Rod Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

Same job, same location. Merged Company.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

In this role as Sr. Systems Engineer I am leading the integration and test efforts on a state of the art test and training range datalink which will replace an aging system currently installed in several ground and airborne applications. I'm working with a team of engineers covering various disciplines to integrate the datalink in the lab and field, test the system against requirements, identify and set priorities for the team, ensure issues are getting resolved, and keep the customer up to date on progress.

I managed a team of as many as 27 engineers and summer students as both a technical manager and a resource manager. My team supported primarily datalinks for airborne, ground, and space applications from an integration and test perspective.

As Technical Project Manager (TPM) I lead a small team through design, integration, test, and customer support of a missile-launched space-based communication system.

As a Systems Engineer I performed requirements capture, requirements decomposition and allocation, document generation, customer interface, customer reviews, waiver and deviation generation and defense, as well as acceptance and qualification testing of the space-based datalink engineering prototypes. I continued to support the product and customer through the production phase as well.