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Rahsaan Long
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Location: Pittsburg, CA United States
Joined: Mar 19th, 2025

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I have worked in a variety of engineering roles within the aerospace/defense, mechanical test, and logistics industries. I have a wealth of experience working for Raytheon Missile Systems, General Atomics Aeronautical, and FedEx Ground. I have worked in mechanical design, mechanical test fixturing design, mechanical hardware/environmental testing, parts obsolescence, change board, and a wealth of other areas. I have taken a hiatus from my career to take care of family matters and am now ready to get back to it!

Education (request update)

Tennessee State University class of 1999

Undergrad Major: Mechanical Engineering

Campus Organization:

Phi Beta Sigma

Claim To Fame:

I roller-bladed everywhere during college. To class, to the apartment, to other campuses, etc.

University of Phoenix class of 2004

Grad Major: Business Administration

Experience

I currently work with None as None
I have 25 years of experience working in the Engineering industry.

Engineering Specialist V. | FedEx Ground
From October 2000 to April 2023 • 23 year(s)
District Outbound Engineering Specialist for Delta District. Serviced the outbound sort for 18 stations spanning 3 states. This included ensuring all service changes to the routing database for packages moving throughout/into/outside of the district's stations. Oversaw inaugural outbound sorts for 5 newly built stations for existing station relocations. Responsible for traveling and conducting training sessions with several stations' outbound sort managers and operational managers. Created a metrics logging tool for package handler retention; this was used throughout the entire company; estimated company cost savings of $3K/package handler; won a Bravo Zulu award for this effort.

Senior Mechanical Engineer | Technical Recruiting Solutions, Inc.
From June 2018 to December 2018 • 0 year(s)
Contract position; embedded in Reliance Test and Technology, Inc. at Eglin AFB. Used requirements interpreted from MIL-STD-810G to create a test space layout for a warehouse-to-test laboratory conversion project. Government customer was satisfied with produced layout. Generated a Technical requirements Document (TRD) outlining key design requirements for the sub-contracted manufacture of both a larger MIL-STD-810G Salt Fog test chamber and larger Immersion test tank.

Mechanical Engineer | General Atomics Aeronautical
From November 2008 to April 2016 • 8 year(s)
Apart of the Mechanical Engineering department as a Mechanical Test Engineer and as a Liaison Engineer. Directed testing activities as lead test engineer for over 60 environmental tests (qualification, accelerated life, airworthiness, and design verification/assurance) of avionics line replaceable units (LRUs) in support of entire Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) product line. Spearheaded, executed, and successfully completed a $100K+ high-visibility, rigorous environmental qualifications testing regimen for the Predator XP Flight Termination System (FTS). Successfully generated test plans and test procedures for 95% of all personally executed tests. Generated comprehensive test reports for all carried out tests.

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