Leonard DeLeo
Cell: 310-***-**** P. O. Box ****, Palos Verdes, CA Home: 310-***-****
90274
**********@*****.***
Operations Professional seeking Senior Electronic Engineer position for
manufacturing and production, test verification, validation of RF, Digital,
ADCs, DACs, etc. in Aerospace, Medical and Communications Electronics
field. Setup test labs, security clearance levels previously held include:
Confidential, Secret and Top Secret.
Accomplishments
. Brought projects in under schedule and under budget.
. Established manufacturing operations for startup.
. Outsourced key functions to optimize efficiency.
. Saved company time and labor costs by setting up automated test equipment
for design verification.
Analytical Problem Solver who diagnoses root cause, innovates solutions and
energizes companies around growth plans.
. Spearheaded integration of test methodologies.
. Fulfilled contracts and cut manufacturing costs.
Professional Experience
Sierra Monolithics - Broadband Wireless, Optical Communication, and
Microwave/Millimeter Wave 2005 - 2009
Senior Electronic Test Engineer for RF, Digital and Analog -
Engineering/manufacturing services
. Verification test of 10-80Gbps SERDES technologies, setup test stations
for a wide variety of RFICs and Modules.
. Developed Test strategies to cope with new test challenges, wrote test
procedures for a wide variety of RF products.
. Implemented manufacturing process of 6-Bit 10Gsps ADC, 6-Bit 6.4Gsps ADC.
. Designed bench-test boards and made revisions to designs of production
boards (end-product).
. Wrote evaluation reports & recommendations for design revisions.
. Researched suitable vendors for the manufacturing of both test and
production boards.
. Design verification and debugging of TX and RX chips, including custom
software/hardware integration.
. Design PCBs for chip testing, and for customer demonstrations. Assisted
with PCB layout.
TelASIC spinoff from Raytheon and Hughes Aircraft acquired by Raytheon
1985 - 2005
Product Engineer
. Implemented manufacturing process of 10-Bit ADC, 14-Bit ADC, AWG and data
capture assembly.
. Assisted with design revisions (architecture planning, block placement,
and packaging decisions).
. Wrote documentation including pre-design specifications, Data Sheets,
Design Guides, and User Guides.
. Prepared evaluation kits for customer sampling. Clock frequencies were
between 6 and 12 GHz.
. Embedded software development (FPGA coding) for chip control and DSP.
Member Technical Staff Electronics Engineer
. Manufacturing, test and development of wide variety of Hughes/Raytheon
programs
. Implemented manufacturing process for 22 channel A/D analog SiGe ASIC
(MCAD).
. Reorganized manufacturing, distribution, customer service and quality
operations.
. Contributed to numerous programs such as B2 program, ASR, Log amplifier,
DDS II, DAC, 8-Bit ADC, 10Bit ADC.
. Responsible Engineer for F/18 - Receiver/Exciter Digital Module, MSIP, F-
14D and AHEP.
. Designed, built, and tested evaluation boards and bench-test boards for
our chipsets using PWB and IC layout skills.
. Layout of several versions of the ROIC impedance amplifier in the 47 GHz
SiGe process.
Development Engineer Specialist / Member of Technical Staff
. Created AC test vectors for testing out critical paths.
. Improved test time for gate arrays, hybrids and components which saved
time and money.
. Planned tests and performed difficult failure analysis of gate arrays.
. Designed, captured and simulated the gate arrays on the Computer Aided
Design systems.
. Responsible Engineer to incorporate two gate arrays into Digital Module,
resolved problems during manufacturing.
. Performed detailed timing analysis of gate arrays by doing worst case
timing calculations.
. Wrote Crosstalk Noise Immunity Analysis Program in C using VAX 8800 and
IBM PC and deliver design review package.
. Test and design engineer for most Hughes/Raytheon activities, mainly
product, project engineer for 10-Bit ADC and MCAD projects. Made major
contributions to numerous programs including radar systems for F-14, F-
15, F/A-18 aircraft plus several classified systems.
Manufacturing Engineer (previous experience)
Electronics Supervisor
. Supervised electronic department and assembly workers.
. Put new product into production.
. Built prototypes for medical equipment and instruments, troubleshooting
and testing as needed.
. Performed research and development for new products and designs used in
eye surgery.
PURITAN BENNETT CORPORATION (previous experience)
Senior Associate Engineer
. Accomplished development and product release of 7200 microprocessor
ventilator
. Developed and engineered the prototype units for medical equipment.
. Wrote diagnostic programs using Plm-86 for microprocessor controlled
systems. Analyzed many hardware and software problems which resulted in
time and money savings for the company.
. Performed Analog and digital fault isolation. Made enhancements to
the 7200 microprocessor controlled ventilator.
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION (previous experience)
Manufacturing Engineer/Electronics Supervisor
. Accomplished development and product release of temperature, pulse
and respiration units for hospitals
. Supervised the electronics department, trained personnel, set up work
procedures and repaired electronic medical equipment.
. Performed extensive troubleshooting on medical equipment.
. Maintained complex test equipment used in production of medical
equipment.
Education
BS, Electrical Engineering equivalent, Hughes, California
AS, Electro - Mechanical Engineering, Norwalk Technical College,
Connecticut
ED, Electronics, J. M. Wright Technical School, Connecticut