Richard W. Dargusch

PMP, Distinguished MTS at Draper Laboratory

Role
Distinguished Engineer at Draper
Location
Cambridge, MA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Richard W. Dargusch

Project Manager, Technical Director: Space Systems Development, Systems Integration, Autonomy, Systems and Software Engineer. Skilled at team leadership, customer interaction, relationship building/maintenance, and fostering collaboration across multi-disciplinary / multi-functional teams.Experienced in Spacecraft Systems and Feature extraction, Model Based Design and Engineering (UML), Object oriented software development, Requirements Management, Proposal Development.

Experience

  1. Distinguished Engineer

    Draper

    Jan 2002 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US

    Project Manager, Systems and Software Engineer2021-current: Group Lead for \"Space and Mission Critical Systems\" 2020: Systems Engineering Team Lead for NASA\'s Human Lander System (HLS)20••••20: Deputy Program Manager and Integration Team Lead - CRS2 Dream Chaser - Program management and technical teams leadership on a program developing the fault tolerant flight computer and flight software for a space plane designed to ferry cargo to and from the ISS. 20••••17: Technical Director - Actively Guidance Ordnance (AGO) Secure Modules - technical oversight of a multi-million dollar cryptographic communications system.20••••16: Program Manager - UAV Autonomy and Vision Aided Navigation - multiple programs involving GPS-denied navigation capabilities and autonomous flight control.20••••16: Technical Director - Advanced Sensor (Processing) Technologies - wireless, networked, self-powered sensors - and the development / application of decision making algorithms.20••••14: Flight Software Verification Team Lead for SNC\'s \"DreamChaser\"​ - a commercially operated space transportation system for humans, primarily to ISS (and back).20••••12: Technical Director and Program Manager, SmartGen Energy - an expert system providing predictive maintenance and diagnosis of (impending) failures in rotating machinery.20••••10: NASA: Flight Software Design Team Lead for the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle 20••••07: Task Lead for JAGUAR - a DARPA initiative for modeling, monitoring and rapid planning/replanning of tactical Air missions - a Decision Making System for the Air Force.2004: Flight Software Design Team for SPIDR, an SMEX spacecraft for NASA2003: Failure Detection System Software Architect for the \"Orbital Express\"​ satellite (DARPA).2002: Autonomy developer for DARPA\'s HMTM robot (for urban recon applications)

Education

  • Carnegie Mellon University

    B.S., Electrical and Biomedical Engineering

    1984 — 1988

  • Boston University

    M.S., Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing, Communications & Information Theory

    1991 — 1993

Skills

  • Software Design
  • Systems Engineering
  • Software Development
  • Software Engineering
  • System Design
  • Matlab
  • Simulations
  • System Architecture
  • Embedded Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Embedded Software
  • Sparx Enterprise Architect
  • Requirements Management
  • Object Oriented Design
  • Robotics
  • C
  • Algorithms
  • Digital Signal Processors
  • Engineering Management
  • Telelogic Doors
  • C++
  • Sensors
  • Earned Value Management
  • Sysml
  • Space Systems
  • Configuration Management
  • Integration
  • Distributed Systems
  • Public Speaking
  • Signal Processing
  • Simulink
  • Linux
  • Uml
  • Unix
  • Cloud Computing
  • Systems Design
  • Management
  • Program Management
  • Java
  • Autonomous Systems

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