Steven Schucker
Belle Mead,NJ
Summary
Detail-orientated Software Engineer with 10 to 15 years of experience defining, decomposing, allocating system and software requirements for aircraft/spacecraft flight systems. Skilled in programming white box, black box software verification test procedures using C, C++, ADA, and Python computer languages.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Belcan Engineering
12.2021 - 02.2024
- Crafted functional test procedures in python, verified space plane embedded C++ flight software detected thermal control system (TCS) pump faults and switches pump control
- Executed, debugged, and fixed TCS functional test procedures using VSCODE IDE, solved test procedure problems
- Defined, decomposed, allocated main engine controller system requirements using DOORS, solved BE4 booster engine system problems
- Reviewed space vehicle software test case descriptions using SMARTBEAR
- Reviewed oxidizer, pre-burner, fuel burner valve controller software test procedures programmed in RUST.
Lead Software Engineer / Consultant
Avionic Instruments
07.2019 - 04.2020
- Defined, decomposed, allocated software requirements for power electronics frequency converter, solved requirement gap problems found during DO178C SOI2 Design Audit
- Programmed software test procedures in C, verified frequency converter embedded software solved aircraft bus wild frequency problem.
Software Verification Engineer
Cyient
11.2018 - 06.2019
- Executed Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) conformance tests, verified supplier Operating System Segment and Transport Services segment software implemented FACE specification safety and security profiles
- Reviewed software supplier design documentation, issued verification statements to software suppliers.
Software Test Engineer / Consultant
BAE Systems
10.2017 - 10.2018
- Reviewed software requirements using DOORS and SMARTBEAR, verified radio system requirement baseline changes
- Programmed radio waveform unit tests in C++, verified radio waveforms implemented software requirements on new ARM architecture.
Systems Requirements Engineer / Consultant
United Technology Company
01.2017 - 05.2017
- Defined, decomposed, allocated system requirements using DOORS, verified SLAT/Flap flight control system scaled from 3 to 4 wing panels.
Software Test Engineer / Consultant
Collins Aerospace
06.2016 - 09.2016
- Created software verification tests in python, verified holding pattern software requirements
- Developed FMS vertical navigation and lateral navigation software models following OOD techniques, UML, and DO178 processes.
Software Test Engineer / Consultant
Honeywell
06.2015 - 11.2015
- Crafted software verification code coverage tests, verified GPS/Inertia Navigation embedded software compliance to DO178 MCDC coverage.
Software Test Engineer / Consultant
BAE Systems
03.2015 - 05.2015
- Analyzed ethernet device driver software programmed in ADA, wrote software design description.
Software Test Engineer / Consultant
Verocel
03.2013 - 11.2014
- Reviewed FMS boot loader software requirements, corrected requirement errors
- Examined FMS boot loader software programmed in ADA, compiled code errors.
Lead Software Test Engineer
International Communications Group
03.2011 - 03.2013
- Created black box software test procedures, verified Iridium satellite communication system software implemented air to land/land to air voice/data call processing
- Critiqued Iridium satellite communication system software design documentation, approved design changes
- Executed software tests, collected software test results, created software test reports.
Software Quality Engineer / Consultant
Universal Avionics
02.2010 - 10.2010
- Audited flight display software tests and test results, verified flight display software compliance to DO178 software quality assurance plan.
Education
Certificate - Data Science Certificate
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA01.2022
Certificate - Applied Statistics Certificate
Penn State University
State College, PA01.2017
Master of Science - Computer Science
DePaul University
Chicago, IL01.1996
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, IL01.1993
Skills
- Aircraft FMS systems
- Spacecraft TCS systems
- Satellite communication systems
- System and software requirements definition, decomposition, allocation
- Software verification
- DO178
- FACE
- Kanban
- Scrum
- Embedded software
- C and C
- ADA
- RUST
- Python
- MS Office
- DOORS and JAMA
- CI/CD
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Crucible
- GIT
- SVN
- MIL-STD 1553
- ARINC 429
Affiliations
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- American Society Quality (ASQ)
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Belcan Engineering
12.2021 - 02.2024
Lead Software Engineer / Consultant
Avionic Instruments
07.2019 - 04.2020
Software Verification Engineer
Cyient
11.2018 - 06.2019
Software Test Engineer / Consultant
BAE Systems
10.2017 - 10.2018
Systems Requirements Engineer / Consultant
United Technology Company
01.2017 - 05.2017
Software Test Engineer / Consultant
Collins Aerospace
06.2016 - 09.2016
Software Test Engineer / Consultant
Honeywell
06.2015 - 11.2015
Software Test Engineer / Consultant
BAE Systems
03.2015 - 05.2015
Software Test Engineer / Consultant
Verocel
03.2013 - 11.2014
Lead Software Test Engineer
International Communications Group
03.2011 - 03.2013
Software Quality Engineer / Consultant
Universal Avionics
02.2010 - 10.2010
Certificate - Data Science Certificate
UCLA
Certificate - Applied Statistics Certificate
Penn State University
Master of Science - Computer Science
DePaul University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Elmhurst University
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