Verified completeness and accuracy of Test Cases that were written by colleagues to reduce time to market.Utilized TcU Product Lifecycle Management tool to confirm correctness of documents referenced by Test Cases.Used Application Lifecycle Management for creating and executing Test Cases to ensure that a new product met hardware and system requirements.

Made design modifications to the head of a replica Johnny 5 robot to add features that were previously lacking.Wrote macros to provide right/left and up/down eye movement for the replica Johnny 5 robot.Redesigned the track drive sections of replica Wall-E and Johnny 5 robots to enhance performance and reliability.

Collected pump performance data to determine if pumps could be shipped to customers or if they required rework.Wrote rework instructions for pumps that failed testing so that the pumps could be modified to meet customer specifications.Specified, ordered and installed components to reduce operating costs by improving the test system uptime.

Operated and maintained a proton therapy system for various customer needs which included patient treatment, patient specific QA, development, software testing, troubleshooting, and experimentation.

Managed a group of High School students who designed, built and programed a robot for a global competition.

6 month contract at Natus Medical Incorporated with occasional short term call backs.

Designed, configured, deployed and functionally tested Distributed Processing Control Networks for Toxic Gas Monitoring and Control Systems.· Developed a Human Machine Interface screen for a Toxic Gas Monitoring and Control System resulting in increased sales of the related toxic gas detection equipment.· Maintained and upgraded Toxic Gas Monitoring and Control networks at customer sites and remotely in order to ensure customer safety.· Improved customer satisfaction by conducting training classes for Toxic Gas Monitoring Systems.

Consulting Engineer and member of the engineering team responsible for integrating an antenna positioning system into production (Two month contract).· Decreased the production startup time by functioning as liaison between the group that designed the positioning system and the group that manufactured it.· Expedited production by organizing and maintaining an ftp site used to control project documentation.

Responsible for the design of x-ray thickness measuring gauges.· Enable suppliers to fabricate required system components by generating various fabrication drawings using IntelliCAD software package.· Resolved customer complaints by creating a project time line and installation drawings.

Managed all aspects of product performance and reliability including conducting Product Design Evaluations on prototypes to ensure that new products met customer expectations. · Verified that requested engineering changes did not reduce the effectiveness of the product. Ensured that software revisions enhanced system performance as intended without introducing new issues. · Incorporated a National Instruments SCXI Data Acquisition System, using LabVIEW software, to evaluate new product performance.· Evaluated individual components that were being incorporated into new designs to determine if they met required levels of performance and reliability. · Worked with suppliers to analyze components and provide recommendations for improvement.

Designed test fixtures used in the production and burn-in of toxic gas detection systems, as well as created test procedures to verify proper operation.· Reduced costs by analyzing non-conforming components prior to requesting the supplier to provide corrective action reports. · Investigated the cause of, and responded to, Customer Discrepancy Reports in order to ensure favorable customer relations.· Conducted Y2K testing on all MDA Scientific products to ensure customer satisfaction.

Worked closely with software engineers and construction technicians to design and implement sophisticated automated equipment to customer specifications. Key member of a team that was awarded a Corporate Engineering Award.· Reduced labor costs $70,000 annually by designing new speaker phase test equipment and by designing a system that tests all audio/video input and output functions on television receivers.· Designed an automated test position used to produce over 2000 microwave oven control panels per day, utilizing an IBM PC compatible platform. · Reduced consulting costs by $5,000 by identifying design errors on an automated inventory system.· Co-designed a system that tested speakers in 50% of the time required by any other system on the market while catching rejects the other systems missed.· Improved productivity of service technicians by identifying and correcting design errors on a VXI based system used to test and align optical disk drives.· Designed equipment that tested and aligned Stereo/SAP (Second Audio Program) decoder panels.