Peter Novak Email & Phone Number

San Jose, CA, US

San Jose, CA

• As part of this small but important group, I wear many hats. My main areas of focus are as follows:
• Lead reliability planning and test execution across six product lines.
• Work with mechanical and product design teams to define relevant validation and reliability tests, acceptance criteria, and sample sizes across multiple product lines.
• Create test methods and source or fabricate equipment required to conduct testing of multiple AC and DC product lines.
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop product-specific long-term operational stress tests.
• Actively maintain 10+ test plans tracking various validation, cost-down and ongoing reliability projects.

San Jose, CA

• As a Laboratory Manager at Westpak, I led a team of 3 engineers who conducted the full spectrum of Westpak’s testing. We performed package, mechanical, reliability, life cycle and environmental testing on approximately.
• Training, educating and mentoring current and new engineering team members
• Managing the performance and growth plans of my direct reports
• Managing internal and external customer expectations
• Managing resource allocation and scheduling
• Authoring 100+ technical reports per year

San Jose, CA

• As a Mechanical Engineer II, I spent my days bridging the gap between test engineering and mechanical engineering. Day-to-day tasks and projects included:
• Designing test methods and required test fixtures to perform fragility, reliability and qualification testing of commercial and consumer products with the use of accelerometers and data capture systems. The goal was to.
• Assisting in qualification of test fixtures and equipment; training engineering staff on proper usage.
• Supporting inside sales team in quoting projects requiring specialty mechanical fixturing and equipment.
• Helping define tests from conversations with customers; determining feasibility, estimating time / material costs.
• Conducting dynamic, environmental, cyclical reliability and / or package testing for commercial and consumer electronics as well as medical device industries.

San Jose, CA

• As a Test Engineer II, I conduct more advanced package and product testing to provide results, recommendations, and solutions detailing failures (if applicable) upon test completion. Day-to-day tasks and projects.
• Interacting with multiple clients in a variety of industries (consumer electronics, high-tech capital equipment, medical device, pharmaceutical, solar, and consumer goods, etc.) to provide solutions to currently.
• Executing precise test specifications tailored to the specific needs of the clients and industries (IEC, ASTM Series, ISTA Series and proprietary test standards)
• Product reliability testing: vibration resonance searches (ASTM D3580), Damage Boundary shock (ASTM D3332), fatigue and life cycle using PLCs and pneumatics, thermal shock, and environmental testing, using a multitude.

San Jose, CA

• As a Test Engineer I was to conduct basic package and product testing to evaluate the overall integrity and performance of package systems. Most day-to-day projects involved:
• Simulation of the transportation environment on single parcels, pallets and / or crates with the use of temperature / humidity / pressure equipment as well as mechanical shock and vibration equipment
• Sterile barrier validations for medical device packaging
• Thermal mapping, and pharmaceutical and cold chain validations
• Use of data capture systems and accelerometers to measure shock and vibration response data during testing
• Providing clear and concise reports to clients detailing test results upon test completion.

San Jose, CA

• As an Intern and Associate Test Engineer, I conducted basic package testing working part time while going to school. My responsibilities included:
• Basic transportation testing of packaged products
• Sterile barrier validations for medical device packaging
• Assisting full time engineers with whatever ongoing projects they were working on

San Jose, CA

• Working 10 - 11 hours a day during the summer after I graduated high school, I worked as a Customer Service Representative and Porter. My duties included:
• Greet customers upon their arrival, determine the type of service they required, check them in to our system
• Inspect their vehicle for damage before any service was conducted to document any flaws on the vehicle upon arrival (so that the dealership would not get blamed for causing damage that was already present)
• Move / shuffle / organize customer vehicles around the lot as necessary for mechanics to get easier access to vehicles requiring service
• Test drive customer vehicles after service to ensure service or maintenance was performed correctly and no drivability issues were present prior to giving the car back to the customer
• Ensure all vehicles were fully detailed prior to customer pickup**The short employment duration was caused by the dealership being acquired and moving locations.