Wayne Choy

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Versatile Engineering Manager and IPT Lead with over 10 years of experience in aerospace and defense. Expert at driving success within highly exploratory, ambiguous development environments. Proven track record of leading multidisciplinary teams through the IRAD lifecycle, from early design and development to successful flight testing. Adept at translating complex technical challenges into actionable executive strategies.

Professional Experience

LOCKHEED MARTIN

Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC) Engineering Manager

2024 - PRESENT

  • > Strategic Leadership: Lead an Integrated Product Team Lead (IPT Lead) for Advanced Programs - Integrated Air & Missile Defense product. Serve as primary technical point of contact for customer leadership and internal leadership stakeholders.
  • > Technical Oversight: Drive interceptor and fire control algorithm development (missile guidance, navigation, and autopilot), modeling & simulation, and performance analysis, overseeing the end-to-end integration of SWIL and HWIL testing, leading up to flight testing.
  • > Programmatic Oversight: Own end-to-end IPT cost and schedule performance, ensuring technical milestones are met and align with contractual obligations and budgetary constraints.
  • > Contract Transition: Experienced with executing and transitioning IRAD initiatives into active Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contracts with a speed-focused approach.

GNC Engineer - IRAD Principal Investigator

2021 - 2024

  • > Technical Leadership & Execution: Player-coach responsible for the day-to-day execution of the Algorithms and M&S team, supporting several development IRAD initiatives, directly contributing to several successful customer demos culminating in two successful flight tests and the capture of subsequent contract awards.
  • > Individual Contribution: Developed and implemented algorithm updates for interceptor initialization, navigation, flyout guidance, and datalink content. Developed algorithms for fire control threat state estimation, engageability, launch solution, interceptor flyout prediction, datalink content. Developed simulation models of missile, fire control, radar, and launch platform components in 6-DOF simulation. Performed Monte Carlo simulation analysis with 6-DOF to assess interceptor and system performance. Supported SWIL, HWIL, in-field integration testing. Developed Matlab and Python tools to support engineering analysis.

GNC Engineer

2019 - 2021

  • > Individual Contribution: Developed and updated models in multiple 6-DOF simulation frameworks (C++, Fortran) to assess and characterize interceptor and system performance. Conducted several performance assessment studies for various government contracts and IRAD projects.

BOEING

Dynamics Engineer

2017 - 2019

  • > Individual Contribution: Developed simulation models to predict and assess dynamic behavior of the Space Launch System during different phases of flight. Created scripts and automated tools in Matlab to process and analyze results.

QUORUM SOFTWARE

Software Engineering Consultant

2014 - 2015

  • > Individual Contribution: Developed software solutions for the oil and gas industry, with a focus on pipeline management.

Educational Experience

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

M.S. Aerospace Engineering 2016
B.S. Aerospace Engineering 2014