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Elk Grove Village, Il, Us

Research, design, and development of ultrasonic microscopy defect analysis systems. Recent experience with Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ and 7000 series FPGA/MpSoC, Verilog, Vivado, and PYNQ.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Design and Development of Personal and Patient Monitoring and Tracking Devices

Waukegan, Illinois, Us

Research, Design, and Development of Wired and Wireless Avionics Electronics

Arlington Heights, Il, Us

Development of products, demonstrators, and feasibility prototypes for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), wearables, and the internet of things (IoT).

Arlington Heights, Il, Us

Principal hardware architect of "Careband" LoRa wearable and "Optimal Trax" OBDII vehicle tracker. Developed audio system used in the "Void" virtual reality experience including 2nd order beam forming microphone algorithm and headphone equalization for head mounted display (HMD).

Woodridge, Illinois, Us

Electronics design, development, and test of Telematics solutions used for vehicle and asset tracking.

Carrollton, Tx, Us

Provided feasibility analysis, architecture specifications, and staffing estimates for new products and feature enhancements based on marketing requirements, system requirements, and cost for the Tellabs 5500 SONET wideband digital cross connect. Organized and led teams to carry out strategic product and process activities. Carried out research activities for current and future products. Additional responsibilities: Providing root cause analysis, and solution proposals for design deficiencies. Providing board level design deliverables including requirements specifications, design descriptions, schematic capture, test procedures, and test results. • Key hardware engineer responsible for the initial hardware feasibility analysis, architecture specifications, interface descriptions, and staffing estimates for the High Density Optical shelf. This project was instrumental in maintaining a competitive edge for the Tellabs 5500 which generated ~$800M in annual sales.• Organized and lead a team to streamline the Hardware Development Methodology used by the Digital Systems Division resulting in quicker delivery of hardware prototypes to all organizations.• Developed FPGAs and CPLDs for cost reduction, research, and manufacturing test fixtures. Projects used Altera, Xilinx devices. Gained exposure to HDL Designer, ModelSim, Synplicity, Altera Quartus II, and Xilinx ISE.• Provided support and device modeling for XNS/XTK and LineSim signal integrity software to the development group.• Resolved numerous analog and digital product design deficiencies. Many issues were modeled and replicated with PSpice or signal integrity simulations. Proposed solutions were verified via simulations and bench testing to ensure robust solutions while minimizing manufacturing downtime and reducing impact to project schedules.

Carrollton, Tx, Us

Manager of a hardware development team of 12 direct reports responsible for board level, FPGA, ASIC, and power supply designs of telecommunications products for the Tellabs 5500 development group. Provided project plans, project tracking, and risk management. Ensured deliverables met cost, quality, and schedules. Offered strategies for parts obsolescence issues and cost reduction of released product. Managed all aspects of the product life-cycle. • Collaborated with marketing to create product roadmaps for the Tellabs 5500 system. • Participated in on-campus recruiting and in-house interviewing of Engineering staff. • Provided direct reports with regular group meetings, performance appraisals, forward looking project plans, and professional development plans. • Created budgets for prototypes, materials, staffing, and test equipment needs. • Attended extensive Managing for Performance training program.

Carrollton, Tx, Us

Team leader responsible for support of the released high density 5500 T1 product. Provided interviewing, mentoring and grooming activities for new hires. Trained engineers to provide my previous responsibilities to the Engineering staff. Enhanced technical skills through training in digital simulation, FPGAs, VHDL, and signal integrity analysis. • Created an automated facility cable testing strategy that significantly reduced customer installation time.• Representative for the creation of the Design for Quality Standards as used by the entire Digital Systems Division.• Collaborated with Human Resources to create growth plans for the Rotational Technician program. • Traveled to customer sites to evaluate and resolve product issues and increase customer satisfaction.

Carrollton, Tx, Us

Designer of high reliability boards and shelf level hardware for high density T1 product for the Tellabs 5500 wideband digital cross connect. Product doubled the port density while reducing per port cost. Performed all aspects of hardware development process including feasibility analysis, component selection, design, debug, validation, and documentation. Worked with all affected organizations to ensure deliverables met schedule, budget, quality, and regulatory constraints. Provided support for existing T1 and T3 port interface products. • Developed two of the highest volume modules contributing to a 50% annual increase in revenue and profit.• Worked with suppliers to create low cost DS1 analog front-end and magnetics. • Provided design simulation activities to verify signal integrity and circuit functionality. • Participated in accelerated life testing and regulatory testing to qualify product robustness and compliance. • Project was audited as part of company’s initial ISO certification. Developed hardware and software for production testing of telecommunications products. Project planning, tracking, and test plan development. Functional test equipment design including test equipment selection and test interface design. Training in design for quality, high performance teams, and problem solving and decision making methods.• Created module and system level tests for the Tellabs 5500 utilizing HP Basic.• Developed Network Interface Module test and test interface. Test interface utilized PLDs. • Controlled test instrumentation via IEEE488 / GPIB instrument bus.

Provided electronics support of new product development group for advanced automotive suspension systems. Duties included project planning, tracking, parts procurement, schematic capture, circuit layout and routing, prototyping, hardware/software design and development. Created budget for electronics and test equipment needs• Partnered with Siemens Automotive and created an adaptive suspension system targeted for the Ford Explorer and Jeep Grand Cherokee to improve vehicle stability and ride comfort.• Developed electronics and controls for a headlight aiming / automatic leveling system for the Ford F150 pickup truck.• Created in-vehicle data acquisition systems for studying vehicle dynamics and control algorithm evaluation.• Controlled servo-hydraulic actuators with acquired data to demonstrate technical capabilities to clients and to resolve design deficiencies.• Developed software using ‘C’, Basic, and assembly for DSP and actuator control for suspension system prototypes.• Gained experience in sensors, sensor interfacing, signal conditioning, and AD/DA conversion. • Designs incorporated microcontrollers, analog/digital circuits, PLDs, DC/DC converters, filters, and power drivers.

Developed electronics hardware and software for laboratory test fixtures for research team developing a wide bed printer/plotter/copier/fax machine. Responsible for project planning as well as consultant to product design group. Created proposals for purchase of new test equipment. • Developed electronics for a print head test fixture for evaluation of print heads, paper, and ink. • Used ‘C’ language and a PC for control of test fixture including user interface, image data processing, precision positioning, and motion control. • Gained experience with power supplies, DC to DC converters, servo and step motors, motor drivers, PALs, PLDs, sensors, sensor interfacing, PC Bus Interfacing, PLLs, waveform generation, and analog design. • Wrote programs to control instrumentation via HPIB / GPIB. • Developed a Graphical User Interface to emulate a machine control panel in ‘C’ language.

Bsee, Integrated Electronics

As, Chemistry

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