Technical lead for the PCBA test group within Test Engineering. Responsibilities include:- Created the test strategies for two generations of PCBA platforms, including test firmware requirements on the latest DSP upgrade. Utilized Python to evaluate/validate test firmware prior to test integration.- Designed the next generation batch programming architecture and deployed systems to production.- Developed IQ and OQ protocols to release manufacturing updates to production.- Collaborated with internal and external manufacturing sites to analyze and resolve production test issues. Facilitated meeting with China manufacturing to plan NPI and continuation efforts.- Mentored new employees on test development and documentation processes.

Support test development for new product development. Accomplishments included:- Optimized test firmware to reduce test time and improve test reliability. Included a 25% reduction in false failures in 900MHz radio tests.- Developed a firmware review process to eliminate errors during PCBA tested. Included automating the process through the use on Python scripts.- Assisted in failure analysis of field failures.

Senior hardware engineer responsible for various failure analysis efforts as well as determining the cause of field data loss/unavailable events. Supported resolution to issues associated with released products.- Extensively tested and validated software fixes that reduce NVRAM field failures by 20%. Developed automated tests to further investigate other failure modes. - Created a proposal for a 10% reduction in drive returns based on analysis of field returns. Developed the drive FA protocol and analysis methodologies used in automated tools.- Built the Annualized Return Rate dashboard for the Isilon business unit using Microsoft Access and Tableau.

Senior NPI Engineer responsible for PCBA and system introduction at CMs.- Successfully launched the NL400/X400 product lines on time. Created tools in Perl and Excel VBA to analyze yields. - Improved initial NL400/X400 yield by 40% through engaging suppliers on component quality issues.- Deployed NL400/X400 PCBA functional testers worldwide. Provided technical support and documentation to facilitate test system setup.- Instituted a drive MVT procedure and managed CMs through various, new drive introductions.- Provided onsite technical support during transfer of operations between Chinese manufacturing sites. Included auditing of manufacturing quality.- Instituted quality and cost improvements in PCBA manufacturing through the identification of unneeded components.

Senior hardware engineer on upgrade to Navy’s AN/SPS-49 Radar transmitter. Responsible for transmitter control logic design and mentoring junior engineers on the project.- Created the reference design for the control logic board used in RSI’s proposal to the customer. Included cost and reliability projections.- Created specifications for key transmitter subsystems. Facilitated technical meetings with the Navy to refine system requirements and review design proposals

Extension/continuation of work at Sun Microsystems due to Oracle purchase.

Senior hardware engineer responsible for performance verification in new microprocessor products.- Performed RTL and performance model verification for next generation SPARC processors. Provided analysis of results to chip architects and performance modelers, and debugged performance discrepancies found between the RTL and performance models.- Created assembly-code applications to test product features and aid in hardware bug resolution- Performed workload tracing and analysis and provided enhancements to internal tools to aid this effort.- Performed I/O analysis using Agilent logic analyzers and developed software tools to aid the analysis of PCI, PCI-X and PCIe traces.

Test engineer involved in test development for new ICs. Designed test procedures to verify correct operation of hardware and software used in production testing of defibrillator IC modules. Applied stringent verification and checkout procedures to ensure compliance with internal standards.- Created test plans and software to test production software on next generation defibrillator ICs.- Led code reviews of C++ applications and provided feedback to improve testability and reliability.

Electrical design engineer on new product development and product continuation projects.- Built the power management circuitry used in Motorola’s first full-scale Telematics design. Created manufacturing test guidelines and analyzed yields to verify correct operation.- Improved repeatability and reduced test time of certification tests through creation of Visual Basic test programs- Performed cost reduction efforts on existing products. Implemented quality and supply chain improvements.- Developed a baseband block for a GPS tranceiver reference design for use in embedded Telematics applications.- Tested and evaluated next generation Telematics solutions.