RANDY
DODGE
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3010 Montrose #22 |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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Glendale, CA 91214 |
4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS
321-220 |
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(818) 248-8125 |
Pasadena, CA 91109 |
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dodger@linkline.com |
(818) 354-8496 |
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(818) 653-9937 = cell |
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randy.dodge@jpl.nasa.gov |
EXPERIENCE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, Pasadena, CA
Mars2020 Environmental Requirements
Engineer; M2020
Project 1/13 Present
Responsible
for leading a team of dynamics, thermal, EMC/EMI, and natural space engineers to
verify that all flight hardware is fully compatible with all anticipated
mission environments. Defined the
projects relevant mission environments; specified the environmental design and
verification requirements including appropriate margins to the anticipated
environments; defined and documented the projects environmental verification
plan in the form of an Environmental Requirements Document (ERD); implemented
an environmental verification program consistent with the plan; identified,
tracked, and managed risks inherent in the accomplishment of the environmental
verification program.
LDSD Project V&V Engineer; LDSD
Project 9/12 Present
Responsible
for planning, executing, and reporting on verification and validation of the
Project as well as creation, execution, and maintenance of the project V&V
schedule which integrates V&V activities with development activities. Created, maintained, and populated the
Requirements Verification Matrix for all levels of requirements.
MSL Project Test Analyst; MSL Project 10/11 8/12
Generated testbed electrical integration and
functional test procedures and test scripts. Operated the EGSE (on-console) and
executed the functional tests. Monitored telemetry, Event records (EVRs),1553
Logs and alarms to assess flight system state of health as well as to confirm
successful execution of procedures. Supported Problem/Failure Reporting (PFR)
investigations and closures. Recipient of
GRAIL Group Achievement Award (Testbed Team and Project Operations,
awarded July 18, 2013)
GRAIL Project V&V Engineer; GRAIL Project
9/09 10/11
Responsible for planning, executing, and reporting
on verification and validation of the Project System as well as creation,
execution, and maintenance of the project V&V schedule which integrates
V&V activities with development activities.
Responsible for demonstrating that the Project System meets the
requirements levied on it, and that the GRAIL project meets the mission
objectives. Developed and maintained the
ITL and TAYF Exceptions List. Created,
maintained, and populated the Requirements Verification Matrix for Level 1 and
Level 2 requirements. Supported the
Certification of Flight Readiness (CoFR) process. Recipient of GRAIL Group Achievement
Award (Project
System and MOS
Team, awarded August 2, 2012)
Flight System Engineer; SMAP Project 10/08
6/09
Served as the system engineer leading mechanical activities (structures,
configuration, thermal) as well as LV interfaces and ATLO planning. Responsible for significant inputs to S/C
Level 3 requirements and supporting Mechanical Division inputs to the SMAP
Mission Design Review/System Requirements Review. I led the preparation and presentation of the
Launch Services portion of the MDR.
Payload Accommodation System
Engineering Project Element Manager; Juno Project 1/04 12/08
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.
Recipient of Juno Group Achievement Award (Payload System Team
and Proposal
Team, awarded August 2, 2012)
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 12/08 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, Palo Alto, CA
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, Pasadena, CA
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
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School |
Degree |
Location |
Date |
Comment(s) |
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Santa Barbara, CA |
June 1986 |
Graduated with Honors, Member
of Pi Tau Sigma (National
Honorary Mechanical Engineering Society) |
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Palo Alto, CA |
January 1988 |
Specialization: System
Synthesis and Design |
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University of Southern
California |
Los Angeles, CA |
December 1991 |
Thesis: Systems Architecting
of Flight Instruments |
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 [alternate link]
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]
Cassini/Huygens science instruments (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. Herrell).
REFERENCES Honors and Awards
Available upon request Available
