Senior System Safety & Human Factors Engineer Resume
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Woodland Hills, CA
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Woodland Hills, CA
Senior System Safety & Human Factors Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Analyzed guidance, navigation, control & situation awareness systems and defined potential failures per MIL - STD-882. Performed Fault Tree Analysis ( Confidential ) using FMEA to quantify the effects of these failures on F-22, F-16 and Airbus A380 airplanes, and specified corrective actions. Identified and designated software safety critical requirements of the F-22 navigation system as a part of the Software Hazard Analysis. Tracked those requirements through closure using DOORS.
- Performed Human Engineering analysis per MIL-STD-1472 to ensure safety of flight in all modes.
- Researched & proposed company-wide Resource Planning tools.
Confidential, Torrance, CA
Engineering Manager of Avionics
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the design, budgeting and scheduling of the avionics and electrical and interior design. Presented multiple proposals to top level management to get budgets and schedules approvals for new developments.
- Designed an all-glass concept for a new integrated avionics system (2 boxes) with simple & intuitive human-machine interface.
- Analyzed Confidential and NTSB accident data and created counter-measures to promote safety (patents) Generated avionics system requirements, tracked flow down requirements and verified their compliance through analysis or test.
- Wrote specifications, and test procedures for verification & validation of requirements.
- Generated Request For Proposals and selected a vendor, and negotiated contracts for simulator, prototypes, and production units.
- Performed integration test and design verification. Presented development plans to many levels of management up to the Chairman of Confidential Company to acquire budgets.
- Compared safety data for different airplanes types (single engine vs. multi-engine and reciprocating engine vs. turbo-props and jets).
- Combined aviation standards with Confidential automotive standards to design and build an ergonomic cockpit. Managed the design of a mock-up that included an avionics simulator
- . Selected and contracted a Human Factor Engineering vendor to evaluate the new avionics simulator and the interior mock-up.
- Performed a market assessment of the new airplane concept by organizing focus groups in 4 cities in the US. 4 different focus groups were conducted in each city.
- A product clinic that was attended by 333 participants was planned and organized as a result.
- Managed and designed the electrical system and subsystems, and electrical harness and equipment installation on the Confidential .
Confidential, Long Beach, CA
Group Manager of the Electrical
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all electrical and avionics design and certification of the Jetcruizer 500 project, a six passenger t urbo-prop, canard configuration, c omposite airplane.
- Specified certification plan to meet FAR 23 requirements. Designed cockpit instrument layout and avionics equipment installation.
- Designed wiring diagrams, harness assemblies, equipment and harness installations.
- Prepared test plans to show compliance with all applicable FAR 23 requirements.
- Received Confidential approval of statement of compliance of Form 8110-3 for all above drawings and reports submitted monthly.
Confidential, Bothell, WA
Program Manager
Responsibilities:
- Managed programs to install In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) on Boeing and Airbus airplanes. Confidential Supplemental Type Certification (STC) to retrofit airplanes was obtained to certify systems installation.
Confidential, Monrovia, CA
Electrical Design Manager
Responsibilities:
- Supervised a team that designed electrical systems and sub-systems of an electric vehicle, and wrote their specifications.
- Was responsible for wiring and harness design, integration, installation and testing.
- Integrated Hughes Power Control Unit into high voltage DC ( Confidential ) and 12V systems.
- Designed the Confidential Power distribution & control, battery heating and charging circuits and specified different components.
Confidential, Elmira, NY
Senior Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Redesigned DC power system to eliminate the battery/battery charger/radio problem.
- Tested and was troubleshooter of systems and components to implement corrective actions and to improve reliability.
- Generated wiring and harness documentation.