Christopher L. Good
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Lead Avionics Engineer, Shadow 200. Responsible for all flight computer (Athena GS211e/GS311), IFF (Raytheon APX-100/APX-119), and TALS (SNC Tactical Automated Landing System) integration on production system. Lead for simulation systems development for Shadow, Aerosonde (Marines Tier II), Future Combat Systems III, and Warrior (Army ERMP). Sole developer of POP 200/300 payload simulation.
Lead for systems integration, ground test, and senior flight test engineer for Global War on Terror (GWOT) phases 1 - 3, a Shadow improvement program, FY07-08, with government directed upgrades to system. Upgrades included hardware and software additions to system, such as communications relay package, new lithium ion battery, automated altimeter changes when flying into 29.92"Hg airspace, and many other improvements.
Systems engineer responsible for design, execution, ground testing and flight-testing of Shadow TUAV Software Automation 4, consisting of FY07-8 government directed multi-million dollar upgrades to system to increase reliability and ease of use. Coordination required between government requirements, and three major sub-contractors and AAI in both software and hardware integration for almost every interface on the system, to include air vehicle, ground control station, ground data terminal, automated landing system, and air vehicle launcher. Major HILSIM upgrade defined, coordinated, and executed in one month to allow full sensor failure simulation on the ground without endangering flight test assets.
October 22, 2006 Reached five years working at AAI. Received letter of recognition for this milestone and work accomplished over the last five years.
Flight test director for TCDL risk reduction flight test, March - April 2006. Lead avionics engineer for all airborne electronics of revised production TCDL configuration, including system architecture and COMSEC issues for datalink encryption and SAASM GPS.
Lead AAI Unmanned Systems division interface to AAI Training and Simulation division for development of simulation environment for Shadow and Aerosonde training devices. Outstanding Achievement Award Winner, OneTESS Team, 1st Quarter 2006. Outstanding Achievement Award Winner, Enhanced Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training IR&D Team, 4th Quarter 2006.
Lead for test planning and
execution on proposal teams for JP 129, Watchkeeper, FCS III, FCS IV, and ERMP. Outstanding Achievement Award Winner, FCS III/IV
Proposal Team, 1st Quarter 2003. Outstanding
Achievement Award Winner, ERMP Proposal Team, 4th Quarter 2005.
Test Manager, Unmanned Systems.
Responsible for test development, management, and execution of the US Army's Tactical
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) system, the Shadow 200. Coordinate, develop, and conduct
the in-plant and flight government acceptance test procedures (ATPs); coordination of the
manufacturing orders and field-manufacturing orders with these test procedures.
Systems engineer responsible for
development of upgrades to block 1A and block 1B Shadow air vehicles, including
development and testing of automated Shadow Airborne Landing System (SALS).
Developed the TUAV system
specifications for the Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) systems and Full-Rate Production
(FRP) systems. Developed the specifications
for TUAV programs with foreign customers, and continue to develop and maintain the system
in-plant and flight acceptance test procedures, based on inputs from other engineers,
company management, and the US Army’s Program Management Office (PMO).
Flight test engineer for the block
1A air vehicle qualification test program at Fort Huachuca, AZ. Flight test engineer for production block 1A and
1B Shadow 200 TUAV, responsible for running flight acceptance test at Fort Huachuca, AZ. Flight engineer for risk reduction and
qualification testing of block 1B air vehicle at Fort Huachuca, AZ.
Senior engineer responsible for all COMSEC related integration to the Shadow 200 air vehicle. Responsible for the integration, qualification and flight-testing of the Raytheon Mode 4 Identify-Friend-Or-Foe (IFF) transponder. Responsible for the COMSEC integration issues for the Trimble Force 22 Selective Availability / Anti-Spoof Module (SAASM) GPS, fielded on the block 1B Shadow 200 TUAV. Responsible for Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL) COMSEC integration. Lead engineer for SAASM GPS HAE approval from GPSW.
Provided all system integration for
avionics and simulation for MCAP II program with Rockwell-Collins. Letter of Commendation, 2005.
Senior software engineer and system
architect for the AAI Shadow 200 hardware in the loop simulator (HILSIM). This simulator 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. This HILSIM incorporates all components of the
complete Shadow 200 TUAV, allowing for complete test of all interfaces and communications
links with the actual air vehicle in flight mode. AAI
Outstanding Achievement Award Winner, 4th Quarter 2003, for the HILSIM
development. I have briefed the HILSIM
environment to two US Congressmen, Chairman of the Polish Joint Chief’s of Staff,
numerous US flag officers, and every government and industry group to visit AAI unmanned
systems since 2003.
Lead
engineer, system integrator, test engineer, and air vehicle operator for the Piccolo
avionics test flight program. The Piccolo is
a small, self-contained computer and sensor system developed by Cloud Cap Technology of
Oregon. The Piccolo was installed and
integrated to two remote-control aircraft and successfully test flown as part of the CLAW
(Close Light Airborne Weapon) development program. Outstanding
Achievement Award Winner, CLAW Team, 4th Quarter 2003.
Sep 1997 – Jun 2001 Air Force Information Warfare Center, Detachment 1 Fort Meade, MD
Primary Air Force Computer
Scientist in the Information Operations Technology Center – created and managed
center Intranet and Intelink sites. Html and cgi scripting.
Chief, Toolbox Readiness Team
– Manager and lead technical support for $187k FY99 contract. Project manager and
contract officer technical representative (COTR) for directorate level database
development program and web access for that database.
Manager, lead programmer, and
system architect for $250k modeling and simulation effort.
Responsible for infrastructure, computer hardware (systems and network),
operating system installation and maintenance, and application software. Application software consists of > 30,000 lines
of C/C++ code using Microsoft Visual C/C++ w/ MFC. I
briefed this national level modeling and simulation effort directly to the Vice-President
of the United States, Director of Central Intelligence, Assistant Secretary of Defense,
SPACECOM CINC, two Directors of the National Security Agency, numerous flag officers and
congressional staffers.
Received Defense Meritorious Service Medal (page 1) (page 2) and Joint Service Achievement Medal (page 1) (page 2)
Jul 1993 – Aug 1997 Air Force Flight Test Center, Detachment 3 Las Vegas, NV
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. Borland Pascal, Borland C, Ada,
PL1.
Responsible for cross-platform
communications (PC <-> DEC/VAX<-> IBM <-> SGI).
Manager and technical lead for 6
month fast-track tactical air information system.
Custom application for air asset tracking and air space use based on a myriad of
inputs.
Chief, Systems Management Division – Hired and directed efforts of 10 system managers. SGI/SUN/VAX/PC computer systems - responsible for maintenance and upgrades for all systems. Head of flight test support on 24/7 basis.
Received Air Force Commendation Medal (First Oak Leaf Cluster) (page 1) (page 2) and Air Force Achievement Medal
Feb 1990 – Jun 1993 Foreign Technology Division (National Air Intelligence Center) Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Applications programmer/systems
analyst with Applications Systems Division.
Wrote custom timeline & event
graphical database applications. Responsible
for center-wide geographic information systems (GIS) upgrades & new application
integration and training. Wrote terrain
contour/line-of-sight (LOS) applications & satellite ephemeris computational
applications. GNU C, Visual Basic, IBM Fortran 66/77/90, Unix shell scripts.
Responsible for cross-platform
communications (PC <-> DEC/VAX <-> IBM <-> SUN), and new platform
installation & training (SUN).
Programs used: Computer Aided Mapping (CAM / GIS), ARCINFO/ARCVIEW (GIS), Digital Chart of the World (GIS), Oilstock (satellite information / GIS), Galactan (satellite information).
Sep 1989 – Jan 1990 Communications/Computer Officer Training Course Keesler AFB, MS
Project
track team leader. Graduated with 94%
average. Earned my Private Pilot’s
License off-duty.
Jun 1989 – Aug 1989 United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO
Assistant Instructor of Computer
Science
Jul 1985 – May 1989 United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO
Obtained Bachelor of Science,
Computer Science
Programming languages /
computer systems: ADA, Fortran 66/77/90, C/C++, Pascal, BASIC, PL1, UNIX Bourne, C, and K
shell scripts, html, cgi scripting / IBM mainframes, VAX (DEC) mainframes & minis, SGI
mainframes & workstations, SUN workstations, PC desktops. Fortran/ADA/C/Pascal/BASIC
developmental environments on IBM/PC/VAX/SGI/SUN computers.
Additional education: Candidate for Master’s of Mechanical Engineering with 2 classes left, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV. Master's study track is Dynamic Systems and Controls Options and my master's project is a 16 foot wingspan Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The UAV project consists 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.
