Computer Hardware Engineer Resume
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Lake Forest, CA
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
- Senior Engineer with extensive experience in Production and Engineering development and test, including prototype development and PCB bring - up on digital & analog HW and RF systems.
- Created both manual and automated tests for Engineering Development and Production, both for in-house validation, and for local and offshore Contract Manufacturers.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Lake Forest, CA
Computer Hardware Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Re-designed an old hardware only alarm system for a secure room used for Payment PinPad encryption into a flexible software based system.
- Assumed tasks of Component Engineering and sourcing parts for repair, instead of entire PCBA replacement. Results are savings of $30K and more.
- Developing procedures for initial incoming test and troubleshooting, software/firmware loading, and final test and configuration.
Confidential, El Segundo, CA
Contractor
Responsibilities:
- Developed Unit and System level HW tests in C and TestStand for Satellite Integrated Power Control system.
- Architected multi-threaded Data Acquisition software driver for 5 Data Acquisition boards (mix of USB and PXI) comprising 136 analog channels of synchronized sampling.
- Developed a parser to convert Win INI files into HW switch selections in the test bed switch network comprised of different Mfg’s switch cards.
Confidential, Irvine, CA
Sr. Staff Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Worked on New Product Introduction for WLAN and Bluetooth products with offshore CM’s.
- Reduced Bluetooth test time for customer with a savings of $2.5M/yr
- Developed a complete set of network based test stations for security FOB product and deployed at offshore CM site.
Confidential, El Segundo, CA
Contractor
Responsibilities:
- Performed HW Design Verification Testing on Monolithic Microwave IC module.
- Wrote a data collection program for Monolithic Microwave IC module testing replacing manual testing and speeding up data collection time by 90%.
- Built prototype HW for analog RF signal path with Monolithic Microwave IC module frontend terminating in an ADC output for module level design verification.
- Performed HW board bring-up and testing for all PCBA’s in Satellite Gimbal drive system.
- Added floating-point support to Win DLL to support validation testing of FPGA co-processor.
- Recommended improvement in BOM update process saving days with each update procuring parts
- Interfaced with outside local board house on assembly of engineering PCBA’s and led the PCB review process between engineers and outside services.
Confidential, Westlake Village, CA
Manufacturing Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Developed automated production tests for Bluetooth and WLAN Access Point’s. The Software performed initial firmware load/configuration/and verification. Tests also included module and system level coverage.
- Lead effort with local assembly house in finding root cause for low PCBA yields. Changes were made at both the assembly house and PCB fab to increase yields over 50%.
Confidential, Chatsworth, CA
Sr. Software/Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Developed an algorithm for power management of a micro-turbine array to meet the varying power demands of customer sites.
- Developed system level tests for turbine control modules in C.
- Proposed using In-Circuit Testing to improve PCBA yields in production to the Manufacturing VP. Project was very successful, the yields were increased by over 80%. This success led the Engineering VP to mandate that all future PCBA designs include 100% In-Circuit Testing coverage.
Confidential, Calabasas, CA
Firmware/Systems Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Developed automated production tests reducing test time over 70% per system.
- Lead test team in successful British Approvals Board Telecommunications .
- Developed engineering test bed with Telco Central Office simulator for digital modem development.
- Performed White box testing of DSP modem code for V.32/V.34/V.90 modems.
- Performed all in-house Homologation testing of modems prior to external lab testing.
- Developed Power On Self Test firmware for a repackaged version of mainline company’s product.
Confidential, Bloomfield, CO/Chatsworth, CA
Sr. Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Firmware developer on IBM-Block Multiplexer I/O channel interface to Disk-cache storage system.
- Developed diagnostic software for IBM-Block Multiplexer I/O channel interface to a Sequent multi-processor system.
- Performed both White and Black box testing on interface channel hardware and software/firmware.
- Wrote test procedures that shortened the introduction time of new products to production by 90 days.
- Led the introduction of a revision control system into the engineering department.