Gary Strang is an experienced controls engineer with over 33 years of experience designing and testing electrical and electronic hardware for naval applications. He has worked at Rolls-Royce Marine North America for over 37 years, where he is responsible for designing, testing, and commissioning controls systems for naval vessels. Prior to that, he held positions at RCA Service Company and General Dynamics where he designed circuitry and interface equipment. Strang has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Technology from Purdue University.

1. GARY L. STRANG
6551 Green Way, Easton, MD 21601
Cell: (410) 310-3970
E-mail: glstrang@gmail.com
ProfessionalSummary
Experienced Controls Engineer with strong background in design and test ofmil-spec electrical and electronic
hardware. Reliable and meticulous worker withthirty-threeyears of experience in analog and digital circuit
design and U.S. Navy shipboard controls installation, testing and troubleshooting.
Skills
 Sensor and actuator interfacing knowledge
 Electrical testing knowledge
 Troubleshooting knowledge
 Responsible, reliable and meticulous
 Test equipment operation
 Electronics packaging design
Experience
Controls Engineer Nov 1982-Present
Rolls-Royce Marine North America, Inc. – Annapolis, MD
 Design, test, calibrate and commission controls cabinets for marine gas turbine packages – DDG1000
and LCS (Freedom Class)
 Testing and troubleshooting of controls cabinets in lab, shop floor, and in shipboard environments
 Design of special test fixtures and automatic test equipment used during production testing.
 Supervise fabrication and assembly of test fixtures, circuit boards, electrical cables
 Design, test, and commission simulator/stimulator/trainer systems for Navy shipboard propulsion and
electric plant consoles (DDG51, AOE6 Classes)
 Shipboard equipment retrofits for US Navy and US Coast Guard
 Data acquisition work involving US Navy propulsion systems (DD963, DDG993, CG47, FFG7, MCM1
Classes)
 Selection of mil-spec wire, cable and connectors for Navy shipboard installation
 Design of electronics packaging for EMC, including shock and vibration resistant versions
 Design and test analog and digital circuits, from board level up to modular
 Electronic/electrical component selection
 Develop controls design specs and test procedures
 Develop wiring diagrams, schematics, assembly drawings and bills of materials.
 Participation in Preliminary Design Review and Critical Design Review processes
 Database management
 Software tools include Woodward Graphical Application Programmer (GAP), RSLogix500, AutoCAD
Electronics Engineer Jul 1982-Nov 1982
RCA Service Company - Riverdale, MD
Circuit design and development for an RCA 1802-based communications system. Created electrical schematics
and supervised prototype fabrication.
Electronics Engineer Jun 1981-Jun 1982
General Dynamics - Fort Worth, TX
Design and development of interface circuitry for automatic test equipment
Education
Bachelor of Science :Electrical Technology May 1981
Purdue University - Indianapolis,IN