Program Manager System Engineering

James C. Cole Jr.

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Hawthorne, CA 90250 Inactive TS/SSBI (June 2024)

Technical Skills and Abilities

Satellite test/production, analysis of test plans/test planning docs, including QA/CM functions (20 yrs)

Satellite and Aircraft Program and Project Mgmt (25 yrs)

HW/SW requirements definition /flowdown/ validation and verification (DOORS, JAMA); Mission & architecture utility and system sim analysis (20 yrs)

Entire Lifecycle System Engineering, analysis of IR sensor system requirements and test results (20 yrs)

Space vehicle/missile launch and flight mechanics (15 yrs) Numerical analysis programming in FORTRAN and C using Sun/Silicon Graphics/UNIX and PCs (5 yrs)

Satellite ground test anomaly resolution (10 yrs) Proposal development & evaluation (30 yrs)

Construction of various engineering databases;

programming in SQL, MS Access/Visual Basic; VBA (20 yrs)

Assistant Professor, IT Department, Western International University (7 yrs)

Education

M.S., Information Technology, 2002, American InterContinental University, Chicago (online program) Major areas of study: Networking, Java programming, Oracle databases, IT project management. M.S., Aerospace Engineering; 1991, California State University, Long Beach Major areas of study: Computational Fluid Dynamics (including convection heat transfer), Boundary Layer Theory and analysis, experimental fluid mechanics, and advanced numerical analysis. B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; 1983, Illinois Institute of Technology; Chicago Professional Experience

Stratin Engineering, Hawthorne, CA (2024 present) Sr Program Manager

• Program Manager for four unmanned vehicle development programs. Blue Origin, El Segundo, CA (2022 2024) Principal Aerospace Systems Engr

• Systems Engineer; MK1 Lunar Lander. Executed Test Planning development and Vehicle standards development.

• Requirements Lead; Blue Ring program. Managed requirements & allocation across all levels through PDR and CDR. Developed Cybersecurity requirements.

Raytheon, El Segundo, CA (2003 2005) Prin Systems Engr; (2020 – 2022) Assoc Dir, Systems Engrg.

• Responsible for Reqts Allocation Mgmt documentation for NG Polar effort.

• Supported various space proposal Smallsat efforts

• Section Manager for satellite program SE organization. Responsible for 25 systems engineers and the quality of their work products; including payload requirements.

• Responsible for SE test activity, requirements translation to test, and oversight of sensor model development.

• Created and executed test procedures and test planning for the STSS program. The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (2017 – 2020) Sr Project Leader.

• Responsible for leading and working with multi functional, cross organizational teams to design, build, test and deliver complex space science sensors and small satellite systems.

• Manage multiple projects through all phases of development.

• Work with project teams to ensure work is performed in accordance with mission/project requirements, and planned budgets and schedules.

Millennium Space Systems, El Segundo, CA (2016 – 2017) Project Mgmt/System Engineering Consultant.

• Responsible for project management and systems engineering development & oversight for CubeSat programs.

• Develop design and requirements documentation for CubeSat satellite programs. James C. Cole Jr. (page 2 of 3)

Northrop Grumman – Redondo Beach, CA (2005 – 2016) SEIT/Requirements Lead, Saudi Aramco Programs (NGIS; Redondo Beach, CA; 2014 2016).

• Responsible for the leadership and systems engineering oversight for advanced C2 security solutions for various Oil & Gas customers in Saudi Arabia.

Execute and manage requirements analysis and flow down, development of system level and subsystem level specs, verification planning and execution.

• Execute and manage all testing activities. Provide support to design, risk management, and proposal activities. Qinetiq North America, El Segundo, CA ( 2011 – 2012) Sr. Systems Engineer.

• Performed baseline system engineering and program acquisition tasks for a SMC program office via an SE&I contract. Tasks included requirements derivation and management, acquisition strategy, and Configuration Management.

Engineering Manager, Space Products (NGES Woodland Hills, CA; 2009 2011; 2012 2014).

• Responsible for the leadership and technical engineering oversight and performance for gyroscopic inertial system (IMU) development programs.

• Responsible for engineering quality, schedule, and cost performance. Responsible for accurate and timely communication of engineering performance.

• Established and managed performance measurement baseline to include comprehensive engineering requirements, schedules, budgets and metrics.

• Conducted risk and issue management; coordinated resource needs with functional managers. Ensured that customer changes were properly evaluated for quality, cost and schedule impact.

• Generated proposals for the directorate. Briefed program status to upper levels of engineering management. Senior Systems Engineer (NGAS; Redondo Beach, CA; 2005 2009).

Requirements Lead for a spacecraft developmental program; including System Spec development.

Sys Engr/Requirements Lead for Oblique Flying Wing (OFW) program. Authored system level specification and segment level OFW specifications.

Responsible for creation and management of program requirements and DOORS requirements database. Boeing Satellite Systems, El Segundo, CA (2000 2003) Engineering Specialist 5.

• Requirements Verification IPT Lead for the GOES program. Participated in system requirements analysis, definition and allocation flowdown, and managed database for over 5000 allocated requirements. Lead for verification/validation of customer requirements at all levels. Frontier Technology, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (1999 2000) Sr. Systems Engineer.

Performed CAIV/risk/utility architecture analysis for various programs (SBL, Space Lift Range) using FTI developed software tools and engineering processes (integration of systems requirements to develop quality solutions). Primary LA interface for FTI.

Boeing, Downey, CA (1998 1999) Engineering Specialist 4.

• Performed systems requirements analysis on GBI weapon systems architecture; assessed system level requirements allocation sensitiveness, assisted project leader in making system requirements allocation recommendations.

Aerojet Electronic Systems Division, Azusa, CA (1997 1998) Sr. Engineer, Azusa Operations.

Analyzed overall SBIRS mission performance and possible impacts to ground system operation.

Performed and refined requirements analysis functional flow decomposition for SBIRS using RTM. Science Applications International Corporation, Torrance, CA (1995 1997) Sr. Systems Engineer.

Analyzed space environment impacts as part of a study done to track and record these impacts on various USAF space systems.

Participated in study outlining DoD T&E requirements for satellites and ballistic missiles. James C. Cole Jr. (page 3 of 3)

AMCOMP Corporation, Torrance, CA (1992 1995) S. Systems Corporation, Inglewood, CA Sr. Systems Engineer, Los Angeles Operations.

Performed setup, execution, post processing and analyses derived from the various simulation programs for the Boost Phase Interceptor (BPI) program. Developed missile performance code for various missile simulations.

Used requirements trace tools RTM and RDD in requirements definition analyses for current and conceptual space systems architectures.

Conducted analysis and trade studies on missile targets, target requirements and their traceability to top level threat descriptions. Developed study parameters for BPI candidate missiles. Science Applications International Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (1989 1992) Systems Engineer, Los Angeles Operations.

Established Soviet and other foreign offensive ballistic missile threat requirements based on the various Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system mission statements and the results of various computer math model analyses.

General Research Corporation, El Segundo, CA (1987 1989) Member of the Technical Staff, Los Angeles Operations.

Provided Test and Evaluation support during the Demonstration/Validation phase of the Boost Surveillance and Tracking System (BSTS).

Reviewed competing contractor test plans and formulated test philosophy briefings for the BSTS program office. Analyzed projected test requirements for the BSTS production phase. SMC, USAF Systems Command, (Captain, USAF); Los Angeles AFB, CA (1983 1987)

Sensor Project Manager for the various phases of acquisition for the $1.1 billion Defense Support Program

(DSP) sensor and spacecraft multiyear buys.

Served as the technical requirements liaison to verify the DSP 1 design.

Four years of DSP experience in the flight hardware production/test and Launch Site flight verification hardware testing of various DSP satellites.

Monitored various sensor level testing for both Sensor Evolutionary Development (SED) and DSP 1 sensors. Reviewed/verified test plans/procedures for these tests.

Participated on the Government's satellite performance verification for the Launch Site Integrated Satellite Test (IST) for three DSP satellites.

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