Goals
Short-Term:
To serve as a Lead Systems Test Engineer responsible for developing and implementing test plans and procedures, overseeing test execution, and ensuring requirements are verified and validated throughout the software, hardware, and systems engineering lifecycles.
Long-Term:
To serve as a Systems Test Engineer SME responsible for providing expert guidance and leadership to ensure quality and reliability throughout the software, hardware, and systems engineering lifecycles.
Skills
Functional:
Agile & Scrum Methodologies, Field Service Representative, Integration Verification & Validation, Systems Integration & Test, Test & Evaluation, User Acceptance Test
Software:
Bitbucket, Confluence, DOORS, Git & GitHub, JIRA, LabVIEW, MATLAB, TestRail, VersionOne
Experience
Peraton
Systems Engineering Advisor
2025 - present
Serving as a Integrated Product Team Lead to ensure successful sensor integration between the agency I support and its mission partners.
Northrop Grumman
Staff Engineer Systems
2024 - 2025
Developed a test plan that outlined how electrical interface requirements between subsystems would be verified and validated.
Lockheed Martin
Systems Engineer Staff
2020 - 2024
Led regression testing on the mission system software for an airborne platform to ensure code changes did not affect sensor functionality.
Northrop Grumman
Principal Systems Engineer
2014 - 2020
Performed acceptance testing on sensor communications equipment to validate operational system requirements.
ManTech International
Applications Systems Analyst
2012 - 2014
Performed user interface testing on logistical support analysis tools to validate functional and usability requirements.
Raytheon Technologies
Systems Engineer
2011 - 2012
Demonstrated how sensor software could search, acquire, discriminate, and track moving objects.
Education
University of Maryland Global Campus
Pursuing a Graduate Certificate
Systems Engineering
Est. Graduation Date: 12/2026
INCOSE
Pursuing a Certification
Certified Systems Engineering Professional
Est. Completion Date: 08/2025
Scrum Alliance
Pursuing a Certification
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Est. Completion Date: 06/2025
Scrum Alliance
Certification
Certified Scrum Master
Completion Date: 03/2025
University of Maryland Global Campus
Master's Degree
Cybersecurity
Graduation Date: 12/2016
Southern University and A&M College
Bachelor's Degree
Electrical Engineering
Graduation Date: 07/2011
Affiliations
Scrum Alliance
Member
03/2025 - present
INCOSE
Member
02/2025 - present
SUAF-WDC Chapter
Member & Webmaster
01/2019 - present
Exelis C4i
Training
VoIP Systems Management
2014
Comtech Telecommunications
Training
Vipersat Systems Management
2014
Frequentis
Training
VoIP Systems Management
2014