DOUGLAS J. DE CLUE
Orlando, FL *****
SYSTEMS/ATE ENGINEER
Automated Test Equipment Engineer with over 15 years of experience developing custom solutions in Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, Telecom and Biomed industries. Highly skilled in engineering large scale software applications for control, data acquisition, and testing of real time and mission critical hardware devices. Experienced with and possessing a high level of proficiency with NI LabVIEW, TestStand and LabWindows/CVI. Demonstrated ability to write highly parallel large-scale applications that are multithreaded and thread-safe using queues, semaphores and notifiers in combination with dynamically launched VIs.
TEST INSTRUMENTATION
DMM
RMS Voltmeter
Digital Storage Oscilloscope
Spectrum Analyzer
Electronic Signal Generator
Power Meter (RF)
Frequency Counter
Scalar and Vector Network Analyzers
Vector Signal Analyzer
PROGRAMING LANGUAGES/TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS
National Instruments LabVIEW/ LabWindows/TestStand CANBUS
Microsoft Visual C#.net IEEE-488.2/GPIB/HPIB
Microsoft C++1.52-6.0,.net J1708/J1850/J1939
Microsoft Visual Basic 2.0-6.0,.net ARINC
TCP/IP Multithreaded Client/Server Mil-STD 1553B
Microsoft OLE Automation/Active X RS-232/422/449/485
Microsoft DirectShow/Open GL SCPI
Python SCSI
Altium Designer TCP/IP/UDP/IP
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Helical Communication Technologies, Quality Assurance Manager/Aerospace Engineer, Rockledge, FL 2017-2024
Developed deployer control software for electrically deployed antennas using Visual Basic.
Developed automated test system for antenna RF anechoic test chamber using Visual Basic and Microsoft Excel.
CubeSat deployable antenna design, development, test and manufacturing for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) application.
Created multiple printed circuit boards using Altium Designer for a variety of antennas that include RF phasing and matching circuitry, hybrid coupler devices, motor controllers, and DC-DC converter.
Authored quality procedure, non-conformance procedure, engineering change notice, and return materials authorization documents for manager.
Oversaw qualification testing and acceptance test procedure for antenna hardware under GSFC-STD-7000A environmental testing for vibration, shock, and thermal vacuum (TVAC) testing procedures.
Designed quadrifilar helical antennas (QHAs) using Antenna Model and AN-SOF (method-of-moments simulation software) for 400, 407MHz, 855-930MHz, 2120-2330MHz (S-band), 3300MHz, 5000MHz, 108-136MHz (VHF aviation band), 156-162MHz (VHF marine and weather band), GPS/GNSS (1575MHz).
Culverson Software, ATE Engineer, Orlando, FL
LabVIEW software development.
Med-Tek, LLC, Software Engineer, Coral Gables, FL
LabVIEW software development.
Orbital Sciences Corporation Software Quality Analyst, Sterling, VA
Developed LabWindows/CVI and TestStand software to test Cygnus/X power management system.
DME Corporation, Senior Test Engineer, Orlando, FL
Developed Test EZ test executive using LabView.
Developed LabVIEW drivers for J1708/J1850/J1939/CANBUS vehicle data acquisition.
Developed and updated test system for Javelin anti-tank missile command launch unit (CLU).
Developed Visual Studio based applications in MSVC/C++, Visual Basic, MSVC# for DLLs, ActiveX clients and servers, MFC apps, ATL, Direct X, and OpenGL both for stand-alone applications, as well as, for extending LabVIEW functionality.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
FAA Licensed Private Pilot, Single Engine Land – 215 hours total flight time