1. Todd Hurt
130 Willow Springs Ln, Apt 103
Goleta Ca, 93117
520-979-5002
wthurt@gmail.com
Summary: I am an experienced systems engineer with expert knowledge in the design, test, and use of electro-
optical sensors. Depending on program needs, I have held positions as a key individual contributor and as a technical
leader. My professional success stems from my strong technical background, my ability to work well with other
people, my interest in helping colleagues improve, and my ability to bring clarity and sound judgment to challenges.
Professional Experience
Electro-Optical Systems Engineer at Raytheon/Santa Barbara Remote Sensing, Raytheon Missile
Systems, and Raytheon Vision Systems (1997 to present)
 System engineer on detector development for a variety of satellite missions.
 Lead system engineer and Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead for a two-color infrared detector system
(U.S. Navy’s SM-3 IIA missile)
• Frequent interaction with the customer to refine system requirements and expectations
• Wrote several specifications and test plans
• Requirements management (development, analysis, allocation, and verification)
• Major contributor in devising the test program and analysis software
• Responsible for monitoring performance and yield
• Successfully led team through major design reviews (e.g., CDR, TRR, and MRR)
 Electro-Optical Analysis Lead for the U.S. Navy’s SM-3 IB missile defense system
• Led a team in developing tests and software for comprehensive evaluation of imaging IR seekers
• Key contributions in image processing, radiometric calibration, error estimation, and noise analysis
• Section head of a multi-program electro-optical team for two years
 System engineer on NPOESS/VIIRS, NPOESS/CrIS, and JAMI, three satellite-based sensors for
gathering climatic, atmospheric, and weather data
 Head of VIIRS test analysis group during several years of development
• Responsible for analysis of all sensor test data, including spatial and radiometric performance,
crosstalk, polarization, stray light, etc.
• Assigned tasks, gave technical guidance, and wrote performance reviews for the group
• Delivered monthly customer presentations on technical findings
 Design and analysis of electro-optical sensors for imaging and spectroscopy
• Up-front sensor design and requirements definition --- establishing parameters such as integration
time, aperture size, etc.
• Developed models of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), modulation transfer function (MTF), dynamic
range, and spectral and radiometric calibration accuracy for both imagers and spectrometers.
• Devised operational algorithms, such as star sensing, radiometric calibration, and a novel algorithm
for resampling and aggregating satellite image data
• Design and analysis of a Michelson interferometer for Fourier Transform Spectrometry
 Proficient with numerical analysis and program development in Matlab, Mathcad, IDL, and lower-level
languages and with requirements' management in DOORS.
 Numerous individual and team achievement awards
Visiting Assistant Professor at Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA (August 2002 – June 2004)
 Taught calculus-based physics, physics laboratory, ordinary differential equations, and statistics
 Faculty advisor to the Chatham student government and the Chatham judicial board
 Extremely favorable student evaluations

2. Todd Hurt
Graduate Research in Observational Astrophysics at UC-Santa Barbara (1992-1997)
 Principle investigator and co-investigator on searches for distant galaxies and multi-wavelength
observations of active galaxies
• Planned and conducted observing programs at various telescopes worldwide, including Keck Obs.
(approximately 80 nights total conducting observations on major telescopes)
• Wrote many successful proposals to obtain telescope time. These involved scientific justification and
feasibility estimates.
• Assisted the Space Telescope Science Institute in developing polarimetric calibration algorithms
• Co-authored 14 peer-reviewed articles on astrophysics of active galactic nuclei.
 Research techniques included visible and IR imaging, grating spectroscopy, polarimetry, and calibration.
 Digital image processing (including deconvolution techniques) and statistical analysis of data
Education
 August 1997
Ph.D. in Physics (specialized in observational astrophysics)
University of California, Santa Barbara
 May 1989
Bachelor of Science (Double major in physics and religious studies)
Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude
Positions
 December 2011 – current
Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Raytheon Vision Systems, Goleta, Ca.
 September 2007 – December 2011
Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Az.
 November 1997 – July 2007
Raytheon/Santa Barbara Remote Sensing
(I continued this position part-time while teaching at Chatham College from 2002 to 2004.)
 August 2002 – June 2004
Chatham College
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Mathematics
 January 2002 – July 2002
Brooks Photography Institute --- Physical Science Instructor (part time)
 January 1992  July 1997
Teaching assistant, Head Teaching Assistant, and then Research Associate
Physics Department, U.C.S.B.
 June 1989  August 1989
STX Corporation, NASA Langley Research Center (summer position)
Database programming and analysis of LANDSAT thematic images
 June 1988  August 1988
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island (Summer Undergraduate Research
Computer analysis of GEOSAT altimeter data to study ocean currents
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