Richard
Schurmann Electronics Engineer Curriculum Vitae
SNMP
P.A.S.
Consultants
Manufacture
research buoys for deployment on antarctic ice flows.
Zodiac
Australia http://www.zodiac.com.au/public/home
During this time,
Zodiac used to manufacture swimming pool chlorinators and
other swimming pool related equipment, using imported electronic
sub-assemblies that are designed in-house. I was engaged to take
design responsibility for a revision of one of their popular
chlorinator designs andto contribute to the delevopment of a new
model.
Aerosonde
Pty. Ltd http://www.aerosonde.com/ I was employed in the electronics production area. The work included electronic assembly work, testing, development of testing methods, design of test jigs. The work was only short term as it related to the completion of a particular contract.
Hydrix
(http://www.hydrix.com/) Full time employment under the title “Senior Engineer”
Principal
Engineer in several projects developing swimming pool
chlorinators, and smaller contribution to other
projects. Australian
Model Engineering Magazine In my own column named “Sparks 'n' Arcs” I am writing a series of articles for Australian Model Engineering Magazine to explain electronics to a readership with a strong mechanical background. A sample of these are to be found at http://home.exetel.com.au/rwombat/Sparks_n_Arcs/
Omnitron
Technologies http://www.omnitron.com.au/
Design
and development for manufacturing of a heavy current transmitter
for geophysical research.
Air-Met
Scientific Pty. Ltd. http://www.airmet.com.au/ Technical Services Manager
Airmet
was a small company situated in Blackburn which was a gas
contaminant monitoring equipment merchant, and a developer of air
contaminant monitoring equipment.
I
wrote quality manual procedures for design and design project
management.
I
developed an engineering documentation and release system. This
provides all information required by the purchasing officer to
initiate orders on contractors to bring about a production run,
and all technical information required by in-house staff
performing final assembly and calibration/config and service. The
work instructions and other documents in this system form part of
Air-Met's ISO9000 Management System. I was responsible for the
management of all production issues and engineering aspects of
outsourcing of pcb assemblies. However this system was set up so
that repeat ordering will take place without engineer input.
Nilsen
Industrial Electronics (This company no longer exists. No
web site) 1993 – 2004
When
I joined Nilsen, the electronic
kilowatt hour meter had been in
production for some years. The new task was to develop an
enhanced model.
Matching
the phase response of the voltage and current inputs.
Introduction
of pseudo random sequence generated dither signal Other projects that I was responsible for included:
"Smart
Probe" optical reading head with built-in protocol
conversion. Hardware design
(including die-cast case) and software - 6805 assembler
code. I was responsible for mentorship of younger engineers. Developed working protocols for maximum synergy for groups with diverse skills.
Variant
management system I developed the architecture and the code for a computer program which ran the process from the Sales specification to the Engineeering parts List and the pcb loading drawing for the particular build. The system was implemented and provided a huge reduction in cost in the introduction of each new variant.
Nilsen
Industrial Electronics had inherited a highly developed
development and manufacturing documentation system, which
predated ISO 9001. This was adapted to ISO 9001 with minimal
change during my tenure. I contributed to this. Interestingly,
there was one area that remained untouched by these formalities.
This was the design process. A result was the evolution of a
splitting of project management into two parts. One role was the
documentation of a plan for a development and the generation of
commentary for senior management on how the actual development
process (in progress) compared with the plan. The role for this
was formally defined, and I played no part in it. A second and
completely separate task was the actual conduct of the
development so that a design resulted that met the documented
requirements. I was responsible for this for many projects. Tasks
included:
Ausmode
Power Systems/Exicom Australia
http://www.exicom.com.au/ Ringwood Ausmode Power Systems was a small company set up to design and manufacture power equipment for the telecommunications industry. Project Leader - Uninterruptible power supply (600 VA - for use with a pc.) True sine wave inverter and provision for synchronizing to mains on power restoration for seamless switch back. Project Leader - Supervisory board for 50 amp rectifier. Analogue and digital controller design. Control of heavy current circuits via fibre-optic link.
Project
Leader - Light-current parts of 450 amp and 1000 amp Distribution
Module
Futuretech
Pty. Ltd. Oakleigh I was employed to manage the development of a frequency division multiplex equipment test system. This gave me the opportunity to delve much more deeply into the design of phase locked loops for demanding applications. This in turn led to the development of an agile multi frequency tone generator for L. M. Ericsson. For some time, I was the Project Leader for a hydrographer's telemetry system for the Dandenong Valley Authority. The constraints of the established project management methods were tight, but within these, I took responsibility for maximizing the productivity of the team by careful allocation of tasks and mentorship of team members.
Schurmann
Design Pty. Ltd. , Warrandyte This was my own company. I worked from a “home office” with one technician. Several design projects were carried out. These were the early days of applying microprocessors to small products. I had contact with the people at the Ford Motor company warehouse, and they engaged me to take an investigatory trip to Detroit and Atlanta USA to evaluate radio link data terminal system. On my return, I installed and commissioned the system. This involved the manufacture of a special interface between the Ford Burroughs computer system and the radio terminal system.
Nielsen
Development Laboratory , Fitzroy and Heidelberg The plan was to develop a single electronic meter that would perform all of these functions. I was employed as project leader. for the development of an electronic kilowatt hour meter.
I took this project to a stage where working prototypes had been demonstrated.
Hyteco
Pty. Ltd. , Clayton Trained in the USA on the “Pathfinder” wire guidance system for warehouse trucks that work in very narrow aisles. I was responsible for managing a team of up to five employees and several outside contractors. Each tractor, and the master controller were microprocessor controlled. 6800 microprocessors were used. I conducted training of the electric fork truck mechanics.
Prior
to 1977
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