William Patrick O’Brien
San Marcos
Summary
Dynamic Senior Systems Engineer with over 9 years experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry. Recognized for exceptional leadership skills and the ability to align cross-functional teams with strategic business objectives to drive performance and achieve critical metrics. Proven track record of navigating complex projects while fostering collaboration and innovation within diverse teams. Committed to delivering high-quality solutions that enhance operational efficiency and contribute to organizational success.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Systems Engineering Manager
Northrop Grumman
04.2025 - Current
- Lead team of 10-15 engineers and provide personnel with career development, employee engagement, mentoring and coaching
- Coordinate with programs for staffing, recruiting, training, preparing and delivering performance evaluations to employees
- Forecast and lead workload for each team member
- Ensure process alignment through the work of direct reports, support program milestone reviews and deep dives, and assists in development and implementation of division objectives
- General Responsibilities
Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
07.2024 - Current
- Technical Lead for NGAS ATDC development effort
- Responsible for managing technical baseline and execution of system design through development life cycle
- Ensure design is meeting customer requirements and quality expectations within given timelines and affordability targets
- Work closely with internal and external customers and stakeholders to achieve program technical objectives
- Perform mentorship and knowledge transfer to increase technical depth of program-supporting engineers
- General Responsibilities
Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
04.2022 - 07.2024
- Integrated Functional Capability (IFC) Lead supporting NGAS ATDC efforts
- Serve as technical liaison to the cross-functional team and work with IPTs to develop and execute IFC plans
- Strong understanding of system requirements, interface control documents, and statements of work
- Utilize Agile methodologies and tools for efficient integration and rapid capability implementation
- Manage supplier activities and serve as primary project POC to customers and key suppliers
- General Responsibilities
DMSMS Engineer
Northrop Grumman
12.2019 - 04.2022
- Technical lead for the DMSMS Engineering team supporting NGAS ATDC efforts from 7/20 to 4/22
- Member of the DMSMS Engineering team supporting Ground Segment Systems for the Triton program from 12/19 to 7/20
- Work effectively with Procurement/Subcontracts, IPTs, external customers, and Program Management to ensure a DMSMS solution is in place prior to program impact
- Analyze and predict future requirements to construct strategic DMS roadmaps for end-of-life subsystems/assemblies
- Develop program metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of DMS activities
- General Responsibilities
Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
08.2018 - 12.2019
- Team member of the Engineering Flight Release Center supporting UAV flight tests for the Global Hawk program
- Coordinate with the Chief Engineer, Flight Test Managers, Systems Safety, Quality Assurance, and applicable Responsible Engineers for all Flight Release Approvals
- Track and assist Responsible Engineers in coordinating troubleshooting and providing dispositions for all Flight Test Activity anomalies
- General Responsibilities
QA Engineer
Lockheed Martin
02.2016 - 07.2018
- Primary Quality Engineer for circuit card, module, and box assembly/test for Civil/Military Space commodities (GOES, Orion, GPS, AEHF, SBIRS) in Electronics Manufacturing Facility
- Lead root cause investigations and corrective action implementation for nonconformance’s, incidents/mishaps, and corrective action requests (CARs) from DCMA, NASA and Air Force customers
- Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineers, Test Engineers, Parts Material and Process Engineering (PMP), and Certified Principal Engineers (CPEs) to define and execute the requirements of the Quality Assurance organization
- General Responsibilities
Education
M.S.E. Engineering Management -
Purdue University
12.2022
Business Management Certificate - undefined
Indiana University
05.2022
Graduate Certificate in Systems - undefined
Purdue University
12.2021
Systems Engineering Certificate - undefined
California Institute of Technology
09.2019
B.S. Mechanical Engineering - undefined
University of Colorado – Boulder
08.2015
Skills
- Systems integration
- System architecture
- Configuration management
- Technical leadership
- System testing
- Continuous improvement
Timeline
Systems Engineering Manager
Northrop Grumman
04.2025 - Current
Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
07.2024 - Current
Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
04.2022 - 07.2024
DMSMS Engineer
Northrop Grumman
12.2019 - 04.2022
Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
08.2018 - 12.2019
QA Engineer
Lockheed Martin
02.2016 - 07.2018
Business Management Certificate - undefined
Indiana University
Graduate Certificate in Systems - undefined
Purdue University
Systems Engineering Certificate - undefined
California Institute of Technology
B.S. Mechanical Engineering - undefined
University of Colorado – Boulder
M.S.E. Engineering Management -
Purdue University
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