Acumen Scientific

• Requirements Management and Radiometric Performance Analyst

• Subject Matter Expert for Optics, mainly plano filters and windows

Work Experience

 

2025 – Present | Acumen Scientific

Senior Systems Scientist

Technical consultant to industry and US government in all facets of electro-optical sensor systems and focal plane technology.

 

2003 – 2024 | Lockheed Martin, Santa Barbara Focalplane Goleta CA

Lead Systems Engineer / Program Manager

• Advanced Targeting Pod/SNIPER FLIR, both versions, 680 x 480 InSb, 1024 x 1280 nBn

• Infrared Search & Track – IRST LWIR scanning system, using HgCdTe FPA

• Electro-Optical Target System (EOTS) for F-35

• Missile Launch Detector (MLD) for F-22

1999 – 2003| Raytheon Vision Systems/SBRC, Goleta CA

Senior Principal Systems Engineer

• Multi-Color Module – FPA module(s) with proximal mounted butcher-block filters,
  4 imaging bands and 2 SWIR bands for atmospheric sounding

1995 – 1999 |Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Boulder CO

Senior Systems Engineer/Technical Manager

• Imaging FTS for flight demonstration, design and fabrication of imaging LWIR FTS

• Sensor lead engineer for EARTHWATCH satellites (Google Earth)

1986 – 1995| Hughes Aircraft Santa Barbara Research Center, Santa Barbara, CA

Section Head, Strategic Focal Plane Array Test, 1994 –1996
MTS - Electronics, Test Engineer, 1989 – 1994

• Focal Plane Module – 8 InSb FPAs modules, mounted on BE pedestal

• 3256 – InSb FPA development for FPM upgrade w/ 26 detectors in TDI

• Advanced ROIC design and test

Education

Bachelor of Science, BSEE, University California, Santa Barbara - March 1989
Various short courses, such as radiometric calibration and optical system design

 

US Military Active Duty, USMC, July 1977-July 1981

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