Chad VanDenBosch
Electrical/Mechanical Engineer
Senior Mechanical Engineer at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS)
Job experience
- October 2015 - September 2018Senior Mechanical Engineer
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS)· Led cable design and integration for demonstration space program. Oversaw parts selection, Created engineering drawings, fabrication and installation documents and supervised fabrication and installation.
· Led cable redesign for demonstration land based system. Reviewed, corrected or improved designs from concept phase.
· Developed new cable engineering and fabrication document templates to be used on Multi-Testbed aircraft programs.
· Supported airborne programs, creating cable engineering drawings, supervising parts selection and cable fabrication, reviewing engineering requirements and maintaining requirements compliance documents.
- March 2013 - October 2015Mechanical Engineer
Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)· Lead engineer overseeing connector qualification testing for Mars Perseverance rover. Created test plans, test cable designs and engineering documentation, supervised test fixture designs, supervised manufacturing and led design review meetings.
· Supervised the production of flex cables at the manufacturing vendor for NASA’s Insight Mars lander. Coordinated review meetings and quality assurance inspections. All cables were delivered on time with no defects.
· Co-led the design and integration of cables for NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator program.
· Supported multiple programs as cable engineer creating engineering drawings, fabrication procedures, installation documentation, supervised cable fabrication and coordinated environmental bake-out and cleaning.
- January 2008 - March 2013Mechanical Engineer
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS)· Led team to diagnose and correct hardware issues on a space program. Coordinated with cross functional groups to exonerate or replace hardware resulting in the minimal delay to schedule.
· Member of Raytheon process control board. Supervised the review update and release of internal Raytheon process documentation.
· Supported both space and airborne programs as cable design engineer. Created engineering designs, determined requirements, performed trade studies, made parts selections, Identified engineering and production issues and supervised design teams to meet program schedules.
- January 2007 - January 2008Laser Engineer
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS)· Oversaw lab operation for laser program, including equipment maintenance, equipment testing, cleaning of optics and laser alignment.
- July 2005 - January 2007System Engineer
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS)· Created and released requirements documents, tests plans, test procedures and material specifications for multiple programs.
· Supervised the diagnosis and repair of returned circuit boards for demonstration program resulting in no delays to schedule.
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering- 2005 - University of Michigan
Bachelor of Science and Engineering in Electrical Engineering- 2002
