tom bishop

systems engineer

About

Success-oriented, visionary, and multifaceted professional, with accomplishments-laden career in the aerospace industry, encompassing systems engineering, quality assurance, and aircraft flight testing operations. Known as analytical and strategic planner, with advanced skills in gathering and defining project requirements; and formulating and implementing effective test plans to support organizational needs, an acute understanding of the overall technology landscape, resolve issues and problems, and minimize future failures and anomalies. Highly regarded consistency in completing tasks with precision, as well as in formulating key procedures focused on increasing efficiency, productivity, and operational performance. Commended for excellent decision-making, interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Country

united states

City

rolling meadows

Industry

defense & space

Skill

testing, systems engineering, integration, software documentation, engineering management, requirements management, aerospace, software development, earned value management, team leadership, software design, lean manufacturing, sdlc, quality assurance, green belt, configuration management, root cause analysis, spc, avionics, cross functional team leadership, leadership, software engineering, security clearance, management, process improvement, cmmi

Experience

systems engineer

northrop grumman corporation

2018-1 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

senior quality engineer and senior software quality engineer

lockheed martin

2006-1 - 2011-6 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains standards for software quality operating methods, processes, systems and procedures. Conducts software inspection, testing, verification and validation. Implements software development and maintenance processes and methods. Ensures measures meet acceptable reliability standards. Develops overall operating criteria to ensure implementation of the software quality program according to project, process and contract requirements and objectives. Ensures that project and process control documentation are compliant with requirements, objectives and/or contract. Reviews software design, change specifications, and plans against contractual and/or process requirements. Reviews include applicable specifications, materials, tools, techniques, and methodologies. Performs or directs verification of software requirement allocations, traceability, and testability

software quality engineer

lockheed martin

2005-4 - 2006-9 · 1 yr 6 mos

staff systems engineer, ew ipt lead

lockheed martin

2011-6 - Present · 15 yrs 4 mos

Function as a Flight Test Discipline Engineer to manage flight test points and identify, resolve, integrate, and close on technical issues while balancing technical, cost and schedule elements. Coordinate across Electronic Warfare IPT to provide integrated technical solutions related to new programs or projects, baseline changes and new requirements. In a project or program life cycle, serve initially as the primary focal point in integrating technical responses to flight test data analysis initiatives and later as the implementation member for anomaly resolution. Bring continuity, binding all IPT areas concerning failure/anomaly reporting and/or software deficiency reporting is the responsibility to provide the relevant information to leadership and integrate technical solutions, lead teams and close on issues.

Education

chapman university

computer science

1995-1 - 1997-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

The computer science program at Chapman strives to provide a degree that teaches undergraduates to push the frontier of advancement in computer hardware and software, and apply this power of computing to other branches of scientific study.