CHRISTOPHER GOOD
chrisgood@comcast.net
www.chrisgood.co
WORK EXPERIENCE
Textron/AAI Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD
Principal
Systems Engineer, 2008 to present
Systems
Engineer IV, 2001 to 2008
Test and Integration Lead and Lead Avionics
Engineer for Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV), Shadow 200
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Ground and flight testing
o Shadow
200, Shadow M, Shadow M2 - engineering, qualification, and production
acceptance testing of complete system
o Flight
test director, senior flight test engineer, hardware and software integration
lead for over 30 Shadow UAV flight test series in the U.S. and abroad,
resulting in sales to the U.S. military and foreign countries with production
value of over $1B
o Responsible for ground and flight test
definition, structure, and execution
o Lead for test planning for proposals that won US and foreign sales of Shadow, Future Combat Systems III, and Warrior
(Army ERMP)
o Routinely
requested by name from US Army Unmanned Systems Program Office to lead flight
tests
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Hardware and software design and implementation
o Subject
matter expert for three successive generations of Shadow avionics, SAASM GPS,
Hardware In the Loop Simulation (HILSIM), payload simulation, aeronautical
models, automated takeoff and landing systems both GPS and radar based
o Develop
flight, simulation, and data reduction software with automated analysis,
hardware design, and system interfaces
o Integration
lead for new system development and existing system improvements
o Develop
hardware and software roadmaps for system integration
o Sole developer of IAI POP 200/300/300D
(EO/IR/laser designator) payload
simulation
o Senior software engineer and system
architect for Shadow 200 HILSIM that allows AAI to fly the aircraft on the ground, using a proven 6-degree
of freedom (6-DOF) simulator and a real-time digital signal processing hardware
interface for all avionics input/output, incorporating
all components of the Shadow 200 system,
allowing for complete test of all interfaces and communications links with the
actual air vehicle in flight mode
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Management
o Ground
and flight test integration management of personnel and resources for all
aspects of Shadow development
o Management
of the flight line, as test director, and lab assets and personnel, as ground
integration and test lead
o Manage
up to 30 engineers, technicians, and operators for assignments and execution of
test series
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Training
o Recognized
the need for engineers to be trained on the entire system, instead of just one
specific area
o Build
and conduct training classes that are well attended for all engineering staff
o Classes
include avionics overviews and details, simulation training, flight data reduction
and analysis
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AAI Interface/Advisor to FAA for unmanned
system certification in national airspace
·
Researched, built, and presented documentation
to US Air Force GPS Directorate for successful approval of SAASM integration to
Shadow system
·
Delivered HILSIM presentation at Huntsville Simulation
Conference, October 2003
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Promoted within company because of
demonstrated test knowledge and leadership, and recognized technical subject
matter expert on air vehicle hardware and software, and radar automated landing
system
·
Five
years with AAI recognition letter, Ten
years with AAI certificate, Fifteen
years with AAI certificate
US Air Force Officer, July
1989 2001
Air Force Information Warfare
Center, Detachment 1 (Ft Meade, Maryland), Sep 1997 to June 2001
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Primary Air Force Computer Scientist in the
Information Operations Technology Center
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Chief, Toolbox Readiness Team Manager and lead
technical support for directorate level database development program
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Manager, lead programmer, and system architect for
modeling and simulation effort. Application software consisted of > 30,000
lines of C/C++ code using Microsoft Visual C/C++ w/ MFC
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Briefed this
national level modeling and simulation effort directly to U.S. Vice President Cheney, Director of Central Intelligence,
Assistant Secretary of Defense, SPACECOM CINC, two Directors of the National
Security Agency
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Defense Meritorious
Service Medal page 1 page 2, Joint Service
Achievement Medal page 1 page 2
Air Force Flight Test Center,
Detachment 3 (Nevada), July 1993 to Aug 1997
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Applications
programmer/systems analyst with Applications Software Division real-time data
gathering systems, post-missions data reduction systems
·
Chief,
Applications Software Division Directed efforts of 10 application
programmers; manager and technical lead for three-year post mission data
reduction applications development program; responsible for new system
development and legacy system maintenance
·
Chief, Systems Management Division Hired and
directed efforts of 10 system managers; responsible for maintenance and
upgrades for all systems; head of flight test support on 24/7 basis
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Air Force Achievement Medal, Air Force
Commendation Medal (first oak leaf cluster) page 1 page 2
Foreign Technology Division,
National Air Intelligence Center (Ohio), Feb 1990 to June 1993
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Applications
programmer/systems analyst with Applications Systems Division
·
Wrote custom
timeline & event graphical database applications, DTED/line-of-sight
applications & satellite ephemeris computational applications. Responsible for center-wide geographic
information systems (GIS) upgrades & new application integration and
training. Integrated data from
ARCINFO/ARCVIEW (GIS), Digital Chart of the World (GIS), Oilstock
(satellite information / GIS), Galactan (satellite
information)
·
Air Force Commendation Medal
page 1 page 2
United
States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
B.S.,
Computer Science, May 1989
University
of Nevada, Las Vegas
Candidate
for M.S., Mechanical Engineering, (2 classes left), Dynamic Systems and
Controls Options
Project:
16-foot wingspan Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
consisting of airframe and airfoil design and construction, flight computer
design and integration, flight sensor hardware design and construction, flight
sensor to computer design and interface, and flight and ground software
development
Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Masters level computer engineering classes
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
C/C++,
Pascal, PICBASIC, Fortran 66/77/90, ADA, BASIC, PL1
PC,
LINUX, SUN, SGI, IBM, VAX (DEC)
PERSONAL INTERESTS AND SKILLS
Design, build, and fly remote control aircraft
(fixed wing, helicopter, multi-copter) for 25+ years
Aerial photography, hiking, and camping
SECURITY CLEARANCE
Secret - Active; Top Secret SCI/SBI Inactive
