Robert Schoon

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Hands-on Technical Leader / Mentor @ CesiumAstro
austin, texas, united states
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With over 30 years of experience in high technology product and aerospace hardware development, I am a seasoned and versatile mechanical engineer who can handle complex and challenging projects. I have a master's degree in mechanical engineering with a focus on analytical mechanics, and an MBA with a technical management emphasis. I also have a certification in project management (expired), which reflects my skills in leading and collaborating with cross-functional and global teams.Most recently, I am working as a principal mechanical engineer at CesiumAstro Defense & Aerospce, a leading provider of RF SATCOM and other telecom solutions. Here, I apply my expertise in thermal, shock, and vibration analysis using sophisticated modeling tools, such as Flotherm, ANSYS, Femap, etc. I also use various design and development software (SolidWorks) to create and refine packaging for spacecraft electronics. At CesiumAstro, and previously, I am involved in or manage internal research and development, and was the analytical resource for troubleshooting and solving problems in a broad portfolio of avionics and aerospace products. I am proud to say that some of the electronics on the Hubble Space Telescope have my signature on the drawings, and that I was a team member on the development of the first optical disk.I am passionate about staying close to the technical trenches and managing small, focused development projects that can leverage my technical and project leadership experience. I am comfortable as an individual contributor or a team player, and I am always eager to learn new skills and technologies. My goal is to find a position that allows me to use my years of experience and electro-mechanical engineering knowledge and skills to create innovative and impactful solutions.

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CesiumAstro

Cesiumastro

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Hands-on Technical Leader / Mentor
austin, texas, united states
Website:
cesiumastro.com
Employees:
48
Robert Schoon Work Experience Details
  • Cesiumastro
    Principal Mechanical Engineer
    Cesiumastro Nov 2023 - Present
    Broomfield, Colorado, United States
  • Blue Canyon Technologies
    Principal Mechanical Engineer
    Blue Canyon Technologies Mar 2023 - Sep 2023
    Colorado, United States
    Electronics packaging design for small (Micro- and Cubesats). Sustaining role for several in production subsystems as well as initial design and qualification support of new ones. Owned detailed design and documentation using SolidWorks (2022) and in-house configuration management systems.
  • Solaero Technologies Corp
    Sr. Staff Scientist
    Solaero Technologies Corp Mar 2017 - Feb 2023
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Panels product lead for Internal Research and Development. Own panels design analysis process development and refinement. Fixer / Project Manager for various internal and customer engineering projects. Charged with growing and maintaining the organizations ability to understand, analyze , propose, and design all customer spacecraft solar power needs.
  • Rockwell Collins
    Principal Mechanical Engineer
    Rockwell Collins Sep 2010 - Feb 2017
    Cedar Rapids, Ia
    A “Fixer” in a mechanical design support group servicing the entire Commercial products division. Also support Government Systems team as required. Analytical resource for complex problem solving in an extremely broad portfolio of avionics and aerospace products across the life cycle, and across commercial, business regional, and military markets. Charged with sustaining on several hundred products, mentoring junior team members in product development / project management and analytical… Show more A “Fixer” in a mechanical design support group servicing the entire Commercial products division. Also support Government Systems team as required. Analytical resource for complex problem solving in an extremely broad portfolio of avionics and aerospace products across the life cycle, and across commercial, business regional, and military markets. Charged with sustaining on several hundred products, mentoring junior team members in product development / project management and analytical methods. Proposal support including conceptual design, thermal and structural design feasibility analyses, engineering effort estimation, technical writing, and project cost, schedule and risk planning. Responsible for ongoing efforts to reduce engineering overhead, enhance analytical and design efficiency, and reduce time to market through lean methods. Show less
  • Team Technologies, Inc.
    Director Of Engineering
    Team Technologies, Inc. Sep 2009 - Sep 2010
    Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
    Drove an extremely diverse portfolio of programs and projects to on time delivery within technology, budget, and schedule constraints. Customers included the national labs, entrepreneurs, startups, and large defense contractors. Technologies included commercial and aerospace electronics, renewable energy, directed energy (medical and military), control systems, and large scale mechanical systems. Served as Program Manager on the larger efforts. Owned the performance of the… Show more Drove an extremely diverse portfolio of programs and projects to on time delivery within technology, budget, and schedule constraints. Customers included the national labs, entrepreneurs, startups, and large defense contractors. Technologies included commercial and aerospace electronics, renewable energy, directed energy (medical and military), control systems, and large scale mechanical systems. Served as Program Manager on the larger efforts. Owned the performance of the engineering team, a young, raw, highly talented, well trained group of firmware, software, electrical and mechanical engineers; more than half with masters degrees. Leveraged the strengths and worked to mitigate the weaknesses of the team members and the team as a whole. Facilitated the training and diversification of the team members in support of department goals.Developed and executed the department strategic plan, planned and managed to our annual budget integrated with aggregate company plan and budget, oversaw equipment and capital improvements, developed and/or maintained all engineering associated processes. Show less
  • Emcore
    Principal Design Engineer
    Emcore Feb 2008 - Aug 2009
    Engineering and Project Management bringing a new commercial, concentrated photo voltaic solar array to market. Drove test planning, execution, and documentation of IEC 62108 self-certification test effort on utility scale, concentrated photovoltaic power (CPV) generation product. Designed, analyzed, procured and implemented product tooling and processes for volume production. All work completed using Solidworks and COSMOSWorks. Owned project management and engineering content of rapid and… Show more Engineering and Project Management bringing a new commercial, concentrated photo voltaic solar array to market. Drove test planning, execution, and documentation of IEC 62108 self-certification test effort on utility scale, concentrated photovoltaic power (CPV) generation product. Designed, analyzed, procured and implemented product tooling and processes for volume production. All work completed using Solidworks and COSMOSWorks. Owned project management and engineering content of rapid and successful transition of volume manufacture of solar receivers to off shore production in Asia. Show less
  • Unemployed
    Job Hunter
    Unemployed Jul 2007 - Feb 2008
    After my layoff from LSI I took some time off and then took several months to find the new position at Emcore, Inc.
  • Lsi Logic Corp.
    New Product Introduction Engineering Program Manager
    Lsi Logic Corp. Sep 2002 - Jul 2007
    Led cross-functional development teams in rigorously run portfolio management environment. Successfully managed five increasingly complex, high performance disk drive subsystem (RAID) development programs ranging from $200k to $40 million budgets over six-month to three-year timelines. Majority of team members were remotely located in Bangalore, Milpitas, Austin, Wichita etc. Leveraged increased use of web-conferencing and other distance collaboration tools to achieve nearly real-time… Show more Led cross-functional development teams in rigorously run portfolio management environment. Successfully managed five increasingly complex, high performance disk drive subsystem (RAID) development programs ranging from $200k to $40 million budgets over six-month to three-year timelines. Majority of team members were remotely located in Bangalore, Milpitas, Austin, Wichita etc. Leveraged increased use of web-conferencing and other distance collaboration tools to achieve nearly real-time “around the world, overnight” software engineering changes. Show less
  • Ibm/Mylex
    Advisory Engineer
    Ibm/Mylex 2001 - 2002
    Boulder, Colorado
    Recruited as Lead Mechanical Engineer to drive worldwide, cross-functional development team developing leading edge, high performance fiber channel, Ultra320 SCSI, and iSCSI disk-array products. Successfully navigated creation of high performance, lower cost mechanical subsystems through technological and communication challenges. Effectively collaborated across American/Japanese boundaries, yielding superior, cost-effective results that undercut and outperformed competition. Identified… Show more Recruited as Lead Mechanical Engineer to drive worldwide, cross-functional development team developing leading edge, high performance fiber channel, Ultra320 SCSI, and iSCSI disk-array products. Successfully navigated creation of high performance, lower cost mechanical subsystems through technological and communication challenges. Effectively collaborated across American/Japanese boundaries, yielding superior, cost-effective results that undercut and outperformed competition. Identified shortfalls in engineering analysis capabilities; planned and executed infrastructure improvements allowing accurate analysis that prevented numerous redesign and retest cycles. Picked up FloTherm Ver. 3.2 usage with refresher training. Trained on and used Catia V4 and V5. Attended 10th Flomerics User Group Conference in Amsterdam. Show less
  • Ball Aerospace
    Principal Engineer
    Ball Aerospace Jan 1999 - Dec 2000
    (Also, April 1996 - December 1997) Lead Electronics Packaging Engineer working space based telescope and remote sensing instruments including 4 Hubble Space Telescope upgrade instruments. Member of cross-functional instrument design team producing high-reliability, state-of-the-art, electronics system designs. Design and lead the design of circuit board assemblies (including layout and route), interconnect, and chassis. Production liaison through launch. Material Review Board member. ISO 9000… Show more (Also, April 1996 - December 1997) Lead Electronics Packaging Engineer working space based telescope and remote sensing instruments including 4 Hubble Space Telescope upgrade instruments. Member of cross-functional instrument design team producing high-reliability, state-of-the-art, electronics system designs. Design and lead the design of circuit board assemblies (including layout and route), interconnect, and chassis. Production liaison through launch. Material Review Board member. ISO 9000 implementation team member. All design work done with Pro/Engineer (Thru 2000i). Have used Pro/Engineer since Rev. 2.0 (1986); AutoCad and Mechanical Desktop. Show less
  • Breece Hill
    Senior Engineer
    Breece Hill Jan 1998 - Dec 1998
    Project team leader on the cost reduction / Value Engineering of robotic DLT (Digital Linear Tape) Libraries. Five-year-old startup Company with 110 employees. Product was designed with minimal tooling expenditure and shipping approximately 200 units per month. Worked to tool up parts for Injection molding, stamping, die casting etc. as tooling money became available. Resource and cost responsibility on a very aggressive schedule. Worked to put in place enhanced analysis capability (Finite… Show more Project team leader on the cost reduction / Value Engineering of robotic DLT (Digital Linear Tape) Libraries. Five-year-old startup Company with 110 employees. Product was designed with minimal tooling expenditure and shipping approximately 200 units per month. Worked to tool up parts for Injection molding, stamping, die casting etc. as tooling money became available. Resource and cost responsibility on a very aggressive schedule. Worked to put in place enhanced analysis capability (Finite Element Analysis etc.) where none existed. Duties also included Product Design Verification / Regulatory Test planning for new products and support and failure analysis support on returned units. Show less
  • Sony Electronics
    Project Team Leader
    Sony Electronics Oct 1993 - Apr 1996
    Served as Project Engineering Team Leader, Program Manager and Lead Mechanical Engineer reporting to the Vice President of Engineerg. Developed optical library, mass storage products in a small (less than 20 engineers), remote R&D facility. Responsible for product technical content, material, tooling, and labor budgets, schedule and resource allocation, design verification test planning and execution, documentation, regulatory approval, user manuals, and procurement management through initial… Show more Served as Project Engineering Team Leader, Program Manager and Lead Mechanical Engineer reporting to the Vice President of Engineerg. Developed optical library, mass storage products in a small (less than 20 engineers), remote R&D facility. Responsible for product technical content, material, tooling, and labor budgets, schedule and resource allocation, design verification test planning and execution, documentation, regulatory approval, user manuals, and procurement management through initial production. Production ramp-up and procurement liaison with remote manufacturing facility (San Diego). Significant interaction with Japanese production, marketing, management, and engineering functions. Forced to leave by division relocation. Declined offer for promotion to management and paid relocation to San Diego. Show less
  • Mountaingate Data Systems (A Lockheed Company)
    Senior Mechanical Engineer
    Mountaingate Data Systems (A Lockheed Company) Sep 1992 - Oct 1993
    Optical, mass-storage, peripheral product development. Performed design, documentation, test, procurement, assembly, vendor liaison, debug, and qualification in a small (again, less than 20 engineers), remote, product development facility. Designed and validated solutions for show-stopping vibration and thermal problems on an in-process, rugged 5.25 inch Magneto-Optic drive for the Patriot Missile Upgrade. Served as Team Leader on projects to design and build rugged CD-ROM and 3.5-inch… Show more Optical, mass-storage, peripheral product development. Performed design, documentation, test, procurement, assembly, vendor liaison, debug, and qualification in a small (again, less than 20 engineers), remote, product development facility. Designed and validated solutions for show-stopping vibration and thermal problems on an in-process, rugged 5.25 inch Magneto-Optic drive for the Patriot Missile Upgrade. Served as Team Leader on projects to design and build rugged CD-ROM and 3.5-inch magneto-optical products (using OEM drives). First formal training on AutoCAD and COSMOS/M design tools. Forced to leave by facility relocation. Declined offer for paid relocation to Reno, NV. Show less
  • Siemens Stromberg-Carlson
    Member Of Technical Staff
    Siemens Stromberg-Carlson Jun 1990 - Sep 1992
    Project team leader developing high performance, digital telecommunications equipment. New product design, analysis, and documentation in a highly concurrent engineering environment. Acquired the tools and solved several show stopping thermal issues on a number of in process products. Completed the design and introduction of two new outside plant products in two years. Duties included design, documentation, thermal design, project management, new product proposals, planning, and cost estimating… Show more Project team leader developing high performance, digital telecommunications equipment. New product design, analysis, and documentation in a highly concurrent engineering environment. Acquired the tools and solved several show stopping thermal issues on a number of in process products. Completed the design and introduction of two new outside plant products in two years. Duties included design, documentation, thermal design, project management, new product proposals, planning, and cost estimating as well as cost reduction/value engineering effort on existing products. Spearheaded the implementation of Pro-Engineer and FloTherm engineering tools to improve mechanical design accuracy, efficiency, and reliability. First introduced to Flotherm (Rev. 1.4) Forced to leave by plant closure. Declined offer for paid relocation to Lake Mary, Florida. Show less
  • Control Data Corporation
    Mechanical Engineer
    Control Data Corporation Jan 1985 - Jun 1990
    Various positions in the engineering design, development, validation and manufacturing of militarized and ruggedized storage and remote sensing subsystems for all major branches of the U.S. armed forces and several foreign customers. Served as an analytical resource providing problem solving capabilities and engineering knowledge the company had not possessed previously. Through experience and training gained expertise in shock and vibration and thermal engineering placing me in the top 5 to… Show more Various positions in the engineering design, development, validation and manufacturing of militarized and ruggedized storage and remote sensing subsystems for all major branches of the U.S. armed forces and several foreign customers. Served as an analytical resource providing problem solving capabilities and engineering knowledge the company had not possessed previously. Through experience and training gained expertise in shock and vibration and thermal engineering placing me in the top 5 to 10% of engineers in the country. Show less
  • Storage Technology Corporation
    Mechanical Packaging Engineer
    Storage Technology Corporation Jun 1982 - Dec 1984
    Design team member on the first high performance, write-once optical disk drive. Gained initial experience in sheet metal, injection molded plastic, and sand casting design. Designed, analyzed, experimentally verified, and documented a state of the art vibration isolation system for the optical head. FIrst exposure to Computer Automated Design tools. Extensive use of ANSYS for thermal and mechanical analysis.
  • National Institute Of Standards And Technology
    Lab Tech
    National Institute Of Standards And Technology 1979 - 1982
    Lab manager for PHd Solid State Materials Scientist. Performed material properties tests on developmental superconductors. Investigated stress effects on same. Supported preparation of lab apparatus, test hardware, test specimens, figures and text for peer reviewed publications on the subject. See J.W. Ekin, Strain scaling law for flux pinning in practical superconductors.Part 1: Basic relationship and application to Nb3Sn Conductors, Cryogenics 20, 611-624 (1980).

Robert Schoon Skills

Engineering Management Finite Element Analysis Engineering Pro Engineer Program Management Testing Sheet Metal Project Management Thermal R&d Failure Analysis Product Design Electronics Solidworks Cross Functional Team Leadership Mechanical Engineering Catia Test Planning Heat Transfer Cosmos Solid Modeling Thermal Management Management Configuration Management Global Collaboration Pro/engineer Concurrent Engineering Cfd Gd&t Thermal Analysis Department Budgeting Resource Allocation Cpm Scheduling Qualification Testing Test Execution Aerospace Ansys

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