Engineer Manager

Robert E. Atkinson

Education BSME Wichita State University

Wichita, Ks.

MSAE Wichita State University

Wichita, Ks.

Sigma Gamma Tau- National Honor Society in Aerospace

Engineering

Post Masters Wichita State University

Wichita, Ks.

Professional 1974 - 1980 Edo Corporation

experience Wichita, Ks.

Senior Specialist Engineer

Design support of several general aviation

instruments and mechanisms including air driven

gyroscopes, mechanical radio frequency selectors and

hydraulic propeller governors. Supported STC, PMA

and flight testing

1980 - 1990 Boeing Military Airplanes

Wichita, Ks.

Avionics Installation Design Engineer

Designer and a lead engineer on several military

programs:

B-52 Tail Warning and special antenna modifications.

B-52 ALQ-172 phased array radar system installation.

F-111 and KC-135 defensive system proposals.

747 Sofia NASA modification and Airforce One.

F-4 Navigation Weapon Delivery System.

B-52 AOG repairs and Shuttle drag chute

modifications

1990 - 1998 Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Wichita, Ks.

Structures Engineer - Associate Technical Fellow

IPT lead for the 777 fuselage section 41 structure

design.

Led proof of concept team that developed a

self-tooled concept of fuselage assembly on the 737

NG. I trainied over two hundred engineers in the new

process. The assembly method was patented and became

the standard across Boeing Commercial. It is the

current basis of Spirit Exact .

Formed a Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) team of

structural engineers We learned the ICAD

programming language and established a virtual team

environment with the Everett KBE group. The

Knowledge Based applications we developed were used

on all models within Boeing Commercial.

1998-2004 Structures Management

I managed teams developing:

The fuselage section 42 and Integration IPT's on

the 737-702C Navy transport.

767 Design for Manufacturing (DFM) improvements

using engineers in Wichita and Moscow.

The tools and processes for the first Boeing use of

Catia V5

The preliminary structures design of the Sect 41 787

Evaluated on-site capabilities of :

SAIC in Shanghai and The Boeing Design center in

Moscow

Member of Wichita Technical Fellowship selection

team

2004 - 2007 Spirit Aerosystems Inc.

Wichita, Ks.

787 Systems / Payloads Senior Engineering manager

I managed the Systems and Payloads Design, Analysis

and Product Support team for the 787 Cabin Sect 41.

This team included 4 first level managers and in

excess of 200 design, test and manufacturing

engineers. The team allocated tier 1 requirements,

developed Systems & Payloads Installation designs

and systems test procedures. We again used global

engineering resources in an integrated team.

Senior manager of Systems design for the Gulfstream

G650 Wing Design

Skill team leader for Systems and Payloads

engineers.

2007 -2011 Chief Engineer CH-53K Cabin and

Cockpit

Provided technical oversight for the Spirit

structure design team on the Sikorsky CH-53K heavy

lift helicopter replacement program. Responsibility

included metal and composite structure design as

well as requirements management.

2011 - Manager Technology Devel. & Dimensional

Management

New customers, composite R&D development and

dimensional management cost savings and analysis

support on new programs

Spirit focal for WSU Aerospace Engineering

Department

Skills Proficient in Spirit/Boeing Management tools and

best practices. Microsoft Office

applications, Fortran, Matlab, Mathcad, Lean

Training, Basic Catia/Enovia skills, Private Pilot

Patents and US patent 5956251 - Established tolerance approach

publications for leveraging detail part process capability to

reduce tooling.

SAE paper 200*-**-**** Experimental and

Computational Modeling of the Aerodynamics of a Race

Car.

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