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1. Tyler W. Davis
twd000@gmail.com
27 Greenbriar Lane
Amherst, NH 03031
(814)883-9115
Multi-disciplined systems engineer with wide-ranging practical experience designing,
developing, integrating, and testing tactical aerospace systems for Defense customers
Department of Defense Security Clearance: Top Secret, active 2006-present
Work Experience:
Principal Systems Engineer – BAE Systems, Electronic Systems 4/2015-present
● Modeling, simulation and analysis of radar-centric electronic warfare
systems
● Assessing future threat attributes and capabilities under Internal Research
and Development funding
● Programming RF emitter parameters into threat simulator test stand and
analyzing Electronic Attack effectiveness
● Creating post-flight processing tools to parse OFP software and streamline
the analysis of test data from radar warning receiver
Integrated Product Team Lead - Raytheon Missile Systems 8/2014-4/2015
● Direction and oversight of team responsible for mitigating Electronic Attack
threat with a comprehensive design integrated into existing missile hardware
● Defining task scope and managing budget and schedule to deliver Electronic
Protection solution aligning with Air Force requirements
● Specifying threat characteristics, designing real-time radar and guidance
algorithms, integrating and testing in hardware-in-the-loop and captive-carry
test environments
RF Advanced Seeker Signal Processing - Raytheon Missile Systems 8/2010-8/2014
● Modifying embedded tactical software for radar-guided air-to-air missiles to
counter emerging electronic warfare threats
● Analyzing algorithm performance across design space using Latin
Hypercube and Monte Carlo sampling
● Automating simulation execution and post-processing to quickly extract
meaningful performance sensitivity metrics
● Supporting flight test planning, execution and post-flight analysis correlating
telemetry data to simulation results
Thermal Analyst - Raytheon Missile Systems 8/2006-8/2010
● Modeling and analyzing heat management schemes for air warfare tactical
missiles
● Influencing mechanical design to improve thermal margin in high flux
environments
● Creating software tools for automation of large scale thermal analysis tasks
● Performing Design of Experiments and Monte Carlo sensitivity studies to
quantify uncertainty
● Planning and conducting laboratory and flight tests to correlate thermal
models and qualify hardware
2. Tyler W. Davis
twd000@gmail.com
27 Greenbriar Lane
Amherst, NH 03031
(814)883-9115
Multi-disciplined systems engineer with wide-ranging practical experience designing,
developing, integrating, and testing tactical aerospace systems for Defense customers
Education:
Arizona State University
2009 Design of Experiments course, Industrial Engineering Graduate Program
Purdue University
2006 Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering, Heat Transfer focus
Thesis: Transport Properties of Heat Pipe Wicks (Dr. Suresh V. Garimella)
The Pennsylvania State University
2003 Bachelor of Science – Mechanical Engineering
Research Assistant (Fuel Cell Dynamics and Diagnostics Laboratory)
Professional Development:
Georgia Tech Research Institute – Electronic Protection, Radar Warning Receivers
Stanford Coursera Machine Learning course, Dr. Andrew Ng, 2014
Executive Strike Fighter Advanced Readiness Program, NAS Lemoore 2013
Raytheon Missile Systems RF Analyst Certification, 2012
Excellence in Engineering Technology Award Recipient, 2010
Raytheon Corporate Six Sigma Award Recipient, 2010
Association of Old Crows, Desert Sun Roost
Instructor – Heat Transfer Applied to Missile Design, Raytheon Learning Management
Presenter at Raytheon Mechanical and Materials Technology Symposium, 2007-2009
Software Skills:
MATLAB, C++, Linux, IBM Rational Synergy, FORTRAN
Activities:
Lead Teaching Assistant – Purdue University Undergraduate Heat Transfer Laboratory
● Direct teaching activities and administration of the educational program
Study Abroad semester at RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, Spring 2002
Hobbies: woodworking, hiking
References:
Chuck Skarda, Engineering Manager, BAE Systems, 603-885-0121
Scott Cadenhead, Integrated Product Team Lead, Raytheon Missile Systems 520-665-5190
Hal Goodwin, Section Manager, Raytheon Missile Systems, 520-663-8283
Dr. Suresh Garimella, Director, Cooling Technologies Research Center, 765-494-5621