Lloyd Smith Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Manage a combined team of H/W Verification and Reliability Engineers in development of next generation RT treatment delivery systems.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

- Systems Engineer for Varian's Halcyon & next generation RT treatment delivery systems.- Define systems requirements, acceptance criteria, and test cases.- Member of cross-functional risk management team to analyze risk control measures.- Technical support for manufacturing and service personnel- Troubleshoot clinical/technical issues and conduct customer complaint investigations

Ottawa, Ontario, Ca

"Technical Design Authority" for the external beam radiation therapy product line:• Project Leader for various medical device designs.• Draft marketing requirements, project plans, system functionality, clinical workflow, requirement specs, risk management, hazard analysis, usability, control system architecture, manufacturing test and customer acceptance procedures, sales brochures, operator and service manuals.• R&D collaboration with other companies and clinical reference sites/hospitals. • Design GUI of clinical operator console software. • Lead Usability Engineering process and human factors analysis.• Supervise engineering staff and design consultants.• Create/execute extensive system verification and validation test protocols.• Learn and apply DICOM standards for parsing and delivery of RT treatment plans.• Provide technical support for manufacturing and field troubleshooting.• Assist sales/marketing by presenting at trade shows and press conferences ~ 3 min video of my presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfdYM7xHVmI.• Instruct and develop training programs for ‘front-line’ service technicians.• Provide in-service training during customer acceptance tests of new product designs.

Us

• R&D of sub-systems for Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD). Included: Transcutaneous Energy Transfer, infra-red telemetry, pump controllers and sensors, Li-Ion batteries, implantable connectors, and clinical user interface.• Participated in animal implant trials, cadaver studies, and in vitro testing of VAD systems.• Analyzed failures of explanted systems for re-design feedback.• Led development project of next generation wearable components

St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

• Provided clinical technical support to medical personnel for implantable pacemakers and cardiac defibrillators.• Participated in surgical implant procedures in O.R.• Interacted directly with patients, to evaluate and adjust operation of their implantable devices.• Trained sales reps and other FCE’s in technical aspects of clinical product.• Experienced clinical usage of medical devices which I had previously developed.• Passed NASPE certification exam in pacing and electrophysiology.

• Developed programmer equipment for implantable cardiac defibrillators.• Project Leader from initial programmer conception to manufacturing, FDA / TUV / UL submission, approval, and clinical usage.• Designed hardware architecture of the system to meet IEC safety and EMC requirements.• Developed ECG monitor circuitry and a PCMCIA interface.• Identified patient safety, human factors, and risk management system requirements.• Coded software in ‘C’ of an embedded microcontroller.• Troubleshot EMI issues with telemetry in numerous hospital O.R.’s.• Re-designed telemetry circuitry (inductive coupling) of older programmers.

Masc., Mechatronics Engineering

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