Independent Project Management/Engineering Consultant Resume , MA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Accomplished and versatile project manager/engineer with over three decades of engineering, technical leadership, and project management experience.
Credited with balancing all functional elements of project planning, including resource management, financial controls, scope management, execution and implementation.
Successfully managed projects with annual technical budgets from $4M - $30M - on-time and at or below predicted cost.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Independent Project Management/Engineering Consultant

Confidential, MA

Responsibilities:

Development and Production. Developed system requirements, WBS, Risk Management plan, and Verification and Validation plan for all mobile x-ray inspection products. Product technology includes x-ray equipment, hydraulics, HVAC. Product was produced by an international team operating in the Netherlands. Delivered $27M in product in one year.
Automotive Radar Sensor Design and Process Development. Spearheaded investigation into manufacturing-related performance issues and provided recommendation for product and process improvements.
Project Manager - Test Equipment Development, Atlas/Delta Launch Vehicles - Booster Stage Subsystems

S ystems / Test Engineering Manager

Confidential, Braintree, MA

Responsibilities:

SEPIRB product design upgrade - instrumental in addressing a key design issues. Worked with the subcontractor to define and implement a successful design solution. Product is a safety system for use on USN and RN submarines.
Applied principles and procedures of MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-464 to plan and execute all EMI testing, ensuring product robustness and functionality in the target environment. Familiar with all aspect of EMI test equipment, control software (TILE ), UUT setup, grounding and bonding, etc. Familiar with all aspects of EMI control, including culprit/victim shielding, design considerations to reduce parasitic coupling, surge suppression, etc. Provided technical guidance and design recommendations to both customers and subcontractors to ensure EMI requirements compliance. Authored all test plans/procedures and reports for products tested.
Directed key personnel from requirements analysis and product concept through critical design review (CDR). Successfully obtained customer acceptance at CDR.
Developed key organizational process assets to streamline document generation, providing a unified approach to requirements development, hazard and reliability analysis, and test documentation - in accordance with company CMMI directive.

Senior Engineer/Project Manager

Confidential, Middletown, RI

Responsibilities:

Developed at-sea tests for Confidential sonar systems - surface ship system development - including winches, cranes, towfish, instrumentation, and data collection. Undersea component test preparation - GPS/time synchronization and data collection.
Mission software coordinator (passive tracking system) for Confidential test.

Principal Systems Engineer

Confidential, Portsmouth, RI

Responsibilities:

System test support, product improvement, system performance modeling, at-sea test and evaluation.
EMI Test and Evaluation Engineer - Planned and executed EMI testing on sonar gear in accordance with MIL-STD-461 for Sonar Transmitter/Receiver equipment, addressing shielding, grounding, and parasitic coupling issues to ensure compliance. Worked with vendor to improve input power filtering to control conducted susceptibility issues on equipment for use on airborne platform.
Software and hardware requirements development, algorithm development, Inertial navigation/vehicle control system development and evaluation, in-water test planning and execution, EVM, requirements verification. Project culminated in a successful 5-week in-water test at a major Confidential test facility.
Radar and RF data link system design - surface search radar system for oil platform surveillance.

Research/Teaching Assistant

Confidential, Dartmouth

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Systems Engineer/Project Manager

Confidential, Warwick, RI

Responsibilities:

Industrial robotic system development - automotive, medical, and entertainment products.
Mechanical design - end-of-arm tooling, degating stations, conveyor systems.
Electrical design - Electrical cabinet layout / harness design, control system design, PLCs.
Injection molding - fully versed in all aspects of injection molding processes.
Developed a 3-station robotic system - manufacturing instrument panels for Confidential .