PROGRAMS:

COMPANIES:

• Lockheed Space Operations Company
• Martin Marietta
• McDonnell Douglas
• NASA

LOCATIONS:

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Patrick Air Force Base

POSITIONS:

Systems Engineer -- ITT Industries/Systems Division
AeroSpace Technologist (AST) -- National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Programmer/Analyst -- Martin Marietta Aerospace
Test Engineer -- McDonnell Douglas Technical Services Company
Software Quality Assurance (SQA) -- Lockheed Space Operations Company

COMMENTS:

Worked for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center in the early years of the Space Shuttle program, including Guidance, Navigation, Flight Control Systems and supporting avionics (including propulsion systems and landing gear) software integration/test/simulation/modeling and performance analyses for U.S. Space Shuttle Pathfinder Orbiter.  Communications/RF systems (command and control, Ku-Band and S-band antennae/radar and signal processing, EMC/EMI, CCTV).  Optical alignment of cargo bay’s Robot Arm).  Malfunction/failure software analyses of engineering systems and components.  Returned to PAFB on the Space Lift Range System (SLRS) Project for modifications and upgrades to launch site range safety systems.  Received Group Achievement Award for 1^st Shuttle mission and is a graduate of Florida Institute of Technology.  Not quite retired!