OBJECTIVE:

Senior Confidential Designer

SUMMARY:

• Coordinate design schedules with customers, design engineers and management. Provide technical direction, mentoring, performance evaluation and career development of division members.
• Design and provide guidance to other Designers in IC Packaging, MCM - L/C, COB, Flip Chip, HDI, RF in the 2.4, 5.0, 10, 18 and 40 GHz frequency bands, Analog and HS digital constraint driven Confidential designs with LVDS, DDR2/3/4, SERDES, 0.5 and 0.4mm BGA’s, power supplies with heavy copper (4oz and 6oz). Create custom libraries for multiple locations.
• Teach other designers how to create components from data sheets.
• Work with and aid other Designers and Engineers with placement, layer stackup and materials, routing strategies and mechanical function per GDT Form, Fit and Function design practices.
• Create and update schematics. Verify designs and their supporting documentation meet various company and industry specifications spanning multiple programs and contract requirements.
• Install software and setup and configure LMS per customer’s specific needs.
• Create and modify symbol, geometry, mapping file and catalog file creation to various industry and company specifications.
• Seven years depot level repair and maintenance of digital and RF secure communications equipment and support systems.
• Design, create, assemble and debug Confidential ’s and test fixtures. Instruct others in proper setup and use of required test equipment.
• Use of Microsoft Word and Excel, Adobe Acrobat Pro.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Altium Designer: S09 - 17, Altium Vault/Enterprise V2 and V3, PCAD 2004.

Mentor Graphics: DxDesigner/Xpedition, BoardStation and PADS Logic/Layout.

Cadence: Allegro, APD, Virtuoso Layout Editor, and OrCAD CIS/Layout.

AutoCAD: v13 - 2015

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Jose, California

Sr. Design Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Use Altium Designer to design complex 10 layer HS, constraint driven designs consisting of differential pairs, DDR3, PoE.
• Output all fabrication and Assembly documents.

Confidential, Mountain View, California

Librarian

Responsibilities:

• Lead Librarian tasked with creating a central Altium Library from the many disconnected and isolated group libraries within Confidential .
• Develop and implement a consistent standard for this new combined library.

Confidential, St. Petersburg, Florida

Sr. Confidential Designer

Responsibilities:

• Use Altium Designer, PCAD and AutoCAD to design complex RF Confidential ’s for Confidential ’s family of Confidential Satellite Terminals in the Confidential, Ku and Ka bands.
• Design supporting power supplies with heavy copper, 4oz and 6oz multilayer boards, controller and other needed boards.
• Analysis of designs in 3D.
• Responsible for all CAD Library components and all documentation required to build and assemble each board.
• Convert multiple Altium and PCAD libraries to a Database driven library, and add 3D models to each footprint.
• Work with in-house assembly and contract manufacturing (CM’s) for optimum DFM.
• Altium Beta Tester and use of Altium’s scripting for customization and automation.
• Experience continued on next page.

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Perform checks on ECAD designs.
• Verify designs conform to Confidential and ISS program standards; ensure Confidential, ASME Y14.100, IPC and GD&T documentation practices are followed.
• Document issues found and work with design, fabrication, assembly, mechanical and quality teams to help resolve any unique issues.
• Use Altium Designer and AutoCAD to design complex multilayer Confidential ’s and Rigid/Flex circuits for the new ISS Docking Ring.
• Create symbols, footprints and 3D models for Altium database library.

Confidential, Laurel, Maryland

Electronics Design Checker

Responsibilities:

• Perform Level I and Level II checks on ECAD designs.
• Verify designs conform to APL and customer ( Confidential ) documentation standards, ensure IPC and ASME Y14.100 documentation practices are followed and archived in to PLM.
• Document issues found and work with design, fabrication, assembly and mechanical teams to help resolve any unique issues.
• Use DxDesigner/Expedition, BoardStation, and Altium Designer to design complex multilayer HS constraint driven, RF in the 2.4, 5.0 and 18 GHz bands and high current, heavy copper Power Supply Confidential ’s for use in space flight, primarily for the RBSP program. Work with in-house fabrication and assembly to insure Confidential ’s meet APL’s rigid quality constraints. Setup and convert Mentor Graphics libraries to Altium.

Confidential, Illinois

Senior Confidential Designer

Responsibilities:

• Use Mentor Graphics BoardStation AARE and PADS PowerPCB to design a variety of highly complex constraint driven multilayer Confidential ’s with blind/buried vias and Flexible Cables for Professional and Consumer Audio equipment.
• Designs consisted of digital, analog and RF in the 2.4 and 5.0 GHz frequency bands. Manage small projects for RoHS conversion, PLM transition and Advanced Development of Digital Wired and Wireless Microphones.
• Create and update scripts used in our Mentor Graphics design flow. Resolve complex manufacturing issues during the design phase and from manufacturing facilities worldwide.
• Provide guidance to LMS Librarian on proper geometry creation and other library issues.
• Assist other Designers in resolving manufacturing issues, routing, proper Confidential layer stackup and materials.
• Create all documentation and files needed for fabrication, assembly and archive into Agile PLM. Comply with ISO 9001 requirements.

Confidential, Largo, Florida

Senior Confidential Designer

Responsibilities:

• Use Mentor Graphics BoardStation AARE and Board Architect to design a variety of highly complex multilayer Confidential .
• Most designs consist of constraint driven matched length, differential pairs, LVDS, SERDES, DDR2, uBGA’s and blind/buried vias.
• Use Mentor Graphics BoardStation AARE and Design Architect to design a variety of highly complex high reliability multilayer Confidential designs and Flexible Cables for various Military and Space Flight Systems.
• Most designs consist of constraint driven matched length, differential, LVDS and shielded circuits with large uBGA’s. RF designs in excess of 20 GHz and high current power supplies.
• Assist other Designers in proper Confidential layer stackup and materials, routing strategies and mechanical function per GDT Form, Fit and Function design practices. Create all documentation and files needed for fabrication, assembly and archiving. Comply with ISO 9001 requirements.
• Design Performance Confidential ’s for testing RF and Wireless LAN IC’s utilizing PCAD and Mentor Graphics BoardStation design tools.
• Experience continued on next page.

Confidential, Edison, New Jersey

Design Services Manager

Responsibilities:

• Bid all design layout jobs. Coordinate design schedules with customers, design engineers and management.
• Pass on design package to designers and provide guidance to each designer as needed.
• Tasked with developing new forms for intake and tracking of boards from design thru fabrication and assembly.
• Design Performance Confidential ’s for testing RF and Wireless LAN IC’s utilizing Mentor Graphics BoardStation and P-CAD design tools.
• Verify Rigid, Flex and Rigid-Flex designs and their supporting documentation meet various company, contractual, DOD, MIL and IPC specifications.
• Red line drawings and supporting documentation as needed to bring drawings into compliance and verify mechanical function per GDT Form, Fit and Function design practices.
• Provide guidance to Confidential Designers in Missile and Flight Systems board design considerations and the use of Mentor Graphics EDA tools. Comply with ISO 9001 requirements.

Confidential, Breinigsville, Pennsylvania

Senior MCM Designer

Responsibilities:

• Instructed designers in setup and use of BoardStation RE AutoActive. Use Cadence APD, Allegro, SPECCTRAQuest, Mentor Graphics MCM Station and BoardStation 500 to support Research and Development teams by creating and modify wirebond package designs of 10 and 40 GHz utilizing various MCM-L/C, Flip Chip, COB, HDI and standard Confidential technologies.
• Most designs consisted of matched length, differential and shielded circuits with microvias, uBGA’s and CSP.
• Use Cadence Virtuoso Layout Editor to create and modify various complex cells, laser transmitters, receivers and their support structures.
• Create symbols, geometries and catalogs to IPC and meet company standards.