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Will Boxx

Senior RF/Electronics Engineer

Experience

Experience

Career history plus the credentials, skills, training, recognition, and community leadership that support my work in electromagnetics and mission focused RF engineering.

Roles

A focused timeline of roles, outcomes, and business impact.

Electromagnetics Section Chief

85th Engineering Installation Squadron, USAF - Keesler AFB, MS

Mar 2024 - Present

  • Leadership & Management: Directed global E3, EMI, and RADHAZ TDYs and engineering reports, aligning plans, resources, and risk to deliver on time.
  • Portfolio Management: Procured $3M+ in RF test assets and led upgrades including automated DF capabilities to improve mission readiness.
  • Team Development: Improved team cohesion through clear expectations, feedback loops, and consistent technical standards.
  • Mentorship: Implemented structured onboarding and mentorship for Palace Acquire and PCIP interns, accelerating skill development and mission contribution.
  • Process Improvement: Modernized report management with an accountability contract system to reduce cycle time and improve stakeholder confidence.
  • Training & Integration: Built the first SART UTC training plan and integrated civilians into military exercises to boost interoperability.

Electronics Engineer

85th Engineering Installation Squadron, USAF - Keesler AFB, MS

May 2010 - Mar 2024

  • Innovation & Process Optimization: Led test automation software development, reducing TDY labor hours by 66% and enabling synchronized multi-location RF surveys.
  • Antenna Theory & Modeling: Built an in-house antenna modeling toolkit in Python for near and far field boundaries, pattern validation, and intensity prediction.
  • Antenna Assessment: Assessed phased array radar systems including UEWR, DARC, and LRDR for EMC, EMI, and RADHAZ requirements.
  • Test & Measurement: Led 40+ RF test and measurement TDYs, building mission-specific kits and executing end-to-end measurement plans.
  • Documentation & Communication: Authored 60+ engineering reports on EME, EMC, EMI, and RADHAZ to support mission decisions.
  • Data Processing: Developed a custom binary encoder that reduced spectrum data storage by 75% and improved processing efficiency.
  • Data Processing: Created a GEMSIS frequency database parser that reduced parsing time by 99% for pre-deployment planning.
  • Mentorship: Mentored engineers and briefed senior leaders, collaborating with NTIA, AFLCMC, JHU APL, and OFCOM on spectrum safety.

Education

M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD

2016

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

University of New Orleans - New Orleans, LA

2013

Skills

Full technical and leadership coverage grouped by focus area.

Electromagnetics

EMCEMIRADHAZAntenna theoryPropagation modelingField investigations

RF Test and Measurement

Spectrum analyzersVNAsSignal generatorsPower metersSDRsRF switch matrices

Modeling and Analysis

Near and far field analysisPattern analysisPath loss and noise correctionThreat environment emulationGeolocation and jamming

Software

PythonMATLAB.NET (C#, VB.NET)SQLSpectrum data pipelines and post-processingJavaScriptTypeScriptLaTeXPowerShellBashC++

Leadership

Section chief leadershipPortfolio managementMentorshipStakeholder briefings

Technical Writing

Technical report authorshipRequirements documentationStandards compliance narrativesRisk assessment summariesExecutive-ready briefing decks

Training

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  • Military Personnel Management Course, DAF (2025)
  • DAF New Supervisor Course, DAF (2024)
  • Cyber 200, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, OH (2018)
  • Civilian Acculturation Leadership Training, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL (2015)
  • Undergraduate Cyber Training, AETC, Keesler AFB, MS (2015)
  • Innovation Mindset Aspire Journey (16 hrs), Skillsoft (2023)
  • Leadership Development Program Powered by MIT SMR (11 hrs), Skillsoft (2021)
  • Emotional Intelligence for Leaders and Managers (11 hrs), Pluralsight (2021)
  • Software Project Analyst to Senior Software Project Manager (66 hrs), Skillsoft (2020)
  • 5G Technologies and Practices (19 hrs), Skillsoft (2020)
  • Deep Learning Specialization (101 hrs), deeplearning.ai / Coursera (2019)
  • Machine Learning (61 hrs), Stanford / Coursera (2019)

Awards

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  • Civilian of the Year, Squadron (2016)
  • Civilian of the Quarter (Q1 2016, Q2 2016, Q4 2020), Squadron (2016 - 2020)
  • Quality Step Increase, USAF (2020)
  • Outstanding Appraisal Rating (Highest Level), USAF (2018 - 2024)
  • Civilian Achievement Award, USAF (2015)
  • Ten Outstanding Young Americans (Nominated), National Jaycees (2021)
  • Information Assurance Fellowship (Accepted), USAF (2021)

Community Involvement

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  • Youth Soccer Coach, Bay Area Youth Soccer League (2022 - Present) - Volunteer coach supporting youth player development and team coordination.