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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.

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