LEON B. KRISTAL

** ****** ***.

Newton, Ma. *****

617-***-****

acd40e@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Energetic and passionate electrical engineer with proven performance in all

phases of the product life cycle; seeking a lead or management position

with system development responsibilities in a small to mid-size company.

. Create innovative designs that meet challenging schedule, cost and

customer requirements.

. Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring ability.

. Broad and up to date skills in analog and digital circuits, FPGA's,

PCB's, cables, backplanes, cardcages and systems incorporating PCI,

USB, VME, Fibrechannel and other interfaces used in:

o Infra-red and visible light camera systems

o Navigation systems

o Medical systems

o Tele-communications

o Non-Destructive Test (NDT)

o Computer and embedded systems

. Proficient in the use of: Verilog, VHDL, Spice, Altium, Orcad, Mentor

Graphics, Innoveda/Synopsis, Microsoft Project and other engineering

and management tools.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jentek Sensors, Waltham, Ma.

2010 - 2013

Senior Principal Engineer (2011 - 2013)

. Developed Hand held HH8050:

o Hand Held instrument weighing <5lbs., powered by an internal

battery or external DC power source operated using a touch

screen with an embedded SBC (Single Board Computer)

o Greatly simplified system with 2 boards, a controller combining

functionality of several boards from the D8000 and a power

supply board

o Eliminated most cabling by having connectors extend directly out

from printed circuit boards

o Added motor drive hardware to instrument

. Developed new probe with:

o Ultra low noise, high frequency front end

o Reduced power by 50% and size by 80%

Principal Engineer (2010 - 2011)

. Developed the flagship D8000 eddy current instrument. Key design

updates were:

o Reduced cost by ~1/3 with a new power supply design, integrated

electronics combining 7 boards into 3, simplified wiring and

reduction in labor costs of 50%.

o Reduced weight from >30lbs. to <10lbs.

o Integrated a Single Board Computer (SBC), keyboard and mouse

into the instrument.

o Reduced power by ~1/3 and system size by ~2/3.

o Developed relationships with key suppliers reducing electronic

component cost by ~25%.

. Designed miniaturized electronics boards for internal inspection of

3/8" and larger titanium tubes

. Reduced cabling cost from an extremely labor intensive coax cable

assembly to a purchased cable leading to a savings of ~95%.

Narragansett Imaging, North Smithfield, RI

2007 - 2009

Principal Engineer

. Technical and program management for medical imaging, including UL and

IEC60601 certification, and high-speed camera development.

Responsible for all program phases from proposal to delivery of

prototype camera systems and manufacturing support. Program

management responsibilities include customer updates, management of

internal and external engineers, procurement of components and build

and test of hardware.

. Development of medical cameras for x-ray systems for human and animal

diagnostics.

. High-speed camera development to 800FPS at 1280x1024 resolution.

Northrop Grumman Corp. (Formerly Fibersense Technology Corp.), Canton, MA

2002 - 2007

Engineer 4 (equivalent to a Member of the Technical Staff) (2005 - 2007)

. Lead engineer for the electrical engineering department. Duties

include technical guidance for the department's engineers and

representing the department to other organizations.

. System/lead engineer on the Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV)

program. Responsibilities include leading two design teams, one in

Massachusetts and one in California, preparing and presenting customer

design reviews and holding weekly customer status meetings.

. Received Presidential Leadership Award as part of a team that

designed, built and delivered Fiber Optic IMUs for the FA-18 ATFLIR

program ahead of schedule resulting in a $500K incentive payment. As

Lead Electrical Engineer on the program I was responsible for a bi-

coastal team that designed, integrated and checked out the IMU

electronics. Reduced touch labor from 160 to 120 hours with a design

that includes a new interconnect scheme (eliminating most IMU wiring),

and digital trims (eliminating all hardware trims). Responsibilities

included monthly status, earned value analysis, schedule and factory

support in Salt Lake City. Received (TAP) performance award.

. Researched requirements, and wrote specification for the Next

Generation Common IMU and presented it to the Missile Defense Agency

(MDA) in Washington D.C.

Engineer 3 (equivalent to a Principal Engineer) (2002 - 2005)

. Lead Electrical Engineer on a spaced based Fiber Optic Gyroscope; role

included supervising 10 engineers and technicians during development

and build phases of a $25M program.

. Acting department manager for 9 months during the search for a new

manager.

. Worked with Draper Laboratory as a system engineer representing

Northrop on the Trident Missile program gyro replacement competition.

Reduced electronics power and size for a Hemispherical Resonating

Gyroscope by 50% and 30% respectively. Received (TAP) performance

award.

. Developed technique for digitally measuring optical power in a Fiber

Optic Gyroscope; patent issued.

AMCC, Andover, MA

2001

Principal Hardware Engineer

. Managed a team of three engineer and 2 technicians designing an OC-48

network processor development system. The design used the latest

generation of AMCC Network Processors, SERDES and related parts as

well as Xilinx, Vertex II FPGA's. Wrote Verilog code to generate and

capture AAL5 data packets at a frequency of 125 MHz.

. Member of core team responsible for development of OC-48 and OC-192

Network Processor ASIC's.

. The job ended when the division terminated East Coast operations.

FORESIGHT IMAGING, Chelmsford, MA

2000 - 2001

Principal Hardware Engineer

. Developed a 170 million-pixel/second RGB video card using the PCI-X

bus interface.

. Reduced cost of the company's products by an average of 25%.

. Wrote FPGA code, for Altera 1K, 10K and 20K FPGA's, to control newly

developed PCI cards.

. The company lost a contract representing 40% of the business leading

to the termination of 30% of the workforce.

RAYTHEON CO., Tewksbury, MA

1995 - 2000

Senior Hardware Development Engineer II (1998 - 2000)

. Design engineer responsible for Hawk Missile System electronics,

including subcontracted components for an Infrared and Visible Video

Tracking System.

. Program Lead for Infrared Scene Generator program. Responsibilities

included management and design for a PC based system including PCI

card designs, FPGA's, a RAID system and software. The design was

completed on time and 25% under budget. The team consisted of 4

engineers and a technician.

. Designed more than a dozen FPGA's ranging from several thousand to 50K

+ gates.

. Designed Analog circuits including, ADC's and DAC's, Op-amp filters,

Linear and Buck Regulators and motor drive and position sensing

circuits.

Senior Hardware Development Engineer I (1995 - 1998)

. Lead hardware engineer on Enhanced Two Color Infrared BAT Development

Program. Design included an infrared sensor, embedded processors,

radar altimeter and other electronics. Responsibilities included

leading a team of engineers from initial concept through design,

integration and flight test.

. Laboratory representative to the Hardware Process Manual Group. Group

was responsible for writing the manual describing processes involved

with performing all hardware design tasks for Raytheon.

. Team lead for computerized tester checkout in Tewksbury and Seeker

integration in Huntsville, Al.

HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO., El Segundo, CA

1982 - 1995

Staff Engineer (1989 - 1995)

. Led a team of 8-10 engineers, technicians, and assemblers responsible

for the design of computer-controlled testers; this involved

generating requirements, designing hardware, establishing

priorities/schedules and supervising activities at two locations (El

Segundo and Santa Barbara, Ca.).

. Designed analog and digital circuitry for the HS-250 Auxiliary

Electronics Unit and Gimbal Mechanical Electronics. It included

interfaces, servo-controls and calibration circuits using A/D and D/A

converters.

. Design and debug of analog and digital circuitry during integration

and operational phases of the AOA infrared sensor program. The system

used high-speed digital signal processing, custom parallel processing

boards, VME-based single board computers, power supplies and high-

speed A/D converters.

MTS II (1985 - 1989)

. Designed computerized test equipment featuring high-resolution

sensors, analog resolvers, A/D and D/A converters and simulation of an

I/R sensor with signal amplitudes of less than 100 uV.

MTS I (1982 - 1985)

. Performed varied Unit Engineer checkout and design activities.

EDUCATION

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Bachelor of Science in Electrical

Engineering (1982)

University of Southern California - Graduate courses

PATENTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

. Patent Number 7,295,322, 'Optical Power Measurement of a Closed Loop

Fiber Optic Gyroscope'

. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/600,355 'Multiple Unknown

Inspection With and Without Coatings/Insulation.'

. Coursework in Verilog HDL, VHDL, UNIX, Altera Quartus Development

Environment

. 6 Sigma Design

. Theory of Constraints (TOC), Earned Value Measurement System (EVMS)

and other management tools

. Have held a top secret security clearance

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