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RETIRED

Glendale Heights, Illinois, United States

Researched and Specified replacement electronic and mechanical components for LMR (Land Mobile Radio) infrastructure, RF Energy Generator, and Military specialized and off-the-shelf products to solve EOL (End-of-Life) and supply chain availability and cost issues.- Performed worst-case circuit analysis on existing products during replacement component research.- Researched component availability and analyzed BoM obsolescence using Silicon Expert application.- Worked with the… Show more Researched and Specified replacement electronic and mechanical components for LMR (Land Mobile Radio) infrastructure, RF Energy Generator, and Military specialized and off-the-shelf products to solve EOL (End-of-Life) and supply chain availability and cost issues.- Performed worst-case circuit analysis on existing products during replacement component research.- Researched component availability and analyzed BoM obsolescence using Silicon Expert application.- Worked with the responsible Development and Manufacturing Engineers to validate and implement component and necessary layout changes to products when required.- Investigated product failure using 5 Phase and 8-D problem solving methods. Show less

St. Charles, Il

(previously Omron Automotive Electronics, Inc.) Designed and maintained new and legacy passive and microcontroller based designs for the passenger automotive switch engineering group.- Performed DFMEA and worst case circuit analysis on designs- Developed lighting solutions for switch designs to match OEM color and intensity specs- Optimized PWM lighting curve design for software controlled intensity switch designs- Investigated product development, production, and… Show more (previously Omron Automotive Electronics, Inc.) Designed and maintained new and legacy passive and microcontroller based designs for the passenger automotive switch engineering group.- Performed DFMEA and worst case circuit analysis on designs- Developed lighting solutions for switch designs to match OEM color and intensity specs- Optimized PWM lighting curve design for software controlled intensity switch designs- Investigated product development, production, and in-service issues via 5 phase and Ford 8-D problem solving methods Show less

Libertyville, Il

Assumed full electrical engineering responsibility for multiple high volume cellular products post-ship through end-of-life (EOL):- Re-designed existing products to extend or create new ROI opportunities in a quick product cycle environment.- Performed circuit level re-design to improve performance and reduce cost.-Employed 6-sigma methods and Ford 8D problem solving skills to resolve emerging production issues and customer performance complaints.- Identified, evaluated… Show more Assumed full electrical engineering responsibility for multiple high volume cellular products post-ship through end-of-life (EOL):- Re-designed existing products to extend or create new ROI opportunities in a quick product cycle environment.- Performed circuit level re-design to improve performance and reduce cost.-Employed 6-sigma methods and Ford 8D problem solving skills to resolve emerging production issues and customer performance complaints.- Identified, evaluated, tested, and approved crucial alternate parts across product lines on time and at minimal cost to prevent production interruptions due to natural disaster shut-downs of vendors. Show less

Arlington Heights, Il

Compiled requirements, executed designs, and completed development of cellular base site controller modules and associated third party system equipment.- Delivered cellsite vocoder processing unit with my development team through the successful design of the backplane power/data distribution system.- Achieved significant improvement in factory yield of fiber optic chassis extension module in voice data translation product through redesign of the transmit circuitry to be range… Show more Compiled requirements, executed designs, and completed development of cellular base site controller modules and associated third party system equipment.- Delivered cellsite vocoder processing unit with my development team through the successful design of the backplane power/data distribution system.- Achieved significant improvement in factory yield of fiber optic chassis extension module in voice data translation product through redesign of the transmit circuitry to be range adjustable.- Completed industry deadline compliance effort for all product circuit cards targeted for RoHS/WEEE conversion.- Developed requirements, specs., and parts qualification standards for the first circuit switched and packet data internetworking unit cabinet product in a joint effort with 3Com Corp.- Created specs. for and qualified remote central base site controller (R-CBSC) HW delivered by Zhone Inc., multiplying main CBSC capability. Show less

Arlington Heights, Il

Provided product support engineering and redesign on major circuitry sections of analog Base Site Controller transceiver modules, as well as accompanying factory interface and support.- Improved carrier customer satisfaction and increased sales through successful redesign of switching power supply.- Enhanced call connection range and carrier customer satisfaction through the redesign of receive audio network in site transceiver module.- Achieved an improved frequency synthesizer… Show more Provided product support engineering and redesign on major circuitry sections of analog Base Site Controller transceiver modules, as well as accompanying factory interface and support.- Improved carrier customer satisfaction and increased sales through successful redesign of switching power supply.- Enhanced call connection range and carrier customer satisfaction through the redesign of receive audio network in site transceiver module.- Achieved an improved frequency synthesizer design on a transceiver module through improvement Phase Locked Loop (PLL) noise and lock time. Show less

Schaumburg, Il

Compliled requirements, executed designs, and completed development of major sections of Base Transmitter Station (BTS) cabinet product used in nationwide networked paging service.- Completed development and testing of combination RF power amplifier and power supply backplane.- Mentored junior engineer in design of power amplifier DC control and alarm circuitry.- Worked with vendor to develop and deliver bus addressble power supply unit to drive RF power amplifier sections.

Schaumburg, Il

Participated as a main contributor on teams charged with successful product support engineering and redesign of mobile two way radio hardware used in commercial and nationwide networks.- Significantly increased factory yield and reduced returns on mobile data terminal product, by redesign of modulation control.- Achieved successful development, test, and deployment of limited run of customer specific mobile hardware in an uprecedented one month time frame.- Led a team of… Show more Participated as a main contributor on teams charged with successful product support engineering and redesign of mobile two way radio hardware used in commercial and nationwide networks.- Significantly increased factory yield and reduced returns on mobile data terminal product, by redesign of modulation control.- Achieved successful development, test, and deployment of limited run of customer specific mobile hardware in an uprecedented one month time frame.- Led a team of business unit and corporate experts in developing solutions to mobile data terminal product RFI/EMI problems.- Led team effort to develop the first assembly language SW package for a trunked mobile radio to demonstrate range vs. signal decoding resolution.- Redesigned transmit RF and data processing circuitry to improve factory alignment and final yield.- Successfully worked with cross-functional teams to solve production yield problems with mobile radio handset assemblies. Show less

Schaumburg, Il

Responsible for design and development engineering of circuitry subsections on conventional two way mobile radio products.- Member of the first team to achieve development of assembly language SW to implement full range tone and digital coded squelch algorithms in two way mobile radio products.- Designed first implementation of full range coded squelch active audio filtering circuitry in two way mobile radio products.