JAMES R. LAWRENCE
**** *. ****** ***** ****. # **1, Cocoa Beach FL 32931
H: 321- 917-0305 C: 321-***-**** Email: adx0cw@r.postjobfree.com
SENIOR SYSTEM INTEGRATION ENGINEER
A proven professional skilled in Reliability Engineering and System Safety as well as Aerospace Engineering. Experience in aircraft, crew-station, and avionics design and integration, and design analysis. Concerned with meeting specified requirements (performance, functional, design, interface). Currently a graduate student at Florida Tech. pursuing a PhD in Aerospace Engineering. Final year.
DO-178 and DO-254
ISO 9001 & 9002
Engine Room Statistical Analysis experience
Concept of Operations
Defining Requirements
Team Leadership
Chief Pilot
System Analysis
and 3D complex drawings
Avionics Integration & Test
14 CFR Parts 61, 91, 125, 133, 135, 141
Accident Investigation
Statements of work
NASA-Software Spec applications
EXPERIENCE
BIONETICS Corporation Cape Canaveral 2017-2018
Reliability analysis on Orion Space Capsule and associated flight hardware.
Florida Institute of Technology Ki Feng China 2017-2017
Taught Aviation Courses in Advanced Meteorology, ATC Procedures, Aerodynamics, and National Airspace and Aeronautics.
Airborne International Flight Academy 2013-2015
Senior Instructor/Reliability Engineer, Merritt Island Airport FL
Safety of Flight implementation on the Boeing 737-800 simulator, Reliability analysis and test on the simulator as well as simulated flight programming on the simulator; Instructed pilots in the application and techniques of actual flight in the simulator related to IMC conditions and emergency techniques relegated.
Rockwell Collins, Melbourne FL 2008-2012
Quality Engineer/Integration
Performed Quality Test Engineering on Avionics Equipment as well as vibration testing in the Thermo-Tron and CHROME chambers, monitoring failure rates attributed to thermal excursions and vibration related failures. Set goals.
Wrote test plans for the “FUSION” product line and others such as PRO-Line-21 for RMS applications and system associated functional threads were effectively integrated into the system architecture.
Boeing Company, Cape Canaveral FL/Orlando 1998-2008
System Integration and System Reliability Engineer
Developed and implemented test procedures on Future Combat Systems (FCS) in the area of SSEI. Additionally provided guidance in the system-of-systems reliability engineering; Lead Systems Integration Engineer on Delta IV rocket.
Identified and successfully implemented loiter improvement options for the various versions of the AC-130 as well as modeling drag reduction and other performance parameters.
Supported the Delta IV design process through finite element analysis, safety and reliability analysis. Collaborated in the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) design and development program, in crew station design activities as well as establishing EELV SRM requirements.
Raytheon Systems Company, Fullerton, CA (Formerly Hughes Aircraft Company) 1996-1998
Systems Engineer Lead
Served as technical lead for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) receiver implementation.
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Technical Contractor 1994-1996
Avionics/Systems Engineer/Technical Staff – Worked as Contractor at major U.S. companies.
Honeywell, Phoenix, AZ (12/1995 – 4/1996)
Served as System Integration Engineering manager for simulation software and outlined various phases in design evolution of the GPS navigation database used in aircraft climb, cruise, holding procedures and descent phases of flight (C-12, MD-90 and A-320 aircraft).
Harris Aero-Space, Palm Bay, FL (6/1994 – 11/1995)
Served as tech lead on the T-38 avionics upgrade (AUP) program for the Air Force, defining test requirements for the aircraft.
Designed and developed displays for Heads-up displays as well as multi-purpose displays for integration.
Flew T-38 for integration evaluation.
Directed flight test procedures using MIL-STD-8708 as a guide for detailed design and development for DEM-EVAL.
Parker Hannifin, Irvine CA (3/1994 – 6/1994)
Defined System Avionics and reliability requirements for Canadair, identifying single point fuel system failures and potential electro-mechanical malfunctions in back-up fuel transfer pumps.
Grumman Melbourne Systems, Melbourne, FL 1991-1994
Senior Systems/Avionics Engineer
Participated in the development of the combat avionics suite on Joint STARS.
Defined redesign enhancements for performance envelope expansion and developed displays for crew station use.
Worked in a Human Factors/System Safety capacity developing the “Speckled Trout” concept for upgrade to a “Glass Cockpit”. Used MIL-STD-1472C as a guide for the process.
Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, CA 1984-1991
Senior Systems/Safety Engineer/Flight Test Engineer
Performed design analysis and developed special test analysis for classified programs.
Conducted safety/reliability classes for all flight test safety personnel.
Responsible for the “Glass Cockpit” design and integration.
Flight-Test Meteorologist and Flight-Test Safety Officer MD-11.
C3I development and proposal.
EDUCATION
MS, Aeronautical Engineering Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.
MS, System Engineering and Management, University of Southern California
BA Aviation Psychology California State University, Long Beach, CA
TECHNICAL TRAINING
Systems Safety Engineering, Principles of System Safety Management (USC)
Safety and Reliability in Systems Design I (McDonnell Douglas)
ECM, Signature Reduction and Expendables (US Navy Post Graduate School)
Principles of Radar, Systems Engineering using RDD 100 (Grumman Melbourne Systems)
AUTO-CAD, CATIA, Finite Element, Uni-graphics
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ADDENDUM
AVIATION SKILLS
CFI, MEI, ATP, Commercial/Instrument
6500 hours of combined Instruction/non-instruction to include military time in the A-4D and E as well as instructor in the TA-4F.
2985 hours as a CFI/CFII.
1250 hours T-38, F-5, and F-20 Instructional hours in simulator.
1260 hours in EMB-110 (First Officer)
340 hoursBoeing-737-800 Simulator Instructor
ASSOCIATIONS
AOPA
NAA
SAE
AIAA
EAA
MAPA
Mooney Pilots Association
Tail-hook Association
NASA Special Recognition Award
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA (Meteorology) 1988 to 1990
Golden West College, Hunting Beach, CA (Psychology, Private Pilot Ground) 1990 to 1994
Mc Donnell Douglas System Safety in Complex systems 1987 to 1990
Northrop Aircraft, Hawthorne, CA. F-20 tactics to Taiwanese in academics and motion base simulator training 1981-1984
Navy Post Graduate School in Monterey CA. Low Observables and Aircraft Survivability
FIT (recent) Unmanned Air Vehicles, Systems and Application Aeronautics 2, Commercial/Instrument Flight
MILITARY
Veteran: U.S. Marine Corps (1963–1970) Received Navy Achievement Award and Navy Commendation Medal.