Sandra J. Walimaa
852 SW 354th Street
Federal Way, WA 98023
[Send email to request phone number] 70-5214
OBJECTIVE
A position in a growth oriented industry utilizing my skills in Software
Development and Project Management in order to:
• develop software that meets requirements
• manage the design and development of technical programs to their successful
and profitable conclusion
• interface with all levels of management, employees, customers and clients to
improve results
QUALIFICATIONS
Qualified by over 23 years of experience:
• Leadership
• Research and Analysis
• Full Life Cycle Experience
• Software Design and Test
• Technical Documentation
• Automatic Test Systems
• Customer Focus
• Oral/Written Skills
• Feasibility Studies
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA 1984 – present
Software Engineer (Operator/Machine Interface) 2007 - present
Software Engineer (Software Tools) 2005 – early 2007
Graphical User Interface (GUI) Software Engineer 2001 - 2005
Embedded Software Lead Engineer 1995 - 2001
Acting Project Manager 1995
Integrated Product Team Lead 1993 - 1995
Software Design Engineer 1990 - 1993
Software Lead of Internal Research & Development (IR&D) Effort 1992
Lead TPS Test Engineer 1990 - 1991
Test Program Set (TPS) Design/Test Engineer 1984 - 1990
Currently a software engineer in the Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA)
Operator/Machine Interface (OMI) software group. We use an object oriented
analysis (OOA)/object oriented design (OOD) process that involves taking written
requirements, designing a solution, documenting that solution in Rational Rose,
implementing the software in Java on a Linux workstation with the Eclipse
integrated development environment (IDE), performing unit testing on our desktop
and then ultimately performing a higher level of integration with the entire
system on an integration line. All of these steps require interaction with our
counterparts from applications (e.g. tactical data links (TDL), sensors). I have
been primarily involved with the tactical situation tracks software and with the
flight deck software.
Prior to my current assignment I was in the MMA “tools” group. I had overall
responsibility for the MMA mission system software website (currently in use)
including requirements, design, development, deployment and support. I also
wrote tools in Java and scripts in Perl that supported various operations within
the program. In addition, I supported the resident IBM/Rational support engineer
by performing programming tasks on the Rational Rose and ClearQuest tools. This
required knowledge of Visual Basic, Perl, Microsoft Access and SQL.
Was a software engineer in the Connexion Satellite Communications (SatComm)
software group. Responsible for the GUI called the laptop for airborne test and
troubleshooting environment (LATTE). LATTE is used by Connexion employees on
board customer flights to test and troubleshoot the Connexion system. It is also
used by flight personnel during commercial flights to configure and control the
Connexion system. LATTE is written in Java (Swing) and interfaces with other
applications via CORBA and SNMP. I was also responsible for the GUI used in
qualification testing of the Connexion system used by small business jets. This
GUI is also written in Java and uses XML to communicate with the test
applications controlling the hardware under test. As time permitted I also
worked on the GUI, also written in Java that monitors and controls the Connexion
ground system in the network operations center.
Lead 5 other software engineers in the development of embedded software for the
phased array antenna controller. The software was written in C++ and resided on
a Motorola 68360 processor. In addition to my lead responsibilities, I was
responsible for the design, code, test and integration of the ARINC 429
interface, control/status interface, power supply interface, receiver interface
and human interface computer software components (CSC). Also developed and
maintain the software portion of our phased array website. I was also
responsible for two (2) user interface applications used to control the antenna
via the controller. Both applications were written in Microsoft Visual C++. One
application allowed flight attendants to program satellite information into the
embedded controller and the second application was an engineering tool that
helped us to test and troubleshoot our software and the controller. Even though
I was the software lead I spent approximately 75% of my time as a software
engineer.
Managed the $12 million dollar F-22 Common Automatic Test System (CATS) System
Software (CSS) software development and integration effort.
Lead 12 software design engineers in the development of the F-22 CSS. As one of
the chief software architects and Integrated Product Team (IPT) leader,
orchestrated the development of over 90,000 lines of C and MIL-STD-1815 Ada
software and associated documentation (in accordance with DoD-STD-2167A). This
software product was used by 26 F-22 avionics suppliers to support their factory
acceptance testing. Every release was delivered on schedule and within budget.
Additional tasks included scheduling, budgeting and evaluating performance for up
to 12 engineers, insuring that all cost, schedule and performance objectives for
the program were being met and representing the company at all team meetings with
our 26 suppliers (i.e. customers) and other team members.
Designed, coded, tested and integrated over 16,000 lines of C and MIL-STD-1815
Ada software that provides a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) for the
F-22 CSS. The GUI is written in X-Windows (with an Ada interface to the C
routines) and executes on a UNIX platform. Assessed and categorized deficiencies
in the requirements; performed trade studies to identify optimal solutions and
analyzed technical, cost and schedule impacts and risks.
Software architect, software designer and lead engineer for an IR&D project that
developed an automated TPS generation tool. The tool, TPS-X, was over 20,000
lines of C and MIL-STD-1815 Ada software and used an X-Windows environment to
provide the GUI.
Generated the test requirements document (TRD), coded, in ATLAS, tested and
integrated the interface test adapter (ITA) self-test TPS for the UHF Transmitter
ITA. Developed test plans and procedures for evaluation and qualification
testing and conducted the testing. The testing included ATLAS/FORTRAN code
analysis, fault selection and insertion, software problem resolution and report
preparation.
Conducted demonstration testing of TPSs at F.E. Warren Air Force base and at
Hill Air Force base. This involved troubleshooting and resolving test station
failures and software incompatibilities. The activity at F.E. Warren Air Force
base was the first deployment of the TPSs and despite countless problems during
integration, this activity was completed on schedule which resulted in my
Employee of the Month and President’s Award for Excellence awards.
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO 1984
Software Engineer
Designed, coded and tested application software in C, on a UNIX operating
system, to evaluate data and provide statistical characteristics on data produced
by test equipment. The test equipment collected data from disc drives as the
disc drives were manufactured on the production line.
EDUCATION and AWARDS
Masters in Business Administration, GPA 3.7, Betta Gamma Sigma 1993
Seattle University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 1984
Montana State University
The Boeing Company: Quality Employee of the Month (September 1988); President’s
Award for Excellence (1988), HIgh POtential (HIPO) program (1995 - 1997
(graduated))
PUBLISHED PAPERS
“Units and Scaling in General Purpose ATS Applications” - AUTOTESTCON ‘96
“Lessons Learned on a Large Scale ATS Software Development Project” -
AUTOTESTCON ‘95 - Best Paper Award
“F-22 CATS System Software Overview” - AUTOTESTCON ‘93
“TPS-X - An Automated Graphical Approach to TPS Design” - AUTOTESTCON ‘92
SOFTWARE TOOLS AND LANGUAGES EXPERIENCE
Languages: Java, Perl, JavaScript, Visual C++, C++, C, Hyper-Text Markup
Language (HTML), Ada, Pascal, FORTRAN,
ATLAS, Assembly, LISP, Prolog, BASIC, COBOL
Tools: Eclipse, Java, JBuilder, Microsoft and Borland C/C++ compiler; National
Instruments’ LabWindows and LabView; Wind River C/C++ compiler/simulator, EST
Emulator, Codewright Editor, Microsoft Office suite, X-Windows
Platforms: Linux, Unix, VAX/VMS, DOS, Windows, Intel-based personal computers,
Sun workstations, Hewlett-Packard 1000, E, F, A series computers
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