Andrew R. Lyons

Pataskala, OH *****

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Electronics RF Test Engineer & Test Project Manager

Accomplished technical professional, leading design and deployment of large-scale global testing solutions across international borders for RF and digital hardware product sectors. Diligent in providing test capability for 2G / 3G / 4G / LTE / 5G mobile telephony products, meeting clearly defined regulatory compliance guidelines and product requirements. Trusted advisor to global leadership teams, delivering optimal solutions to product issues, minimizing costs, and driving quality results. Motivational in mentoring and managing testing teams, using highly effective planning, organizational and communication skills to help drive organizations in achieving results.

Design and Test Specialties:

Test Hardware Platform Design, RF Measurement and Stimulus, RF Functional Test Development, RF Fixture Design

Programming Specialties:

National Instruments LabVIEW, National Instruments TestStand, Complex GUI Control, Instrumentation Automation

Core Competencies:

Strategic Planning, Data Analysis, High Volume Manufacturing, New Product Introduction

Selected Accomplishments

Delivered more than $5M cost savings by leading test HW Platform Engineering Team in common RF Transceiver / Amplifier test platform design used in product design, test development, and production locations.

Led technical team in designing and deploying multiple UUT test solutions, avoiding more than $2M in costs and allowing $50M in additional revenue at crunch time.

Managed introduction and management of automated RF board test production lines.

Championed effort to develop and implement advanced engineering systems globally across multiple EMS vendors.

Spearheaded multiple efforts to transition localized production test engineering operations between global EMS vendors, working closely with key stakeholders, minimizing risk and ensuring compliance with global regulatory guidelines.

Professional Experience

NOKIA, USA, Columbus, OH 1990 to 2016

RF Hardware Test Platform Design Team Leader 2006 to 2016

Led advanced team of test hardware engineers in design and deployment of 3 generations of RF common test platforms for cellular transceiver / amplifier products.

Fostered adoption of platforms corporate-wide for all transceiver and amplifier testing with over 300 test sets built and deployed at multiple worldwide locations, supporting R&D, test development and production.

Designed high-performance platforms for use in product design and development, providing cost-effective result suitable for high volume production applications.

Utilized latest technologies for signal generation, signal analysis, power measurements, low frequency and digital resources as well as PXI and USB in delivering solution, including worldwide input power flexibility, and circuit protection.

Fashioned product to support multiple wireless and cellular radio technology standards, including LTE, W-CDMA, CDMA Wi-Fi, and WiMAX.

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NOKIA, USA (Continued)

Deployed platforms at over 20 design, development, production and contract manufacturing locations worldwide, providing ability to be re-deployed to new locations with minimal effort.

Balanced multiple technical projects simultaneously, collaborating across cultural and language barriers within dynamic environment of extreme workforce and expense restraints.

Principal RF Transceiver Development Engineer 1992 to 2006

Designed and developed hardware and software test solution for high volume Cellular Base Station Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) transceivers.

Selected as technical lead for multiple UUT pilot projects, managing hardware and software development team for TDMA Digital Radios, delivering more than $2M in cost savings as well as multibillion-dollar profits for Lucent.

Designed and implemented test systems and automated test software solutions for high volume production test of TDMA Transceivers.

Conducted root cause analysis, defining and implementing solution to perform accurate and repeatable RF measurements, including intermodulation distortion (IMD), adjacent channel power (ACP), harmonics, error vector magnitude (EVM), modulation accuracy, receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) and bit error rate (BER).

Executed proficient control of multiple instruments over GPIB, using SCPI and VISA commands, including vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, power supplies and VXI cards.

Collaborated with design teams in Ohio and New Jersey in automating design verification testing and determining accurate production test requirements and specifications.

Created design for testability (DFT) standards for transceiver design by reviewing all artwork designs for DFT conformance.

Developed and delivering solutions critical in providing internal production volumes of up to 2K units / week.

Analyzed production data to justify test elimination, achieving multiple test time reductions, yield improvements, and test measurement verifications, minimizing test bench to test bench variation.

Performed correlation studies (Six Sigma, Cpk, and GR&R) on engineering and factory test sets and design benches, maximizing measurement accuracy and minimizing measurement variation.

Monitored test capacity versus demand, aligning capacity with changing production demands.

Managed localization of new product introduction worldwide and monitored RF functional test engineering production activities, partnering with key stakeholders and ensuring regulations and deadlines were met.

Directed off-shoring of test engineering processes and procedures to global EMS partners.

RF Antenna Interface Development Engineer 1990 to 1992

Additional Relevant Experience

SPRAGUE SEMICONDUCTOR GROUP, Signal Processing Division, Worcester, MA 1986 to 1990

RF Product Engineer – Automotive Integrated Circuits

Oversaw semiconductor RF products manufacture, testing, and customer acceptability. Utilized multiple program languages to design software and electronic hardware interfaces for Teredyne and Axion Automatic Test Equipment. Managed development of analog and RF integrated circuits.

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA

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