Systems Engineer Software Development
Resume:
BRUCE A. GRANT
Senior Principal Systems Engineer
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Executive summary:
Over 30 years of experience in all facets of software and system development. Served as a System / Software Development Lead with responsibility for managing software developers, testers, and systems engineers. Familiar with Boeing and Lockheed Martin flight software. Most recently served as the Software Panel Lead on Space Systems Command's Independent Readiness Review Team (IRRT) to ensure all SSC satellites and rockets were ready for launch. Maintains certifications to teach and coach Scale Agile Framework products and Agile Coaching.
Work Experience:
Principal Systems Engineer, KBR, El Segundo CA, Jun 2019 to Present
Led software development projects for Space Systems Command’s satellites and rockets. Reviewed and identified technical risks and mitigations prior to launch. Prepared weekly status reports highlighting the likelihood of potential software development issues.
Delivered software and systems engineering expertise for multiple USSF satellites: Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS), Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR), Quasi Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), Wide Field of View (WFOV), Weather System Follow-On Modernized (WSF-M), and Global Positioning System (GPS), as well as SpaceX Falcon/Falcon Heavy rockets, plus United Launch Alliance Delta IV/Atlas V rockets.
oSelected to assess Next Generation OPIR program for software implementation and performance; prepared technical risk assessment for the Under Secretary of Air Force
Identified high risk system level, electrical changes that were not being tracked by the Government
Served as the IRRT co-designer for the transition to Confluence and JIRA risk ticket tracking for the Government
Created and presented numerous Summary Reviews and Risk Packages to prepare junior Government employees for interactions with and briefings to Senior Government leaders
Release Train Engineer / Instructor, Insight Global, San Diego CA, Nov 2018 to Jun 2019
Trained and coached Agile Release Trains (~50 people each) in transition from traditional waterfall methodology to Safe/Agile methodology
Performed and provided SAFe/Scrum metrics on Microsoft Team Foundation Server
Briefed at Program Incremental Reviews for IT – Platform’s Agile Release Train
Instructed and certified over 400 people in SAFe in under one year
Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, El Segundo, 2013 to Nov 2018
Member of the Platform Team that delivered the USAF Distributed Control Ground System
Trained and coached Agile Release Trains (~50 people each) in transition from traditional to Safe/Agile methodology
Performed and provided SAFe/JIRA metrics
Provided Software Problem Report clustering, analysis, and metrics for GPS OCX and OCS ground systems
Reviewed and provided comments to the Government customers on software requirements, Test Plans, and Procedures
Awarded Angel Jordan (AJ) Award for Customer Service in 2017
Software Application Engineer, SAIC/Leidos Corporation, El Segundo, 2008 to 2013
Served on Software Panel Assessment Team that delivered expert software/systems engineering to an award-winning Independent Readiness Review Team (IRRT) focusing on mission assurance, risk assessments, and mitigation strategies; reported to the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Commander
Awarded USAF/SMC/EN SETA of the Year in 2009 by the Government customer
Senior Software Engineer, Boeing (DRS Technologies), Anaheim and El Segundo, 1999 to 2008
Developed software requirements, design, coding/integration, and testing of newly developed or modified embedded avionics software to prove technology feasibility
Developed and integrated hardware and software to set-up two electro-optical subsystems
Added remote Command and Control capability via Ethernet (TCP/IP) communications to an existing subsystem
Designed, developed, and integrated the above electro-optical subsystems with a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) tracker and subsequently integrated with the legacy Command and Control software
Positions prior to 1999
Software Lead, Boeing (McDonnell Douglas), Long Beach, 1989 to 1999
Software/System Lead for Boeing WGS Block upgrade to a Scalable Inertial Reference Unit (IRU), 4-dimensional vs 3 dimensional, on Boeing 601 Bus Flight Software
Software lead for the C17 transition from Jovial to Ada Real-Time embedded software which was migrated from MILSTD-1750 to a MIPS R4400PC processor
Awarded McDonnell Douglas C-17 Golden Eagle Award for heroic efforts on the C-17 aircraft
Software/Systems lead for Boeing/DRS modification to existing Kiowa TV and Infrared tracker. Supported numerous presentations of newly developed hardware and software upgrades to a Redstone Power PC using Greenhill’s Integrated Development Environment and Operating System
Software Configuration Management, Martin Marietta (Lockheed Martin), Denver, CO, 1983 to 1989
Performed requirements specification preparation and configuration management on various Department of Defense and NASA programs--including proposal preparation for new contracts
Education:
Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1983
Certifications:
SAFe Program Consultant (SPC5), Scaled Agile Inc, 2015
Programming in C, California State University Extension Services, 1996
Programming in Ada, Coastline Community College, 1995
Skills & Tools:
Ada, C, C++, Jovial
Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements (DOORs)
MS Windows, RedHat, Linux
PowerPC, Mil-STD-1750 - processors
Avionics Software Development
Integration/verification and validation testing for various software components and products
Coaching SAFe/Agile Transformations
Training and Teaching Lean/Agile Methods
Managing all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Working knowledge of Systems Engineering
Working knowledge of Program Costs, Schedules and Earned Value Management
Security Clearance:
Top Secret/SCI
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