Optical Software Engineering Manager

Photon Engineering

Aug, 2019 - Present

• -Expert in high performance CPU and GPU physically-based engineering ray tracing
• -Lead architect and author of complex C++ and C# optical engineering and ray tracing software products
• -Manage and supervise a team of software engineer direct reports
• -Mentor and coach team members, providing guidance in technical problem-solving, career development, and performance improvement.
• -Add high quality new code, modify existing code, and produce documentation for FRED optical engineering software.
• -Develop complex graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with MFC and WPF

Senior Electro-Optics Sensor Analyst

Raytheon Company

Apr, 2015 - Aug, 2019

Technical

• -Produced structured and robust software tools from scratch and tailored existing tools to evaluate various EO sensor performance characteristics against product requirements.
• -Conducted peer reviews and provided thorough, clear, and concise documentation of algorithms and code implementation.
• -Developed algorithm requirements, analyzed system performance, and developed solutions to a variety of technical problems of large scope and complexity
• -Applied deep knowledge of infrared detectors, readouts, optical systems, cryogenics, EO electronics, and semiconductor physics.
• -Identified and optimized tests and test processes to streamline and eliminate redundant and unnecessary testing while maintaining the highest levels of quality and mission assurance. On one program, eliminated days of test time per unit.

Laser Diode Manufacturing Engineer

Lasertel

May, 2014 - April, 2015

Manufacturing and Yield Improvement

• -Designed, reviewed, and monitored high power semiconductor laser packaging and manufacturing processes.
• -Designed and set up new manufacturing equipment and processes to improve repeatability and reliability.
• -Transfered new products to production line; designed production processes for maximum yield.
• -Responsible for reducing bottlenecks and scrap.
• -Responsible for identifying major yield points and driving improvements to increase yield, throughput, and production capacity.
• -Lead processes improvement teams. Within first three months of employment, scrap rate for top three products by volume had decreased by 75%, 63%, and 38%.

Quality

• -Built and implemented factory-wide SPC solution from scratch.
• -Provided and improved documentation and quality control in production lines.
• -Trained operators to follow written work instructions. Audited production lines to verify procedures were being followed.
• -Specified, wrote, and maintained work instructions, travelers, and workmanship criteria.

Systems Engineer

Raytheon Company

July, 2006 - May, 2014

Technical

• -Design, trade studies, prototyping, integration, test, and production of high performance visible and infrared camera systems, focal plane arrays, detectors, optics, and readout circuits.
• -Substantial knowledge and experience in military and aerospace imaging and cameras, imaging and non-imaging (illumination) optical systems, semiconductor (silicon, III-V, and II-VI) technology and fabrication, image processing, and sequential (ZEMAX) and non-sequential (ASAP) optical CAD software.
• -Expert in HgCdTe MWIR, LWIR, and two-color infrared imaging cameras and systems.
• -Camera test and demonstration systems: Dalsa, Pulse Instruments, and SE-IR.
• -Design, production, and utilization of complete infrared camera test bed: bias generation, clock timing, A/D conversion, radiometry, cryogenics, optics, cabling, software, signal conditioning, and MATLAB analysis.
• -Wrote custom infrared camera test automation software for Windows in C#.
• -In dozens of cases, produced unique and novel engineering solutions to technical problems across a wide range of disciplines, resulting in reduced defects and the elevation of millions of dollars of potential scrap hardware to compliance.
• -Optimization of performance specifications to reduce rework, increase product yield, and reduce cost.

Program Management

• -Directly responsible for cost, schedule, and technical excellence of high performance space-based infrared camera and optics programs.
• -Strong track record of continuous improvement in cost and schedule execution across multiple programs.
• -Wrote multiple statements of work for several multi-year multi-million-dollar infrared camera programs.

Quality and Supplier Management

• -Extensive experience with AS9100 and ISO9001 processes and concepts, including document and process control, quality assurance and audits, supplier source and first article inspections, failure analysis, root cause and corrective action, and process and configuration audits.

Introduction to FRED

4-day Course

Photon Engineering

Feb, 2020

C / C++ Programming Certificate

University of California San Diego Extension

2018

Six Sigma Green Belt

Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering

Arizona State University

March, 2015

Introduction to ASAP

4-day Course

Breault Research Organization (BRO)

Feb, 2011

Raytheon Six Sigma

Certified Specialists

Raytheon Company

May, 2007