Neil Allison Email & Phone Number

Canterbury, New Zealand

Christchurch

Electronic product design and manufacturing consulting engineering services.Hi-tech & Industrial Product Development• Electronics Design for Trimble Catalyst Digital Antennas www.geospatial.trimble.com/DA2 and DA1• Digital, power supply and PCB design for product with Xilinx Zynq SoC• GPS receiver R&D evaluation PCBA design, assemble and test• Design and manufacture of own brand multi-output lead-acid battery chargers• UL Listing, Follow Up Service Procedure and audits for industrial battery chargers• Project Management for NPI R&D projects• PV Grid Tied Inverter development & CEM visit• Design and manufacture of DC power system test equipment• Design and manufacture of 100 W to 6 kW power electronic devicesIT & Software Development• Computer cut vinyl signs using Inkscape on GNU/Linux platform• DokuWiki selection, implementation and customisation• Cadsoft Eagle PCB software custom "User Language Programs" - Improved silkscreen text using Hershey Fonts - Drafting productivity utilities - Colour coded component placement diagrams• WeatherCam and website content and design• Software testing of medical product• PalmOS app for controlling a Bluetooth GPS receiverManufacturing & Test Engineering• Implement a PC controlled GNSS Antenna Return Loss measurement system• Design and build computer controlled ATE for a Laser Range Finder• Design & specification review for ODM PDA design including CEM visits in Taiwan• On-site NPI pilot production assistance at CEM in Mexico• Design, build and commission a computer controlled manufacturing line ATE for a rugged PDA with GNSS receiver. - Test Systems design and build to provide functional test for ~US$10M of product per year - Designed controller printed circuit boards and test fixtures interconnectionsEngineering Support• International market research “Voice of the Customer” programme• Reliability prediction calculations• Operating heavy agricultural machinery

Contract project manager and component engineer within a multi-discipline team designing a very high efficiency telecom switch mode rectifier.• Documented product specifications and requirements• Managed new part introduction, the BOM and product cost projections• Arranged and tracked purchasing of materials• Tracked issues and minutes of weekly project meetings• Developed and maintained Excel based project timeline (Gantt Chart)• Led stage gate reviews• Worked with manufacturing and test engineering groups to facilitate best practice DFM• Component engineering with focus on improved design documentation for, and liaison with, new supplier of high frequency magneticsEngineering assistance for other development projects:• Generating and verifying engineering drawings, recognized component listings and product documentation for UL Listing• Correspond with UL Project Engineer to review and finalise detail in draft product file reports• Performed internal UL Follow Up Service (FUS) audits• Component engineering to source UL recognized components• Joined a team of peers to select, customise and introduce a wiki for capturing engineering knowledge• Supervise a graduate engineer updating high frequency magnetic parts requirements and approving vendor parts specifications

Proto Electronics Ltd designs and manufactures indoor and outdoor digital, wireless controlled scoreboards, and industrial test instruments for the power systems industry. Proto also offers electronic design and manufacture services.• Product design for a battery powered industrial test meter - Define product specifications and obtain client sign off - Select enclosure, control panel layout and design mechanical solution - Electronic design including component selection, schematic, pcb and embedded design - Purchase parts for initial prototypes and maintain BOM cost - Prototype commissioning and development• Manufacturing Engineering - Design and commission embedded controller for soldering machine - Document BOMs, assembly specifications and fixtures - Assemble and test scoreboards - Create computer drawings and make cut vinyl signage for products • Development Testing - Software and functional testing scoreboards against specification and sport rules

Honorary Treasurer and Club Executive Committee member• Monthly and Annual Financials reporting• Budgets, planning and cost reviews• Answering member sales and fee queries• Website support team• Support for major external audit to satisfy community funding providers

Assisted my wife who worked as an English Teacher in this Chinese College in Jurong, approximately 300km west of Shanghai.• Developed basic Chinese (Mandarin) language skills• Immersed in Chinese Culture for everyday and business arrangements• Arranged all local and domestic travel for family• Attended electronics trade shows in Suzhou and Shanghai• Home / correspondence school supervisor for son• Hosted visiting family tourists in Nanjing, Suzhou, Shanghai and Beijing

Design team member for GeoExplorer 2005 Series rugged PDA with high accuracy GPS• Developed manufacturing test specifications• Developed and verified manufacturing tests for audio sub-system• Prototype design verification testing• BOM maintenanceProject Manager for RoHS Compliance• Plan product design revisions for use of RoHS compliant parts and processes• Write NPV justifications to support project plans and objectives• Component engineering and BOM revision for compliant parts

Designed a 1400W switch mode rectifier and associated DC Power System for the telecommunications industry

Designed electrical and electronic systems for the Stirling Cycle WhisperGen™ Personal Power Station

Design team for switch mode rectifiers and DC power systems for the telecommunications industry. Arranged Power Electronics Seminars led by Rudy Severns and Ed Bloom for NZ industryTechnical Writer for ISO9002 quality systems.

B.E. (Hons), Electrical And Electronic Engineering

Activities and Societies: Smallbore Target Shooting

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