Background
Briggs, Robert Nathan was born on December 22, 1946 in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Donald Hickes and Harriett Martha (Mercer) Briggs.
Briggs, Robert Nathan was born on December 22, 1946 in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Donald Hickes and Harriett Martha (Mercer) Briggs.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Northrop Institute of Technology, 1974. Postgraduate in Physics, University Nevada, Las Vegas, 1981.
Electronics engineer, unites states department Energy Telcom Inc., Las Vegas, 1974-1975; senior fiber optics engineer, unites states department Energy Holmes & Narver, Las Vegas, 1975-1981; director quality assurance, American Fiber Optics, Signal Hill, California, 1981-1983; senior staff engineer command and data handling laboratory, TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, California, 1983-1984; senior section head telecommunications laboratory, TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, California, 1984-1985; senior staff engineer electro-optic research center, TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, California, 1985-1986; Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System Telemetry, Tracking and Command systems engineer spacecraft electronics system laboratory, TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, California, 1986-1991; AXAF-I on-board computer manager, TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, California, 1991-1995; earth observing satellite system engineer, TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, California, 1996-1997; mission 1 system engineer, TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, California, 1997-1998; AXAF-I I&T engineer, TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, California, 1998; mission 2 system engineer, TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, California, since 1998.
Member Association of Old Crows, International Society Optical Engineering, International Council Systems Engineering, Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Association Old Crows, International Council Systems Engineering.
Married Polly Elizabeth Partridge, December 22, 1970. Children: Nathan Michael, Carey Robert, Christopher Alan.