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Saco, Maine, United States

South Portland, Maine, United States

• Lead in building custom test solutions and special projects for new product introduction across >$1B/year department
• Built custom PC-based test system to collect DC parametric sweep data across temperature using PXI and rack instrumentation
• Built test system for multiple automotive parts to integrate thermal chamber into Advantest T2000 ATE system

South Portland, Maine, United States

• Lead ATE engineer bringing new product to manufacturing by developing C++ based test program for Eagle ETS-364
• Developed Windows application to perform audio analysis for harmonics, distortion and noise
• Custom Audio libraries integrated into ETS-800 test flow
• Developed Arduino firmware for I2C communication
• Many custom test solutions involving hardware and software integration
• Many users’ manuals, technical documents, presentations, etc.

South Portland, Maine, United States

Durham, NH

• Lead for 400+ channel automated test system. Responsible for specifying PXI instrumentation, designing custom circuitry, harnessing, and procurement in support of high end NASA satellite avionics unit
• Documented system specifications, signal naming conventions and connection diagrams
• Key team member for 1500+ channel, 2 PXI Chassis test system.
• Co-authored scalable TCP-based protocol in LabVIEW to be used with a well-known avionics test executive
• Developed a modular hardware driver able to interface to various hardware platforms
• Designed and developed automated test station for the altitude control module on a reentry space shuttle

University Of New Hampshire

• Project Engineer working on NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission
• Designed and built high resolution dynamic load PCB for a low-voltage power supply (LVPS) to characterize various power profiles
• Developed enterprise level SCADA/HMI to the Space Science Center’s Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVAC)
• Re-wrote TVAC Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) control program in ladder logic
• Developed Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometer for 2013 NASA airborne mission
• Designed and built satellite motor multiplexer PCB and control software for thermal-vacuum testing.

Durham, NH

• Lead Engineer for the Climate Change Research Center. Managed a team of technicians and students.
• Primary designer of a fast-response mercury analyzer for NASA ARCTAS. Able to measure mercury vapor in parts-per-quadrillion range at a one minute delta using ultra-violet Fluorescence technique.
• Supervised and primary designer of miniature Ozone Instrument for the NOAA Smart Balloon. Very light and inexpensive research grade ozone instrument..
• Supervisor and the primary designer of an electric cryogenic pre-concentrator. First pre-concentrator for gas chromatography built to capture certain volatile organic compounds (VOC's) at cryogenics without liquid.
• Supervisor and designer for an electrostatic classifier. Very inexpensive implementation of aerosol instrument.
• Automated digital data acquisition and control for dozens of processes at the Mount Washington Observatory, Castle Springs, and Thompson Farm using LabVIEW.

Lee, NH

• Developed (hardware and software) Energy Systems Testbed to implement efficient battery charging algorithms using photovoltaic panels.
• Developed (hardware and software) Communications Systems Testbed to test experimental low-powered satellite communications.
• Designed an ultra-low power, microcontroller based embedded control; utilizing Control Area Network (CAN).
• Supervised demonstration of energy extraction from piezoelectric material undulating in a laminar flow at Princeton University for the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Defense Advanced Research Programs Agency (DARPA).
• Added engineering support to development of a solar powered Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (AUV) including energy collection, storage algorithms, communications and navigation subsystems.
• Designed maximum power point tracker for solar array to battery for a solar AUV.

Westbrook, ME

• Assisted dealer technicians in troubleshooting and repair. Traveled to customer locations to assist if necessary.
• Designed and built several automated test stations.

Newport, RI

• Maintained and repaired various electronic equipment including computer systems, HF radios, and cryptographic equipment.
• Held secret security clearance.
• Stationed aboard the USS Capodanno (FF-1093). Home-port in Newport, RI

Bachelor’S Degree, Electrical Engineering Technology

Associate’S Degree, Electronics Technology

Diploma, Electronics Technician 'C' School

Activities and Societies: U.S. NavySpecialized in NAVMACS, the Naval Modular Automated Computer System.

Diploma, Electronics Technician ‘A’ School

Activities and Societies: U.S. NavyTroubleshooting and repair of AM/FM communications, RADAR and Digital Electronic systems.

Certificate, Basic Electricity And Electronics

Activities and Societies: U.S. NavyBasic electrical and circuit theory.

Diploma