Scott Kier Email & Phone Number

Dayton/Cincinnati Ohio Area

Contract Support Engineering Services

Responsible for hardware design, development, and integration of digital and analog systems. Provide support for development software, hardware, and demonstrations. Currently hold a Secret Customer based security clearance.Sensor and Fusion Enhancement (SAFE). Provided hardware support for the mNet Transceiver and Sensor board including design and layout. Assisted with mechanical housing design and integration. York Sensor Comms (YORK). Designed the Power Supply Interface board which also incorporated the GPS unit and RF circuitry. Provided PCB layout and mechanical support to complete the design. Implemented a high end microphone and circuitry to support a third parties acoustic processing board.Altium Librarian. Assist with the development of a company wide library for Altium Designer utilizing Microsoft Access and Subversion.Soldier Monitoring System (SMS). Visualize initial physical concept, provide quick turn machining, and determine a cost effective COTS GPS module that could readily interface to the mNet Transceiver.Fast Turn Camera Prototype. Produced a camera prototype from initial design to physical working unit to demonstrate to the customer in less than a week. This resulted in a spot bonus for the can-do attitude and completion of the unit.

Support software and hardware development on multiple projects. Assist other Nova personnel on various projects throughout the company, including production unit troubleshooting, test fixture development, production processes, prototypes, and demonstrations.On Board Wireless Data Comms (OBWDC). Designed a custom multifunction sensor to interface with the Zigbee radios. Provided PCB design, layout, and custom machining to pull the hardware together. Facilitated the demonstration to the customer at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.Handheld Emissions Detector (HED). Hardware design engineer for the Power Supply and Digital interface card. Instrumental in fitting the three boards inside the handle assembly. Provided custom machining at home to make all of this come together.Software Development (SYNTHPro, DACPro, POTPro). PC programs written in Visual Basic which allow engineers to control prototype units long before the development of custom software.Raytheon/Flexible Interoperable Transceiver (FIT). Write embedded C-code, debug and repair new units, design digital support hardware, devise PLD chain programming scheme to enable code changes on the fly, and support multiple demonstrations to the customer.Test Fixture Development (Constellation, Waverider, UMM). Initiate fixturing to replace obsolete testing techniques, design and build fixtures for production, upgrade programming apparatus to increase speed by >10x, and develop test methods to drastically decrease test times.Multiplexer Board. Designed digital hardware and VHDL for reprogrammable multiplexer board for use in test fixtures.

• Optical Front Panel Display Tester. Designed turntable with dual vacuum fixtures, a single camera, and the software algorithms to test led displays for intensity, missing, and extra segments.• Remote Control Tester. Utilized a Toshiba X-Y gantry system to position a pneumatic actuator to activate the buttons on all manufactured remotes, receive and verify all custom codes and commands operated correctly.• Automatic Screwdriver. Designed a software controlled, stepper motor driven screwdriver for automatically adjusting mechanical potentiometers, coils, and capacitors for optimal settings.• Automatic Audio Distortion Analyzer/Adjuster. Assisted in the design and optimized the algorithms to automatically adjust audio detector (quad coil) circuits for minimum distortion.• General Fixture Design/Implementation. Key member in transitioning from mechanical to vacuum fixtures resulting in greater reliability and throughput. Designed digital and analog hardware. Emphasis always on quality, not quantity.

• Repair electronic equipment used for medical applications including defibrillators and heart monitors. Responsible for patient contact equipment safety tests.

Continuing Education, Electrical Engineering

Continuing Education to Senior level.

A.S.E.E.T., Communication Electronics

Activities and Societies: Worked close to full time as an Electrical Lab Technician while attending classes full time.

Initial Year, Electrical Engineering

Hs Diploma, Communications Electronics