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Libertyville, Illinois, United States

Transitioning from management into a senior contributor role, with a "hands on" focus toward:Sustaining Engineering of existing products via cost control, reliability and DFM enhancements Product specification, design concept ideation, architectural definition and R&D of new products

Libertyville, Illinois, United States

United States

Primarily responsible for maintaining and improving manufacturability, costs, performance, quality and reliability of legacy and established products; supporting manufacturing by identifying, influencing, and implementing design, feature, and process improvements related to electronic product design in cooperation with new product development and the overall Engineering team.

Spring Grove, Il

Support the Quality organization working within the corporate office as the liaison to Product Development Engineering, Marketing, Technical Support and Sales. Apply advanced quality planning tools to ensure development processes align to design for manufacturability and follow production quality standards and processes. Provide knowledge and support to manufacturing core teams at new product introduction, conduct risk analysis, identify critical control points, and recommend preventive measures. Identify manufacturing training methods on new products applying failure mode and effect analysis processes. .Investigate customer complaints and/or failure mode definition in partnership with technical service and product management. Maintain and improve customer problem report process, prepares quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends including failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and re-validations.

Spring Grove Il

Assist commercial, industrial, municipal, and residential customers in selection, troubleshooting, wiring/connecting, and programming of Intermatic's product portfolio.Serving as frontline interface to internal and external personnel as Technical Sales liaison to the Quality and Engineering departments, gathering information and field samples for analysis to use in driving the continuous improvement loop for new and mature products.

Greater Chicago Area

Working with area companies to provide Engineering Services on a variety of projects, improvements, and adaptations. Recent examples include:Geochemical Exploration of Petroleum Reserves in Appalachia and the Illinois BasinSpecialty Concrete Casting Process ImprovementWind Turbine Braking and Control System DesignTelecom Power Equipment Telemetry SystemsAlways seeking stable full-time or contractual employment opportunities that leverage my abilities and experience.

Woodstock, Illinois

Monitored and managed SMT PCB production area with goal of improving product quality and first pass yield in a Contract Manufacturing environment. Set up, maintained, and repaired SMT pick-and-place equipment, reflow ovens, and solder paste stencil machines. Developed improved reflow profiles for both Pb and Pb-Free processes. Specified and evaluated alternate/improved materials and equipment for use in taking organization "to the next level". Coordinated with Engineering team to implement upstream DFM practices in order to further improve product quality at the design phase, utilizing IPC standards and Engineering Best Practices approach to PCB designs and revisions.Assisted R&D in ongoing development projects involving RF wireless transmitters and receivers, LED lighting, agency approvals, and related tasks.

Mchenry, Illinois

Served as Product Development Engineer on a variety of industrial and consumer products. Company mainstream focus on ink / printing industry equipment with product divestiture in other areas such as: golf training devices, HVAC controls, LED lighting products, and green technologies. Performed hardware, circuit, and PCB design, firmware development, user interface software development and maintenance, product agency approval testing (FCC, UL, CE), on-site equipment integration testing at customer facilities.

Crystal Lake Illinois, Drammen Norway

Earned multiple roles and status throughout the organization with over 20 years experience in the Nuclear Power and Telecommunications Industries, encompassing Quality, Product Testing, Field Service, Electronic Engineering and Engineering Management with an active leadership role in Product Development; served most recently as Engineering Liaison to Global Sales/Marketing and Product Management teams. Performed hardware, circuit, and PCB design, firmware development, user interface software development and maintenance, design verification and validation testing, product agency approval testing (NEBS, FCC, UL, CE).and other related functions. Performed product Field Engineering and approval testing at customer sites, example high-profile customers: Nextel, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint. Experience with various telecom battery technologies and chemistries, and with DC power distribution and remote power management technologies, from 50 to 10,000A and beyond.

High School

Mathematics, Electronics, Statistics