Kurt Yoder Email & Phone Number

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Savannah, Georgia Area

• Managed the development of the redesign, requirement verification, lab testing and supplier data review of the Gulfstream G550 Special Missions aircraft for the USAF EC-37B Compass Call program.• Led the development effort of the redesign, requirement verification, DO-160 Qualification testing and review of supplier data for the new control panel for the EC-37B Liquid Cooling System (LCS).• Supported the customer mission success and delivery of aircraft by managing the redesign of the aircraft Mission Equipment Power Distribution Box and evaluating aircraft Electrical Load Analysis.• Provided electrical technical analysis and expertise to help redesign the LCS pump unit from an 115VAC pump to a 270VDC pump for the EC-37B Liquid Cooling System.• Developed requirement Specification and Statement of Work for the LCS control panel.• Supported aircraft production line by creating drawing redlines to customer requirements, ground test procedures and reports to complete the successful delivery of FAR Part 25 certified aircraft.• Presented a weekly Compass Call program status of scheduled tasks, any issues or cost drivers to the program to Electrical System Engineering management.

Marietta, Ga

Managed the development of the redesign, requirement verification, lab testing and supplier data review of the C-130J Avionics Management Unit (AMU) and Communication Navigation Breaker Panel (CNBP).Led technical evaluation of supplier proposals for the Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) video recorder and video amplifier; selection committee member for winner of the supplier completion.Supported the customer mission success and delivery of aircraft by managing the redesign of the aircraft video recorder.Led the effort to provide a software utility to set the video recorder system time to GPS time, thus removing a Korean monetary Letter of Temporary Exception on delivered aircraft.Managed the development of the redesign, requirement verification, lab testing and supplier data of a new supplier for the C-130J Emergency Standby Lighting Module (ESLM).Managed the software development for the C-130J Block 8.1 program Color Multipurpose Display Unit (CMDU) and Windows 7 64 bit Keyboard driver.Took on Control Account Manager (CAM) duties to manage the cost, schedule and technical program/project performance for each assigned control account using Earn Value Management (EVM) techniques.

Marietta, Ga

Development of C-27J Flight Path Angle and Flight Director software changes that required coordination between supplier and LM Aero software.Organized and successfully completed supplier on-site reviews of the C-27J CMDU new and deferred baseline software development.Verified C-27J Head Up Display (HUD) hardware/software requirements and supplier data leading to completion of FCA/PCA audit and delivery.

Marietta, Ga

Design, develop and integrate the Communication, Navigation and Identification Avionics Flight Management and Display System in the US Customs Service P-3 AEW aircraft.Provided P-3 technical analysis and expertise of avionics systems to help win the US Customs Service P-3 Airborne Electronic Warfare (AEW) upgrade contract.Developed Statement of Work for the TCAS/TAWS system upgrade for the US Customs Service P-3 aircraft.Worked with customer to resolve avionics flight station design issues/problems with delivered aircraft.

Marietta, Ga

Design and integrate a digital engine instrument display to interface with the existing P-3 Orion engine sensors for the US Customs Service P-3 AEW aircraft.

Marietta, Ga

Performed Reliability and Maintainability analysis of the air conditioning and pressurization system for the C-130J aircraft.

Developed company polices and procedures to ensure company compliance and implementation to ISO 9001 Quality Standards certification.Trained production workers on ISO Quality Standards by performing internal Quality Standard audits.

Flight-line, in-shop maintenance and test cell of F-100 (F-16 aircraft), J79 (F-4 aircraft), and J69 jet engines.