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.

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.

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.

• 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 Harvesting Capacitor Bank Monitor

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.• Performed root cause analysis when needed• Used Industry standards, GR-1089, ITU-T K.20/ K.21/K.44, EN61000-4-2, EN61000-4-5, etc. as a basis to define surge and ESD specifications for products.• Created ARRIS-specific requirements and developed test equipment to administer tests.• Designed surge protection circuits.• Worked continually to improve surge resistance, while maintaining or reducing cost.• Qualified multiple parts for surge circuits.• Managed hardware design of cost-reduced voice port.

• 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.

• 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 conditioning circuit and laser triggering circuits. Experience with D/As, Opto-couplers, high voltage switching circuits, and delay lines.• Designed video scan converter.• Wrote design specifications, test plans and procedures.

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.

Designed electronic control systems for food packaging machinery.