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Design and develop moderately complex test programs, processes and systems to measure the functionality and integrity of produces and services. Design and build test stations. Create test procedures and protocols to asses product reliability and evaluate the ability of products to meet performance standards and specifications. Gather test data and evaluate the results to determine if product designs and architecture meets the customer specifications and performance expectations.Develop moderately complex test simulations to evaluate how products react under different conditions. Analyze product failure to asses the integrity and reliability of product performance. Debug test hardware and software. Analyze test cases and scenarios and report results. Collaborate with other engineering groups to improve or upgrade product performance.

System Design Engineer and Installation Manager

Falls Church, Va, Us

Teradyne L293 ATE: Operator, Programmer and Lead Technician DITMCO 9500: Operator and troubleshooterGenrad 227x/228x Operator and troubleshooterTroubleshoot and repair of RF and Digital PCB AssembliesLabWindows/CVI Program Analyst

Diagnose and repair cordless power products returned from the field and global production facilities. Implement design changes to facilitate product improvement. Collect electrical and thermal data from updated cordless power products and batteries (Lithium Ion, Lithium Phosphate, NiCad, Nickel Metal Hydride). Construct test hardware to enhance pre-production product testing to simulate real world conditions.Troubleshoot, collect and analyze data from returned products to determine failure trends.Collect and analyze electrical and thermal data from returned products to determine failure trends.Provide engineering with suggested upgrades to improve product quality and lower production costs.Developed new techniques for replacement of fine pitch components, both leaded and non-leaded down to 0402 size.

Hunt Valley, Md, Us

Researched, designed and fabricated more than 50 automated and manually operated sets of test tool hardware to be used in conjunction with standard and custom laboratory test equipment; for testing a wide range of products for the U.S. Army and Navy using engineering supplied documentation. Constructed test hardware using printed circuit board and wire-wrap techniques using Microprocessor, FPGA, CPLD, RF devices, data convertors and communication devices and well as data acquisition devices from National Instruments and Measurement Computing Corporation.Designed circuit boards using ExpressPCB schematic capture and artwork software as well as PADS PCB software.Fabricated tooling chassis using machine shop equipment such as lathe, end mill, drill press, shear, punch etc. Provided drawings using AutoCad, ExpressPCB artwork software, and VISIO.Developed test tool front panels using Front Panel Designer.Wrote ATE software using LabWindows CVI and LabView with GPIB control of standard Laboratory equipment. Created Tool control firmware with MPLAB C and Assembly, Parallax Spin and Spin Assembly.Generated supporting documentation including parts list, assembly drawings, schematics, flowcharts and quality acceptance package.Recommended and implemented improvement to hardware and software for legacy tooling projects to improve efficiency.Mentored new technicians, just out of school to bring them up to speed.

Reverse engineered circuit board design and created test software for engineering firm specializing in bed of nails In-Circuit test fixtures and software. Development of test software for Teradyne X1800 and GenRad 72xx and 82xx In-circuit test systems. Deliver and integrate finished product to customer facility.

David P Custer 410-638-1642 Capn_Dave@hotmail.com Troubleshoot to component level, various electronic and mechanical assemblies.Design, build and program PCB test fixtures. Create test software for bed of nails testing.Developed test software for GenRad 72xx and 82xx In-circuit test systems. Developed test hardware and software, mostly in C, for testing electronic circuit boards such as currency counting machines, CAT scanner boards, process control products.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Troubleshoot to component level, circuit board assemblies. Create process blocks for PLC system.Developed test hardware and software for testing electronic circuit boards in SCADA / PLC Systems.Setup and programming of TI-D2 and TI-D3 SCADA and Alan Bradley/PLC systems.Troubleshoot to component level, electronic controls and I/O devices.

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