Design Engineering

Tracy L. Norton

**** ******** **

Pasadena, CA **104-3434

Ph 626-***-****

e-mail ***********@*********.***

Employment History & Education

Jan 2010- Current Soliant Energy Inc.- Monrovia, CA

Founded by a small group of former NASA engineers, Soliant Energy

designs and mfrs tracking PV concentrators for commercial rooftops.

Duties: Assistance in electrical engineering tasks. Electronic packaging

design (using Solidworks), pcb design (using PADS), and component research.

Prototype assembly and testing. Systems troubleshooting and testing.

July '97- Jan 2010 Independent Part-time Contracting- Schematic drafting

using Innoveda 'PADS' Powerlogic, PCB/PWB design using Innoveda PowerPCB

and mechanical/ opto-mechanical design and drafting using AutoCAD, Autodesk

Inventor, & Solidworks. Electronic Packaging Design, reverse engineering

and research. Prototyping. Electronic assembly. Wire harness design.

RF/microwave pcb layout. Analog data acquisition design. Assembly drawings,

operation manuals, and assembly documentation. Standards: IPC & JPL D-8208

(revI)

Clients: Spectral Imaging Laboratory, Pasadena - Soliant Energy, Monrovia -

PSTech, Chatsworth - ViaSpace, Pasadena - Michael Eastwood Assc, So.

Pasadena - TTE, Santa Monica - Oak Crest Inst of Science, Pasadena

Aug '02-Oct '06 SpectraSensors Inc.

Duties: Assistance in all R&D aspects and engineering tasks thru the

complete prototype development cycle. Packaging design (using Solidworks

and AutoCad), pcb design (using PADS), wire harness design, cost analysis,

component research, purchasing, and inventory. All prototype assembly.

Apr '06-Nov '08 ViaSpace- Pasadena, CA

Viaspace is a technology transfer and startup incubator, utilizing

technology developed at JPL Pasadena

Duties: Consulting in packaging design (using Solidworks and AutoCad), pcb

design (using PADS), wire harness design, component research for Humidity

In Hydrogen Sensor for DMFCC Division, and other projects (CalTech)

Mar '01-Aug '02 Tunable Photonics Inc.

Tunable Photonics is a spin-off of SpectraSensors (see below)

developing advanced fiber optic and wavelength locking technologies.

FiberSpace acquired TPC Aug'02.

Duties: Assistance in all engineering aspects and R&D tasks thru the

complete prototype development cycle.

Jan '01-Jun '08 MayComm Instruments LLC - Wilmington, NC 910-***-****

MayComm Instruments designs and mfrs custom, aircraft mounted

research sensors and custom data acquisition instruments for atmospheric

research based on technology developed at JPL.

Duties: Consulting in all engineering aspects and R&D tasks thru the

complete instrument development cycle. Packaging & Hardware design (using

AutoCAD and SolidWorks) and PCB/PWB design (using Innoveda PowerLogic and

PowerPCB), cost analysis, component research, purchasing, and inventory.

Harness design and assembly.

Mar '00-Mar '01 SpectraSensors Inc.

SpectraSensors designs and manufactures high sensitivity laser based

gas and H20 sensors using technology developed at JPL Pasadena for

environmental research and Mars lander missions.

Duties: Assistance in all engineering aspects and R&D tasks thru the

complete product development cycle.

Feb '00- Mar '00 Swales AeroSpace

Swales AeroSpace, Pasadena was a dedicated JPL engineering support

contractor.

Duties: Drafting of schematics and design of pcb's for JPL EOS projects

using Protel99SE. Mech enclosure detailing w/ Solidworks '99

Swales has since been acquire by ATK

PC skills- Windows XP Pro, Microsoft Office Pro, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe

Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD 2010, Mentor Graphics PADS,

Solidworks 2010, Protel99SE EDA, Autodesk Inventor

Certificate in NASA/Mil-spec soldering and harness assembly.

Professional References

SpectraSensors/ Tunable Photonics/MayComm 910-***-****

Contact- Dr. Randy May

Steve Woodward- 919-***-****

Spectral Imaging Laboratory 626-***-****

Contact- Francis Reininger

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