Thomas W. Jeffrey

Mr. Jeffrey has over twenty years of broad experience in radar systems engineering covering all phases of design and development, including the development of initial concepts and overall system requirements, system architectures, hardware and software sub-system requirements, detailed algorithms, and system integration and test plans. Has led systems engineering teams, as well as developed systems engineering training and processes, and served as a mentor to new systems engineers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal Engineer

1996 - Present Lead System Engineer on the Navy High Power Discriminator (HPD), Army Patriot and NATO Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) programs. Responsible for concept and detailed development of target classification, discrimination, and identification algorithms.

1992 - 1995 Lead System Engineer on the Ground Based Radar (GBR) program. Responsible for allocating system requirements to hardware and software sub-systems, and led a team of systems engineers to develop detailed software requirements for both the tactical and strategic versions of a new ballistic missile defense radar.

1989 - 1992 System engineering management and coordination of discrimination algorithm development for the Ground Based Radar-Experimental (GBR-X) program. Transitioned to Lead System Engineer for validation of GBR-X system architecture, requirements, and design. Contributed to winning proposal for GBR demonstration/validation program.

1987 - 1989 Lead System Engineer for the TARTAR CGN-36/NTU Block III Upgrade of the AN/SPG-51 fire control radar. Responsible for systems analysis, requirements, and system design for the dual C and X-band radar.

1983 - 1987 System Engineering Manager and Lead System Engineer for the BMEWS Site I Upgrade. Responsible for systems engineering analysis, design, and integration and test support of the phased array radar development program.

1976 - 1983 General Electric Company, Aerospace Electronic Systems Department, Utica, New York, Systems Engineer

1982 - 1983 Lead System Engineer responsible for all systems engineering for the design, implementation, and integration of the track-while-scan mode into the AN/APG-67 fire control radar (as an option exercised) concurrently with the basic development contract for the Northrop F-20 fighter aircraft.

1981 - 1982 Lead System Engineer for the Infrared Search and Track System (IRSTS) developed for the U.S. Air Force (AFWAL). Responsible for all systems engineering for the advance development model and three prototypes, including system design, integration and test.

1981 Project Engineer and Principal Investigator for the Advance Multisensor Systems IR&D program. Responsible for $400K program to perform studies directed to fusion of X-band fire control radar and 3-5 micron infrared search and track system for mid-1990s Advanced Tactical Fighter and Stealth aircraft.

1979 - 1981 Supervisor for the GE Advanced Course in Engineering (concurrent with Doctoral studies at Syracuse University). Responsible for providing and coordinating lectures, being the interface to Syracuse University, and providing progress reviews for over 70 students in the A, B, and C Courses.

1978 - 1979 Performed systems analysis and simulation of space-based adaptive array and electro-optic counter measures systems, and developed and optimized synthetic aperture radar (SAR) signal and data processing algorithms for hardware and software implementation.

1977 Contributed to a number of systems studies and proposal efforts, including the E2-C Update

(AN/APS-125) program for the U.S. Navy.

1976 - 1977 Performed baseline testing of a spread spectrum communication system, and designed, integrated and tested the digital downconverter for an ECM receiver.

M.S. Electrical Engineering, Syracuse University, 1980

B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Connecticut, 1976, Magna Cum Laude

PhD Course Work in Electrical Engineering Completed, Syracuse University, 1981

Partial Completion of PhD Qualification Exams, 1982

T. W. Jeffrey & L. H. Ford, "IRSTS Operational Concept for Air Warfare Missions", American Defense Preparedness Association Conference, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas Nevada, 1982

T. W. Jeffrey, "Radar Signal Processing for Phased Array Radars", IEEE ASSP Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 1987

T. W. Jeffrey, "Track Quality Estimation for Multiple-Target Tracking Radars", IEEE AESS National Radar Conference, Dallas, Texas, 1989

T. W. Jeffrey, "An Observer for Use with Mechanically-Steered, Limited-Scan Phased Array Radars", IEEE AESS National Radar Conference, Los Angeles, California, 1991

T. W. Jeffrey, "Phased Array Radar Tracking with Non-Uniformly Spaced Measurements", IEEE AESS National Radar Conference, Dallas, Texas, 1998

PATENTS

Track Quality Processing Function for Tracking Radars, Raytheon Company Patent Disclosure, 1989

AFFILIATIONS

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi

Technical Paper Reviewer, IEEE T-AES for Radar Systems