Paul Brouillette

*** ******** ****** ~ Geneva, Illinois 60134

Home Phone 630-***-****

email acqhzr@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Many years experience in RF Power, Electrical Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing

Engineering. Skilled in management of complex projects, manufacturing process development

and documentation, design and test of medical devices and industrial power electronics

systems.

EXPERIENCE

Feb 2014-Present Sr. Product Validation & Test Engineer, System Sensor div of Honeywell

International, St. Charles, IL

Performed EMC compliance tests of fire protection devices (smoke and CO detectors, system

control modules, etc.) Maintained EMC lab RF test equipment in proper working order.

Supported Engineering and Production with various product quality issues.

EMC testing per EN61000, UL268, CISPR and FCC Part 15, conducted and

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radiated, emissions and immunity.

ESD, EOS and Transient testing per UL standards.

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New Product Introduction (NPI) testing and documentation for agency submittal

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NPI Risk Assessments and FMEA’s.

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Performed and reported results of failure analysis on field returns.

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Setup and monitored various environmental tests.

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QA audits of NPI and other business and engineering processes.

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Participated in Quality initiatives: Kaizen, Rapid Problem Solving, Voice of

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Customer

Nov 2000-Feb 2014 Project Engineer / Sr. Electrical Engineer / Engineering Manager,

Richardson Electronics, Ltd., LaFox, IL

Managed both contract manufacturing and OEM projects for customers in the semiconductor

fab equipment and general power conversion industries. Technologies included high-power

RF, microwave generator and waveguide systems, power rectifier stacks and related

components. Promoted to Engineering Manager with responsibility for the review of all new

incoming technical projects, allocation of resources (personnel, methods, equipment), and

supervision of a staff of four engineers.

Developed processes and products from customer specifications.

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Provided customer quotations.

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Managed and completed all engineering requirements to bring in over $1 million per

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year of new contract manufacturing business during a five year period.

Design, construction and test of high-power (10KW), magnetron-based microwave

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generators (2.45GHz) for industrial heating and plasma generation.

Vector network analyzer test of microwave and RF components.

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Developed test for a 5GHz helical antenna.

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Manufacture and test of RF impedance matching networks, tuners and related control

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systems.

Design of a microwave system for pre-heating biofuels in automotive engine

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application.

Documented component specifications, assembly and test procedures, process

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routings, bills of material (BOM’s).

Supervised verification and validation activities on first articles.

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Member of ISO 9001-2000 Certification Team. Developed and implemented a

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document control system and wrote standard operating procedures for contract

manufacturing processes. Helped the manufacturing division obtain its ISO

certification in under 9 months, facilitating the above-mentioned increase in

business.

ISO Internal Quality Auditor.

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Application of SPC and FMEA.

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Feb 1989-Nov 2000 Senior Production / Applications Engineer, Knowles Electronics, Inc.,

Itasca, IL

As Applications Engineer, responsible for modifications to existing hearing aid component

designs to adapt to customers’ new requirements. Attached to Marketing Dept., with strong

R&D and customer interaction.

Typically managed 6 to 8 simultaneous projects with fast turn-around to strict

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deadlines.

Developed cost estimates (metal stamping, hybrid circuits, subminiature packaging).

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Prepared, tested and documented prototype samples for customers.

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Performed audits of customer manufacturing facilities as an ESDC Technician

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As Production Engineer, responsible for solving production problems of miniature audio

products and hybrid circuits for hearing aid and communications uses. Introduced products

from R&D into production.

Developed test requirements and specifications for new products.

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Implemented product quality improvements by means of Designed Experiments,

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ANOVA, Juran on Quality Control, Decision Focus, various statistical methods.

Member of Product Improvement Program Team overseeing cross-functional

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implementation of product quality and customer service enhancements.

Leader of Hybrid Circuit ESD Protection Team. Reduced ESD losses by 80%.

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Member of Customer Fulfillment Team. Reduced assembly process time by 40% to

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meet customer need for faster product delivery, by use of assembly line balancing

system.

1984-1989 Electrical Design & Test Engineer, Northrop Defense Systems, Rolling Meadows,

IL

Performed electrical design of test fixtures for military avionics systems. Developed full

project documentation (schematics, wiring diagrams, PC board layouts, bills of material).

Supervised technicians during construction and de-bug of prototype fixtures. Integrated

fixture hardware with test system software. Experienced in test and troubleshooting of

switchmode power supplies, pulsed and CW RF and microwave systems to 26.5GHz.

1982-1984 Electrical Engineer, Ground Support Equipment, McDonnell Aircraft Co., St.

Louis, MO

Team member of F-18 Aircraft Program. Responsible for detailed analysis and verification of

subcontractors’ test procedures for avionics units, ensuring their adherence to military

specifications. Familiar with infra-red optics, and MIL-STD-1553 data bus transceivers.

1977-1982 Motion Picture Projectionist, Soo Amusement Co., Sault Ste. Marie, MI

Responsible for operation, maintenance and repair of 35mm movie projectors, high-power

audio amplifier systems (both solid state and vacuum tube), 3KW constant current linear

power supplies for xenon lamps, and other miscellaneous theater equipment.

EDUCATION

Certified Six-Sigma Green Belt, 2014

ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, 2004

Extra-Class Amateur Radio FCC Licensee, 2001

NARTE Certified ESD Control Technician, 2000

BS Electronic Engineering-Technology, Lake Superior State College, 1982

Vocational Electronics Certificate (600 hours), Sault Area HS and Skill Center, 1978

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