Engineer Technician

Robert Simpson

***** *** ******* **** *** Diego, CA, 92129

858-***-**** (cell)

Summary

Strong analog and video background, love prototyping, especially when

innovation is required. Highly organized, professional, good planner,

quick conceptualization of new ideas, meticulous, adaptable, cooperative.

Follow directions well, excellent follow-up, careful documentation, minimum

supervision, self directed, good lab manager, team worker. Experienced with

a variety of hand and power tools for plastics and metals, as well as

skills with scopes, analyzers, soldering, etc.

Conexant, Inc. 2/91 to present - Mixed signal semiconductor company with

products for imaging, audio, video, and Internet connectivity applications.

Products include video decoders and media bridges for surveillance and

security applications, and system solutions for analog video-based

multimedia applications including PCTV.

Senior Product Applications Engineer III Supported side-port, PCI, and

PCIe video decoders, taught training classes, technical support for

tradeshows, including setup/teardown, design, coordination, packing, and

transportation of demos and displays. Wrote datasheets, application notes,

training documentation. Also identified, designed, installed, and

maintained SMATV and CATV distribution system to reduce corporate costs by

reducing need for expensive video generators for each designer.

Interviewed and mentored junior PAE's, provided training to FAE's,

represented customer inside company.

Product Applications Engineer II

Conexant Systems, Inc, spun off from Rockwell Semi in 1/99

Rockwell Semiconductor Div. purchased Brooktree on 9/25/96

Product Applications Engineer I

Applications Engineer I

Sr. Applications Technician

Sr. Technician - Brooktree Corp.

Shomi Corp. 6-90 to 2-91 Video special effects custom house, startup,

provided secondary income working as a production Technician, testing and

troubleshooting assembly line defects.

Pulsar Video Systems, Inc 3-88 to 2-91 - Projection TV Mfr.

Engineering Technician, in engineering dept of one. Designed 3 new video

decoder boards with built-in test generator, including multi-standard board

decoding PAL, SECAM, NTSC, 3.58 and 4.43 and S-VHS. Added IR digital remote

functions, adapted new style CRT's, yokes, to accommodate purchasing

requirements. Wrote production test procedures, revised power supply.

Handled design, schematic, breadboard, troubleshooting, checking out

prints, films, PC layouts, P/L, BOM's, prototypes, first articles, and

component engineering. Also ran service dept, handling phone and actual

repairs. Provided all sustaining and production engineering.

Electronics Diversified 11/87 to 3/88 TV repair shop. Sole technician in

shop with goal to repair 8 sets/day.

M/A-COM Corp. 12/85 to 10/87 (formerly Linkabit) - Government Contract

company.

Technical Writer - Wrote government contract specs.

Technical Instructor/Product Support/Tech Writer - As Instructor, taught

week long class sizes of 10 to 20 customers about operation, maintenance,

and detailed service of computerized telephone switching equipment.

Developed and maintained course curriculum and supporting documentation for

all courses taught. Helped develop user friendly software interface for all

products. As Product Support, troubleshoot, test, debug, field customer

calls, investigate and report special problems in-house and on-site.

Provide tech support to marketing for trade shows, liaison to engineering,

from field. As Tech Writer, wrote manuals, developed satellite

installation procedures, review manuals, and documentation for accuracy and

rephrase engineering release notes for customer distribution.

NCR Corp. 10/83 to 10/85 - Financial computer manufacturer.

Component Analyst - Evaluated and approved components and vendors, wrote

procurement specs. Researched components for new designs. Acting

engineering rep at design and material reviews. Established testing

techniques for cables, documented problem areas in process flow.

ERA-United Realtors 7/82 to 10/83 - Real estate brokerage firm.

Realtor - Top salesman for August and December. Sold 95% of all listings.

Cipher Data Products 10/79 to 7/82 - Computer peripherals manufacturer.

Product Support Specialist (New Products) - Technical expert on new

product. Recognized as single most knowledgeable "expert" in company.

Installed and analyzed prototypes at beta sites, assisted in integration of

product into customer's systems. Upgraded as necessary. Supplied

engineering with advance design criteria enabling accurate market entry.

Taught outside design engineers and repair specialists principles of

streaming tape drives. Received letter of recognition from important

customers.

Senior Engineering Technician - Performed prototyping, bread-boarding, wire-

wrap, etc. debug new designs; translate schematics, product development,

some machine work. Selected to establish formal R&D lab.

Pertec Computer Corp. 3/77 to 9/79 - Computer peripherals manufacturer.

Engineering technician - Began as sustaining engineering tech doing vendor

approval testing on rigid disk drives for mid-sized computers including:

Bode plots of voice coils, head crash tests, power supplies, drop tests,

packaging and product ship-ability testing, writing reports, evaluations,

recommendations, etc. Developmental testing of read/write, servo, and

motor speed control circuitry on disk and tape drives, including high speed

vacuum column drives, and aided development of Winchester disk drives and

various formatters. Generated wire lists, maps, translated schematics,

wire-wrap breadboards, kept logs. Worked closely with engineers in lab and

on site. Chosen to establish, stock, and run new lab in company expansion

program. Also worked in restricted lab developing tape formatter design.

Completed several company sponsored courses. Highly sought after from pool

of technicians for various projects.

Promoted to: Product Support Specialist - Technical rep on disk products

involving specialized problem solving. High visibility, high

responsibility. In five months, also took on floppy disk product lines.

Worked independently, with little or no supervision, often under pressure.

Analyzed and recommended improved trouble-shooting techniques. Wide

exposure to customer systems. Received letter of recognition from

customers. Installed, analyzed, and upgraded prototypes as required.

Radio Doc 8-76 to 3-77 - TV repair shop.

TV Bench and Field Technician - Head tech in charge of color and B&W

repairs and alignment. Promoted to manager after three months. Increased

business from 3 sets/week to 5-6/day. Changed clientele from low income to

very high income.

Autronics Corp. 3-76 to 8-76 - Small custom circuits house.

Industrial Test Technician - Production test tech for custom circuits such

as Boeing smoke detectors, power supplies, flashers, etc. Environmental

and reliability testing to customer specifications. Streamlined tests for

shorter set-up and breakdown times.

Dynamics Electronic Products (later Waugh Controls) 3/74 to 3/76 -

Precision instrumentation amplifier manufacturer.

Industrial Test technician - Production test tech on precision linear

instrumentation amplifiers. Op amp circuitry with precision filteres,

calibrated gain controls, some with digital indicators, and automated

digital gain control. Modified field units to military specs. Testing and

troubleshooting for engineering, production, and QC problems. Built

breadboards from rough sketches, troubleshoot and prepare reports. Prepare

and modify drawings and sketches.

Boulevard TV 1973 to 3/74 - TV, radio repair shop.

TV Technician and counter sales - Full and part time. Repair, adjust

color, converge, and align TV's, install and repair car radios and tape

decks.

Education

Pasadena City College - AA degree in Electronic Technology from Dept. of

Engineering. Dean's honor list. Cum GPA of 3.05 out of 4.00 poss.

Various additional company sponsored courses and training.

Additional

FCC General RadioTelephone Operator License

Hobbies: Cars, Motorcycles, property management

Current valid passport expiration 2012

Secret Clearance

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