RANDY DODGE
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EXPERIENCE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY,
Payload Accommodation System Engineering Project Element Manager; Juno Project 1/04 - present
Served
as Payload Accommodation System Engineering PEM for the Juno instruments (MWR
& SHM [JPL], FGM [GSFC], Jade & UVS [SwRI], JEDI [APL], and Waves [U of
Iowa]). Led the Juno Payload Engineering Team;
maintained cognizance of instrument development; flowed requirements from
Project System to Payload-instruments; oversaw ICD development between
instruments and spacecraft; and controlled budget ($5.6M) and schedule (>5
years) for the Payload accommodation element.
Flight-System Systems Engineer; Hera Proposal 9/05 – 2/06
Responsible
for the technical and management effort that directed and controlled the
integrated engineering effort for the Flight System (asteroid sample return
mission). Included overall responsibility for system engineering across all
elements of a multi-element flight system (CDH, Telecomm, GNC, Power,
Propulsion [SEP & hydrazine/RCS], and Payload).
Payload System Engineer; Juno Project 1/04 - present and MRO Project; 11/04 - 9/05
Performed duties as the Contract Technical Manager for the CTX & MARCI instruments in the MRO Payload suite; provided payload accommodation engineering for the ONC and MCS instruments of MRO. Served as Payload System Engineer for the Juno instruments (MWR & SHM [JPL], FGM [GSFC], Jade & UVS [SwRI], EPD [APL], and Waves [U of Iowa]). Recipient of MRO Group Achievement Award (Project Development and Flight, awarded April 27, 2006)
Project Element Manager for Spacecraft Integration; EOS-MLS Project; 8/02 - 10/04
Planned
and executed the process for integration of the MLS instrument on the Aura
spacecraft. Provided technical leadership for the system integration of the
Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument. Provided managerial and technical direction
to the EOS MLS Instrument team during S/C integration, test, and verification
of the flight unit. Monitored, assessed and assured the progress on technical,
schedule and financial matters ($3M over 2 years). Recipient
of GSFC Group Achievement Award (Aura Team,
awarded March 9, 2005) and NASA Group Achievement Award (Aura Project, awarded May 17, 2005)
Instrument System Engineer; EOS-MLS Project; 2/00 - 8/02
Planned
and executed the systems engineering process. Provided technical leadership for
the system design of the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument. Responsible
for the interface with the host spacecraft, and participated in the
integration, test, and verification of the engineering model and flight unit.
Responsible for the technical integrity of the instrument system design,
including identification and mitigation of technical risks. Recipient of NASA Group Achievement Award (Aura
MLS Instrument Team, awarded March 29, 2005)
Payload System Engineer; Jason Project; 8/97 - 2/00
Negotiated
and defined interfaces between the payload instruments (Jason Microwave
Radiometer [JMR]; TurboRogue Space Receiver [TRSR]; and the Laser
Retroreflector Array [LRA]) and the French-built spacecraft; led payload
activities between these instruments and reliability (electronic parts,
environments), mechanical systems (thermal control, structural design), and the
ground system (launch and mission operations). Managed the contract between JPL
& GSFC for the LRA. Recipient of NASA
Group Achievement Award (Jason-1 Project Team, awarded May 15,
2003)
SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL,
Spacecraft
System Test Engineer;
GOES Program; 8/95 – 7/97
Responsible for
system-level issues during satellite system integration and acceptance testing.
Developed and maintained test plans and procedures. Updated spacecraft
system-level integrated schematics for all subsystems (power, comm, propulsion,
attitude control, imaging, etc.). Interfaced with customer and subsystem
representatives to maintain satellite test activities. Initiated, processed,
and closed spacecraft-level Non-Conformance Reports. Reviewed & maintained
computer script files used in the performance of satellite acceptance tests.
Member of the GOES-K Launch Team (launched 4/25/97). Co-recipient of 1996
Goddard Contractor Excellence Award.
JET
PROPULSION LABORATORY,
Instrument Operations Cognizant Engineer; NSCAT Project; 7/93 - 7/95
Generated instrument operations concept. Defined and negotiated software requirements for commanding, telemetry, status reporting, and contingency plans. Wrote and maintained the instrument operations handbook. Wrote procedures for operations. Updated circuit data sheets and the instrument system functional requirements document. Conducted tests of the instrument system. Opened, processed and closed instrument system P/FRs. Recipient of NASA Scatterometer Project Team Group Achievement Award (Systems Engineering Team, awarded April 22, 1997)
Instrument
Engineer;
Cassini Project; 12/90 - 7/93
Served as a
surrogate cognizant engineer for the CIRS infrared instrument (developed at
GSFC) and the Imaging Science Subsystem (developed at JPL) for the CRAF/Cassini
Project. Acted as the technical point of contact between the instrument
developers and the project; negotiated and defined interfaces between these
instruments and the spacecraft; acted as a liaison between these instrument and
reliability (electronic parts, environments), mechanical systems (thermal
control, structural design), and the ground system (launch and mission
operations). Recipient of Cassini Program Group Achievement Award (Payload
Engineering Team,
awarded April 14, 1998)
Member
of the Technical Staff; multiple projects; 2/88 - 12/90
Learned all
aspects of Reliability Engineering in a Product Assurance rotational/training
program. Training included assignments in the areas of project reliability,
safety, quality assurance (flight & ground systems), and environmental
requirements (dynamics, thermal, natural space, and electromagnetics).
EDUCATION
M. S. Systems Architecture and
Engineering,
December 1991
Thesis: Systems
Architecting of Flight Instruments
M. S. Aeronautics &
Astronautics,
January 1988
Stanford University,
Specialization:
System Synthesis and Design
B. S. Mechanical Engineering, with Honors, June
1986
University of California, Santa Barbara
Member of Pi Tau Sigma
(National Honorary Mechanical Engineering Society)
ACTIVITIES
Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA)
HOBBIES
Triathlon (swimming + biking + running), volleyball, tennis, and reading
PUBLICATIONS
Key
and Driving Requirements for the Juno Payload Suite of Instruments, (Dodge,
Rasbach, Boyles) AIAA Space 2007 conference, AIAA-2007-6111, September 2007
The
Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS MLS) on the Aura Satellite
(Joe W. Waters lead author), IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote
Sensing, Vol. 44, No. 5, May 2006. [alternate
link]
(Contributor) Cassini/Huygens: A Mission to the Saturnian System, Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 5-6 August 1996, Denver, Colorado (lead authors Leonard D. Jaffe and Linda M. Herrel).
REFERENCES
Available upon request
