Electrical Engineer |
Electrical engineer (BSEE) with test equipment automation, test system hardware and software design, test engineering department management, and manufacturing test engineering.
Below are a few keywords and phrases that relate to what I've done:
ATE (automated test equipment); manufacturing test system design; hard disk drive test (IBM); printed circuit board (PCB) design and test (raw and populated); P-CAD board wiring CAD software; 'Secret' security clearance (Loral); printer test (IBM); ICE emulator test (Nohau); fiber optics; telecommunications test (Harmonic); optical transponder test (Vitesse-OSD); eye pattern; PC/104; QTPro; PC-Check; computer blade test (Force); embedded computer/PC-104 test, Thermotron environmental testing, test engineering management (Ampro); deduplication storage test software development (Data Domain); technical writing (test instructions, software requirements specification-SRS); requirements baseline management; managing test operations at contract manufacturers (CMs).
Currently (2023): Web developer, Arduino and Raspberry Pi hobbyist.
Engineering-related programming languages: Python, C, LabView, Procomm, HyperACCESS, Visual Basic, Assembly (MC6800). Other: Windows 10, Linux, VS Code, git, Github.
Below are a few keywords and phrases that relate to what I've done:
ATE (automated test equipment); manufacturing test system design; hard disk drive test (IBM); printed circuit board (PCB) design and test (raw and populated); P-CAD board wiring CAD software; 'Secret' security clearance (Loral); printer test (IBM); ICE emulator test (Nohau); fiber optics; telecommunications test (Harmonic); optical transponder test (Vitesse-OSD); eye pattern; PC/104; QTPro; PC-Check; computer blade test (Force); embedded computer/PC-104 test, Thermotron environmental testing, test engineering management (Ampro); deduplication storage test software development (Data Domain); technical writing (test instructions, software requirements specification-SRS); requirements baseline management; managing test operations at contract manufacturers (CMs).
Currently (2023): Web developer, Arduino and Raspberry Pi hobbyist.
Engineering-related programming languages: Python, C, LabView, Procomm, HyperACCESS, Visual Basic, Assembly (MC6800). Other: Windows 10, Linux, VS Code, git, Github.
Work History |
All professional positions were in hardware test engineering or management:
• Military Service (Honorable Discharge), 1968-1974,
• University (B.S. Electrical Engineering), 1975-1980
NEW YORK, VERMONT (1980-1996)
• IBM Corporation, Endicott, NY 1980-1993 Computers and circuit boards (PCBs)
• Loral Corporation, Owego, NY 1993-1996 (formerly IBM, now Lockheed) Avionics
• IBM Corporation, Burlington, VT, NY 1996-1996 Semiconductors
SILICON VALLEY (1996-2010)
• IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA 1996-1999 (site closed) Hard disk drives
• Harmonic, Sunnyvale, CA 1999-2000 Video delivery technology
• Nohau, Campbell, CA 2000-2001 (out of business) In-Circuit Emulators (ICE)
• Vitesse-OSD, San Jose, CA 2002-2003 (acquired) Optical transponders
• Force Computers, Fremont, CA 2004-2005 (acquired) Embedded computer blades
• Ampro Computers, San Jose, CA 2005-2007 (acquired) Embedded computer boards
• Data Domain, Santa Clara, CA 2008-2009 (acquired) Data deduplication equipment
NEW YORK (2010-PRESENT)
• BAE Systems, Johnson City, NY, 2010-2011 Defense (Contractor, fly-by-wire system)
• Consultant, Endicott, NY, 2011-Present
Please contact me via LinkedIn for a full resume.
• Military Service (Honorable Discharge), 1968-1974,
• University (B.S. Electrical Engineering), 1975-1980
NEW YORK, VERMONT (1980-1996)
• IBM Corporation, Endicott, NY 1980-1993 Computers and circuit boards (PCBs)
• Loral Corporation, Owego, NY 1993-1996 (formerly IBM, now Lockheed) Avionics
• IBM Corporation, Burlington, VT, NY 1996-1996 Semiconductors
SILICON VALLEY (1996-2010)
• IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA 1996-1999 (site closed) Hard disk drives
• Harmonic, Sunnyvale, CA 1999-2000 Video delivery technology
• Nohau, Campbell, CA 2000-2001 (out of business) In-Circuit Emulators (ICE)
• Vitesse-OSD, San Jose, CA 2002-2003 (acquired) Optical transponders
• Force Computers, Fremont, CA 2004-2005 (acquired) Embedded computer blades
• Ampro Computers, San Jose, CA 2005-2007 (acquired) Embedded computer boards
• Data Domain, Santa Clara, CA 2008-2009 (acquired) Data deduplication equipment
NEW YORK (2010-PRESENT)
• BAE Systems, Johnson City, NY, 2010-2011 Defense (Contractor, fly-by-wire system)
• Consultant, Endicott, NY, 2011-Present
Please contact me via LinkedIn for a full resume.
Award and Patents |
Award: IBM 'Outstanding Technical Achievement' (OTA) award.
A corporate award from IBM for conceiving of and developing an expert system (TRES) that determined the best test plan for unpopulated printed circuit boards (PCBs). TRES (Test/Reliability Expert System) saves 1-2 man years per year and shortened the average test development plan cycle time from 6 weeks to a day. (Note: This site had over 5000 employees and its primary business was manufacturing PCBs for a wide variety of IBM products; that's why the big time savings.) I collaborated with two domain experts in test and reliability (Desai, Hartley) who also shared in award. I led the project and wrote all the code.
Patents: (US 5546321 A, US 5519633 A).
For a software design tool that interrelated PCB cross-sectional geometries with electrical performance (via algorithms incorporated from a previously developed electrical analysis tool by Chang, Gernhart, Ho), manufacturability, cost, test (via rules and algorithms incorporated from TRES above), quality (IFR, ELF, SPQL), and second-level packaging. MIDAS (Manufacturability-Influenced Design Analysis System) cut design times (depending on complexity) from days/weeks to hours. I conceived of the tool, sold management, assembled and led a team of 10 knowledge domain experts (named in patent), and wrote all the code.
A corporate award from IBM for conceiving of and developing an expert system (TRES) that determined the best test plan for unpopulated printed circuit boards (PCBs). TRES (Test/Reliability Expert System) saves 1-2 man years per year and shortened the average test development plan cycle time from 6 weeks to a day. (Note: This site had over 5000 employees and its primary business was manufacturing PCBs for a wide variety of IBM products; that's why the big time savings.) I collaborated with two domain experts in test and reliability (Desai, Hartley) who also shared in award. I led the project and wrote all the code.
Patents: (US 5546321 A, US 5519633 A).
For a software design tool that interrelated PCB cross-sectional geometries with electrical performance (via algorithms incorporated from a previously developed electrical analysis tool by Chang, Gernhart, Ho), manufacturability, cost, test (via rules and algorithms incorporated from TRES above), quality (IFR, ELF, SPQL), and second-level packaging. MIDAS (Manufacturability-Influenced Design Analysis System) cut design times (depending on complexity) from days/weeks to hours. I conceived of the tool, sold management, assembled and led a team of 10 knowledge domain experts (named in patent), and wrote all the code.
Web Developer |
Worksheets and Walkthroughs (W&W) was done in collaboration with two working, professional teachers (family members). Its purpose is to help kids with math.
W&W is used daily by elementary school teachers locally and by teachers and students in two dozen countries.
Students benefit by watching great math videos created by our teachers. (We have a comprehensive set for K-5.) Parents and teachers benefit by downloading our free worksheets and playing our videos at home and in class. Plus, we now have 'Multiples Songs' (also created by our teachers) to help youth memorize their math facts.
Besides worksheets and videos and songs, W&W also features interactive quizzes and math programming examples. (You can try a live quiz right now; just follow the example under the green 'TAKE-A-QUIZ' button. The programming examples appear on the page with the yellow box). Our programming examples supplement algebra concepts with animated coding examples in Python and JavaScript. Another example uses the Raspberry Pi. Teacher-assigned algebra quizzes are also available; they can be graded and emailed back to teachers via cron job.
Two pages from W&W are featured as 'Portfolio Samples'. To cycle through ALL portfolio examples, please click the 'Next' button (upper left). URLs to these pages are provided directly below the 'Portfolio sites' window.
Web-related skills: HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, PHP5, MySQL, Latex, VS Code, Vim, git, Github, WordPress.
GitHub |
Blog
W&W is used daily by elementary school teachers locally and by teachers and students in two dozen countries.
Students benefit by watching great math videos created by our teachers. (We have a comprehensive set for K-5.) Parents and teachers benefit by downloading our free worksheets and playing our videos at home and in class. Plus, we now have 'Multiples Songs' (also created by our teachers) to help youth memorize their math facts.
Besides worksheets and videos and songs, W&W also features interactive quizzes and math programming examples. (You can try a live quiz right now; just follow the example under the green 'TAKE-A-QUIZ' button. The programming examples appear on the page with the yellow box). Our programming examples supplement algebra concepts with animated coding examples in Python and JavaScript. Another example uses the Raspberry Pi. Teacher-assigned algebra quizzes are also available; they can be graded and emailed back to teachers via cron job.
Two pages from W&W are featured as 'Portfolio Samples'. To cycle through ALL portfolio examples, please click the 'Next' button (upper left). URLs to these pages are provided directly below the 'Portfolio sites' window.
Web-related skills: HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, PHP5, MySQL, Latex, VS Code, Vim, git, Github, WordPress.
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Greetings!
For test engineering work, please contact me through LinkedIn.
Thanks for viewing!
- Robert
Last Update: 11/9/23
For test engineering work, please contact me through LinkedIn.
Thanks for viewing!
- Robert
Last Update: 11/9/23
