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Livonia, Michigan, United States

Farmington Hills, Michigan

Novi, Mi

Responsibilities include the design, fabrication, and assembly of LED-based projects using SolidWorks, Altium Designer, PCB router, reflow oven, machine shop equipment, and soldering equipment. Projects include:• Designed and built a simulated OLED tail lamp assembly• Designed and built a 10’ x 12’ free-standing goniometer for in-house luminaire testing to include a blackout environment• Designed and prototyped linear LED lighting strips• PCB design for automotive taillights, headlamps, interior lighting, instrument clusters• Designed and prototyped microcontroller boards• Perform thermal and performance testing of prototype circuit boards• Perform repairs of circuit boards and demos using diagnostics equipment such as an oscilloscope and digital multimeter (DMM)• Developed and delivered SolidWorks and Altium Designer training for application engineers and lab personnel• Proficient in C and Assembly programming languages for use in projects with embedded microcontrollers• Proficient in Visual Basic for Applications for the creation of macros in MS Excel and SolidWorks• Proficient in C# for the creation of desktop applications• Provide IT technical support

Novi, Mi

Pontiac, Mi

Equipment designs ranged from relay modules to microprocessor based duct smoke detectors and LED based signaling devices. Supported manufacturing and service departments by providing technical support when needed and also to design and build test equipment used in both manufacturing and service departments. Also provided telephone technical support to field installers on a variety of issues from installation to product selection for various applications.

Greater Detroit Area

Team leader of engineering group responsible for designing and prototyping battery operated handheld data collection devices for physical inventory, financial audits, and asset tracking. Devices were based on 80186 and ARM processors. Supported manufacturing and service departments by providing engineering technical support. Designed and built test equipment used in both manufacturing and service departments. Also provided product documentation for manufacturing and service departments.

Greater Detroit Area

Contracted to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for Y2K migration project.

Greater Detroit Area

Y2K Migration project

Greater Detroit Area

Provided on-site desktop support for health system wide users. Performed desktop setup and installation, software installation. Planned and executed departmental moves. Developed custom software to aid in troubleshooting desktop software problems. Developed standardized desktop configuration. Assisted in training new IT personnel.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Associates, Electronics