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Savage, Mn, Us

Rehovot, Il

o Stratasys, Ltd. designs and manufactures 3D printers and 3D production systems for office-based rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing solutions targeting the automotive, aerospace, industrial, recreational, electronic, medical and consumer product markets.● Lead the Electrical Engineering department, ensuring projects goals are met on schedule,● Manage staffing at appropriate levels, create project schedules and estimate costs.● Coach / mentor employees. Conduct performance evaluations and periodic feedback through regular one on one meetings.● Develop department processes and standards and ensure that they are adhered to.● Build cross functional relationships with other disciplines and departments to ensure the greater needs of the company are met.● Foster an atmosphere of collaboration focused on meeting project goals.● Facilitate and steer System and Controls architectures to meet targeted product needs.● Review technical content of designs produced, ensuring robust and manufacturable designs.● Technologies include custom embedded real-time control systems, multiprocessor systems, FPGAs designed in VHDL, Xilinx SOC devices with ARM hard-cores and multiple embedded soft-core processors, touchscreen displays, motor drives, power systems, camera systems and miscellaneous environmental and system sensors.

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o GeoDigm Corporation is an industry leader in the development of 3D hardware and software used for orthodontic modeling and digital dental restoration production workflow. Merged with National Dentex, the largest network of dental laboratories in North America with revenues of over $160M.● Led a multi-disciplined team responsible for the manufacture, purchase, deployment, and support of over $3.5M in capital equipment used in a proprietary digital dental production system.● Instrumental in the development of a digital rapid manufacturing process using laser scanned input, digital geometry creation and manipulation, and 3D printing for part production.● Responsible for design of custom 3D laser scanners. This includes system engineering, electrical design, schematic capture, board layout, design verification, documentation, manufacturing, test software and multi-threaded application software in C, interfacing to hardware through Windows drivers.● Electrical designs include a PCI based image capture board capable of capturing full Cameralink interface, six axes PCI motion control board, machine interface board, machine power panel with motor drives and system cabling.● Implemented drawing standards, part numbering, drawing control, assembly drawings, BOMs, and MRP system for inventory control and manufacturing procurement requirements.● Electrical designs incorporate PCI interfaces, motion processors, motor drivers, analog and digital sensors, PLL clock circuits, LVDS, FIFOs and extensive use of FPGAs and EPLDs implemented using Verilog.● Assisted laboratory production groups in solving problems using scientific methods, implementing process control and standardize materials and processes.● Tools include Microsoft Visual Design Studio, Orcad schematic capture, PADs PowerPCB layout and route, Leonardo Spectrum and Altera Quartus FPGA tools, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio and limited exposure to Pro/E Wildfire.

o LaserMaster / ColorSpan (now HP) designs and manufactures wide format full color digital printers.● Responsible for all phases of electrical and electro-mechanical systems in wide format digital color printers from concept to production. ● Defined system architecture based on jetting cartridge availability and customer requirements.● Defined project schedules and cost goals.● Participated in interviewing and hiring decisions.● Directed engineers and technicians.● Designed systems to meet FCC, UL and CE regulations and participated in testing. ● Wrote board and system diagnostic software in C and based on the Nucleus operating system.● Extensive use of FPGAs implemented using Altera AHDL and Verilog languages.● Designs included servo and stepper motor drivers, analog and digital sensor interfaces, PCI, LVDS, PLL clock drivers, CCD and CMOS image sensors, SRAM, DRAM, SDRAM, 10/100 Mbit ethernet, thermal inkjet and piezo printheads and LCD displays with touch screens.Awards:● Awarded Eagle award for electronics cost reductions.Patents:● 6789876 - Co-operating Mechanical Subassemblies For A Scanning Carriage, Digital Wide-format Color Inkjet Print Engine.