This document is a resume for William J. Ryan III summarizing his education and work experience as a senior avionic systems engineer and project manager. It lists his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2002 and software skills. His experience includes over 15 years at United Technologies Corporation working on programs such as the CH-53K helicopter and RAH-66 Comanche, where he performed requirements management, test procedures, issue resolution, and design work for avionics systems. His current role since 2014 is as a senior engineer and project manager for the Sikorsky Executive Transport Helicopter program.
1. William J. Ryan III williamjryan3@gmail.com
60 Eastbury Hill Dr. (860)788-3680
Middletown, CT 06457
EDUCATION
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT - B.S., Electrical Engineering, Dec 2002
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Visio), Visual SourceSafe, IBM DOORS, DataSims, Oracle
Primavera,
WORK EXPERIENCE
United Technologies Corporation, Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, CT.
Senior Avionic Systems Engineer / Project Manager, Executive Transport Helicopter Program Integration
& Test, 5/14 - Present
• Designed new program lab, created layout, determined equipment needs, provided specifications
to architects, managed construction to completion
• Designed lab roof antenna farm, managed construction to completion
• Managed lab electrical generator drive stand proposal process, selection, and procurement
• Managed and was a major contributor to lab avionics/electrical bench design, designed racks,
provided direction and guidance to team of designers, managed technical/schedule/budget
aspects of project
• Managing team for and contributing on lab and flight test procedure development
United Technologies Corporation, Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, CT.
Senior Avionic Systems Engineer, CH-53K COMM/IDENT/ADS Integration & Test Lead, 2/07 - 5/14
• Developed Engineering Test Procedures in DOORS for Radio, ICS, IFF, and Air Data systems,
allocated requirements to be verified by each document to ensure proper requirements
verification coverage
• Performed formal ETP execution with customer oversight
• Interfaced with customer on a regular basis for discussion of issues and resolutions
• Discovered, investigated, and resolved many software/hardware issues
United Technologies Corporation, Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, CT.
Avionic Systems Engineer, VXX Presidential Proposal, CH-53K Avionic Systems 3/04 – 2/07
• Performed detailed requirements analysis and decomposition in DOORS, flowing requirements
down to internal specifications and detailed design documents, wrote DXL scripts to speed up
work wherever possible
• Managed peer reviews of system specifications and detailed design documents, corrected all
associated defects to deliver documents on time
• Composed the CH-53K Intercommunication System Technical Requirements Specification and
Statement of Work, assisted in the completion of the Request for Proposal package for the CH-
53K Intercommunication System competition, created scoring sheets, reviewed submitted
proposals, scored vendors in numerous categories, assisted in vendor selection
• Created wiring diagrams and analyzed/reviewed system schematics for several aircraft systems
United Technologies Corporation, Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, CT.
Avionic Systems Engineer, RAH-66 Comanche Aircraft Systems Management, 12/02 – 3/04
• Composed aircraft subsystem requirements specification documents including Fire Protection,
Fuel, Rotors, and Hydraulics subsystems
• Performed aircraft subsystem requirements traceability in DOORS
• Solved various aircraft problems with the analysis of MIL-STD-1553 test flight data including
fuel quantity/pitch problems and false WCA (warning/caution/advisory) indications