Charles Williams Jr

410 Abbey Ln
League City TX 77573
Home Phone number 281 332 8105
Cell Phone Number 832 221 8566
Email Address cw6f10dc@westpost.net
EDUCATION
B.S. Electronic Engineering Technology, California State University Long Beach
Graduate level continuing education a" UCLA (Orbital Mechanics)
Leadership for Space Certificate a" Boeing Education
Project Management Certificate a" Villanova University
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
a Engineer with 20+ years of comprehensive experience in human space flight engi
neering and operations.
a Strong background in software and systems engineering with proven effectivenes
s as a flight control system test engineer.
a Project life-cycle experience as a designer, developer and integration test an
d verification engineer of high profile complex software, consistently producing
quality deliverables, on schedule and within budget.
a Proven leadership as a technical lead planner and coordinator for man-in-the-l
oop testing scenarios.
Project Lead and focal point for Entry, Ascent and On-Orbit Flight Control.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Boeing, Houston, Engineer/Scientist
June 1989 a" Present
a Lead test engineer engaged in the coordination and execution of Space Shuttle
avionics flight software testing at the NASA-JSC Shuttle Avionics Integration La
boratory (SAIL).
a Prepared and validated the Space Shuttle Primary Avionics Software System (PAS
S) and Backup Flight System (BFS) used for launch, on-orbit and entry operations
prior to each flight.
a Verified SAIL environment math-model changes and lab hardware upgrades.
a Evaluated SAIL test data, flight data, and generated commit-to-flight technica
l reports in support of the development of the Certificate-of-Flight-Readiness (
CoFR).
a Performed as Project Lead for CAU Verification, OI-30 regression testing and f
light control system Lead for New TOC Site acceptance.
a Assumed responsibility as Vehicle Utility (VU) Test and Requirements Engineer
that required working independently, providing direction, training, and technica
l assistance.
a Helped re-establish a viable Space Shuttle flight software verification capabi
lity after 91% of the technical and safety critical positions were lost during p
rogram transition from Huntington Beach, CA to Houston, TX in 2002.
Titan Memory, Chatsworth, CA Senior Engineering Technician
June 1988 a" June 1989
aResponsible for building, testing, and troubleshooting computer-aided test stat
ions. Performed testing from system level down to board level (Analog and Digita
l circuits).
Kodak Datatape, Pasadena, CA Senior Engineering Techni
cian
February 1985 a" May 1988
a Responsible for building prototypes, troubleshooting electronic designs, and
providing technical guidance and experience to other technicians.
Genisco, Cypress, CA
Manager & Electronic Technician
July 1981 a" February 1985
aSupervised five employees in the repair of the ASH 27 reel-to-reel recorder and
computer control unit for government aircraft
aPerformed troubleshooting at all levels and conducted inventory control.

SPECIAL SKILLS
Computer Science a" FORTRAN IV, C Programming -
Matlab, DOORS Data Base
SECURITY CLEARANCE
Secret Clearance a" Current as of 10/25/2007