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Donald (Wayne) Huffer
23370 Diza Street, Moreno Valley, CA 92553
Email Addresses: dwhuffer0507@gmail.com Cell: (951)488-6864
Objective
Seeking a fulfilling and challenging engineering position supporting the design, development,
integration and test of RF electronics, subsystems and systems.
Professional Summary
Electrical Engineer experienced in RF/Microwave test at unit, subsystem, system and payload level.
Broad experience providing technical and administrative supplier management oversight of
subcontractor manufacturing and production of complex space-based system products. Level 2 IPT
Lead/Responsible Engineering Authority, within the GPS IIF Program, - supported GPS Satellite
antenna/feed design, development, production, sell-off; and demonstrated ability in optimizing design,
development, and test methodologies of RF/Microwave electronics. Test Director of GPS IIF
spacecraft antenna farm - development to sell-off, including end to end manufacturing (Assembly,
Integration & Test), functional and environmental testing (S-Parameters, EMI, PIM - Passive
Intermodulation, RF leakage (to include production antenna hat couplers), thermal, thermal-vacuum,
high power and acoustic vibration. Project Manager for the Wideband Global Satellite tunable Notch
Filter production and the Intelsat Satellite Field Aperture Probe upgrades/modifications of the C- and K-
band dual linear smooth and corrugated horn probes, enabling precise antenna through measurements
(S12/S21). Acted as manufacturing engineer authority along with project management.
Willing to travel. Selected skills and qualifications include:
 GPS IIF Antenna Payload experience  Quality Description Documentation (QDD)
generation
 Antenna Range Testing  ITAR Management and Enforcement
 STE (Special Test Equipment) Design  Supplier Management (technical &
administrative)
 Fault Isolation in RF systems/subsystems  Failure/Material Review Board
Certification
 Leading/Supervising a team effort  DOD Security Clearance (S & TS)
WORK EXPERIENCE
THE BOEING COMPANY – Job Code: 6B1EP4; Occupation: Electronic and Electrical Engineer
Job Title: Electrophysics Engineer/Scientist 4. ROLES: Responsible Engineering Authority (REA) /
Integrated Product Team(IPT) Lead 2/ ITAR Enforcement/Project Lead/Project Manager –
Payload and Antenna Products and Passive Microwave Devices, 2011- Present, El Segundo, CA
IPT Level 2 Lead and REA
Δ Managed supplier manufacturing, integration, assembly, Acceptance functional
performance, sell off and source inspection of the UHF Output Multiplexer for the MUOS
satellites; managed nonconformance reports and briefings per Material/Failure Review
Board (MRB/FRB) nonconformance processes, working closely with Quality Engineering.
Δ Managed appropriate aspects of critical suppliers and partner’s performance to ensure
performance and on time deliveries of passive MW products (Satellite systems/subsystems)
Project Lead
Δ Mitigated problem with critical path effort – replacement of lost Wideband Global receive
filters (Responsible for budget, schedule, overall execution (Acceptance and ProtoQual),
sell-off and ahead-of-time delivery. Lead the build, manufacturing, tuning, performance
testing and delivery of 45 units in 30 days.
Δ Designed and implemented C- and Ku-Band Field Aperture Probe enhancements and led
the testing effort for the Intelsat suite (IS-29, 33 and 35) of spacecraft(s) antenna horns’ field

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aperture probes. Responsible for budget, schedule, overall functional execution, sell-off and
delivery of 7 corrugated Ku-band and 30 C-band aperture probes .
REA
Δ Developed and validated RF and environmental requirements for space based components,
subsystems and systems (Example: Generated “Quality Description Documentation (QDD)
Revision - (The Plan) and Revision A (edited “The Plan” and embedded Q, PQ and
Acceptance data to verify and validate all requirements).
Δ Developed architectures to integrate systems and components into higher level assemblies
and platforms, working closely with the Layout Systems Engineer.
Δ Defined and conducted trade studies, simulations, analyses and critical tests to validate
performance of designs to requirements.
Δ Generated Nonconformance Reports, Dispositions, and Root Cause/Corrective Action
analyses for program office and customer (MRB/FRB Certification).
Δ Generated major sections of proposals (Satellite Subsystems Contracts) to support
development of new business.
Δ Assists Payload Module Testing for RF testing on the end item product – the satellite, to
include uplink, downlink, forward, return, per contract frequency plan.
Technical Manager – Monitored and Enforced ITAR requirements (i.e., Citizenship and
International Communications) during international supplier and customer briefings.
Role: Responsible Engineering Authority (REA) – GPS IIF Navigation Data Unit and
Frequency Synthesizer Distribution Unit. Conducted complex product development and
challenges with space qualified components, manufacturing processes, and test equipment
development.
 Assisted the test and evaluation program, digital and analog and RF test
methodologies, test software and equipment validation.
 Prepared system test anomaly root-cause investigations.
 Prepared/released drawing packages, requirements specification, test procedures, test
reports and material/failure review packages
ROLES: Responsible Engineering Authority / NAV Antenna Payload IPT Lead L3 /
Environmental Test Director - GPS IIF Antenna Payload Suites, 1996-2011, Boeing, Huntington
Beach, CA
Test Director
Δ Directed Acoustic Vibration and Thermal Vacuum High Power Testing of GPS IIF Antenna
payload suites for 12 shipsets, to include feed networks (3 payload suites per vehicle, on a
simulated bulkhead with heaters, chillers and heat exchangers).
Δ Designed TVAC test fixtures (internal); Directed/Authorized the design of the High Power
Test Console (STE) and the developmental methodologies for High Power/VSWR test
software.
IPT Lead L3/Test Director
Δ Orchestrated the assembly, integration and test at subcontractor site (ATK) for the GPS IIF
Antenna Payload Suites. Supervised a three shift operation and saved Boeing $3.3M during
the first test window at ATK for shipsets one and two (16 antennas with feeds).
IPT Lead L3/ REA
Δ Supervised and conducted research, development, production, assembly, integration and
test of RF subsystems (beginning to end) on twelve GPS IIF Antenna Payloads.
Δ Supervised and Conducted RF component functional tests (i.e. High Power in TVAC, PIM,
RF Leakage), subsystem acoustic vibration, thermal vacuum, passive-intermodulation, S-
parameter, (i.e. Antenna Feed Networks and Antenna Hat Couplers) and antenna
propagation testing on GPS IIF Antenna and Feed Networks.

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Δ Created an Excel Visual Basic for Application tool to execute data processing and analysis
to demonstrate and validate component and subsystem performances.
IPT Lead 3
Δ Coordinated with multiple engineering disciplines, government customers, and tier1/tier2
suppliers throughout manufacturing, production, acceptance and sell-offs.
REA
Δ Initiated and edited subsystems’ test procedures and specifications, program reports,
briefings (Program Status, Master Change and Failure Review) and contractual
documentation. Conducted failure analyses to include addressing nonconformance
dispositions, cause and corrective actions for flight hardware anomalies.
Δ Established test requirements and Special Test Equipment (STE) build and buy, combined
with control software requirements (HP VEE).
Environmental Test Engineer, 1991-1996 JPL, Pasadena, CA
Δ Created Space and Solar Simulation configuration setups, tests, and reports, to include
nonconformances.
Δ Managed all the facility’s special test equipment maintenance
Δ
Antenna Test Engineer and Lab Tech – GPS II/IIA, 1983-1990 Rockwell International, Anaheim, CA
Supported government production contracts (Antennas and RF/Microwave testing for 28 shipsets)
 Tune Circular Polarization for far-field patterns
(single frequencies)
 Crosslink 8-element UHF Dipole Array tuning
 NAV Payload 12-element L-Band Helix Array
tuning
 HP8409 and 8510 testing on Antenna Feeds
o Micro strip, Stripline and Coaxial
Transmission Lines
COMM/NAV Technician (USMC Sgt-E5) MCAS El Toro, Santa Ana, CA
͕ Comm/NAV Technician – Avionics repair; QA Inspector
o Troubleshoot, tune and repair radios (AM and FM), Radar Altimeters, Dopplers, IFF and TACAN
SPECIALSKILLS
RF Test: RF bench testing, antenna tuning, EMI (RF Leakage) testing, high power testing, amplifier
characterization, transmission line analyses and measurement, Passive Intermodulation (PIM) measurements,
far-field/compact range/slant range utilization, antenna propagation testing: far-field and dual reflector compact
range (subcontractor site). Extensive experience in vacuum effects – Corona, Multipaction and Ionization.
Environmental Test: Acoustic/Vibration, Thermal and Thermal Vacuum subsystem functional testing
Space and solar simulation (high vacuum): vacuum/cryogenic/thermal tests, gas analyses, thermal
microbalance, and vacuum leak detection
Accounting Training Classes: Seasonal 1986-1989 (H&R Block)
Clearance – Current DOD “Secret”.
EDUCATION
School andLocation Curriculum Year(s)
Univ. of AL, Huntsville, AL Test and Evaluation Certificate 2009
Univ. of Redlands, Redlands, CA B.S. Information Systems 2007
Riverside City College, Riverside, CA A.S. Physical Science 1994
U.S.N. Avionics Tech. Schools U.S.N. Avionics “A” Schools 1978 – 1979
U.S.N. Avionics Schools, U.S.M.C. Comm/NAV “C” Schools 1979 – 1982
Univ. of TN, Knoxville, TN Engineering Core Classes 1975 - 1978
Graduated w ith 204 Semester Units.