Engineer Project Manager

PETER COYLE

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West Dundee, Illinois 60118 Email: ******@*********.***

CAREER PROFILE

Proactive, resourceful Project Management and Test Engineer with progressive background in the implementation of new

product introduction and Electronic Test Systems. Recognized for highly productive results, determination and adaptive

ability to work independently without direction. Diverse experience and background in product test, design engineering to

global project management of manufacturing startups and product transfers. Committed to company goals leading to the

accomplishment of business objectives. Core competencies:

- Vendor & Materials Management - Intl. Project Coordination - New Product Launches

- Offshore Tech Transfers - Test Systems Integration - Extranet Management

- EMS&ODM Management - Mfg. Test Strategy - Staff presentations

- Product Qualification - Project Planning & Scheduling - Training of Foreign Personnel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Motorola Mobile Devices, Arlington Hts. IL. 1993 to 2009

NPI Project Manager, (2007 to 2009)

Conducted and communicated technical knowledge transfers for product qualification of cell phone products to a Motorola

EMS partner located in Mexico. Held ownership for formal factory product release authorization.

• Requested to liaise with Asian ODM&Motorola firms, planning the transfer of new products for assembly lines

qualifying over 25 new cellular phone products for the Motorola EMS partner within the 2008 Mexico market.

• Controlled complete projects, coordinated with EMS Team all activities and major milestones, resolved issues,

approved Engineering changes, ensured Test, Process, Customer Program Integration and communicated weekly

status to all internal and external Global stakeholders resulting in meeting established goals and objectives.

• Created work-around for bill of material system issue during new global system rollout issues resulting in continuance

of product introductions and ongoing manufacturing in a high volume production EMS partner.

Motorola Mobile Devices, Libertyville, IL.

Test Equip. Engineer to Lead Engineer, (1993 to 2007)

Lead Test Engineer involved with transfer and onsite setup of GSM&CDMA cellular manufacturing technology to various

Asian Original Design Manufacturer and joint venture partners of Motorola.

• Successfully implemented on time, Motorola’s first international China installation of Cellular ATE equipment,

resulting in a highly profitable cellular manufacturing facility generating high revenue streams for Motorola.

• Administered the purchase of test equipment, conducted hiring and supervising of techs, managed construction

of test bays, provided S/W & H/W debug, coordinated shipping, trained foreign personnel, performed on-site

setup through pilot run culminating with production startup and validation of new radio cellular product

introductions on time to meet scheduled Motorola customer market demands.

• Managed extranet website for Motorola products and technical information allowing third party manufacturer to

expedite and implement new product introductions into assembly lines improving setups to a one week process.

• Developed and collaborated with Korean factory team improving onsite technical expertise to significantly reduce

product scrap by 85% resulting in increased monthly product shipments and material cost reductions.

• Resolved a capital expenditure conflict by revamping older assembly lines for a South Korean ODM partner resulting in

a quicker and more successful manufacturing startup with reduced capital costs to both companies.

• Evaluated and revised a vendor’s robotic test system design to allow continuous production capabilities in the event of a

robotic system shutdown thus preventing assembly line shutdowns resulting in significant cost savings.

• Inherited an off schedule project and successfully turned around to meet aggressive goal to deliver new assembly line

to Motorola JV partner three weeks early allowing quicker production startup.

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Northrop Grumman, (formally Northrop Corp. ESD), Rolling Meadows, IL. 1990 to 1992

Sr. Engineer, Special Projects Group

Collaborated with a team of engineers during the design and development of diagnostic test programs and hardware for a

complex avionics system using Automatic Test Equipment for a leading aerospace defense firm.

• Designed the test link cabling system for the B2 aircraft engine start thrust test cart allowing the further system

integration of the B2 aircraft test systems.

• Chosen to design, develop, and integrate a diagnostic test program for a switch mode power supply,

subsequently utilized by the US Air Force for the F-15E fighter aircraft. Held secret security clearance.

ALQ-135 and B2 program involvement.

Martin Marietta Corporation, Huntsville, AL. 1989 to 1990

Software Engineer

Developed digital test programs for a large diversified defense and commercial aerospace corporation.

• Generated verification and validation programs for a Step Motor Controller circuit card and a Video Frame Store A/D

circuit card which required learning LASAR, a digital modeling test language, resulting in further system qualification

for Martin Marietta's Optical and Infrared Automated test station.

Northrop Grumman, (formally Northrop Corp. ESD), Rolling Meadows, IL. 1985 to 1989

Test Systems Software Engineer

Created software programs, integrated test programs and circuit cards for the Test Systems Engineering department of a

leading defense contractor. Test SW Programs used by the US Air Force. Secret security clearance.

• Wrote test requirements documents and designed the hardware interface circuitry test plan to verify the validity of a

power supply interface test adapter which required the quick learning and application of ATLAS, an IEEE DoD test

language.

• Designed a 1553B protocol data communication and a digital crosspoint circuit card for a complex VME based

remote transceiver under high program management visibility six weeks prior to the customer design

presentation, resulting in approval of future contract funding.

EDUCATION

ESI Project Management, Masters Certificate 2007

George Washington University

BS Degree in Electrical and Electronic Technology 1985

Central Missouri State University

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

Motorola Courses/Seminars in GSM Cellular System, HP Test Equipment, Clearcase Fundamentals,

Motorola Quality Approach, Ford 8D for Supply Chain, Quality Essentials for Customer Fulfillment,

Microsoft Project Fundamentals, Statistics, Six Sigma Foundations, Basic & C+ Programming and

The Motorola M-Gates Process.

Recipient of several Motorola Performance and Recognition Awards.

Software:

ATLAS, LASAR - TERADYNE, AutoCAD, VAX/VMS, MS-Windows, Lotus Notes, MS Project, PowerPoint, Word,

Excel, Access, Visio, Spice, Visual Basic, C, MatLab, MiniTab, Rational Clearcase, Teamplay and LiveLink.

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