1. Rudy Schneider
Boulder Creek, California ● 408-241-5354
schneidrl@gmail.com ● http://www.linkedin.com/in/schneidrl
QUALIFICATIONS
Over 15 years managing product and project teams in the defense, telecommunications, and custom motion platform industries.
Specialize in a systems-level approach to problem resolution, customer focus, team-building and mentoring, and technical writing.
Identified, implemented, and validated corrective actions for faulty components and procedures to ensure soldier safety.
Drove development of multi-spin start-up products and customer demonstrator unit.
Led proposal and project efforts for multiple million-dollar-plus domestic and overseas contracts.
BSEE, MBA, and PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
SKILLSET
Enthusiastic team-player, quick-responder, and thorough, detail-oriented trouble-shooter.
Develop and nurture valuable relationships with internal and external customers and suppliers.
Highly effective at identifying, defining, translating, and communicating technical requirements and flow-downs to all
project team members, stakeholders, and non-technical users.
Known for an ability to quickly create effective alternatives to resolve strategic and high-visibility issues.
Accomplished product developer, emphasizing simplicity, functionality, manufacturability, cost, and schedule.
Chief author and editor for complex technical proposals and follow-on support documentation.
Expert with Microsoft Office Professional Suite and Visio; proficient with MathCAD and MATLAB.
Energy Efficiency auditing, identification, analysis, and recommendations.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nov 2010 - Present Electronic and Systems Solutions Santa Clara, CA
Independent Study and Consulting
Pursued and obtained PMP certification; two 11-week courses in Energy Efficiency; additional coursework at PGE
Pacific Energy Center, San Francisco, CA; one 12-week pilot course on photovoltaics and solar cell design; twice
volunteered for FIRST Robotics competition; "success team" member, coaching colleagues in their job pursuits.
Mar 2008 - Nov 2010 BAE Systems, Inc., U.S. Combat Systems Santa Clara, CA
Staff Systems Engineer
Led project "Tiger Team" to track, analyze, and address electronics reliability issues for a primary subsystem within the
M3A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Performed subsystem design analysis, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA),
and risk and safety impact analysis and mitigation for field Test Incident Reports.
Promoted to Reliability Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead and recognized as Subject Matter Expert (SME).
Developed hyper-linked hardware design analysis database and derived flow diagrams from Background Built-
In-Test (BBIT) routines, which enabled expeditious problem assessment.
Identified root causes of and implemented corrective actions for design and integration roadblocks, which
allowed BAE Systems to deliver multi-million dollar fleet vehicle sales to the U.S. Government.
Cited by a government oversight body as role model for others to follow when updating the status of, and
completing documentation for, Problem Change Requests.
Negotiated, critiqued, and consulted with subcontract vendors to deliver significant design improvements for
complex and crucial vehicle subassemblies.
Represented Bradley Problem, Analysis, and Resolution Team, to collaborate and guide production in
completing root-cause analysis and resolving technical roadblocks.
Jan 2005 - Mar 2008 Ideal Aerosmith, Inc. Menlo Park, CA
Senior Technical Advisor
Project manager, engineering consultant, and authority for technical applications, sales proposals, and customer liaison
and support for motion platforms and control systems used to develop and test inertial and strategic navigation and
guidance systems. Designed, managed, and integrated electronics sub-assemblies used in custom multi-axis motion
systems and retrofits.
Led cross-functional teams to clearly define application-specific requirements, improving the ability to meet
customer expectations.
Authored, and led the engineering team responsible for, multiple technical proposals, resulting in increased
world-wide sales of complex, multi-axis motion systems, and upgrades to legacy equipment.
Effectively consulted with, and provided on-site applications support to, domestic and overseas customers,
resulting in a high rate of repeat and add-on business.
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Aug 2002 - Dec 2004 Carco Electronics Menlo Park, CA
Senior Technical Advisor
Drove technical proposal efforts for multiple, million-dollar-plus, domestic and foreign contract wins. Provided
close customer liaison and follow-on support. Served as official company representative at U.S. and overseas
defense contractor sites, including England, France, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
Led collaborative research and development with company and customer engineers on numerous motion
simulation programs, to interpret and resolve system requirements, resulting in repeat business opportunities.
Mentored in-house engineers and technicians in job proficiency, including design, applications, and trouble-
shooting and analysis, improving customer satisfaction.
Designed and integrated unique hardware, software, and motion control algorithms to suit one-of-a-kind
applications for complex electro-mechanical systems, resulting in multi-million dollar repeat sales.
Jan 2001 - Jul 2002 Novera Optics, Inc. San Jose, CA
Electrical Engineering Manager
Delivered innovative first- and second-generation telecommunications products, while managing start-up
Mechanical, Software, and Optical Engineering, and external support teams.
Conceived design for, and championed product development of, a portable demonstration and evaluation unit.
This allowed Novera Optics to exhibit and demonstrate its Dynamic Gain Equalization Processor products at
trade-shows and potential customer facilities.
Led design team in complex, quick-turnaround, board-level subassemblies, utilizing a mix of DSP, CPLD, and
discrete analog, digital, and RF technologies.
Jan 1995 - Dec 2000 Carco Electronics Menlo Park, CA
Director, Technical Support
Developed VME platform, DSP-based, real-time motion controller for multi-axis flight motion simulator
systems. These systems saw use on THAAD, PAC-3 Patriot, Trident, Tomahawk, and many other missile
development programs, and enabled sales in excess of $50 million.
Directed hardware and algorithm development for complex motion platform applications, including some
previously unattainable, long-term Government “black” programs.
Defined and managed Engineering, Procurement, and Manufacturing activities, and In-House and On-Site Tests,
in order to attain formal Customer acceptance.
Resourced in-house, vendor, and customer resources for timely development of specialized, real-time, hardware-
in-the-loop (HWIL) applications.
EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS
Recent coursework: Photovoltaics and Solar Cell Design, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA; Energy Efficiency in
Building Systems, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA; Energy Efficiency Business Development, Workforce Institute, San
Jose, CA
Project Management Professional (PMP), License #1417164
MBA, University of Phoenix, San Jose, CA
BSEE, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Co-author, “Optimization of HWIL Simulation Systems” — Proceedings of the Conference on Technologies for
Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing VI, SPIE AeroSense 2001
U.S. Patent 5,136,226, Correlated Coarse Position Error Processor
U.S. Patent 4,988,936, Correlated Coarse Position Error Processor
U.S. Patent 4,253,051, Phase Locked Loop Having Electrical Zeroing
