Michael Lockhart
Chute-A-Blondeau,Ontario
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
Work History
Technician
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Montreal
10.2016 - Current
- Company Overview: Engineering and Computer Sciences Aerospace Institute
- Co-ordinating graduate and undergraduate students in various research projects
- Supporting the materials UAV laboratories
- Designing test apparatus
- Engineering and Computer Sciences Aerospace Institute
Instrumentation Technologist
MDS Aero Support
Ottawa, Ontario
09.2013 - 10.2016
- Systems integration of data acquisition and dynamic measurement systems for projects involving turbine test cell upgrades based on the core VTI DAC system
- Coordinate installation and commissioning at customer sites
- System and subsystem design
- Support the legacy DSP-Con Data Acquisition system in Thompson Manitoba for joint NRC, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney engine icing facility
Instrumentation Technologist
Bombardier Aerospace Experimental (BAEX)
10.2011 - 09.2013
- Ground Test Group Electrical design
- Load control and Data acquisition integration of a new fatigue development system by MTS corp
- Team lead for load control electrical design
Lead Instrumentation Technologist
Diamond Aircraft Industries
London, Ontario
10.2007 - 09.2011
- Research into new technologies applicable to project requirements and provide analysis reports to senior engineering
- Organise and implement instrumentation for qualification testing of the new D-Jet aircraft
- Support the piston and materials group
- Design test apparatus and fixtures including PLC based systems for various test plans
- Writing of test plans and generating certification documentation on designs to be installed on experimental aircraft
- Schedule and delegate work to junior technicians
- Developed procedural document for stain gauge selection and installation on composite materials for aircraft stress analysis
Sr. R&D Technologist
Perkin Elmer Optoelectronics
05.2000 - 08.2001
- Research into new technologies applicable to project requirements and provide analysis reports for equipment recommendations
- Support the engineering in new product development, liaise with manufacturing and Manufacturing Test group
- Software programming and hardware design for automation of test process, Hybrid ceramic design
Technical officer
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Montreal
01.2002 - 08.2002
- Company Overview: Concave Research Center
- Vehicle computer-controlled active suspension
- Human Vibration research study
- Co-ordinating graduate and undergraduate students in various research projects
- Conducting vibration experiment series on human test subjects
- Maintaining hydraulic and control hardware, designing test apparatus
- Concave Research Center
LAB TECHNICIAN
JOHN ABBOTT COLLEGE
01.1993 - 01.2007
- Repair and calibration of test instrumentation, maintenance and repair of IBM PC computer work stations and peripheral equipment, design and construction of lab demo systems, monitoring and aiding students during lab period
- Network designer & administrator, Novell/Nt Platform
- Part time contract as lab instructor for AC electricity and micro-processor, strain gauge labs
- Part time technician / Instructor in Aerospace Technologies program
Q.C Test Technician
SPAR AEROSPACE LIMITED
01.1992 - 01.1993
- Company Overview: Satellite Telecommunications division
- Verification of subsystem test data and test procedures, EMC test surveillance at the Canadian Space Agency, Quality Engineering Test Establishment(Q.E.T.E) and MBP Technologies
- Satellite Telecommunications division
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
BENDIX AVELEX
01.1988 - 01.1992
- Company Overview: (Div
- Allied Signal Aerospace)
- Perform technical investigations on military and commercial aircraft subsystems, providing failure analysis and recommendation reports to governmental agencies, aircraft operators, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Avelex manufacturing and overhaul program managers
- (Div
- Allied Signal Aerospace)
LAB TECHNICIAN
JOHN ABBOTT COLLEGE
01.1987 - 01.1988
- Repair and calibration of test instrumentation, maintenance and repair of IBM PC computers and peripheral equipment, design and construction of various pieces of lab demo systems, monitoring and aiding students during lab period
Timeline
Technician
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
10.2016 - Current
Instrumentation Technologist
MDS Aero Support
09.2013 - 10.2016
Instrumentation Technologist
Bombardier Aerospace Experimental (BAEX)
10.2011 - 09.2013
Lead Instrumentation Technologist
Diamond Aircraft Industries
10.2007 - 09.2011
Technical officer
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
01.2002 - 08.2002
Sr. R&D Technologist
Perkin Elmer Optoelectronics
05.2000 - 08.2001
LAB TECHNICIAN
JOHN ABBOTT COLLEGE
01.1993 - 01.2007
Q.C Test Technician
SPAR AEROSPACE LIMITED
01.1992 - 01.1993
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
BENDIX AVELEX
01.1988 - 01.1992
LAB TECHNICIAN
JOHN ABBOTT COLLEGE
01.1987 - 01.1988