Engineer Design

Richard H. Bruning

** ******* ***** ****, ********, NY 14450

585-***-**** ********@*********.**.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Skilled professional in electrical engineering and mechatronics.

Accomplished and versatile in precision opto-electromechanical product

development, R&D and metrology serving the semiconductor, optical and

military/aerospace industries.

SKILLS

Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics

Design of electromechanical systems, through prototyping, integration,

troubleshooting & production.

Motion control, automation, interfacing, analog and digital design,

schematic capture, embedded software, microcontrollers, assembly language

Test Set Design, Instrumentation and Measurement

Precision test fixture design, tolerancing, uncertainty analysis

Test automation and user interfacing utilizing National Instruments

LabWindows, ANSI C, Active X

Image acquisition, data acquisition, processing and analysis

Experience with optical benches, interferomety and Class 100 clean room

environments

Laser Measurement and Radiometry

IR, VIS, UV, DUV, pulsed and CW laser experience

Pyroelectric, Si Photodiode, PMT and thermopile detectors

Experience with NIST standards and traceability

EXPERIENCE

Corning Tropel Corporation 2001 ~ 2009

Fairport, NY

Sr. Systems Engineer; System Testing and Metrology

Test station design, integration and qualification for the automated

testing of precision semiconductor industry and military/aerospace

products.

. Participated in the design and construction of test stations that

quantified the optical, electrical and mechanical performance of our

products.

. Developed test station electronics for the automation, control and

synchronization of multiple cameras, stage axes, actuators and sensors.

. Authored automated testing software that simultaneously controlled test

station hardware, gathered and processed data, minimized human error and

archived customer required data for SPC.

. Performed extensive uncertainty analyses, calibration and qualification

of customer funded test stations.

. Developed and executed life-testing studies guiding commercial decisions

and improving internal processes.

. Presented work at customer design reviews and technical forums.

Sr. Systems Engineer; Product Development

Product development for precision opto-electromechanical systems.

. Recent projects include 266nm precision multi-parameter laser beam

conditioner, Mil-spec motorized VIS zoom lens, and multiple 193nm modules.

. Responsibilities included customer interfacing, component selection,

design, design reviews, schematics, prototyping and testing.

. Interfaced with optical and mechanical engineers to integrate actuators

and sensors into final products.

Sr. Systems Engineer; R&D

Conducted research in 193nm radiometry

. Completed NIST laser measurement training

. Worked on development of 193nm integrating sphere

. Performed extensive qualification of commercial Si-Photodiode, up-

conversion and pyroelectric transducers improving internal metrology.

Turnstone Systems 1999 ~ 2001

Santa Clara, CA

Electronic Design Engineer

Designed DSL multiplexing boards for a startup telecom company

. Developed a 24x24 line telecom-hardened multiplexing board

. Verified board operation to current telecom standards, Hi-Pot, EMI,

isolation and flame tests

KLA-Tencor 1996 ~ 1999

San Jose, CA

Electronic Design Engineer

Designed timing and actuator boards for a market leading semiconductor

equipment company

. Member of a development team for high performance video and data boards.

. Board streamed and captured synchronous video and data for a reticle

inspection machine

. Participated in the design, schematic capture, VHDL programming, JTAG

interfacing, and testing.

. Upgraded the system actuator board for the same reticle inspection

machine.

Xerox Precision Printing Unit 1995 ~ 1996

Rochester, NY

Imaging Standards Researcher

Designed test patterns and digitally quantified xerographic artifacts.

. Designed a comprehensive test pattern for a new commercial desktop color

inkjet printer

. Developed a method of digitally quantifying stray toner on photocopies,

leading an effort to replace subjective diagnostic standards. System

design utilized automated stages, camera, microscope and image analysis.

EDUCATION

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

MS Electrical Engineering, 1996

Focused on discrete and continuous control systems.

. Coursework included FIR & IIR filtering, adaptive and optimal control,

and digital signal processing.

. Masters paper on active sound cancellation

Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY

Dual BS degrees in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, 1992

Focused on combining electrical, mechanical and systems disciplines.

. Volunteered at Clarkson's tutoring center

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