William Saslow
NARRAGANSETT,RI
Summary
Veteran Principal Engineer with 40 years managing company-wide efforts to achieve product leadership and service superiority. Attentive to both fluctuating business goals and shifting personnel competencies requirements. Demonstrated success at increasing revenues by carefully weathering dynamic technical environments and dangerous market shifts.
Overview
40
40
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Principal Engineer
Raytheon
Portsmouth, RI
01.1989 - 05.2024
- Created technical requirements documents to ensure product specifications are met.
- Provided guidance to junior engineers on design principles and best practices.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive design, development, testing and validation plans for complex engineering projects.
- Conducted system-level performance evaluations to identify areas of improvement.
- Performed root cause analysis on manufacturing issues to determine corrective action plans.
- Established testing procedures for design verification activities including environmental stress screening tests.
- Trained personnel in the use of new processes or equipment related to engineering projects.
- Prepared presentations for customers demonstrating features, benefits of company products, services.
- Managed budgets related to engineering projects ensuring all expenses remain within allocated limits.
- Planned, designed and managed various kinds of engineering projects.
- Devised and initiated engineering solutions to variety of project and design issues.
- Optimized project development and roll-out through in-depth technical research and analysis of risk-reward scenarios.
- Authored documentation for standard operating procedures (SOPs), designing quick, effective manuals for implementation.
- Evaluated software development project plans and recommended adjustments.
- Performed testing to determine functionality or optimization.
- Generated technical reports for customers.
- Prepared estimates and budgets.
- Created accurate project specifications, documenting in technical manuals.
- Conducted analyses addressing failure, reliability or yield improvement.
- Researched feasibility, design or performance of components or systems.
Engineering Manager
Marine Safety International
Great Neck, NY
10.1986 - 12.1988
- Created detailed reports for senior management on the status of projects and deadlines.
- Provided technical guidance to junior engineers, ensuring all designs met safety regulations.
- Coordinated with other departments to ensure product prototypes were completed in a timely manner.
- Established relationships with vendors to obtain materials at cost-effective prices.
- Prepared budgets for each project and monitored expenditures to stay within financial limits.
- Maintained comprehensive records of engineering activities, including test results, design specifications, changes made during development process.
- Prepared and participated in project design reviews.
- Troubleshot conflicting design and development requirements and special material requirements.
- Monitored internal financial budgets to measure against projections.
- Recommended design modifications to eliminate machine and system malfunctions.
Field Engineer
Sperry Univac
Lake Success, New York
09.1984 - 09.1986
- Monitored system performance using various tools such as SNMP monitoring systems.
- Developed scripts to automate routine tasks associated with network management.
- Analyzed data collected from surveys or interviews conducted with customers regarding their experience with products or services.
- Coordinated with other teams within the organization to ensure successful implementation of projects.
- Utilized knowledge and skills in root cause failure analysis.
- Wrote documentation that would be used in requests for proposal.
- Performed testing to determine functionality or optimization.
- Prepared estimates and budgets.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
State University of New York At Buffalo
Amherst, NY05-1984
Skills
- Embedded Systems Development
- Software Architecture Mastery
- Scalable System Design
- Expert Problem Solving
- Data Analysis Capabilities
- Hardware integration expertise
- System Architecture
- System Design
- Data Modeling
- Software Architecture
- Requirements Gathering
- Database Design
- Engineering Documentation
- Project Coordination
- Project Management
- Technical Drawings
- Process Management
- Time management abilities
- Self Motivation
Affiliations
- Nature Photography
- Fused Glass
- Stone Carving
- Birdwatching
- RPG Gaming
Timeline
Senior Principal Engineer
Raytheon
01.1989 - 05.2024
Engineering Manager
Marine Safety International
10.1986 - 12.1988
Field Engineer
Sperry Univac
09.1984 - 09.1986
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
State University of New York At Buffalo
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