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Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Create and execute technology plans and coordinate development team for the development of OBD2 adapters that support key sharing and vehicle and driver characterisitics telematics.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Provide technical services for product development, manufacturing and test including developing production and office automation software tools to increase efficiencies and reduce customer response times:
• Technical support for NPI manufacturing, programming, testing
• NPI embedded firmware development - ST32, PIC16F
• Bluetooth/ BLE, WiFi, and GPIO interfaces for product test automation.
• Test sequencer applications using Python and XML for functional testing of hardware… Show more Provide technical services for product development, manufacturing and test including developing production and office.
• Test sequencer applications using Python and XML for functional testing of hardware products.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Analysis and development of Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) claims for engineering innovations.

Markham, Ontario

• Responsible for all Engineering functions at all facilities (Shenzhen, PRC, Manchester, New Hampshire, and Markham, Ontario) which included process, manufacturing and test engineering.
• Led the effort to develop a sustaining engineering service which encompassed component engineering, complete circuit and layout redesign, and test validation to maintain customers’ product functionality.
• Overall responsibility for developing and maintaining all process and manufacturing standards as… Show more
• Overall responsibility for developing and maintaining all process and manufacturing standards as well as DFM/DFT guidelines.
• Coordinate all concurrent engineering efforts with customers' development programs and transition customers' designs into production
• Monitor and support ongoing production for yield, process, and cost improvements. Show less

Markham, Ontario

• Established and managed a technical team responsible for providing test and product support to the manufacturing process.
• Introduced a variety of test methodologies into the company including In-Circuit Testing (Agilent 3070), Boundary Scan Testing, Flying Probe Testing and a variety of Functional Test strategies. The department grew to.
• Work with customers' engineering requirements and create test and inspection… Show more
• Work with customers' engineering requirements and create test and inspection plans and developed and implemented test fixtures and programs to support a wide variety of products.
• Managed and supported technicians responsible for performing the tests as well as troubleshooting and repairing any failures and defects.
• Introduced DFx process and procedures (test, manufacture, and inspection).

Stoney Creek, Ontario

• Developed automated test systems and provided engineering consulting services.
• Provided complete turnkey automated and manual test systems for a variety of customers including 3M Canada, SAFT/Alcatel, EPM, Christie Digital Systems, and Datavation.
• Developed specifications and statements of work for customer approval, and designed, built and integrated hardware and software (using the “TestPoint” software platform).
• Provided training for the customer's test and manufacturing… Show more
• Provided training for the customer's test and manufacturing groupsand provided ongoing technical support.
• Provided technical consulting to the Government of Canada for their “SR&ED” Tax credit program, reviewing technical claims to determine if they met the technical requirements of the program. Show less

Burlington, Ontario

• managed a team of engineers and technologists responsible for developing manufacturing methods and procedures, and test methods and procedures for all of the company's products.
• Established all test facilities, including the development of a custom electro-dynamic shaker platform, environmental test chambers, and laser alignment systems.
• Instrumental in initiating the 'outsourcing' of the manufacture of the company's electronic circuit board assemblies.

Burlington, Ontario

• Managed a team of approximately 20 engineers, technologists and customer service technicians responsible for the development and support of a variety of stabilization systems.
• Instrumental in setting up a documentation control system and engineering development processes and procedures that allowed the company to obtain registration to “AQAP-1” and ISO-9001 which then allowed the company to.
• Instrumental in setting up a documentation control system and engineering development processes and procedures that allowed the company to obtain registration to “AQAP-1” and ISO-9001 which then allowed the company to.

Burlington, Ontario

• Created project definitions and product specifications and led the development of a number of custom stabilized multi-sensor platform systems.
• Led the electronics and mechanical development and integration as well as the development of aircraft mounting and electrical interfaces.
• Ensured all mounting systems were developed, manufactured and tested to strict aeronautical specifications.

Kanata, Ontario

• Assembed an engineering team that was responsible for developing a 'Man Portable', near infra-red Thermal Imaging System utilizing 'SPRITE' scanning technology.
• The project included the development of 8 custom ASIC chips used for motor control, signal processing, and CRT control.
• Chief technical authority for all aspects of the product, including optical, electro-optical, mechanical, and electronic subsystems.
• Provided technical direction and co-ordination of the team for all… Show more
• Provided technical direction and co-ordination of the team for all phases of the project including product development, design qualification tests, and First Article Production Verification tests.
• Maintained budget responsibility for the project and was the chief technical interface with the customer (Canadian DND). Show less

Kanata Ontario

• Developed test applications on the LTX Test System for thick film hybrid circuit telephony products including the Message Registration Module, and the Digital Line Interface Circuits.
• Presented courses to the test and product engineering departments on analog test development using the LTX system.

Kanata, Ontario

• Developed and maintained all manufacturing process instructions, test procedures and equipment, for a variety of Hughes Aircraft HS376 series satellite subsystems.
• Performed comprehensive circuit stress analysis for all electrical failures encountered during the production and test process.
• Products included the Battery sub-system, Attitude Control Electronics, Antenna Positioning Electronics, Earth Sensor Electronics, and Signal Interface Unit which provided the interface between… Show more
• Products included the Battery sub-system, Attitude Control Electronics, Antenna Positioning Electronics, Earth Sensor Electronics, and Signal Interface Unit which provided the interface between the Space Shuttle.