frank hewitt

Upgraded development of annual department budget that merged engineering unit and company objective by introducing project based cost tracking, and implemented rigorous project reviews
Implemented Lean Manufacturing tools such as Designed-for-Manufacturing, Design for Test

Develop Strategy Plan for Company/Engineering growth. Taught Project Management to associates. Share Point Farm Administrator.
Co-developed Customer Centric Teams, to reduce documentation efforts, increase visibility to customers

Perform power studies; create custom Bill of materials using IFS (MRP), drawing reviews, system heat runs, CE tests

Managed team of 19 engineers, which included 2 managers, developing electronic hardware, configuration control and firmware for airline super first class seating controls.
Accountable for a $3.5M departmental budget.
Created presentations for monthly ITT engineering corporate review, with action items identified and resolved
Developed work load tracking concept, showing man hours used, vs. projects on tap.
Developed Microsoft project schedules for all development projects and… Show more

Managed team of 19 engineers, which included 2 managers, developing electronic hardware, configuration control and firmware for airline super first class seating controls.
Accountable for a $3.5M departmental budget.
Created presentations for monthly ITT engineering corporate review, with action items identified and resolved
Developed work load tracking concept, showing man hours used, vs. projects on tap.
Developed Microsoft project schedules for all development projects and sustaining projects.
Created Controls yearly roadmap and departmental play book while supported procurement teams via site reviews
Designed distributed control concept for communication with micro controllers and up to 16 actuator motors.
Managed Department’s stage gate process, which includes cross-functional design reviews, CDR’s, PDR’s, Production reviews, and Risk assessments
Extensive Value based product development training – Provided in house at ITT Aerospace by Dr. Robert G. Cooper
Directed electrical aviation design development, department budgets and review of customer specifications
Reduced department expenses $1M through identifying, developing and implementing improvement projects
Maintained aviation DO160 compliance, managed PCB size reduction through use of SMT size reductions. Supported new designs and solved numerous manufacturing/design issues.
Lead Electrical Engineer (2005 – 2007)
Managed emissions reduction in product lines; directed engineering team to complete designs on time and within budget.
Performed Saber analysis simulation of switched power supply, permitting Airbus to qualify the A-380.
Chaired cross-functional design teams to seek cost reductions, improve quality and increase ease of manufacturing. Decreased time to manufacture by 30 minutes.
Designed EFU (Filter, over current, over voltage, bus hold up) unit, including schematic capture and layout support Show less

Participated in the design of 25Kva DC to DC Converter, researched and specified radiation hardened components.
Insured design for manufacturing was applied to dc-dc designs.
Chaired cost functional design review. Reduced assembly time and improved parts procurement process.
Co-published two NASA Technical reports regarding Prometheus satellite power supply

Project Engineer for next generation digital transfer switch. Managed external design teams, completing board layouts on time, within budget
Position interfaced with product team, purchasing, production, UL and vendors; also lead the team for fault hardened digital transfer switch. Delivered fault hardened circuits for first 6 applications on time.
Directed international subcontractors and Danaher employees to define hardware, perform analysis, simulations and perform analysis for UL… Show more

Project Engineer for next generation digital transfer switch. Managed external design teams, completing board layouts on time, within budget
Position interfaced with product team, purchasing, production, UL and vendors; also lead the team for fault hardened digital transfer switch. Delivered fault hardened circuits for first 6 applications on time.
Directed international subcontractors and Danaher employees to define hardware, perform analysis, simulations and perform analysis for UL safety approval Show less

Set specifications and design requirements; designed and tested circuits and integrated hardware/ software. Developed test equipment and coordinated initial production.
Project lead for development of next generation servo controller nut runner. Design consisted of power circuits using IGBT’s, bus capacitors, PLD’s, Ethernet circuits and gate drivers. Design used MathCAD analysis, and EDA Workbench. (SPICE).

Generated request for quotes (RFQ’s) that in potential sales represented $1,000,000 per month

Designed and performed final hardware / software testing of 8 Torpedo Regulators and test systems
Completed $25M project ahead of schedule and within budget.