Brent A. Lougheed

• Integrate Supplier Controllers with Vehicle Management System (VMS): Oversee the integration of supplier controllers into the Vehicle Management System (VMS) for air vehicle platforms, ensuring seamless functionality and system performance.
• Develop and Review Procurement Specification (PSPEC) Documents: Lead the development and review of Procurement Specification (PSPEC) documents to support Request for Proposal (RFP) processes, ensuring clarity and precision in requirements.
• Review Supplier System Requirements and SDRLs: Evaluate supplier system requirements and Supplier Data Requirements Lists (SDRLs), including state diagrams, functional block diagrams, interface control documents, FMECAs, and hazard analyses, to ensure compliance and technical accuracy.
• Support Production Contract Negotiations: Provide support for production contract negotiations, focusing on cost-saving strategies without compromising system performance or quality.
• Coordinate Systems Engineering Activities: Collaborate closely with project managers, project lead engineers, and functional managers to ensure effective coordination of systems engineering activities, delivering results within project timelines.
• Requirements Management and Analysis: Lead the development, management, and traceability of requirements using DOORS, with a strong emphasis on meeting DO-178B standards. Perform functional decomposition, use case analysis, and manage timelines to ensure comprehensive system development.
• Interface Control and Subsystem Coordination: Work with subsystem IPT leaders to develop and manage interface control documents and drawings, documenting interfaces with a focus on redundancy, system reliability, and seamless integration.
• Subsystem Interface Allocation: Collaborate with subsystem engineers to allocate discrete and analog interfaces within a Remote Input Output controller, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of system interfaces.
• System Architecture Development: Utilize PLOC (Probability of Loss of Control) and PLOA (Probability of Loss of Aircraft) analysis to develop and optimize system architectures, ensuring robustness and operational efficiency.
• Testing and Integration: Perform unit testing, regression testing, and integration testing for air vehicle platforms both in a lab environment with hardware in the loop. Analyze test results with a focus on frequency response, rate limits, and boundary tests between controllers and actuators to verify system functionality.

This role requires a highly analytical, detail-oriented professional capable of managing complex system integration tasks, ensuring cross-functional team collaboration, and maintaining a focus on cost efficiency and system reliability.

• Task Loading and Management for Verification Test Engineers: Trained and managed the task loading for a team of 30 verification test engineers, ensuring proper allocation of responsibilities and maintaining optimal productivity across the team, Utilizing Earn value metrics.
• Design, Test, Verify, and Validate Maintenance System Requirements: Led the design, testing, verification, and validation of maintenance system requirements, ensuring they meet the necessary standards and perform effectively in real-world applications.
• Feedback on Requirements Based on Testing Discoveries: Provided critical feedback on requirements when errors were discovered during testing, collaborating with stakeholders to refine and improve system specifications.
• Requirement-Based Testing: Conducted requirement-based testing to ensure comprehensive functional and structural coverage, ensuring all system specifications were properly validated and met.
• Regression and Vector-Based Testing: Organized and performed regression and vector-based testing using a variety of testing methodologies, including unit testing, integration testing, and system testing, to verify the system's robustness and stability.
• Comprehensive Testing for Software Quality: Executed thorough testing procedures to validate software quality and functionality, identifying defects and ensuring that all system requirements were met.
• Test Case Review and Process Improvement: Conducted regular test case reviews to enhance accuracy and efficiency in the testing processes, driving continuous improvement in testing methods and outcomes.
• Verification of System Requirements: Verified system requirements to ensure alignment with client expectations, ensuring the final product met or exceeded all functional and non-functional requirements.
• Automated Test Script Development: Created and implemented automated test scripts to increase testing efficiency, reduce manual effort, and accelerate the testing process, improving overall productivity and consistency.

This role required strong leadership, technical expertise, and a focus on improving testing efficiency and quality while ensuring the alignment of system requirements with client and project needs.

• Review and Management of Systems Documents: Reviewed logic diagrams, Systems Level Requirements (SLR), and High-Level Requirements (HLR) documents generated with DOORS, ensuring accuracy and completeness. Took ownership of managing projects within the Power Settings and Airframe Interface divisions, ensuring alignment with system requirements and project goals.
• Leadership and Team Management: Led a cross-functional team of eight Software Design engineers and three System engineers, providing guidance and direction to plan, monitor, and control the execution of projects within time and budgetary parameters, ensuring successful project delivery.
• Customer Coordination and Prioritization: Coordinated closely with customers to prioritize software development efforts, managing monthly software priorities to align with both customer needs and project timelines.
• Technical Recommendations and Support: Provided technical recommendations and support to client systems administrators and application owners, offering solutions to optimize system functionality and improve overall project outcomes.
• Task Prioritization and Coordination: Took responsibility for prioritizing tasks, utilizing input from managers and senior technical support engineers to ensure optimal allocation of resources and project alignment.
• Multitasking and Progress Reporting: Managed multiple tasks simultaneously, regularly reporting on project progress and ensuring deadlines were met. Consistently provided status updates to leadership teams to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Performance Expectations: Set performance expectations for the team, monitoring progress towards goals and providing constructive feedback as needed.
• Delegated task: Empowered team members by delegating responsibilities according to individual strengths and areas of expertise.
• Documentation and Updates: Maintained detailed implementation documentation, ensuring all records were up-to-date and reflective of project developments. Updated documentation as needed to capture changes and improvements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Technical Presentations to Senior Leadership: Presented a detailed technical approach for each project to senior discipline chiefs, offering insights into project progress, challenges, and proposed solutions to ensure continued alignment with organizational goals.

This role required strong project management skills, leadership abilities, and technical expertise, with an emphasis on effective communication, customer coordination, and documentation to ensure the successful execution of complex engineering projects.

• Engine Control Software Design and Validation: Designed, tested, verified, and validated engine control software for Gas Turbine OEM propulsion systems, ensuring compliance with system specifications and operational requirements.
• System Logic Design and Tools Utilization: Developed logic to meet system requirements using customer proprietary tools as well as industry-standard tools such as Matlab/Simulink, ensuring seamless integration and performance of control systems.
• Test Case and Script Development: Created and executed test cases and test scripts within a simulation environment, assessing software performance and functionality against established requirements.
• Change Analysis and Validation: Analyzed and validated changes to engine control software, ensuring all modifications met functional and safety standards. Results were then presented to leadership in a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) or Critical Design Review (CDR) format.
• Root Cause Analysis and Problem-Solving: Collaborated with senior design engineers to identify the root cause of issues, proposing and implementing solutions to improve system functionality and reliability.
• Test Script and Automation Development: Developed test scripts and software tools to automate various steps in the testing and analysis process, improving efficiency and accuracy while reducing manual effort.
• Customer Consultation and Collaboration: Worked closely with customers during the design and implementation phases of new engine control software, providing expert advice and ensuring alignment with customer requirements and expectations.

This role required a combination of technical expertise in engine control systems, a strong focus on collaboration, and the ability to deliver precise, automated testing solutions while ensuring high-quality, reliable software.