Management: Work Package Plan

Electrical Agreement

 

 

 

The following describes the duties of the Electrical/Electronics Work Package Manager for the GNIRS project:

 

1.      Jerry Penegor has been assigned and delegated the job function of Electrical/Electronics Engineer for GNIRS.

a)      This implies that you are a member of the GNIRS instrument team, accountable to the PM and PS for progress and budget on all electrical tasks, attending weekly project meetings, design reviews, and speaking as the responsible individual for all electrical related tasks for the GNIRS project.

b)      You will operate with maximum autonomy, as do the other engineers assigned to the project.

c)      Any individuals working with you on the electrical task will receive their direction only from yourself.  You are accountable for the work performed by them.

d)      You are responsible to review and revise/update the overall Electrical Work Package which currently has the following budgets and critical schedule milestones:

-  Total budget:             3491 hrs

- Thermal Enclosure      1705 hrs

- External wiring/cables    428 hrs

- Warm-up controller     380 hrs

- Dewar electronics    658 hrs

- Manuals/documentation    320 hrs 

-         Completion of TE electronics by December, 2000

             The review and update of the schedule and milestones for the  
             Electrical/Electronics Work Package is your first priority.

You are also tasked to design, fabricate, and deliver a mechanism test set to the project in time to be used in checkout of the first mechanism tested in the Big Test Dewar (BTD).  You are to coordinate the requirements of this test set with Jay Elias, the GNIRS systems engineer/project scientist.  The budget hours for this task are not included in the above list.  The Work Package Manger for the Mechanism Test Set is Jay Elias, as it is currently under Systems Engineering.

  Also you are tasked to design, fabricate, assemble and deliver to the Software Engineer, Richard Wolff, a test fixture that will emulate the electrical functions of the instrument.  This test fixture will be used to test the low-level instrument software with the TE electronics.  The test fixture must contain a movable mechanism and emulate all functions that the software will control in the final instrument.  The budget hours for this task are not included in the above list.

  In addition, you are responsible to support mechanism fabrication and assembly, insuring that all mechanisms are properly wired at the appropriate times indicated on the project schedule.  The budget hours for this support are contained in the fabrication phase of each mechanism.  Gary Muller is the Mechanism Work Package manager.  The budget hours for this task are not included in the above list.

  Note:  Unfortunately the TE schedule is not negotiable to any significant degree, as it is driven by 1) hardware assembly and test schedules, 2) delivery of the wavefront sensor hardware, and 3) the low-level instrument software checkout requirements.

  2.      As the GNIRS Electrical Engineer you are responsible for:

a)      All tasks relating to delivering operating electrical hardware

b)      Providing support to the systems design effort

c)      Supervising any technicians or engineers who might assist you in these tasks.

d)      Becoming familiar with the GNIRS instrument design and functions/modes of operation.

e)      Working with the mechanical engineers and designers to insure complete integrity of design for both electrical and mechanical

f)        Participate in determining hardware-software requirements.  This implies working with Jay Elias (Systems Engineer) and Richard Wolff in software-hardware operation

g)      Holding/conducting appropriate reviews of the electrical design to insure compatibility with the instrument design

h)      Participate in software checkout using the TE instrument electronics

i)        Participate in OIWFS hardware checkout

j)        Documenting the electronics

k)      Contributing to the Service and Calibration Manual

 

 

 

Neil Gaughan                                                      

Project Manager

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