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Seattle, Washington, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Greenville, Texas, Us

Formed and managed the Test Engineering Team, working cross-functionally with Product Management, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Firmware Engineering, and Software Engineering organizations to validate and manufacture products on tight development timelines of less than 8 monthsDesigned and deployed manufacturing test fixtures used in the production of Lightning McQueen, R2-D2, BB-9E, and Sphero Mini products, totaling 1M+ units annually - Designed custom printed circuit boards (PCBs) using Altium - Developed firmware in C to run on a AVR microcontrollers to control test fixtures - Developed software in Python and C# to interface with the test fixture printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) - Designed custom test fixture harnesses and cartridges for Ingun fixtures using SolidworksTraveled quarterly to Hong Kong and China to support implementation of test fixtures on the manufacturing line Developed a modular functional test system for use in the testing of PCBAs on the manufacturing line. Moving to this modular system reduced test development time for new products by 75+% - Eliminated the need to develop custom hardware/firmware to test each new product - Reduced capitol equipment costs by allowing test hardware to be reused from product to product - Reduced the amount of international travel required by US employees after our manufacturers became familiar with the systemImplemented an automated firmware testing system, reducing firmware release test time by 80% - Implemented an automated testing system using Linux Virtual Machines connected to dedicated USB hardware to load firmware and then run regression tests using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) on production PCBAs - Tests were run by adding a build step to our Jenkins automation serverInstitutionalized the value of documentation within the engineering organization

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Developed new firmware in C to improve the search functionality of avalanche beaconsDesigned, deployed, and maintained a test fixture used to calibrate/test avalanche beacons during production- Designed custom PCB using Altium to switch a 457kHz radio frequency (RF) signal to different antennas- Designed low-cost custom faraday cage to reduce RF noise during calibration - Developed custom software in Python to run the calibration sequence, a GUI was built using wxPython, and manufacturing data is uploaded to a MySQL databaseDeveloped production management software in Python to perform analytics and generate reports from manufacturing data gathered in a MySQL database

Fremont, Ca, Us

Developed and deployed automated test scripts for Nearline, Desktop, and Mobile HDDs. Designed hardware test tools to aid in the testing of HDDs.Coordinated the rollout of test script updates and new hardware test tools between international teams based in Singapore, South Korea, and the United States.

Managed production and design of 5 different models of skis and worked with customers to ensure their needs were being met.Designed and developed manufacturing tools and processes to increase manufacturing efficiency. Developed and deployed company website.

Helped customers learn how to climb and belay at a climbing wall and high ropes course.

Mamaroneck, Ny, Us

Helped lead a group of 50 teenagers around the western United States for three weeks.