Fred Thornton Email & Phone Number

San Mateo, CA, US

Austin, Texas, US

At National Instruments I am supporting first build and test of a new RF product. Working on system to component level I trouble shoot state of art RF devices. Using labVIEW software developed by a software team for comprehensive testing, frequencies range from 2 – 95 GHz. I always find root cause of failure. To do this usually includes manually operating.

Lowell, MA, US

• Performed testing on prototype RF amplifier chips using Agilent PNA Network Analyzer. Analyzed failures and implemented fixes to prototype.
• Set up test stations and completed testing on RF Amplifiers to 50 GHz using Network Analyzer.
• Used Agilent DCA-X Wide Band Oscilloscope for Eye Diagram measurements.
• Responsible for construction of RF test bed to bias FET amplifiers, apply RF and measure output of devices while in environmental chamber.
• Using Excel analyzed results from long term part tests that contained thousands of measurements

San Jose, California, US

Developed LabVIEW applications for controlling RF instruments that I used in verifying prototype devices. I planned tests, set up hardware, wrote required LabVIEW VI that communicated via LAN, USB and GPIB to devices under test, took measurements and presented formal results. Tests include thermocouple temperature measurements in environmental chambers..

London, GB

Cisco Scan Safe is a cloud based Security as a Service provider, filtering malware from corporate networks. As a Customer Service Engineer, I answered email and phone based questions from corporate customer IT departments, research problems, and recommend solutions.

San Jose, CA, US

Performed thermo and audio analysis experiments in development of Cisco hand held streaming video camera. Extensive troubleshooting of digital video hardware based on Zoran COACH Camera processor, TCP/IP, layer 2 devices, Wi-Fi link, Cisco Wi-Fi base station, and LAN. Primary duties included use of automated test equipment to acquire data, Excel to reduce.

US

Built test fixtures for testing a switching power supply used to drive hundreds of LEDs used in commercial and municipal lighting. I built test fixtures and prepared equipment for deployment in an off shore manufacturing facility.

Austin, Texas, US

Designed analog and digital circuits, purchased parts, prototyped and built test equipment used to balance stored charge in Energy Storage System. I used National Instruments USB interface devices for connection to a laptop running Lab View to control the equipment. Working from detailed wiring diagrams I implemented and verified fixes to complex wire.

Managed a variety of technical and business issues for a corporate partnership between my employer and a startup company planning to test and repair high performance Force10 router blades. Acting as technical lesion, I corresponded extensively with vendors, subcontractors, city government, and utility companies. Issues included phone, internet, power.

Operated Quick Cash, A payday loan business. Oversaw the processing of loans, monitored accounting using Quick Books, performed market research, and managed cost effective advertising campaigns. Composed print advertisements for local newspapers and radio and television advertisements for major bay area stations. Ensured completion of required paperwork.

Londonderry, NH, US

Prototyped electronics required to capture images drawn on a common office white board to a computer by precisely tracking the pen using IR / Ultrasonic technology, successfully organized the engineering lab, purchased parts and tools locally as needed, built prototypes per engineer’s drawings and provided documented working prototypes. Worked with senior.

Prototyped circuits, implemented fixes, documented construction and performed environmental testing of Transformer Oil Gas Analyzer, a gas monitoring instrument used by power utility companies to monitor transformer integrity. Instrument detects optical absorption of gases extracted from oil and then processes the data, displaying the results on a PC.

US

Managed all functions of the Engineering Lab, which involved installing environmental test equipment, maintaining instruments, and ensuring things were organized and running smoothly. Worked at system and component level bringing up prototype digital circuit boards for processing ATM traffic over a short microwave link. Researched and configured single.

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