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SENIOR SPACE SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEER
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Accomplished engineer with over 18 years experience. Unique blend of electrical engineering, systems engineering and project management covering: spacecraft, aircraft, launch vehicles, satellites, and test facilities with commercial, civil and military customers.
Known for being an adept problem solver with with a stellar record of safety and customer service. Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously with high professionalism and accuracy. Adept at short- and long-term electrical system troubleshooting.
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Accomplishments
- Saved 5% productions costs by identifying strategic improvements to product life cycle during a New Product Development process.
- Redesigned company project and process flow to focus on initial quality design to include early audits. Resulted in 50% reduction in costly revisions.
- Hand-selected by executive management to serve as lead designer for all spacecraft. Support multi-system simulation activities including threat technology.
- Successfully designed schematics for over 100 spacecraft.
Professional Experience
Senior Space Systems Design Engineer12/2006 to CurrentSafran GroupSanta Rosa , CA
- Prepare and review engineering plans, specifications, project schedules, designs, circuit diagrams, and estimates for all projects.
- Manage real-time failure contingency process during launch anomalies to ensure successful recovery of satellite lifetimes.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to design structural modifications of aircraft and systems. Engineer structural modifications for the following: XM Radio, IntelSat, Asia Sat, Siruis, Optus, Spain Sat and numerous other satellites.
- Use 2D CAD modeling tools to design and improve systems meeting FAA standards; communicate with regulatory authorities for approvals on design deviations.
- Create drawing time-lines, instructions, specifications and documentation for programs and equipment, devices and parts for commercial systems.
- Prepare technical reports summarizing work performed and results.
- Perform thorough data and ECO (engineering change order) review and demonstrate follow-through on issues.
- Analyze interconnects for system reliability as inputs are collected and verify them against the intended design.
- Manage work-flow of 10 member engineering team.
Senior Research and Development Engineer02/2004 to 12/2006Polar TankGatesville , TX
- Conceived solutions to improve high resolution analog measurements and increase production quality.
- Contributed to increased throughput by rapidly diagnosing and correcting issues that impacted baseline performance.
- Planned development of integrated schematics for satellite programs.
- Managed efforts of all part-time and temporary support staff required to produce large volume schematics.
- Created drawings using OrCAD Capture and maintained control of revisions.
- Interacted with STE, VE, Database, and Harness Engineering to facilitate S/C integration and integrity of documentation.
- Assessed integrity /interplay of database, wirelists, ICDs, ECOs, and STIRs during schematics development.
- Managed design reviews of new harness, wirelists, and schematics engineering tools and provided assessment with respect to program adoption.
Senior Design Engineer06/2000 to 02/2004Space Systems/LoralCity , STATE
- Planned the process of troubleshooting, safety measures, data escalation and observation of system operations to ensure compliance.
- Researched new methodologies and developed new procedures to apply principles of electrical theories to the projects.
- Planned schedules for release of schematic books and assisted in cost estimates for schematic development.
- Collected basic data (thermistor and heater lists, ICDs, SCE tray stack, block diagrams, etc.) and prepared schematic layouts for all subsystems (Comm, Power, ADCS, SCE, Mechanisms and Thermal).
- Reviewed ICDs and developed functional circuit representations for schematics.
- Incorporated database and wirelist information into layouts.
- Analyzed layouts for design errors (wiring and database errors) and informed appropriate group when corrective action was necessary for ECO generation.
- Analyzed ECOs and determined required changes to the schematics across appropriate programs.
- Performed highly specialized design, research, and analysis on a project-by-project basis.
- Collaborated with design team to bring concept to visualization.
- Prepared electrical drawings and specifications.
- Coordinated with reproduction and art departments.
- Prepared technical reports summarizing work performed and results.
- Maintained, improved, and documented the schematics development process.
- Maintained open channels of communication between programs and departments for common issues.
Education and Training
Master of Science: Physics - Solid StateConcordia UniversityCity, Canada
Bachelor of Science: PhysicsAleppo UniversityCity, Syria
Additional TrainingContinuing Education
Satellite Industry and Systems, Space Environments, Satellite Design Process, Performance Verification, Launch Vehicle Systems and Basic Orbit Dynamics.
Technical Skills
Programs: OrCAD Capture, Auto CAD, Adobe Photo Shop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw and Microsoft office.
Standards: MIL-DTL-2212, MIL-STD-1399/461D; IEEE, NEC, IES, OSHA, ANSI and CA Title 24.
Platforms: PC and Macintosh, Windows and Mac OS X.
Languages
- English - Fluent
- French - Proficient
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School Attended
- Concordia University
- Aleppo University
- Continuing Education
Job Titles Held:
- Senior Space Systems Design Engineer
- Senior Research and Development Engineer
- Senior Design Engineer
- Design Engineer
Degrees
- Master of Science : Physics - Solid State
Bachelor of Science : Physics
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