Kieran Perkins

- Chief engineer 20+ team to integrate and test Receiver Exciter designs for military antennas - Planning and executing product roadmap, engineering resources, and budget - Scaling logistics to transition tactical products for mass production and operational deployment - Balancing customer requirements with engineering limitations to guarantee product success - Leading hiring process to reduce gaps in expertise and improve team performance

- Chief engineer for 20+ mechanical and electrical engineers for communication array design, manufacturing, test, and integration - Addressed customer questions / concerns and delivered solutions that met customer goals - Engineered passive radiator PWB, RF personality PWB, Receiver Exciter, additive manufactured cold plate, coolant manifolds, interlocks, array test equipment - Forecasted and implemented Integrated Master Schedules with $4.5M total budget

- Led agile R&D investigations into system enabling concepts with $500K budget - Produced 15+ yearly disclosures resulting in advanced circuit performance - Reported on program feasibility, costs, and business process improvements to leadership

- Designed schematics and layouts for active and passive circuits (LNA, HPA, gain amp, attenuator, phase shifter, switch, splitter) from UHF to V bands covering 5:1+ octaves - Architected and integrated analog, digital, and RF components into a singular die - Debugged subcomponent outages to diagnose root cause and corrective action

- Developed and tested high frequency digital processing capabilities utilizing RQL circuit design - Refined PTL capabilities to enable long range and off-chip signal routing - Restructured circuit user interface through parameterized cells of PTL building blocks