Engineer Development
Resume:
ROBERT STURMAN
Cedar Hill, TX 75104
*********@*****.***
SUMMARY :
Experienced in hardware and software design and verification, primarily in space and military flight systems. Many were classified programs with previous Secret and Top Secret clearances. Familiar with most laboratory equipment for automated test. Design and test of RF & microwave systems, communication and radar systems, antenna/receiver, phase locked loops, spread spectrum systems, A/D and D/A converters, telemetry systems. Also telecom experience with T1/E1, TCP/IP, VoIP and DOCSIS communications. Automated test scripts background has developed into a more software focus with engineering applications and developing custom Linux kernels, compiling programs, and C++, java and Android applications with Eclipse IDE.
EDUCATION :
University of Texas at Austin, BSEE -1980
CURRENTLY:
Investor and Consultant 2004-Present
EXPERIENCE :
Raytheon Missile Systems Tucson, AZ 2001-2003
Joined the Test Systems Design Center and developed C programs for tests of the Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile. Developed tests for the Digital Scene Matching Area Correlator (DSMAC) camera. Responsibilities for moving into production the USN Block IVA Standard Missile. Later supported production goals of the Sparrow and Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) as a Project Test Engineer.
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. Minneapolis, MN 1997-2001
Cable plant (head-end) production support and test development of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) data product for telephony application. Automated Test Equipment (ATE) development and test software creation for IEEE-488 operated equipment in script and C. Vacuum operated functional test fixture design, development, and debug for high throughput operation. Surface mount technology production support, test, and troubleshooting.
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Austin Semiconductor, Inc. Austin, TX 1996-1997
Performed linear and digital device characterization and software development for automated testing of high reliability semiconductors over extreme temperatures for military and space applications.
Lockheed FWC Fort Worth, TX 1991-1995
Development of Department of Defense Standard 2167A and 2168 compliant automatic Test Program Sets (TPS) for depot level repair of F-16 aircraft avionics Line Replaceable Units (LRU) and modules.
Norden Systems, Inc. Norwalk, CT 1986-1991
Responsible for design verification & certification of microwave subsystems required for A6-F aircraft radar antenna and receiver system development, environmental and final acceptance testing. Joint Strategic and Tactical Array Receiver System (J-STARS) test system support. Design utilizing phase detection, phase locked loops and multipliers, A/D and D/A converters, SAW devices, and high integrity signal switching and routing were typical requirements for testing the coherent radar subsystems.
Tracor Aerospace, Inc. Austin, TX 1984-1986
Participated in the introduction of automated test equipment (ATE) methods for a military production contract of an RF communications direction-finding system for Blackhawk helicopters.
Lockheed EMSCO, Inc. Houston, TX 1981-1984
Responsibilities in the Electronic Systems Test Lab for Space Shuttle flight unit verification afforded experience with the range of test equipment and standards for RF, telemetry and communication system performance assessment. Numerous proposals & flight unit development projects involved areas from digital control & signal encoding systems to recording & transmission of audio, video, & telemetry. Exposed to the range of requirements including spread-spectrum transmission and advanced coding techniques covering the breadth of Space Shuttle communication technologies.
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