The Boeing Company, Test & Evaluation (BT&E)

Principal Software Engineer – Business Operations & Tools: (03/2020 - 11/2020)

Development of business intelligence/analysis tool suite used by program managers, engineers, and executive leadership. Maintained $1.8B/year labor actuals, supporting 3600+ projects.

• Automated core data entry system and visual analytics dashboards for actionable insight.

• Developed product roadmaps, defined Microsoft SQL and PowerBI workflows

• Prioritized cross-functional customer requests, demos, feedback in an Agile environment.

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Simulation Training - New Commercial Vehicle: (02/2019 - 03/2020)

Performed new airplane simulation integration, coordination, and training; developed course curriculums to drive enterprise adoption of model-based systems engineering and simulation use. Drove adoption of MBSE methodologies across a new commercial vehicle development program of 1500+ engineers.

• Mentored design engineers, simulation modeling teams, and management in MBSE fundamentals.

• Led development, production, deployment of program-wide video training curriculum to accelerate design of behavioral models aligned to model standards, testing, traceability, and the overall vehicle verification strategy.

• Received program-level award for video curriculum responsible for driving active engagement within a highly dynamic business environment.

Lead Instructor – Enterprise Learn to Fly a Drone (2.2018 – 11.2020)

Developed curriculum for unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) flight characteristics, performance, maintenance, and regulations. Led flight demonstrations, testing, and training activities.

• Managed maintenance of 30+ vehicle inventory; conducted in-field repairs.

• Scheduled courses and outreach events based on local demand; trained new instructors.

Software Engineer – Flight Simulation Software Labs: (09/2016 - 02/2019)

Developed, maintained, documented and performed usability research for a cross-platform simulation development environment deployed to 200+ users in 3 countries. Application usability ranked in the 90th percentile (System Usability Scale). Selected as the simulation platform of choice for a new commercial airplane program.

• Implemented full-stack software solutions using rigorous process and quality standards throughout the development lifecycle.

• Developed test procedures, executed testing, authored test reports for regression analysis.

• Led UX design across team of 10 engineers; executed research, conceptual design, wireframing, and implementation. Conducted usability research including user interviews, testing, results analysis, and management report out.

• Designed and built a multi-threaded task manager/API to arbitrate hundreds of sub-system models and runtime dependencies.

Real Time Software Engineer – Flight Simulation I/O Systems Lab: (01/2015 - 09/2016)

Performed software integration, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting of embedded VME device firmware deployed to 130+ avionics test benches and full-scale hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) engineering flight simulators.

• Software integration, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting of embedded device firmware written in C/C++.

• Designed single-board computer firmware test pipeline using automated loopback tests.

• Executed regression testing and continuous integration (CI) of beta releases for PowerPC and x86 targets.

Systems Integration & Test, Test Conductor – Lighting and Camera Integration Lab: (05/2012 - 01/2015)

Design and build of multi-disciplinary research test lab to verify and validate aerial refueling operations. Conducted test operations for aircraft lighting systems, performed verification activities, designed test hardware, automated test equipment, and authored test reports.

• Orchestrated development of networked lighting grids, power systems, and processes for safe test measurement and repeatability.

• Automated optical test measurements in LabVIEW, reducing test duration by 74%.

• Authored engineering performance test reports, automated data entry procedures.

• Managed test crew logistics, test safety, and test equipment calibration.
  

Test & Evaluation Engineer – Flight Test Instrumentation and Data Systems: (11/2009 - 05/2012)

Provided technical support of flight test data acquisition systems (ADAMS V) on deployment with 15+ experimental type cert aircraft.

• Developed video streaming app in Linux using ffmpeg and C for real-time remote viewing of distributed camera sensors.

• Conducted root cause analysis of distributed networks for 787 and 747-8 test campaigns.