While enrolled in the School of Law at the University of San Diego in 1963, Judge Harry R. McCue was employed by General Dynamics as a Flight Control Engineering Specialist.  He designed and conducted Design Proof Testing and developed design improvements in the Atlas auto-pilot and Centaur inertial guidance systems and supplemented his income with periodic consulting work with Bullard Company and General Dynamics.

Bullard Company, Bridgeport, Conn.
Manufactured heavy machine tools. Management trainee upon leaving M.I.T. -- trainee on four year program. Taught calculus at Bridgeport Engineering Institute.

• Chief Metallurgist.  Supervised and operated a metallurgy and chemical lab for materials and process controls, as well as materials testing.  Conducted "in-house" training programs.

• Manager, Quality Control Department.  Organized, administered, and supervised a department of 125 technicians and engineers to improve the design, workmanship and performance of Bullard  machine tools.

• Acting Foundary Superintendent.  Supervised and managed the entire foundry operation with a melting rate of 75 tons/day and 250 men.  Ferrous castings ranging from ounces to ten tons.

• Manager, Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering Division.  Responsible for all manufacturing methods, processes, tooling and manufacturing costs for company-wide manufacturing.

• Assistant to the President. Duties involved corporate planning and house counsel; deeply involved in engineering and problem-solving throughout the company.