Sharon L ONeal
- Professor of Practice
- Director, Software Engineering
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
- (520) 621-2558
- Engineering, Rm. 255
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- sharononeal@arizona.edu
Biography
Sharon O’Neal recently retired as an Engineering Director I at Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) in Tucson, Arizona. Over the course of her 35 year engineering career, she has held a variety of roles and responsibilities including:
- Software Engineering Director, with responsibility for more than 550 multi-disciplined engineers responsible for the real time embedded software for Raytheon’s missile products.
- Systems Engineering Director Advanced Systems Design, including System Security Engineering (SSE) and Systems and Software Architecture
- Senior Fellow providing technical oversight and leadership
- Program management for several programs in excess of $100M
- Capture management and large-scale proposal development
- Strategic leader for very large engineering organizations
Before retiring, as the Software Engineering Center Director Sharon was very active in leading change across multiple engineering disciplines within the RMS Engineering Directorate, and was heavily involved in several initiatives at RMS including:
- Multi-disciplined Agile transformation
- Continuous Integration and other automated test initiatives
- Cyber / Software Assurance maturation
Sharon was the first female at RMS to achieve the distinguished technical classification of Senior Fellow Engineer. She has extensive program management experience and led multiple very sophisticated and complex development programs through the Engineering Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase of development. She is very committed to program excellence and developing high quality products for Raytheon’s customers. Sharon is a certified Systems Architect, certified SW Architect, certified Agile Scrum and Product Owner, and is also certified in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
Since retiring, Sharon has made the transition from industry to academia by teaching different cybersecurity courses in the College of Engineering. In 2020, she led a group of faculty to develop the curriculum for a new BS in Software Engineering, which was approved by Arizona Board of Regents in April 2021. The Software Engineering degree program is now offered across 3 different campuses/formats including On-campus, Online, and to our Yuma Distance Campus. As the program was launched in the Fall 2021, she was selected to become the Director of the Software Engineering program, which is co-led by both the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) departments.
Ultimately, Sharon's primary goal is share the wealth of her experiences with next generation engineers and help them transition from academia to industry careers successfully. She loves working with engineering students, as it gives her the opportunity to teach / mentor, and also mutually learn with/from the students in the classes she teaches.
Sharon began her career with Hughes / Raytheon in 1985. She was the first in her family to earn her college degree. She has a BS degree in Computer Science, graduating Magna Cum Laude from California State University in 1984. She earned a MS degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1991.
Among her many passions, Sharon has been very proactive and dedicated to reaching out to school age children in her community to foster a better understanding and appreciation for the math and science disciplines. Several years ago, she originated and established a major outreach program in Tucson held annually called the Math Science and Technology Funfest (MSTFF) that united hundreds of scientists and engineers from many different companies and affiliations across Tucson to bring their love for math and science to life for the community’s children. Since its inception in March 2003, more than 75,000 school age children from all socio-economic backgrounds have benefited from this event. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Foundation (SARSEF) whose mission is to empower Southern Arizona’s K-12 students to participate in science, technology, engineering and math through inquiry-based learning and research
Degrees
- M.S. Computer Engineering
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
- None
- B.S. Computer Science
- California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, United States
- None
Interests
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Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Directed Research
SFWE 492 (Fall 2024) -
Intro to Software Engineering
SFWE 101 (Fall 2024) -
SFWE Soph Colloq
SFWE 201 (Fall 2024) -
Software Engineering Preceptor
SFWE 491 (Fall 2024) -
Software Project Management
SFWE 403 (Fall 2024) -
Software Project Management
SFWE 503 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Intro to Software Engineering
SFWE 101 (Spring 2024) -
SFWE Soph Colloq
SFWE 201 (Spring 2024) -
Software DevSecOps
SFWE 402 (Spring 2024) -
Software DevSecOps
SFWE 502 (Spring 2024) -
Software Engineering Preceptor
SFWE 491 (Spring 2024) -
SFWE Soph Colloq
SFWE 201 (Fall 2023) -
Software Engineering Preceptor
SFWE 491 (Fall 2023) -
Software Project Management
SFWE 403 (Fall 2023) -
Software Project Management
SFWE 503 (Fall 2023) -
Software Requirements Analysis
SFWE 301 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Cost Estimation
SIE 464 (Spring 2023) -
Cost Estimation
SIE 564 (Spring 2023) -
Intro to Software Engineering
SFWE 101 (Spring 2023) -
SFWE Soph Colloq
SFWE 201 (Spring 2023) -
Software Architecture & Design
SFWE 302 (Spring 2023) -
Software Engineering Preceptor
SFWE 491 (Spring 2023) -
Eng of Trustworthy Secure Sys
SIE 573 (Fall 2022) -
Independent Study
SIE 499 (Fall 2022) -
Intro to Software Engineering
SFWE 101 (Fall 2022) -
SFWE Soph Colloq
SFWE 201 (Fall 2022) -
Software Requirements Analysis
SFWE 301 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Info Security and Research
SIE 472 (Spring 2022) -
Info Security and Research
SIE 572 (Spring 2022) -
Interdisciplinary Capstone
ENGR 498B (Spring 2022) -
Intro to Software Engineering
SFWE 101 (Spring 2022) -
SFWE Soph Colloq
SFWE 201 (Spring 2022) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 571 (Spring 2022) -
Eng of Trustworthy Secure Sys
SIE 573 (Fall 2021) -
Interdisciplinary Capstone
ENGR 498A (Fall 2021) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 471 (Fall 2021) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 571 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Eng of Trustworthy Secure Sys
SIE 473 (Spring 2021) -
Eng of Trustworthy Secure Sys
SIE 573 (Spring 2021) -
Info Security and Research
SIE 472 (Spring 2021) -
Info Security and Research
SIE 572 (Spring 2021) -
Interdisciplinary Capstone
ENGR 498B (Spring 2021) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 571 (Spring 2021) -
Interdisciplinary Capstone
ENGR 498A (Fall 2020) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 471 (Fall 2020) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 571 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Special Topics in SIE
SIE 596 (Summer I 2020) -
Info Security and Research
SIE 472 (Spring 2020) -
Info Security and Research
SIE 572 (Spring 2020) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 571 (Spring 2020) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 471 (Fall 2019) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 571 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Curnt Issues in Wkplce & Schls
TLS 573 (Summer I 2019) -
Info Security and Research
SIE 472 (Spring 2019) -
Info Security and Research
SIE 572 (Spring 2019) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 571 (Spring 2019) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 471 (Fall 2018) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 571 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Cross Disciplin Design
ENGR 498B (Spring 2018) -
Cross Disciplin Design
ENGR 498A (Fall 2017) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 471 (Fall 2017) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 571 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Cross Disciplin Design
ENGR 498B (Spring 2017) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 471 (Spring 2017) -
Systems Cyber Security
SIE 571 (Spring 2017) -
Cross Disciplin Design
ENGR 498A (Fall 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
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