Resume of Design Engineer

Title
Design Engineer

Primary Skills
Two years as an AC to DC Power Supply Test Technician (Dell)

Location
US-TX-Georgetown

Posted
Mar-20-08


OBJECTIVE
Test Engineer/Design Engineer/Engineer Technician Liaison/Engineering Tech/Software Engineer
SUMMARY
Two years as an AC to DC Power Supply Test Technician (Dell)
* Performed first analysis on select returned computer power supplies.
* Analyzed failures to the component level.
* Worked with engineers to find solutions to problems.
* Kept records of returns and published to network
Programmed Thermotron Environmental Chambers
Three years as a Li-Ion battery Senior Analysis Technician (Dell)
* Analyzed new and old battery packs for proper function using SMB monitor.
* Served as primary contact in the department for battery problem analysis.
* Kept records of data and publish to network
* Created test fixtures and software test tools
Nine years as Reliability Test Engineer (Compaq Computer)
* Developed test software in C++ rev2.0, Visual Basic and MS Basic.
* Performed product design verification and reliability tests including data collection and failure analysis.
* Programmed Thermotron Environmental Chambers.
* Programmed, debugged and modified ADEPT industrial robots.
* Primary contact in the department for problem resolution.

Two years as a Computer Debug Technician. (Compaq computer)
* Debugged PCs, work stations and industrial server systems down to component level.

Eleven years experience as a Electrical Design and Sustaining Engineer. (Texas Instruments)
* Assisted in the design of a computer driven robot managed test systems for printed wiring boards and components.
* Modified printed wiring boards, both manually and automated.
* Assisted in the design and testing of laser guidance system components.
* Served as sustaining engineer on air surveillance radar systems components.
* Wrote test software for air surveillance radar systems testing.
* Installed and set up personal computers.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Borland "C'++ Rev2.0. Two years experience (Compaq).
MS BASIC & Fortran. Four years experience (Texas Instruments)
Visual basic Three years experience (Compaq)
AUTOCAD, four years experience generating engineering drawings (Texas Instruments.)
AUTOSKETCH, two years experience.(Compaq )
Windows 95, 98,2000 & XP, Microsoft Office, and NT 4.0 administration.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Designed, built and programmed devices to power cycle computer systems to detect weak components and systems.
* Designed and built test fixtures for Adept Industrial Robots for reliability testing.
* Created test profiles for reliability testing on work stations and industrial server computer systems
* Designed, redesigned, updated and improved test equipment as needed.
* Analyzed, isolated and corrected computer power supply temperature problem reducing product returns.
* Discovered a mayor fan problem and worked with OEM supplier to correct.
* Redesigned radar transmitter filament timer, improving reliability and saving $80,000 per year in warranty costs.
* Proficient at debugging Pentium-based computer systems down to component level.
* Designed, built, installed and programmed production printed wiring board test sets.
* Wrote test software for component's pre-acceptance tests to enhance reliability.
* Assisted Software Engineering Group in writing a software package that ran a production test system.
* Assisted in correcting the problem of optical drives continually cycling in and out.
* Proficient at debugging AC to DC power supply failures to the component level.
* Proficient at analyzing Li-Ion Smart batteries for proper operation or reason for failure.

CAREER PROGRESSION

* Dell Computer Corp. Austin, Tx. Laptop batteries & Power Supplies Technician 2003 - Present
* Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, TX. Reliability Engineering Technician. 1996 - 2002
* Compaq Computer Corp. Houstin, TX, OSS Off-line Computer maintenance and Repair. 1994 - 1996
* Texas Instruments, McKinney, TX. Defense Systems and Equipment Group, Software, Hardware and Sustaining Engineer, SECRET Clearance 1984 -1990
* Texas Instruments, Sherman TX. Defense Systems and Equipment Group, Test Set Design and Sustaining Engineer, SECRET Clearance. 1979 -- 1984


EDUCATION
Texas State Technical Collage, Waco TX. Associate Degree in Electronics 1967 - 1969
McLennan Community Collage, Waco TX. Prerequisites 1974 -- 1975 & C++ class in 1991
Texas A&M University, College Station TX. BS in Electrical Engineering Technology 1976 - 1979
Compaq Computer Corp. Houston TX. Technical Computer Courses, including: ISA, EISA,
Memory, Video, PCI, Pentium architectures, Microsoft NT 4.0 Administrator and Core
Technologies, MS Visual Basic, ADEPT Industrial Robots programming language. 1994 -
Present
MILITARY SERVICE
United States Air Force, Teletype Maintenance, TOP SECRET & "R" Clearance, Rank E4 - 1970-1974
HONORS
Recognized by Texas Instruments for cost effective contributions, Method Improvement Reports awarded six times. Received MIR of the Month 1985. Included on a patent for reducing high frequency oscillations in AC to DC switching power supplies.

REFERENCES

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Certifications
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