Michael J. O'Connor

**** ******* ****** ? Wellington FL 33467 ? 561-***-**** ?

abhvf3@r.postjobfree.com

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Sr. Lead Electrical System Engineer / Firmware Engineer / Manager /

Principle Electrical Engineer

New Instrumentation Product Design Electrical Engineer. Analytical problem

solver/resolves complex engineering issues and project planning experience

Proven track record of taking a project from concept thru production, while

managing multiple projects, and meeting deadlines on time. Never losing

sight of long-range perspective and company profit objectives. Results

oriented engineer with 15+ years experience in new product design with

firmware. Mechanical packaging experiences. Good social, organizational,

and interpersonal communication skills. Engineering Manager for 8Yrs.

Areas Of Expertise

. 15+ Yrs experience writing Firmware in New Product Development . 9

Yrs R&D Lab Setting

. 15+ Yrs Analog, Digital, DSP, Microcontrollers, Microprocessors .

Reverse Engineering

. Real Time Embedded Firmware Design w/Math Algorithms . Designed

using AutoCAD on System Schematic Design

. Schematic Capture and Layout/Trace Routing/Prototyping .

Developed Technical Product Specification Data Sheets

. Test Procedures, BoM, Troubleshooting . Researched

Market Place for New Product Line

. Relays, Contactors, Mil connectors, Switches, . Design

Custom Control Applications

E-Stops, Indicator Lights and Terminals, Power . Worked up

Quotes for Customers

Panels, Piezo's & Alarms, AC Power Distribution . Designed

Hundreds of Cables/Harnesses

Achievements

. $50K Saving on dynamic rams . Reduced labor

cost on system calibration by 40%

. $25,650 Switching to new sensor . On going

cost reduction of system power panels by 43%

. Design a newer lower cost electronic breaking system . Cut power

supply cost 300% across all systems

. Excellent at finding low cost alternatives/solutions .

Reduced mechanical cost of current sensor packaging by 37%

Qualifications

. Experience using the following software applications: Microsoft Word,

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project Pro, Microsoft

Outlook, OrCad schematic capture software, Aldus PageMaker, Freehand

(Macromedia), Basic...etc. MiniCad+ (Graph Soft Cad), McCad-Schematic DS

schematic capture (Graph Soft Cad), Strawberry tree's Data Acquisition

(Temp), Keil Compiler, MPLAB C Compiler for PIC24 MCUs and dsPIC DSCs

(using the MPLAB REAL ICE), Development systems expertise with: Microchip

Technology, Intel, Motorola, Hewlett Packard, Rockwell's, and Zilog. Used

Emulators and/or designed with the following: Motorola's

MC68HC705C9AS(15,744), MC68HC705C8A(8K), MC68HC705P6(4.5K),

MC68HC705SR3(4K), MC68705R5(4K), MC68HC705P9(2K), MC68HC705J2(2K),

MC68HC705J1A(1.2K), MC6800; Intel's 80188, and 80186, 8088, 8086, 8751,

8051, 8031, 8048, 8035, 8085, 8080, Rockwell's R6511AQ, Zilog's Z-80A,

Microchip's PIC16C621A, PIC16C65B and DSP Processor dsPIC33FJ128MC804

micros.

. Experience in USB, RS232, RS485, RS422, IRDA, LVDS, SPI, I2C, Signal

Conditioning Circuits, Transducers, Programmable Active Filters, Worst

Case Analysis, Inverting and non-inverting amplifiers, Instrumentation

amplifiers, High input impedance differential amplifiers, Chopper

Stabilized Operational amplifiers, Comparators, Attenuators, Phase

Shifters, Peak detectors, PLL, Absolute value circuit, Cross Point or

Eletronic Switches, Power Devices, RMS conversion circuits, 0-20 & 4-20mA

Current source and sink w/high compliance, Linear & Switching Regulators &

Power Supplies, LDO's, PWM motor control, Linear Analog Signal Isolation

techniques, A/D & D/A converters, VCO, Tuners, Temperature, Optical

Sensors & Encoders, Opto-Couplers, photovoltaic, Bipolar

Transistors/MOSFETs/IGBTs, Triac's/SCRs, Sidactor's, TVS, Designed a Dual

Power supply module with extended input range, Stepper Motors/Drivers, DC

Motors/Drivers with Gearing, AC Motors, Reactors/AC Variable Frequency

Drives/Fiber-Optic Drives, (VFD's) ABB & Baldor, TBWoods, Soft Start

Module, Air Pressure Sensors, Main Disconnect, Single-Phase Control

Transformers and BUCK-BOOST Transformers /3-Phase Transformers, hundreds

of sensors thru-beam and Retro-reflective types, Laser Bar Code Readers

(BCR's), 3 line Omni-Directional Laser scanners and CCD BCR for product

identification, CRT's, Contactors, Relays, Overloads, Contactors, Mil

connectors (MS3106F18-1S), Switches, E-Stops, Light Curtains, Indicator

Lights and Terminal, Power Panels, Piezo's & Alarms, AC Power

Distribution, Designed Hundreds of Cables/Harnesses. Equipment Used:

Scope, Logic Analyzer, Function Generator, Three Phase AC Power Source

Programmable, Variac, etc

. Obtained CE - EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY with COUNCIL DIRECTIVE

98/37/EC and/or 2006/42/EC, Declaration of Noise Emission per ISO EN 11202

& ISO EN 11204, U.L.-489, U.L.-508 & 873 and C.S.A. 14 & 24 certification,

ANSI/ASQC Q9001-1994 (ISO-9001) certification. Experience in Testing

products with ESD (Transient Protection components), Noise std. IEC-1000-4-

2, and Drop Testing. Temperature testing/evaluation and PC board burnin

72Hrs.

. Performed the duty of Field Applications Engineer/liaison. Responsible

and driven to resolve customers technical application issues and close on

application design opportunities.

. Capable of designing LED Light Control using Triac Dimmable Offline LED

Driver, or White LED Driver with PWM Brightness Control, for all your

lighting needs. These types of controls are very simplistic, rendering

low cost and meets high profit objectives.

. Learning: Xilinx both Verilog and Schematic mode XC9500XL CPLD, Altium

Designer Schematic Capture & PC Board Layout.

Professional Experience

GBI DATA & SORTING SYSTEMS, Deerfield Beach, Florida (A Logistics Company)

9/99 to Present

SR. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER/SYSTEM DESIGN/PROJECT ENGINEER/FIRMWARE ENGINEER

while MANAGER for 8Yrs - 1999-2010: I Designed Sorters for the following

companies: AAFES, American Greeting, Block Buster(Movie Trading),

CooperVision, DHL, Finaly, Forever 21, Fotovista, Fuji renselear, Galaxy,

Haskell, Ingram, Intralot, Jacmel, Jockey, Kodac, McKesson Walmart,

Piercing Pagoda Scientific Games, Zales. Concept through Production, of

Control Systems, Custom Controls, PC Board Layout of the Memory Expansion

Card with Bank Selection - Programmable addressing, Address Verifier, 10-

Segment rectangular bar graph display, Bank switching address has tracking

capabilities built in. Thru-Hole design allows for easy troubleshooting in

the field. System design and Real Time, State Machine Design Firmware

development of: Third Generation Inbound/Outbound Sorting machines used in

the photo finishing industry. Designed a 8-character 5X7 Dot Matrix LED

Display and 16-seg Alphanumeric Displays for Pick-2-light station.

Autoloader. Provided all component selection and supervised all system

updates on our sorter. Debugging and development of Firmware abnormality

found in the: Paperless Pick System called the Pick-to-Light System-Used in

computerized inventory systems. These systems employed the uses of the

8051, and the Microchip PIC16C65B and DSP Processor dsPIC33FJ128MC804

(System added IRDA, USB, RS232, Quadrature Encoder with Wireless

Communications using a 2.4 GHz ISM radio band, Flash Memory, V/I

Monitoring, H-Bridge Motor Control) micro controllers. Used Keil compiler

for the development of firmware, wrote test procedures. Analyzed system

problems to ascertain the most expeditious resolution to these sorter

anomalies. ABB Drive with VFD Cable + Lim (Baldor) Motor design, Reverse

Motor Breaking System, Speed Regulated Sorter, Obtained CE Compliance for

Crossbelt and Tilt Tray sorters. Custom PWM motor control using Microchip

for Tilt Tray and Crossbelt. PLC Siemens using Ladder logic. National

Electric Code for all electrical system wiring. Specified Main Disconnect,

circuit breakers, conduit sizes (EMT & Liquid-Tight), Fittings, and THHN

conductor sizes as part of our power distribution power enclosures, 120Vac,

208Vac, 480Vac systems, with Duplex Outlets, Boxes + High & Hook Up, and

Flex wiring. Our largest Sorter was 249' long, with 1200+ signal and power

cables with harnessing. Working on Wireless Power Transfer Systems for our

sorters. Reverse Engineering of wireless power pickup. I started a new

project that employs the use of a ARM Cortex-M3 Risc Microcontroller.

Engineering Manager for 8Yrs, 4-6 Employees, Planning/Schedules, Reviews,

Design Cycles, Goal Setting, etc

DF ELECTRONICS, Cincinnati, Ohio

3/99 to 9/99

SR. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: I worked on the hardware and/or firmware for the

following custom controls: 2-Speed Motor Control-used in the HVAC industry

specifically, Heat-pumps, and it had to be a "Fail-safe" firmware design,

first order of 50K and an EAU of 3 Million devices. Designed Linear and

Switching Power Supplies (Buck/Boost), Worked on: Created the schematic

using ORCAD schematic capture, components selection based on thru-hole and

surface mount design, lowest component cost and parts count. Generated

Bill of Material, a simplified flowchart of the firmware, State Diagram,

Description of Operation, I wrote the functional and diagnostic firmware,

debugged firmware, and tested the prototype. Performed the duty of FAE

between Copeland Corporation and DF Electronics. Coordinated with Cad

department (P.C. board Layout to UL-508 & 873), documentation control and

Tester development. Removed corrosive silicon RTV compounds from our

products parts list, and replaced them with a non-corrosive preferred RTV

types for Cissell, Hillrom, and Amano. Worked on component crosses for

Hilrom's digital scale, using lower cost components, while maintaining

excellent quality. Robur - redesigned AC Control (phase controlled output)

in the HVAC industry. Produced the following: updated the schematic, made

a Preliminary Specification sheet, I reduce the overall component cost of

this control, generated Bill of Material, Itemized Pricing of Components,

and provided a Ballpark Quote to the customer.

R-K ELECTRONICS INC., Cincinnati, Ohio

5/90 to 3/99

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

9+ Years Applications Engineering Design Experience. 9+ Years Technical

Support on Telephone with customers directly for DI/DW. Designed the

following controls: Biomedical X-ray Direct Reading Over Current Sensor for

G.E. MEDICAL CORP. Biomedical Medication Dispensing Equipment for MED

READY Corp. Digital Biomedical bottle scanner with label detector.

Biomedical ear temperature monitor with L.C.D. display. Adhesive

Application Control for Nordson Corp. Dual pump switchover control for

Liebert Corp. HVAC industry 3 Voltage Monitor control with an analog

output for The Trane Corporation. 4-20 mA & 0-10Vdc Driver/Receiver for R-

K Electronics this was a Milliamp/Voltage Calibrator. Designed and/or

written microcode for the following industrial controls: Oil Filtration

Controller for United Air Specialist. MRT Motor Rotation Tester - Using

surface mount technology (SMT). MPR Three Phase Programmable Motor

Protection Relay - Was designed to monitor Voltage, Current, VA, Horse

power, Power factor. Digital Timers. Dumb terminal 4 lines by 20

Characters Vacuum Florescent Display (V. F. D.), with a Membrane Keyboard.

Programmable Irrigation control to maintaining the water pressure. Helped

with the extensive mechanical redesign of our plastic case for the DED.

HVAC 20 output's temperature control. HVAC 4 output's timer control with

serial R. T. C. for Trane Corp. Fruit press control for the wine industry

in California. Current sensing relay. Gas grill also known as the Venda

grill control used for the commercial cooking in parks (lead acid battery)

and apartment complexes. Intrinsically Safe Controls.

ESD/Noise/Temperature/Shaker Table/Drop/ testing. Custom LCD Displays, J &

K Thermocouples/RTD's/Thermostats Switch/Thermistor/Diode Temperature

Circuits, Updated software/firmware when needed on other projects

(Sustaining). LED peak level bargraph display. Designed using Supercaps or

Gold Capacitors (Electric Double Layer Capacitors) Backup for RTC.

Infrared Tester for clean Freon R22 & R12 and others. Reverse Engineering

of competitors controls.

PRIOR TECHNICAL EXPERIENCES

Experience in hardware/firmware and system design with Krenz-

Instrumentation, Western Graphtec (Watanabe) Corp., Mycomp Technologies

Corp., Solitec Inc., And Larry L. Little & Associates, Inc.

SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEER, ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEER,

CONSULTANT, ASSOCIATE/CUSTOMER ENGINEER

Designed FPGA replacing bus arbitration section, Designed from concept to

implementation (production) of the following: Multiprotocol Communication

card, Wait State Generator, Irig A & B Time code decoder Card w/ auto

selectable translator, High Speed Bus Interface (local/system buses), CPU

Card - that executes code in nonvolatile ram, designed my own watchdog

timer circuit, wrote my own operating system with multitasking and real-

time command structure, chart speed control for Oscillagraph, Annotation

Interface to control a Thermal printhead. Mother Board, Power Module,

Designed Linear Power Supplies, Series Linear Regulator, and Controller

Card- for the programmable amplifier: controls the switching of gains,

input attenuators, analog signal inversion, input suppression, serial

interface, nonvolatile parameters. Tactile feel keyboard - with

alphanumeric display. Diagnostic firmware to test the preamps. Mechanical

design. Made many improvements to our Chart Recorder/Data Acquisition

systems. Designed Video Cassette Changer controller board, Communication

Card GPIB, RS232, RS485, Cable Scanner tester. Memory Expansion Board.

Serial Remote Control Transmitter for VCR's JVC and Panasonic. Central

Processing Board (CPB). Remote LCD Keypad Display Card.

Standard bus STD-145 card for the automatic photo-resist-developer

workstation. Designed a Power Module. Logic design, firmware development

(micro code or assembly language), documentation, drafting, prototyping,

artwork multilayer PCB's, testing, component selection, and purchasing.

Designed a Quad Port Interface Card for support of the VAX for terminal and

plotters, Remote Control Interface that went on the space shuttle, Serial

to Parallel Buffer Box (spooler), Port Expander Card. Test Equipment

Designer-Designed analog, digital simulation, Exerciser CPU test equipment:

Communication Interface, Analog Simulation Board, Multi-Voltage Power

Supply, and CPU. Produced parts list, assembly bill of materials,

firmware, and firmware flowchart documentation. Used a Gel-Cell Battery,

switcher and opto-feedback & transformer to convert to 115Vac@400Hz for 4

minutes of backup, Designed NiCad Battery Backup for memory and RTC.

Responsibilities included: system test, logic design, analog design,

prototyping, training technicians on microprocessor systems and field

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