SUMMARY:

• 13 years of experience managing and leading both internal and external projects of various sizes and scope with both national and international working environments.
• 14 years of Test Engineering experience in the automotive industry, hydraulic industry, electronics industry, and the heavy equipment industry. Tested controllers and controller software at both the circuit board level and the system level.
• 6 years of experience with data acquisition systems including 4 years of experience setting - up eDAQs for proving grounds, construction equipment, and agriculture field tests.
• Site leader on field data collection test site in the agricultural industry leading teams of technicians and engineers while acting as a liaison between the technicians, managers, and customers.
• Experienced with Microsoft excel making graphs, charts, pivot tables, and macros.
• Familiar with Microsoft Project for setting short-term and long-term project goals.
• Strong mechanical and electronic background.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Silvis, IL

Product Verification and Validation Engineer

• Worked as a Field Site Leader responsible for field site test activities leading field employees, and acting as a liaison between employees, customers, and managers. Documented full system test results in reports and e-mailed daily site plans and accomplishments.
• Led project status update meetings for the Python Draper Project to draft an action plan for projects, assign tasks to team members, and provide status updates from cross-functional team’s initiatives to the header team.
• Developed test plans for components and subsystems both independently and collectively, and identified a timeline with proposed Gantt chart identifying short and long-term goals.
• Coordinated deliverables for the Python Header Product Verification and Validation Team, and assigned tasks to co-workers to complete tasks on the project test plan.
• Led new engineers in Auto Header Height Control (AHHC) tests, field tests, and data analyses to enable them to develop their career to the next level.
• Set-up TCE files for eDAQs change what messages to record on CAN controllers for the Waterloo plant projects.
• Conducted statistical analysis on both field and lab test data and led meetings to provide recommendations on product designs and test improvements.
• Define and prioritize project deliverables on lab to field test correlation action plans, and request engineering and technical support when appropriate for dynamic and static tests.
• Led extravagant cross-functional True-Load Analysis data collection activities, and used the information to prove loading concepts on the Center Feed Section Test Stand, and provide information for future FEA design iterations.
• Performed statistical analyses using N-Code Glyphworks, SPSS, Infield, and excel to provide graphs or charts for test reports. Participated in planning meetings to reduce defects per product for reliability initiatives.
• Conducted product validation tests to enable product engineers to define specifications, develop corrective action for defects, and gather information to improve FEA results.
• Developed contingency plans for field-testing where resources and parts are limited.

Confidential, Wichita, KS

Test Engineer II

• Developed test plans to perform validation test on skid steers and skid steer components.
• Created Test plans for field tests on skid steer loaders.
• Tested controller software using break-out boxes, recording CAN data (J1939), and testing machine functionality.
• Led engineering interns to learn eDAQ data acquisition systems, to learn instrument calibration procedures, to process data, and other aspects to enable them to develop their careers effectively.
• Programmed eDAQ systems to collect strain data, pressure data, load data, and data from other instrumentation devices.
• Analyzed data with N-Code Glyphworks, Infield, and excel for test reports and presentations.
• Conducted meetings to present test results for final reporting stages, and offered recommendations based on test results.
• Coordinated and led meetings to provide status updates to Test Engineer Leads and Product Engineers.
• Calibrated Instrumentation used in product tests.
• Planned, operated, and collected data on system dyno meter tests.
• Led production personnel to repair in on challenging electronic repairs of production skid steer loaders, including troubleshooting controllers.

Confidential, Mossville, IL

Hardware Logistics/Test Engineer

• Managed multiple engine test cells for the Tier Four Final group, and in charge of leading test cell operator test cell setups.
• Wired and repaired controllers used in test stands for both fuel system solenoids and engine test stands.
• Scheduled timeframes for maintenance to perform routine maintenance, repair test cell failures, and led cross-functional teams on test cell configurations based on the needs of multiple departments.
• Worked as a liaison between Design Engineers, skilled trade workers, and outside contractors to source prototype parts for testing.
• Worked in test labs to test fuel system solenoids, record data, and reports to Design Engineers for diesel engines, cryogenic fuels, and biofuel configurations.
• Provided status updates to mid-level management in meetings.

Confidential, Morton, IL

Test Engineer

• Diagnosed and repaired in-circuit testers.
• Developed software tests and fixtures to test electronic circuit boards including controllers for military Humvees and RF equipment.
• Tested and repaired wire harnesses for door assist controllers for armored Humvees.
• Quoted fixture and program costs for customer electronic circuit board tests.
• Wrote a procedure to calibrate Agilent 3070 testers as a cost savings on service contracts.
• Implemented continuous improvement initiatives based on Six Sigma Principles.
• Led technicians on repairing circuit boards, fixture maintenance, and machine maintenance initiatives.
• Evaluated programs to increase product flow and reduce production bottlenecks.
• Led meetings to communicate production issues with customers, and offered solutions to complex problems.
• Provided participative feedback in meeting with customers for new product launches.
• Diagnosed and repaired fixture wire-wrap issues.
• Experience testing and repairing CNH instrument clusters and John Deere Joystick controls.

Confidential, Oak Creek, WI

Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer

• Supported Agilent 3070 testers and programs, and solved complex problems with boundary scan tests.
• Tested and wrote software programs to flash transmission CAN controllers.
• Trained in Six Sigma Principles for manufacturing tests, and successfully completed a project with the required cost savings.
• Analyzed test performance issues with Minitab, and used Six Sigma Principles to justify delays in high volume production lines to correct test issues in a mid-level management setting to perform manufacturing process improvements and sustained 97% first pass yield consistently.
• Trained and led other Engineers and Technicians on software and hardware maintenance issues with machines.
• Solved complex boundary scan issues by streamlining machine specific software programs.

Confidential, Pleasant Prairie, WI

Test Engineer

• Developed in-circuit tests on Agilent 3070 testers, and debugged software programs and fixture defects.
• Supported GenRad Testers and fixtures for low to medium complexity circuit boards.
• Reversed engineered circuit boards to validate newly developed tests based on theory of operation reports supplied by customers and schematics.
• Generated Boundary scan tests, programmed FPGAs, programmed microcontrollers, and programmed advanced digital tests on in-circuit testers.
• Supported Burn Chamber tests, functional tests, and in-circuit testers.
• Repaired Agilent testers to component level, and supported Unix-based systems.
• Independently performed root cause analysis to determine corrective or preventative actions for complex manufacturing issues.
• Led the New Product Introduction line and developed of 10 developments weekly on the Takaya Flying Probe on high complexity circuit boards and achieved the targeted 3 to 5 day turnaround time 98% of the time.
• Transitioned New Product Introduction projects to manufacturing either in-house or to low-cost facilities.
• Led meetings with the customer and planned internal action plans for corrective action initiatives, and debated the acceptability between customers and organization based on resource, parts, and cost.
• Proposed contingency plans and wrote deviations according to ISO procedures for temporary customer approved changes to manufacturing and test processes.
• Repaired circuit boards to component level using oscilloscopes, multi-meters, RF generators, and other equipment.
• Used J1939 tools to interface with microcontrollers.

Confidential, Racine, WI,

Technical Support Engineer

• Promoted from an Electronic Technician to Technical Support Engineer.
• Repaired and calibrated medical devices used by Urologists and Gynecologists.
• Leader of plan closure transitions, and transitioned products from closing facilities to corporate manufacturing facilities.
• Supervised production during the transition of new products builds by communicating and documenting manufacturing processes, calibration procedures, test procedures, and quality verification procedures.
• Developed procedures for new products to comply with GMP's and FDA requirements.
• Conducted FDA reports for field complaints and failures.
• Led physicians on equipment failures when patients were on the operating table to ensure patient safety is sought protecting the organization and physicians from legal implications.
• Traveled to competitive manufacturing sites to gather information for the Board of Directors, and make recommendations in meetings on buyout decisions.
• Worked directly with the Vice President to ensure of the success of a strategic business plan to develop the Technical Support Department transitioning a free service into a profitable department. Proposed an implementation plan that identified floor space for the department, targeted pertinent information for the departments’ success, writing departmental procedures complying with GMP and FDA requirements, and leading the development of the database required to track department performance vertex matrices for upper-management.

Confidential, Pleasant Prairie, WI

Engineering Technician

• Developed in-circuit tests on GenRad and Agilent 3070 tester. Debugged fixtures and software programs on in-circuit testers to increase first pass yields.
• Analyzed analog and digital circuits to validate test fixtures and programs.
• Repaired Agilent 3070 testers and fixtures. Repaired circuit boards to component level.
• Supported Windows and Unix-based systems and interfaced them to the windows network environment.
• Trained in Six Sigma Principles. Programmed FPGAs, microcontrollers, serial EPROMS, and Lattice chips within the in-circuit platform.
• Documented test coverage reports to proactively enable engineers to answer coverage issues and solve future problems.

Confidential, Oak Creek, WI

Engineering Technician

• Validated in-circuit and functional testers. Removed each part and ran through both in-circuit and functional testers to report test coverage of each tester.
• Managed projects to correct programs for false failures.
• Supported initiatives for component verification on circuit boards.
• Built test fixtures with wire wrap tools for in-circuit testers.
• Build functional test boxes to test key fobs.
• Reported projects to engineering.

Confidential, Racine, WI

Electronic Technician

• Repaired medical devices. Repaired analog and digital circuits to component level.
• Calibrated instrumentation used in medical devices and conducted testing procedures to verify work done.
• Strong customer interface with Nurses, Doctors, and Biomedical Personnel.
• Burned EPROM's for repairs.