ericwescott

11/4/2014
Westwood, NJ

Position Desired

Project Engineering
Westwood, NJ
Yes

Resume

Summary
Results oriented project engineer with experience managing small and large engineering teams to deliver product development programs. Experienced with multiple industries and technologies.

Employment Experience
DRS Technologies Oakland, NJ
Project Engineer Jan 2011 to Present
• Senior Project Engineer. Project engineer for an Avionics program, managing a team of up to 40 engineers, developing a Map/Video system for the F-15. Program budget of $27MM. Brought onto program during qualification phase to run recovery schedule. Program recovered back to plan and delivered milestones on track leading to program closeout.
• Program Manager. Served as program manager for Flight Recorder program, managing all customer interactions, production, and program budget in addition to continued project engineering responsibilities.
• Project Engineer. Project engineer leading multiple engineering programs, managing a team of 4-8 engineers. Responsibilities covered 5 concurrent programs, developing Flight Recorder systems for military aviation applications. Program budget up to $4MM (total value $8MM). Responsible for engineering budget, milestone delivery to schedule, and team performance. Served as technical interface to the customer.

DHS Systems, LLC Orangeburg, NY
Project Engineer Apr 2007 to Dec 2010
• Project Manager. In three year period, delivered 4 major projects, each creating new product offerings for the company, in addition to over 20 minor projects. Projects included product development and product improvement projects, covering from conception through production delivery and support. Drove to define project scope, budgets, and schedules from project charter. Directed other engineers, vendors, and individual contributions.
• Lead Electrical Engineer. Served as primary electrical engineer for the company through a period of 30-50% annual growth, with extensive interdepartmental support and championing of new product offerings.
• Strategic Initiatives. Executed several strategic initiatives to improve company processes and enable cost savings. Major contributor to multiple R&D grant proposals.
• Supervision, training and mentoring of entry level engineer.

Sargent Manufacturing New Haven, CT
Electromechanical Product Development Engineer Feb 2006 to Feb 2007
• Project Manager. Manager of new product development, involving two product variants to be delivered under sister companies. Lead a team of 4 engineers in a remote office. Managed schedule, resources and scope creep, against evolving requirements. Ensured design for manufacturability as well as functionality through extensive interdepartmental communication. Developed marketing materials to communicate product message.


IPC Information Systems Fairfield, CT
Hardware Engineering Consultant Dec 2004 to Feb 2006
• Detailed Design Engineer. Performed detailed electronic hardware engineering tasks. Scope of work included PCB and schematic redesign, VHDL programing for CPLD, board and design updates. Multiple troubleshooting efforts to investigate failure issues from fielded systems. Engineering analysis and small project work to support department.

Chesapeake Sciences Corporation Millersville, MD
Telemetry Design Engineer Jan 2001 to Jun 2004
• Detailed Design Engineer. Performed hardware development covering the entire design cycle. Project based design work with schematic capture, VHDL programming ...

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