Engineer Manager
Resume:
Robert D. Edmonds, Jr.
Herndon, VA 20170-4341
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OBJECTIVE
An engineering position in aerospace system design, development, operation or test.
SUMMARY
Over ten years of national defense, NASA and civil space industry engineering experience including:
* Attitude sensor field of view analysis, calibration and telemetry processing
* Design, drawing, fabrication and assembly of ground mechanical test equipment
* Fabrication, assembly and test of cryogenic flight components
* Design and implementation of propulsion system modeling and fuel management software
* Weather image analysis and processing
WORK EXPERIENCE
Orbit Analyst
Kratos/Integral Systems, April 2011 - December 2012
*Tested new versions of the OASYS orbit analysis product for use in Air Force CCS-C application and investigated software issues.
* Created/modified automated systems for regression testing using AutoIT and other scripting languages.
* Modified operational spacecraft support scripts for use with AEHF, Milstar, DSCS and WGS spacecraft.
* Managed issue handling and version updates in the RAZOR configuration management system.
* Facilitated meetings between operations staff and developers to coordinate issue resolution and deployment of new releases.
Senior Engineer, Flight Dynamics
GMV Space Systems, Inc., January 2006 - June 2010
* Developed Java software with a GUI that enabled the user to start, monitor and control other Java systems that read and modified various databases
for the LANDSAT mission.
* Created a geostationary spacecraft propulsion system performance model and fuel consumption prediction and accounting system for the Thor IIR
mission, an Orbital Sciences Star 2 vehicle operated by Telenor in Norway. This FORTRAN-based system passed acceptance testing with unusually
few required modifications and is currently operational. It formed the basis for similar systems developed by GMV for MEASAT and other missions.
* Adapted an existing propulsion system model for Boeing 601 Series spacecraft for use in the Intelsat Ground Navigation System while under contract
to Intelsat Headquarters in Washington, using FORTRAN 90.
*Assisted in adapting Ku- and C-band signal routing software, written primarily in TCL, for use with a new SES Americom payload.
* Developed a FORTRAN software module for pressure/volume/temperature model-based estimation of remaining fuel for a new Eutelsat vehicle.
Engineer
Global Science and Technology, April 1995 - April 2004
* Created algorithm for determining regions of ground coverage for optical sensors using orbit and attitude telemetry for the ROCSAT spacecraft and
implemented it in C. Developed requirements specifications for ROCSAT science data collection system.
* Developed, wrote and illustrated training materials for and conducted training in Taiwan for ROCSAT ground support system operators.
* Designed and coded DirectMet Virtual Receiver, a Java application that allows the user to remotely create custom GOES image products. This
product included an extensive GUI that allowed the user to graphically select regions of the earth's surface, and to control the properties of the image to
be delivered.
* Developed an improved geolocation technique for GMS spacecraft weather images. Developed an algorithm for creating lifelike color images based
on GOES weather imaging data using C language.
* Developed a fast universal spherical coordinate conversion algorithm using only trigonometric functions for simplicity. Designed and wrote C++ code
to evaluate binary tree algorithms for spatial searches in geolocated data (part of GST’s Spatial Answers SBIR effort).
Analyst, Flight Dynamics Organization
Computer Sciences Corporation, June 1989 - September 1994
* Wrote and Illustrated the functional specifications for the Sensor Coverage Prediction, Telemetry Processing, and Onboard Processor Support
segments of the GGS spacecraft mission attitude support system.
* Performed engineering studies on various topics including long-term spacecraft attitude behavior under environmental torques, star sensor geometric
compatibility, star sensor target availability, attitude maneuver modeling. Provided detailed analysis reports that were easy for the customer to
understand.
* Created several PC-based graphical mission analysis tools to be used by the GGS operations team in real-time mission support. These include
programs for maneuver monitoring and verification, and sensor field of view analysis.
EDUCATION
Bachelor's Degree, 12/88
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ
Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical Engineering
SKILLS
C++ Intermediate
Java Intermediate
FORTRAN Intermediate
CAD (various) Intermediate
Light Machining Intermediate
Cryogen Handling Beginner
Private Pilot Expert
LANGUAGES
English Fluent
French Intermediate
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS
Sigma Gamma Tau Engineering Honor Society
REFERENCES
Dr. Joseph Chan
Manager, Intelsat
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Dr. James Tuttle
Senior Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Dr. Edgar Canavan
Senior Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Dr. Paul Clemens
Manager, Global Science and Technology, Inc.
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