Engineer Design
Resume:
Michael Malcewicz
Cedar Park, TX 78613
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. Experienced and Skilled Electronics Technician
. Skilled designer (electronic circuitry, printed circuit board,
and mechanical devices)
. Experienced in fabrication of pneumatic systems, hydraulic
systems, and electro-mechanical systems
. Experienced CAD designer, (AutoCad 2008, Orcad, Protel, Pcad,
PADS 2000, Eagle)
. Excellent Analog and Digital Troubleshooting skills
. Skilled and Effective at solving complex technical problems
. Documentation Specialist
. Skilled at using Tektronix and Hewlett / Packard Oscilloscopes,
Function Generators, Arbitrary Waveform Generators, Network
Analyzers, Logic Analyzers, and Bench Top Power Supplies used in
the troubleshooting process
. Skilled at building prototypes
Sr. Electronics Technician
Bench Tree Group, LLC, Georgetown, TX - 10/08 to 08/09
. Inspected systems and prototypes to identify problems and
defects
. Analyzed and interpreted test information to resolve design-
related problems
. Diagnosed and repaired analog and digital electronic assemblies
. Examined and documented design details for repair technicians to
use in diagnosis and repair of a critical components of
equipment used in oilfield surveying by Bench Tree customers,
that was no longer being manufactured
. Build, and maintain test fixtures
. Reason for leaving: layoff due to down turn in oil well survey
industry.
Product Design Engineer
Rosco Labs - Round Rock, TX - 09/07 to 07/08
. Redesigned internal parts, chassis sheet metal and sub-
assemblies for the Rosco Hazer, a type of fog machine used by
performing artists on stage
. Created a modular assembly system to improve on existing
manufacturing processes
. Special emphasis was placed on designing to meet North America,
EU and Canadian electrical certification standards
. Reason For Leaving: layoff due to engineering department was
moved out of state
Electronics Engineering Technician
Volt Technical / 3M-Visual Systems Group, Austin, TX - 09/05 to 08/07
. Tested and repaired component level analog, digital and embedded
systems using QA test scripts and video generation equipment
. Designed and constructed a non-invasive test system that
monitored system functionality
. Assisted in facilities reconfiguration to improve thru-put in
the testing of advanced interactive media display systems
. Reason for leaving: contract concluded
Semiconductor Equipment Technician
Pemstar, Austin, TX - 07/02 to 08/05
. Installed and Tested customer requested engineering changes to
system components
. Investigated sub-systems to ascertain the feasibility of
manufacturing the assembly in-house
. Repaired or upgraded Applied Materials Ion Implanters, Main
Controllers, 200/300 mm chambers, and ancillary AC distribution
sub-systems
. Reason for leaving: layoff due to reduction in workforce
Senior Associate Engineer
LaCoste & Romberg, Austin, TX - 8/1998 - 6/2002
. Setup and equipped a general use R&D laboratory
. Collaborated on the topology and design of a switching power
supply
. Conceived, designed and built an intelligent heater controller
circuit and PCBA.
. Conceived, designed, procured and setup a data acquisition
system (National Instruments-based) for metallurgical analysis
in a spring annealing test chamber(s)
. Designed and built a power supply test chamber, load fixtures
and heater control pcba test fixtures
. Built a vacuum annealing chamber
. Troubleshot and repaired pcb assemblies (thru hole and SMD) to
the component level
. Reason for leaving: layoff due to company closing and
discontinuing business
Design Engineer
Hybrid Microsystems, Cedar Park, TX - 3/1995 - 6/1998
. Conceived, designed, documented and implemented control systems
(programmable logic controllers, relay ladder logic assemblies
and embedded controllers (Motorola MC68332 )) used to control
the cleaning systems
. Setup an engineering lab and library
. Purchased components used in the manufacture of the cleaning
systems
. Designed and built test fixtures for pneumatic, hydraulic, and
electronic sub-assembly testing
. Reason for leaving: layoff due to bankruptcy
Design Engineer
OptoMed, Inc., Austin, TX - 6/1993 - 3/1995
. Re-designed the OptoDerm lasers embedded controller to survive
in an electrically hostile environment
. Designed the primary electrical distribution system of the
medical laser and dermal cooling system to meet electrical
standards ( for UL, CSA, and VDE) for medical equipment.
. A full documentation package (per FDA and GMP guidelines) for
the Laser and Dermal Cooling System was created.
. Assembled and tested medical laser systems
. Setup beta systems at physician sites for clinical trials
. Reason for leaving: Resigned with notice
Associate Engineer
Biometric Imaging, Mountain View, Calif. - 4/1992 - 11/1992
. Setup and equipped two engineering laboratories (one was electro-
mechanical, the other was electro-optical)
. Purchased of all system components and sheet metal
. Built five beta test blood analyzers.
. Designed a hardware and software user interface to a high-
voltage power supply used to control the blood analyzer's
electrophoresis process
. Reason for leaving: layoff due to proof of concept failure
Electronic Engineer 1
Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif. - 6/1989 - 3/1992
. Updated existing laboratory instruments to latest manufacturing
revisions
. Debugged and redesigned a prototype fluorescence detector (used
in a capillary electrophoresis system)
. Designed and assembled a multi-axis auto-sampler controller
. Designed and prototyped a 4 channel PMT controller for a new
type of DNA scanner
. All projects required a documentation package
. Reason for leaving: layoff due to reduction in workforce
Associate Engineer
Sielox Systems Inc. Sunnyvale, Calif. - 2/1984 - 6/1989
. Test fixture design and fabrication
. Component level troubleshooting and repair of printed circuit
board assemblies
. Installed new computer systems
. Inspected and corrected faults in system installations at
customer sites
. Reason for leaving: Resigned with notice
R&D Technician
Convergent Technologies / Unisys, Santa Clara, Calif. - 4/1981 - 2/1984
. Tested and repaired CPU, disk I/O, video monitor printed circuit
board assemblies to the component level
. Wire wrapped prototype systems
. Built test fixtures
. Wrote test and troubleshoot procedures
. Reason for leaving: layoff due to reduction in workforce
Associate of Applied Sciences - Electronic Engineering Technology
Heald Engineering College, San Francisco, CA - 1981
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