Engineer Engineering

PAUL M. BOCCARD

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East Hanover, NJ 07936

(973) 463 - 1239

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OBJECTIVE

Position as an engineering manager leading the design, development, test,

and manufacture of products utilizing microwave technologies.

EXPERIENCE

Aeroflex - KDI Corporation Whippany, NJ

Vice President of Engineering (October 2004 to Present)

Product Engineering Manager (February 2002 to October 2004)

. Manage diverse group of up to 8 direct and 4 indirect reports. Functions

managed include microwave engineering, process engineering, mechanical

engineering, designing/drafting, equipment maintenance, and machining.

. Interface with customers to resolve problems and exchange technical

information.

. Travel domestically and internationally to provide engineering support to

customers and technical support for sales.

. Review customer specifications and requirements with respect to

feasibility and technical capabilities.

. Improve product reliability and performance by directing research and

qualification of new materials and processes.

. Interface with production and quality personnel to resolve engineering

issues.

. Oversee the development of product bills of material, manufacturing

routers, and drawings.

. Release sales orders to production after review of manufacturing

documents.

. Perform failure analysis on returned product. Write / approve failure

analysis reports.

. Present reports to management on engineering issues.

. Review and document personnel performance. Handle personnel conflicts /

issues.

. Oversee the qualification of new equipment.

. Implement procedures for product development.

. Improved product reliability by instituting power handling verification

on all products.

. Developed Excel macros to analyze and process resistor trimming data.

. Lead Lean Manufacturing initiative by arranging training in lean

concepts, value stream mapping, 5S, and quick change over.

Aeroflex - KDI Corporation Whippany, NJ Senior Design

Engineer (March 2001 to February 2002)

. Designed microwave chip terminations and attenuators to customer

specifications for return loss, insertion loss, and power.

. Modeled termination and attenuator circuits using circuit simulators

(ADS) and 2-D field solvers (Sonnet)

. Solved production problems related to power handling capabilities and RF

performance.

. Verified product performance using network analyzers and microstrip and

stripline test fixtures.

. Implemented computer control of network analyzers

Litton Electron Devices Division Williamsport, PA Microwave Tube

Engineer (January 1999 to March 2001)

. Designed modification to focus electrode for traveling wave tube (TWT)

gun to reduce arcing. Simulated gun with Poisson.

. Solved production/design problem for an X-band reflex klystron that

allowed us to meet the customer specified modulation coefficient. This

saved a $400,000 contract.

. Served as team leader for the first continuous improvement work team that

focused on throughput problems on the TWT production line.

. Qualified a new vendor for providing BeO ceramic by performing pull tests

on the metallized ceramic and phase velocity measurements on a completed

TWT circuit built with the new ceramic.

. Reviewed inspection reports of incoming parts and materials to determine

whether parts rejected to print could be used.

. Provided production support by solving manufacturing problems. Documented

changes through engineering change orders.

Platforms: WINDOWS, Macintosh, VAX/VMS, CMS, and UNIX.

Applications: Sonnet, ADS, Word, Excel, Access, AutoCad, Reduce,

Superfish/Poisson and Urmel (RF cavity design), LabView,

FORTRAN, C and MATLAB.

EDUCATION

New Jersey Institute of Technology: Microwave Filters I

University of Massachusetts at Amherst: Microwave Engineering I and II

Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia

Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Physics

Master of Science, Applied Physics

US Particle Accelerator School: Physics of Particle Accelerators, Intro to

Radiofrequency Linacs, Intro to RF Systems, Intro to Accelerator

Applications.

State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York

Master of Science, Scientific Instrumentation

Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York

Bachelor of Science, Physics

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