Dante Andalis
Union City, California 94587
Phone: 510-***-****
Email: ***********@*****.***
Summary of Technical Skills
. System, board and component level troubleshooting.
. Interpret schematic and blueprints.
. Initiates review and implement Engineering Change Order.
. Built prototypes from schematics.
. Problem solver.
Electronic Test Equipment and Programs
. Audio Video Test Equipment.
. Environmental Chambers for Heat, Humidity.
. Signal Waveform Generators.
. Data I/O and Altera programming.
. High speed Oscilloscope and High Speed Logic Analyzer.
. Cross-Talk Signal Integrity Analysis Tool.
. PC Server/Client Diagnostic Program.
. Altera Byte Blaster programming
. Corelis JTAG boundary scan
. PADS Layout
. Allegro Layout
. Zilker GUI
. Specialized Operating Systems, Applications & Languages DOS, Windows,
Word and Excel and console operating systems; UNIX; C; Basic; Assembly.
Education
A.S. in Electronic Circuit & Systems Design
Technical Career Institute, New York, New York.
Naval Technical Training Center, Class A School, Meridian, Mississippi
United States Navy, Fleet Training Center, Norfolk, VA
Professional Experience
CALIPER Life Sciences
April 2010 to Present
R&D Electronics Technician.
JUNIPER NETWORK (Contract)
February 2009 to March 2010
Engineering Technician
. Support Engineering on TX Matrix Plus router. Core Networking Project.
. Prototype Phase II brings up, test and debug of the Switch Interface
Boards (TXP-F13 SIBs).
. Debug and fix errors and alarms of TX Matrix Plus from cross
functional areas of Juniper.
. Debug and fix Receiver, Transmitter optical VCSEL (Lost of Signal
(LOS), Lost of Light (LOL), High bias current, CRC) errors.
. Taken ownership of the TX Matrix Plus upgrade (optics VCSEL modules,
Firmware, ZILKER voltage).
. Coordinate the machine upgrade with other departments within Juniper
Network.
. Support engineering on prototype brings up, test and debug of 4 x
channelized OC12 PIC.
. Support Engineering on Power Supply Power measurements of 4 x
channelized OC12 PIC
. JUNOS Command line interface (CLI).
. T-Series Platform Monitoring and Troubleshooting.
CPUTECH (Contract)
August 2008 to December 2008
Engineering Technician (Contract)
. Prototype bring up, test and debug
. Debug failure with CDL file, netlist, and PADS layout ( none schematic
debug)
. Corelis JTAG boundary scan
. Altera USB Blaster programming
. Rework and writing rework instructions.
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION
August 2004 to October 2007
Design Tech 3 - Lab Technician
Consumer Product - Applications Engineering
. Validations and RMA system testing of Domino Product.
. DRAM shmoo and memory testing
. SD and HD video measurements and system regression,
. Testing over PVT (Power Voltage and Temperature),
. Board level debug and rework for the Product Application Engineering
Team
. Assume the role of Lab Manager and has taken responsibility for
scheduling equipment, calibrations and ESD compliance testing.
TRANSMETA CORPORATION, SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA
(JULY 2000 to JULY 2004)
Associate Hardware Engineer
Customer Support Engineering
. Maintenance of the CSE Lab
. Rework support of debugging efforts
. Analyzed customer problem.
. Set up and tested the equipment (logic analyzer, oscilloscope, PCI V-
metro analyzer
. Kept the Lab stocked with necessary tools and supplies.
. Supported debugging effort of Software and Hardware Engineer.
. De-balled and re-balled BGA.
. Performed some testing of defective silicon
. Supported compatibility testing (TLC department) for failure analysis.
MICRODISPLAY CORPORATION, SAN PABLO, CALIFORNIA
(Jan. 1999 to June 2000)
Engineering Electronic Technician
. Test, Built and debug prototype circuit.
. Successfully completed evaluation kit project such as
XGA/VGA/SVGA/NTSC micro display electronics drivers.
. Debugged to component level.
. Remove/replace fine pitch components.
. Evaluate new components.
. Debugged problem area of the evaluations kit, and implement changes.
. Maintain Evaluations kit logbook.
IMEDIA CORPORATION, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
(April 1998 to Oct. 1999)
Associate Engineer
. Support Alpha built of Imedia's product
. Control CPU, Video Bus Remux, Stream Processor; including Burn-in
diagnostic.
. Support EMI testing.
. Established and put together equipment and tools in Engineering Lab.
. Reworked PCBA, conducted protobuilt and Conducted component
engineering.
. Support product tree BOM structure.
. Completed the GPS Receiver Interface design.
. Investigate hardware and specification needed for the GPS Interface,
such as the Antenna, the GPS software and the UL requirements.
. Procedure and Assembly Support.
NUKO INFORMATION SYSTEM, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
(1996 to1998)
Contract Assignments: Interim Product Engineer
. Conducted first production, bring-up, systems testing and debugging
for Nortel Mpeg Decoder & Encoder product lines.
. Conducted Component Engineering, Procedure and Assembly Support,
Purchasing Engineering Material Support.
. Manufacturing Engineer for Nuko's complex MPEG2
. Product, schematic translation, writing work process and rework
procedure, BOM checking, testing and debug board using video/audio
test equipment i.e. VM700), writing and checking ECR/ECO'S.
. Writing manufacturing test procedure.
. Support TURNKEY operation.
. New Product Introduction Team Member.
. Worked closely with PCB assembly house.
. Second sourcing hard to get electronics components.