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• Part-time position
• Hardware Design:o Performed schematic entry of a lighting control board.o Designed Interface Test Adapter boards for automated testing of production boards.

Alpharetta, GA

Debugged and improved streetlight adapter board to move it from engineering design to production-ready. At the heart of the interface board was a buck regulator that provided power during normal operation and a boost regulator that provided backup power during power outages.

Alpharetta, GA

• Contract Position with Aerotek, working at Landis + Gyr
• Designed carrier board to connect processor board to various interfaces
• Designed processor board using ARM processor
• Performed sustaining work, debugging field failures and writing RCAs.

Alpharetta, GA

• Work with customers to determine their needs
• Design products for use on electric utilities’ smart grid applications
• Designs included:o Voltage and Current measurement products for Volt/VAR optimization (VVO) and Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR) implementationso Transformer Monitoring equipmento Capacitor Bank Controllero Energy.

• Staff Hardware Engineer (2002-2013)Manager of Hardware Design (1998-2002)
• Designed motherboards for gateway products, coordinating inputs from various groups, RF, power supply, line card; used Mentor DxDesigner to enter schematics. Designs utilized DDR3 memory, USB, PCIe and SPI bus.
• As Voice Line Card Hardware Lead kept up-to-date on voice linecard designs, reviewed PCB layouts for voice section, and investigated hardware line card failures.
• Maintained battery test lab and took data for long-term battery degradation tests.
• Visited repair facilities and assessed repair records and procedures to identify areas of weakness and made design improvements to eliminate top failure modes.
• Obtained field data through visits to customer sites to identify field issues.

Tucker, GA

• Designed data communication and telecommunication products. Designs included protocol converters, Modem sharing switches, and telephone sharing switches.
• Utilized embedded controllers, PALS, and switching power supplies. Designed using 68HC11 & PIC series of microcontrollers, Altera EPLDs, RS-232, RS-485, and fiber optic interfaces.
• Provided customer support. Assisted customers in determining the best solution for their requirements and provided assistance when customers would call with questions.
• Experience with OrCAD-schematic entry and PCB layout, and assembly languages.

Norcross, GA

• Designed time-interval measurement section for a laser rangefinder to be used on the M1 tank.
• Designed, developed and tested the following circuits as improvements throughout the rangefinder system; Wide-range linear power regulator, pulse-width modulated, optically-coupled feedback circuit, power-up.
• Designed video scan converter.
• Wrote design specifications, test plans and procedures.

Norcross, GA

Designed electronic drivers capable of providing precisely-controlled, high-current analog pulses for state-of-the-art ferrite microwave phase shifters. Designs included driver hybridization and ASIC development.

Decatur, GA

Designed electronic control systems for food packaging machinery.