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Robert Kimmerle

Merritt Island

Summary

Skilled and efficient Engineer/Manager with 25 years of managerial, technical, electronic, communications, and data experience. Strong desire to secure a career position with an organization dedicated to providing quality customer-client services and fostering positive employee-employer relations. Possessing a former Top Secret/SSBI security clearance and six years of experience as a U.S Army veteran, bringing a high level of professionalism and discipline to work. Demonstrated exceptional leadership and problem-solving abilities, coupled with effective communication skills. Accomplished system analyzer and troubleshooter consistently maximizing user satisfaction. Advanced multitasking ability allows thriving in high-paced and challenging environments.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Principle Systems Engineer II

Raytheon
12.2014 - Current
  • Operations Readiness Lead for the GOES-R series program (R, S, T, U):
  • Overall Installation, Test, and Checkout (ITCO) Lead for all system elements: Heads a team of multi-disciplined subject matter experts and support personnel
  • Responsible for all phases of the ITCO activity (planning, execution, and close-out)
  • Leading the daily detailed schedule meetings to track ITCO progress and provide team-wide coordination
  • Providing daily management-level status at the Mission Operations Daily Execution Meeting (MODEM)
  • Near real-time coordination with Ground Systems Engineering Ops crews before executing downtime, installations, and any testing which may impact ongoing operations
  • Validation and execution of appropriate Operational Products & Training for new delivered functionality to operations
  • Focal point for communications during the deployment and transition period
  • Real Time ITCO, Mission Test, Operations, and Maintenance Schedule Resource De-conflictions
  • Conduct daily meetings to review competing and complementary activities to ensure appropriate resources, applicable configurations, and time is available to accommodate Ground System activities efficiently/effectively
  • Maintain and manage the Resource Management Tool (RMT)
  • Maintain the Tech Refresh Work – Impacts to Ground (TWIG) tool: Identifies degradations, service interruptions, outages, special activities on a sliding time scale, specific to each site in the Operational Environment (OE); Provides information regarding current Ground System configuration for GOES East, GOES West, and storage spacecraft; Allows multiple stakeholders to identify in real time current ground system activities and configuration
  • Maintain the Synch schedule : Provides stakeholders daily schedules of specific activities in individual sites and environments while cataloging ground system impacts if necessary
  • Maintain the Synergy schedule :Catalogs all known ground activities on a sliding time scale in all sites (CBU, NSOF, and WCDAS) and environments (Development (DE), Test (ITE), and Operational (OE))

Principle Systems Engineer

Raytheon
01.2012 - 12.2014
  • DAE (Data Accountability Engineering Lead) for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program
  • Identify and communicate JPSS Ground System (not just CGS) issues that are affecting Data Accountability (DA) to the program
  • Established the EDAC (External Data Accountability Caucus) as the focal point of all data consumer concerns regarding Data Accountability
  • Lead teams of engineers across multiple professional backgrounds for anomaly resolution
  • Elevated programmatic road blocks and issues regarding the common ground system to upper management
  • Respected Leader and Engineer beyond Raytheon company role, with NASA and NOAA OSPO

Sr. Systems Engineer II

Raytheon
12.2008 - 01.2012
  • Interface Data Process Segment technical lead, Mission Operations Team (MOT) for the JPSS program
  • Senior System Engineer for IDP at both sites (AFWA and NESDIS)
  • Integration, Test, and Checkout lead for all delivered IDPS builds
  • Assisted in the transition of the IDPS system to the MOT
  • Point of Contact for interface and integration with external users and management
  • MOT representative in working groups, technical meetings, management briefings and anomaly resolution teams as the in house IDPS knowledge base
  • Training of IDPS – assist in providing functional training to MOT personnel, IDPS Operators, and system engineers
  • Documentation of procedures (SOPs), test procedures, and provided input to the documentation process of the system documents
  • Original Interface Data Process Segment (IDPS) operator (one of two)
  • Respected by, and current excellent working relationship with, IDPS sustainment, IDPS development and IDPS integration peers

Spacecraft Operations Engineer

WorldSpace Satellite Radio
02.2007 - 12.2008
  • Operated and maintained two separate ROCs (Regional Operations Centers)
  • One of three contact points for all network, security and hard/software issues
  • Coordinated the upgrade/installation and purchase of all new soft/hardware
  • Network/security administrator to all computers and regulated network access(Cisco/RSA)
  • Assisted in the conversion of all satellite operational procedures from SCC/Cosmic(Astrium) to Epoch(ISI)/focusGEO(GMV)
  • Planned, executed and evaluated routine operations and station-keeping maneuvers with follow up on all platform operations
  • Authorized and co-supervised contingency operations when necessary
  • Maintained 24hr on call status
  • Monitored spacecraft health status, maintained logs, and investigated trends and anomalies
  • A trained controller, assisted in training and managing 5 staff controllers

Systems Analyst/Shift Supervisor

Analex Corporation
03.2001 - 01.2007
  • Systems Analyst/Shift Supervisor for the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, 20723
  • As a Systems Analyst/Shift Supervisor, my duties included:
  • Shift Supervisor: Briefing Management on operational issues or problems
  • Directly assigned duties and training, monitored development and performance of 4 Jr
  • Personnel
  • Development and Integration of new procedures and contingencies as the mission evolved
  • Operations Security/Security Management
  • Systems Analyst: Subsystem operation and performance of a secret BMDO satellite program
  • Real-time commanding and evaluation/analysis of engineering-based spacecraft subsystem data and all engineering-based instrument data

Satellite Network Communications Controller

U.S. Army
08.1999 - 03.2001
  • Assisted in the daily Health and Welfare operations for two Defense Satellite Communications System Geo Synchronous Satellites
  • Served on a team of 8 technicians; operated/maintained a $40 million DOD Satellite Control Facility
  • Performed link engineering and satellite spectrum user access assignments to maximize network/user resources
  • Troubleshot Control facility and User station equipment; minimize communications down time
  • Maintained a user database used to monitor and configure satellite resources
  • Monitored and directed the use of frequency, power, and bandwidth of earth station users
  • Directed troubleshooting, fault isolation of high-speed data communications
  • Performed maintenance and troubleshooting of a worldwide digital communications network

Team Leader

U.S. Army
12.1996 - 07.1998
  • Lead a team of 6 personnel in the installation, operation, and maintenance of fiber-optic and wire/cable communications systems
  • These systems were critical for the successful completion of many Real-World Army Missions and training field exercises
  • Installed, operated, and maintained wire and cabling for field telephones and switchboards
  • Performed fault isolation and repair of field telephones and switchboards
  • Tested, repaired, and spliced wire/cable
  • Supervised and evaluated the duty performance of the 6 team personnel

Education

B.S. - Cybersecurity and Computer Networks

University of Maryland
02.2025

Satellite Communications Network Management Course -

01.1999

Satellite Communications System Maintainer/Operator Course -

01.1998

Cable Systems Installer/Maintainer Course -

01.1996

Skills

  • Experience with Windows Environments
  • VAX/VMS/DCL/UNIX, PC/MAC environments, Network Communications Architecture/Equipment, LAN/WAN Architecture/Equipment, TCP/IP
  • Skilled in All Versions of MS Office Applications
  • SATCOM Architecture/Equipment, Database Architecture
  • 25 years of managerial, technical, electronic, communications and data experience
  • Proven leadership and problem-solving abilities with effective communications skills
  • System Analysis Expertise maximizing User satisfaction

Timeline

Principle Systems Engineer II

Raytheon
12.2014 - Current

Principle Systems Engineer

Raytheon
01.2012 - 12.2014

Sr. Systems Engineer II

Raytheon
12.2008 - 01.2012

Spacecraft Operations Engineer

WorldSpace Satellite Radio
02.2007 - 12.2008

Systems Analyst/Shift Supervisor

Analex Corporation
03.2001 - 01.2007

Satellite Network Communications Controller

U.S. Army
08.1999 - 03.2001

Team Leader

U.S. Army
12.1996 - 07.1998

Satellite Communications System Maintainer/Operator Course -

Cable Systems Installer/Maintainer Course -

B.S. - Cybersecurity and Computer Networks

University of Maryland

Satellite Communications Network Management Course -

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