NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (2000-Present)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (1987-2000)
REYNOLDS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. (1963-1987)
Mr. Friedrichs has more than 40 years experience in developing creative solutions to problems in Federal and contractor settings. Currently, he is responsible for providing oversight of contractor operations at the Nevada Test Site. As a Senior Scientific Advisor with the Nevada Operations Office, he oversaw construction of a 61,000 square foot, state of the art curation, archival research, & museum facility; and provided guidance and support in the development of a 10,000 square foot $3.2M atomic testing museum. As Director of the Site Management Division, he developed the NTS Range & Airspace Management Plan. As a Program Manager, oversaw implementation of various classified national programs, developed and oversaw implementation of local policies on arms control & nonproliferation, and served on the U.S. Delegation to the CTBT Group B meetings in Vienna, Austria and the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers Bilateral Negotiations in Moscow, Russia.
He has served as a DOE/HQ Action Officer for multiple arms control treaties; Deputy to the Commander of Johnston Atoll overseeing all aspects of contractor operations and for resolution of issues arising between the base support contractor, tenant organizations, and host command; and served as Acting Pacific Area Support Office Director directing day-to-day support activities of all DOE programs in the Pacific. He has, in addition, served as Deputy Director of the Office of Quality Performance, Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Division, and as a physical Scientist at the Nevada Operations Office. As a contractor, he served as a Dosimetry Liaison Officer and Dosimetry Laboratory Supervisor at the Nevada Test Site.
Robert’s interest in aviation has been quite diversified over the years. At 17 years of age Robert was inducted into North American Aviation’s Mach Busters Club when he flew in a F-100F Super Saber that broke the speed of sound. Shortly after that, he became an honorary member of the German Air Force Luftwaffe Tigers at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. In 1962, Robert received a nomination to the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. More recently, he located the site of Northrop’s Roach Dry Lake Test Facility in Southern Nevada using a single photograph and successfully oversaw the recovery, decontamination, and transfer of Lockheed’s sole surviving XF-90 fighter from the Nevada Test Site to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Robert is a member of the American Aviation Historical Society, Flight Test Historical Foundation, International Group for Historical Aircraft Recovery, Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation, and a life associate member of Roadrunners Internationale.