Tadele Bayou

1307 Maria Ave, Spring Valley, CA 91977 Work: (858) 618-5188 Cell (310) 897-4346

E-mail: tadele_bayou@yahoo.com

Summary of Qualifications

Over 19 years of systems engineering and project management experience in both the aerospace and commercial sectors.

Performed and led system engineering tasks that include end to end system life cycle analysis such as model based

requirements development, functional analysis, trade studies, risk and mitigation, validation and verification, test and

integration. Experience on Systems Engineering support for rapid Agile based development.

I have knowledge of reliability, supportability and maintainability in relation to hardware and software product lifecycle.

Experience on Earned Value Management System (EVMS) to control cost and schedule impacts on a system.

Education

  · MS Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, San Diego, 2012

  · BS Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles, 1996

Security Clearance:

  · DOD Secret

Professional Experience

Northrop Grumman Aerospace System (NG AS)

Systems Engineer

1/2005 – Present

Global Hawk Weather Radar Project Airworthiness and Architecture Development

  · Supporting the Airworthiness Group on developing the Modified Airworthiness Certification Criteria (MACC).

  · Developing and reviewing Airworthiness Certification evidence for processes, safety, and ground segment by

collaborating with multiple Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).

  · Supported the Weather Radar Architect team on development of architectural products that can be used for

requirements development, design, and test.

Triton Unmanned System project

  · Led System Requirements Verification team for Triton requirements.

  · Interfaced with the Navy customer on a regular basis to resolve issues.

  · Interfaced with IPT-embedded Systems Engineers to review developed verification evidence before submitting to

the customer.

  · Developed system requirement evidence to prove compliance.

  · Developed cost reduction and risk mitigation plans. Saved 3600 man hours as a result.

UCLASS project Proposal Architecture support

  · Analyzed customer provided System of Systems (SoS) architecture and defined an interface to the UCLASS.

  · Developed UCLASS system architecture designs.

  · Identified and defined internal interfaces.

Ground Segment Re-architecture (GSRA)

  · Performed reverse engineering analysis for reusability of existing SW for Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) common

management ground segment.

  · Performed Hardware requirement development and analyzed traceability with Commercial of the Shelf (COTS)

products.

  · Performed model-based SW requirements development.

  · Developed Common Mission Management (CMMS) Core infrastructure Test Procedure (TP) and Verification Plan.

Ground Segment Functional Configuration Audit (FCA)

  · Directed a team of three full time engineers to perform Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) effort for Global

Hawk Ground Segment (GH GS).

  · Authored Flight Test Request (FTR) and witnessed laboratory and flight tests.

  · Acted as technical point of contact between the customer and GS for all FCA matters.

  · Supported Airworthiness Certification (AWC) to certify Ground Segment to fly unmanned AV.

Tadele Bayou

1307 Maria Ave, Spring Valley, CA 91977 Work: (858) 618-5188 Cell (310) 897-4346

E-mail: tadele_bayou@yahoo.com

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) proposal

  · Identified gap functionalities between NATO AGS requirements and the current Global Hawk capabilities.

  · Performed impact analysis to assess the impact of the additional efforts NATO AGS needed to perform the

required functionalities.

Euro Hawk (EH) proposal and Test and Integration Support

  · Identified gap functionalities between EH requirements and the current Global Hawk capabilities.

  · Developed EH unique requirements.

  · Developed Ground Segment Test Plans and Test Procedures as it fits the EH.

  · Developed Flight Test Requests (FTR) and witnessed flight for requirements conformance.

Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) requirement development

  · Led the MP-RTIP requirement development effort across disciplines to evolve system level requirements from

customer inputs, and decomposed them to their allocated HW and SW CIs.

  · Responsible for the implementation of allocated requirements delivered by multiple subcontractors. Reviewed

and accessed SW verification/validation activities and standards compliance.

  · Performed laboratory tests to validate subcontract developed SW and verify conformance against requirements.

Process development for Integrated System (IS) Sector acquire CMMI Level 3 task

  · Developed IS Sector common system engineering processes to perform various tasks and sector level tool

selection.

  · Conducted extensive analysis on IEEE-1220, ISO-15288, ISO/IEC TR 19760, the CMMI and other system

engineering handbooks to derive common processes.

  · Assisted on the publishing of IS sector Risk Management handbook.

Supported SEIT for Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Phase I and Phase II Proposal

  · Performed functional analysis on NASA’s level 1 System of Systems (SoS) requirements and derived lower level

functional and performance requirements.

  · Assisted Lunar and Mars mission phase analysis and allocation of their corresponding functions.

  · Chaired the Interface Control Working Group (ICWG) that identified and defined external and internal Interfaces.

Assembled engineering teams to jump start interface activities.

WFI Government Services, Inc.

Systems Engineer

3/2004 – 1/2005

  · Performed system, subsystem and CI level requirements verification and analysis to support Boeing in the

development of the new generation of Global Positioning System (GPS IIF).

  · Ensured subcontractors met or exceeded requirement standards compliance.

  · Reviewed all internal and external GPS ICDs, and reverse engineered to identify gap requirements.

BD Systems

11/2003 – 3/2004

Systems Engineer:

  · Developed system level requirements for the Orbital Space Plane (OSP). Identified and defined the validation

and verification plans required for each phase of system level requirements.

  · Analyzed NASA’s level1 and level2 requirements and decomposed into system and segment level.

  · Technical liaison between NASA and Boeing design engineers, and resolved NASA’s comments for the OSP

System Design Review (SDR).

Comcast Cable (Formerly AT &T Broadband)

  · Oversaw subcontractors on the development of the system verses the need.

  · Trained service activators and technicians to use new upgraded products.

1/2000 – 11/2003

Systems and Network Support Engineer and Oracle Database Administrator

  · Developed requirements of new voice-over fiber optics telephony technology derived from Service Activators,

technicians and customer input.

Tadele Bayou

1307 Maria Ave, Spring Valley, CA 91977 Work: (858) 618-5188 Cell (310) 897-4346

E-mail: tadele_bayou@yahoo.com

  · Served as central engineering consultant making real-time assessments of problems and recommending best

engineering approach for resolutions.

  · Performed system performance tests daily, and did troubleshooting if corrective actions were needed.

  · Administered Oracle Database for Digital Telephony service.

Lockheed Martin Technical Operations, Network Integration Contract (NIC)

8/1996 – 1/2000

Systems Engineer

  · Performed functional analysis, timeline analysis, requirements allocation, interface definition, and trade studies

to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

  · Designed and developed standard and program specific interfaces for the Air Force Satellite Control Network

(AFSCN). Design provided for AFSCN internal and external interfaces documented in Interface Control Documents

(ICDs).

Skills Summary

  · Requirements Architecture Development: DOORS (Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System), CORE, and

Requirements Driven Development (RDD)-100 database,

  · Database Management: Oracle Enterprise Database Architecture and Administration

  · Modeling Tools: Rational Software Architecture and CORE

  · Platforms: Unix, Windows

  · Control Account Management (CAM) Earned Value Management System (EVMS) Certified, Multiple Systems

Engineering seminars