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Northbrook, Il

Performed hardware and PCB design and layout for medical and consumer products.• Designed circuit boards and layouts utilizing Wi-Fi, USB, and Blue Tooth communication circuitry, DC to DC converters, battery charge circuitry, and various sensors.

Arlington Heights, Il

Provided PCB design and layout for virtual reality equipment.• Designed circuit boards and layouts for motor controllers and NFC antennas and transceiver boards.

Franklin Park, Il

Developed PCB design and layout for exercise equipment.• Designed circuit boards and layouts for motor drives, DC to DC converters, and distribution boards for new designs and to reduce EMC emissions in older designs. • Repaired schematic symbol and PCB footprint libraries.

Northbrook, Il

Performed hardware design, circuit board design and layout, and regulatory approvals for electromagnetic interference. Designed PCB layouts using Altium CAD software.• Developed hardware controllers and circuitry for stepper motors, DC motors, DC to DC converters, power supplies, optical sensors, and video encoders used in highly accurate pan and tilt equipment for analog and HD cameras, thermal cameras, illuminators, and controllers.• Implemented Electromagnetic Compatibility design and testing (EMC) for compliance approvals.

Lincolnshire, Il

Managed electrical department consisting of a software engineer and a technician. Performed project management, firmware design, hardware design, and regulatory approvals for safety and electromagnetic interference.• Developed hardware circuitry and firmware using Microchip Assembler and C language with Microchip PIC16/17/18/24 microcontrollers for controlling stepper motors, DC motors, solenoids, and sensors used in high speed paper punch and book binding equipment.• Enhanced existing and legacy products for new product release.• Designed circuit boards and layouts for punch and binding equipment using Protel / Altium.• Engaged in safety and EMC regulatory compliance design and testing (UL, C-UL, CSA, VDE).

Mount Prospect, Il

Produced software designs, hardware designs, and regulatory approvals for safety and electromagnetic interference.• Developed hardware circuitry and firmware using assembler language with Intel 8748 microprocessor for control of AC and DC motors, solenoids, and sensors in high speed / high capacity paper shredder product line.• Created firmware using assembly and C language with Motorola 6805, 6809, and 78HC16 microprocessors for machine control of high speed coin sorting equipment.• Provided circuit board design and layout for paper shredder product line using Pads CAD software.• Led corporate wide design and testing efforts for safety regulatory compliance (UL, C-UL, CSA, and VDE) and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) compliance for domestic (FCC) and international (CE, TUV) approvals for entire Cummins product line including, paper shredders, currency counters / scanners, and coin sorting equipment.