Chief Engineer. He provided SNET with technical insight into the current, planned and future capabilities of AN/TPY-2 software, related Modeling & Simulation. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) uses the AN/TPY-2 Radar.
Senior Test & Evaluation Engineer - MEI Technologies August 2009 to June 2011
Authored the Test and Evaluation Strategy (TES) for the Test and Evaluation organization of the US Army Project Manager's Office Aircraft Survivability Equipment (PMO-ASE) Hostile Fire Detection System (HFDS). HFDS was a multi-spectral detection system that would provide situational awareness to rotary aircrews of small arms, rockets, and RPGs hostile fire.
HFDS representative to PMO-ASE System Engineering & Integration Working Group (SEIWG), tasked to provide a system of systems engineering approach through the development of standards for risk management, configuration management and integrated systems engineering.
Senior Scientist / Senior Systems Engineer – Boeing June 2004 to August 2009
Provided liaison and test support to Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) Interceptor Integration Facility (IIF) Supported Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Ship Readiness Reviews (SRR).
Prepared and presented assigned GMD Change Packages to both technical Level III and programmatic Level II Change Control Boards (CCB).
EDUCATION
BS Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas, at Austin
Graduate Studies - Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University
CONTINUING EDUCATION
MDA Technical Excellence Series (MTELS) Hypersonic Lectures Fall 2023
MTELS Threat Lectures Fall 2023
BMDS Technical Engineering Lecture Series (BTELS), Fall 2012
Threat Weapon and Effects Training Seminar, April 2011
Capabilities Based Acquisition, UAH, Spring 2009
Assorted Math Topics for Radar Engineers, Boeing, Spring 2008
Battle Management in a Missile Defense System-of-Systems, Boeing, Spring 2008
CMMI for Development (CMMI-DEV), Version 1.2. Carnegie Mellon, Fall 2007
Battle Management Course, Boeing, Summer 2007
Introduction to Military Communications, Georgia Tech, Fall 2006
Modeling & Simulation Applications, UAH, Fall 2006
Acquisition, Tracking, Pointing, and Beam Control Technology, Boeing-Spring 2006
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