Engineer Project
Resume:
John R. McGregor
Houston, TX
qqrk3a@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Systems engineer and front-room certified NASA Mission Control officer with ten years of experience in project engineering and manned spaceflight operations, working primarily with state estimation (instrumentation) and control systems. Goal is to transition to a project engineering role in the energy industry in the Houston area.
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, May 2001
EXPERIENCE
Space Shuttle Mission Control Officer / Test Engineer, United Space Alliance
2006-Present
• Selected as one of four GNC (Guidance, Navigation and Control) engineers to man the front-room GNC console for the historic final mission of the Space Shuttle Program; successfully led GNC operations and managed both mission operations and engineering support teams during each shift on console.
• Supported thirteen Space Shuttle missions from the Mission Control Center, including three missions as a front-room controller with final authority for GNC systems management, successful mission execution, and crew safety.
• Achieved certification at three positions in the Mission Control Center (MCC) for Space Shuttle: Orbit GNC, Ascent/Entry Sensors and Orbit GNC Support.
• Awarded USA employee of the year for role on the STS-117 attitude control recovery team which developed and executed a plan to recover International Space Station control capability following the complete loss of Russian computer systems.
• Selected by NASA Mission Operations Directorate management to demonstrate MCC/Houston real-time operations capabilities to future NASA commercial spacecraft vendors, leading to the selection of the Directorate as the commercial spacecraft operations subcontractor for two private spacecraft vendors.
• Current primary role is as a navigation hardware integration and test engineer for the Orion spacecraft. This task primarily includes integration of hardware and software in real-time simulation, execution of hardware/software test scenarios, and post-test performance analysis, including development of interface software and post-processing software in C++ and MATLAB.
• Received a NASA on the spot award for role in the rapid development of test equipment and test plan to piggyback a prototype Orion GPS receiver on an Orion parachute system drop test; the results of this test have been instrumental in increasing the technical readiness level of the Orion GPS and its novel fast-acquisition system. This task included last-minute integration of a standalone data recorder to log GPS serial communications data to a flash memory card, and development of software to rapidly convert this data to be compatible with existing analysis tools, thereby avoiding the need for late changes to the test vehicle data collection system.
• Lead for development of GNC crew displays for the Orion vehicle currently being used by the astronaut office in human factors and operability studies. Received a NASA Space Flight Awareness Award for this work.
Systems Engineer (GN&C), Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
Dec 2002-Jan 2006
• Lead for an Independent Research and Development (IRAD) project that successfully developed and demonstrated a new anti-jam navigation architecture for tactical strike weapons (Ultra-Tightly Coupled GPS/INS).
• Performed project management tasks on IRAD project including schedule development, hardware procurement, budget management and presentation of quarterly senior management status reports; successfully demonstrated the technical feasibility of the project and acquired additional funding to further develop the system beyond the company’s initial commitment.
• Performed software engineering tasks on IRAD project including development of embedded C++ code to implement new high-rate GPS receiver tracking loop control algorithms, and integration of a new model of GPS receiver with existing weapon hardware and software.
• Successfully demonstrated performance of the new Ultra-Tightly Coupled navigation architecture in software simulation, hardware in the loop simulation and dynamic van testing.
• Integral part of a team that developed tested and deployed a militarized wide-area differential GPS enhancement system and inertial navigation system for the Small Diameter Bomb program.
• Supported guidance, navigation and control tasks including embedded flight software development (C 6-DOF weapon simulation development (FORTRAN, MATLAB and Simulink), Kalman filter covariance analysis, GPS jamming analysis, and hardware in the loop and flight test execution for multiple strike weapon programs.
Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
July 2002-Dec 2002
• Developed a detailed timeline for Small Diameter Bomb flight tests and operational mission, which included integrating inputs from all weapon design disciplines (software, mechanical, control systems, range safety, warhead, etc)
• Developed and maintained an environmental specifications document (DOORS, MS Word) for the Small Diameter Bomb program.
Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, June 2000-June 2002
• Developed a discrete control system to mitigate perturbations to hypervelocity kinetic energy projectile trajectories, and demonstrated system performance in simulation (MATLAB).
• Performed control system research and development of technical reports and seminars for DOD customer.
TEAM SKILLS
• Extensive team leadership experience in a high pressure fast paced environment demanding timely and accurate decision making (manned spaceflight operations).
• Experience leading small projects and working as an integral member of very large projects.
• Excellent written and oral communicator
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Extensive experience in MATLAB/Simulink, gnu C/C++, Visual C++, FORTRAN, and embedded C++ programming (Green Hills)
• Extensive experience in the test and development of aerospace vehicle control systems, including GPS and INS, digital communication protocols (RS-232, RS-422, HDLC, MIL-STD-1553, Ethernet, shared memory, etc), and integration of instrumentation and controls hardware and software.
• Comfortable on Windows, UNIX/Linux and Apple systems
• Expert user in MS Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint
AWARDS
Lockheed Martin MFC Excellence Award, 2004
Lockheed Martin MFC Systems Engineer of the quarter, 1st quarter 2005
USA Performance Award (GPS Implementation Team), July 2007
USA Employee of the Month – Teamwork, August 2007
USA Employee of the Month – Technical Achievement, October 2007
USA Employee of the Year – Teamwork, 2007
NASA Space Flight Awareness Award – 2011
NASA On the Spot Award – 2012
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Instrument-Rated Commercial Pilot
Front-Room Certified Space Shuttle Mission Control Officer
CLEARANCES
Secret/COMSEC (last used 1/2006)
NASA PRP (current)
INTERESTS & HOBBIES
Family activities, Church leadership, Golf, Cooking, Automotive maintenance and computer tuning
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