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Experienced spacecraft engineer with excellent communication skills. A highly motivated team player constantly seeking opportunities to expand knowledge & skills
WORK EXPERIENCE
2006-Present EADS Astrium
Principal Product Assurance Engineer
· Generation of project PA plan, define and negotiate quality requirements with the customer for suppliers & monitor the implementation of these requirements through frequent communication, inspections and audits.
· Co-ordinate & oversee support functions including SWQA, EEE, PMP, RAMS etc.
· Ensure effective PA support to sub-contract management of equipment suppliers. Facilitation of EQSRs, MRRs, TRRs, TRBs & DRBs. Chairmanship of NRBs and management of NCR Process via EADS Pandora tool and ESA’s NCTS.
· Responsible for AIT Quality Assurance working in house and overseas supporting the mechanical & electrical integration, test and launch campaigns. Preparing and running ACS’s, log books, mate/demate logs, NCR’s etc. Oversee test equipment validation & installation of test instrumentation - thermocouples, accelerometer, strain gauges etc.
2001-2006 EADS Astrium
Spacecraft Operations & Systems Engineer
· Experience gained as integral team member on a number of ESA missions during Phase A, B & C/D. Experience of working under pressure & to tight deadlines gained during Prime bids. Gained valuable cultural experience working on trans-national projects.
· Responsible development of TM/TC database and production of the spacecraft Flight Operations Manuals. Also responsible for maintenance and documentation of spacecraft technical budgets. Providing systems support to analysis and trade-off studies.
· Local specialist on radiation analysis and perform studies for a variety of spacecraft and mission scenarios using Spenvis, Geant4, CRÈME 96 and SYSTEMA software tools.
2000-2001 EADS Astrium/Paradigm
Spacecraft Operations Engineer
· Supported immediate response 24hr pager for a fleet of military communications satellites as a member of on-call team, Liaising daily with military customer (RAF) and subsystem design engineers.
· Trained to support Power, Thermal, Payload and TT&C subsystems. Daily tasks included trend analysis and anomaly investigation & reporting.
1998-2000 Cranfield University Cranfield, Beds.
Part time bar/catering staff
· Customer service, stock-taking and food preparation.
06-09(1997,98,99) Hidden Valley 4-H Camp. NY,
Tripping Director & Assistant
· Numerous camp administrative duties, summer program organisation and various supervisory roles. Progressively responsible positions each subsequent summer.
EDUCATION
1999-2000 Cranfield University Cranfield, Beds.
· MSc Astronautics and Space Engineering
· Thesis: Autonomous Techniques for Spacecraft Navigation.
1998-1999 Cranfield University Cranfield, Beds.
· Preliminary Year
· Project: Asteroid Reconnaissance and Exploitation
1995-1998 Leicester University Leicester, Leics.
· BSc Physics with Space Science & Technology
· Final year project: Martian Exobiology
1988-1995 Sacred Heart Grammar School Newry, Co. Down
· A Levels: English A, Mathematics A, Physics B
· 9 GCSEs grades A & B, including English (B1) and Mathematics (A)
INTERESTS
As a keen sports person I have participated in a wide variety of sports at various levels. During my time at university I captained the women’s soccer team and more recently played for a local club although injury has lead me to take a more active role in coaching during the last number of seasons. I have also taken part in track and field athletics where I gained numerous honours including national titles and was selected to compete internationally on a number of occasions. I am currently an active member of a local triathlon club and when not competing I regularly marshal at local events.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I am very proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite, I have a lot of experience using the DOORS Requirements Management Tool. In 2003 I successfully obtained the EADS Systems Engineering Qualification. I also completed training courses on VIP Gauss and FrontPage which I was able to use in the production of a company focused Career Skills website. Responsible for managing a small team as part of an EOS UK Improvement initiative.
I have a full, clean driving license and current UK Security Clearance.
| 1 month - Discovery | 400 euros | convert |
| 3 months - Bronze | 950 euros | convert |
| 6 months - Silver | 1650 euros | convert |
| 12 months - Gold | 2750 euros | convert |
