Engineer Test

JAMES BENOIT

Home 512-***-****

Austin, Texas ******@*****.*** Mobile 512-***-****

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbenoit

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Senior Test Engineer with in-depth experience in all aspects of integrated circuit testing.

• Expertise in hardware/software design for automated testing and wafer probe setup.

• Highly skilled in synchronizing with business, technical managers and test program owners.

• Developed end to end product specific test configuration software from product definition through product

qualification into high volume production.

• Strengths in test time reduction and first silicon debug.

• Directed a test system network installation, which increased productivity 30%.

• Produced wafer map software that enhanced yield analysis.

• Devised documentation to check test vectors for user programmable features.

• Identified and corrected test software bug in customer’s quality control process.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Post-Si Validation, Silicon debug, SoC architecture, CPU architecture, SoC Peripherals (USB, UART), Low

Power Testing, CPU Core Validation, C Shell, UNIX, C, C++, PERL, JAVA, JavaScript, PHP, MS Office,

Visual Studio, XHTML, HTML5, CSS3, Visual Basic, GPIB, VXI, Oscilloscope, DMM, Cisco CCNA,

Dreamweaver, Photoshop, WordPress, Python, C#, Webmaster Certificate Program

ATE Test Systems: Teradyne: J750 J973 UltraFlex Tiger Catalyst, HP82000, Eagle ETS600

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Coastal Bend College, Beeville, Texas January 2012-Present

Contracted to Bastrop Federal Correctional Institution,

Computer Applications Instructor, Prison Programs

• Demonstrated a thorough and accurate knowledge of MS Office and proficient in the latest version

• Responsible for instructing classes, ordering supplies, registration of students and other related instructional

duties.

• Passed federal government background check.

• Planned and organized instruction in ways that maximized student learning and effectively employed

available instructional technology.

• Encouraged the development of communication skills and higher order thinking skills through appropriate

assignments.

• Developed evaluation methods which fairly measured student progress toward outcomes.

• Maintained accurate records of student progress.

Adecco Technical, Austin, Texas January 2010–April 2010 and November 2010–July 2011

Contracted to Applied Materials Inc.,

Global leader in Nanomanufacturing Technology solutions

Final Test Technician, Dielectric Systems and Modules Department

• Worked from highly complex test procedures, electro/mechanical schematics, diagrams, written and/or

verbal descriptions, and layouts to perform testing, checkout, and troubleshooting functions. Worked with

little or no formally released documentation.

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Aerotek, Austin, Texas May 2010-October 2010

Contracted to Minco Technology Labs,

Test Engineer, Integrated Circuit Test Department

• Researched, developed, designed and tested electrical components, and systems.

• Programmed, tested and debugged integrated circuits using Eagle ETS600.

Unisys Technical Services, Austin, Texas January 2009-January 2010

Worldwide information technology consulting services and solutions company.

Help Desk Agent, Federal Queues Department

• Responsibilities included providing the first-line of post-sales telephone technical support of hardware, systems,

sub-systems and/or applications for customers and/or employees.

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin, Texas May 2006-November 2008

Global leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductors for wireless markets.

Senior Test Engineer, Networking and Multimedia Group

• Programmed Teradyne testers for Digital Signal Processor (DSP) integrated circuits in a New Product

Introduction (NPI) environment.

• Tested devices using HVST, DDR, SRIO, Bitmaps, Data Retention, and DFT techniques of BIST and

SCAN.

• Generated test software for wafer probe in Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, and China.

• Supported NPI product engineering from product definition through validation and launch.

• Coordinated with Design, Processing, Test, Failure Analysis, and Application engineers, to support current

production devices, and manage revisions.

• Created a PERL script for test program documentation.

TAC Worldwide Companies (TWC), Austin, Texas October 2005-April 2006

Technical Workforce Solutions Provider

Contracted to Freescale Inc. Full Time

Senior Test Engineer, Wafer Probe Department

• Analyzed correlation of Split Gate Flash multi-site probe hardware and software.

• Devised innovative techniques for testing and characterizing leading edge VLSI devices including mixed

signal cell phone integrated circuits.

• Correlated setup of equipment and documented processes for a new test facility in China.

Teradyne Incorporated, Austin, Texas April 1999-September 2005

Manufacturer of Automatic Test Equipment

Contracted to Freescale Inc. Full Time

Field Application Engineer, Wafer Probe Department

• Developed test programs on Teradyne ATE with emphasis on coverage and test time.

• Supported ATE test hardware development, ATE test platform review and selection.

• Characterized and debugged new products on ATE and worked with R&D (HW and SW) to assist with

product bring-up in the lab.

• Worked with Product team to provide and support cost reduction and yield enhancement.

• Taught test programming classes and labs for VLSI digital testers.

EDUCATION

B.S. in Electronic Technology

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

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