Sherry Ann O'Brien

• Oversee daily operations of Integration team, including developing resource plans and profiles, assigning schedule compliant tasks, conduct interviews, making hiring recommendations, and conducting performance reviews.
• Partner with area leaders to prioritize work based on schedule and organizational goals.
• Ensure quality workmanship
• Develop/implement cost reductions processes and efficiency improvements for shop.
• Partner with engineering reviewing work authorizing documents and adapting to frequent changes when necessary.
• Ensure work force are trained and development of skills to support flight hardware processing.
• Forecasting and develop contingency plans for constraints critical to space flight vehicle mile stones.
• Implement continuous improvement projects for area safety and efficiency.
• FY Department budgeting
• Implement and conduct proficiency training
• Goal setting
• Incident reporting, analysis, and corrective actions

Radio Frequency Telemetry Station Communication & Track Engineering Technician

• Test software & hardware, troubleshoot equipment, identify and repair system faults, install/maintain/upgrade RF systems, simulate space flight vehicle, configure RF systems for IF recording, return loss/substitution loss/insertion loss over transition lines.
• Perform weekly, monthly, annual preventative maintenance on fixed radar/antenna systems
• Install antenna couplers on space flight vehicle for testing and verification.
• Managed all calibrations for test equipment and tooling.

Ordnance Technician

• Handle, install, and test ordnance used on deep space flight vehicle.
• Designated Subject Matter Expert. On the job training instructor for new and existing ordnance technicians.

Electrical Technician

• Wire termination and soldering on electrical systems for deep space flight vehicle.
• Research, development, and fabrication of space flight propellant flex hoses, wrapped with instrumentation electrical wiring and heaters, the hose housing, motor assembly, and test cables for Goddard projects.

Fiber Optics Technician

• Mate/De-mate fiber. Terminate, fusion splice, inspect, and install on deep space flight vehicle.

Close Out Inspection Technician

• Follow OEM standards and specifications
• Close out inspections for deep space flight crew vehicle.

Space Coast Machinist Apprenticeship Program

• + 13 months of on the job experience in Conventional machining of aerospace parts using HEM saw, rivet installation, straightening, deburr. drill press, lathe, CNC operator, inspection requirements/standards
• Precision measuring tools

Sub-Assembly Manufacturing of Remote Telemetry Units

• Fabricated and tested over 100 units

Telemetry/Electronic Technician

• Installed and field tested Remote Telemetry Units using SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).
• Programmable Logic Controllers, RF transmitters, Yagi antennas, with battery back-up.
• Performed periodic preventative maintenance on telemetry units.
• Performed software updates to PLC in the field per engineering direction/CPU
• Troubleshoot/Resolve electronic malfunction to include switches, starters, and relays.

RF and Electronic Test Equipment

• Loop calibrator, DVM, Sig Gen, oscilloscope

Honorable Discharge

• 4 years Active Duty status
• 4 years Inactive Ready Reserve status
• High level clearance

Certified RF Communications as Operator& Repairer in:

• Fiber Optics (Repair/Install)
• Radar
• Radio
• Antenna
• Cable fabrication
• Air Traffic Landing Systems
• Receivers/Transmitters
• Fiber Optics
• Ordnance (Ammunition & Explosives) handler/transportation/weapons)