Electrical Engineer Design

Chris W. Patten

**** **** ****** **** ********, Florida 34221 Telephone: 941-***-****

or 941-***-**** E-mail: ********@********.**.***

Objective

To contribute my diverse experience and knowledge of analog and power

electronics and embedded micro-controller systems design to the

success of an engineering team.

Education

Mercer University's School of Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a Computer Science

Minor

Graduated May 1998, Grade Point Average 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, Dean's

List 1994

Employment Experience

Lead Hardware Engineer

Jabil Circuit

Designed DC and AC motor control and power supply boards for garage

door opener, white goods, and other applications. Designed a battery

powered Zigbee wireless moisture sensor interface board for use in an

automated irrigation system. Designed, developed, UL certified, and

supported mass production of circuitry for an industrial 24kW HID

lighting controller capable of proving power savings and active lag to

lead power factor conversion. Provided support for metering,

elevator, and white goods product tear downs and redesign for BOM and

manufacturing cost savings.

Employed from 11/07 to present.

Hardware Engineer

General Electric

Designed a 100W, 50W, and 25W digital audio amplifier for a high end

commercial fire alarm panel. Designed an embedded computer utilizing

Freescale Coldfire processor for use in all modules within the fire

alarm panel.

Employed from 8/06 to 11/07.

Electrical Engineer

International Safety Instruments/Avon Rubber P.L.C.

Designed and developed hardware and software for electronic safety

systems attached to firefighters SCBA. Designed hardware and software

for an information display and PASS alarm module part of a PAN

utilizing the Zigbee wireless protocol. Designed a battery powered

voice amplifier for use on a military grade gas mask.

Employed from 2/06 to 8/06.

Design Engineer/ Hardware Design Engineer

Baker Electronics Incorporated/Honeywell International Incorporated

Focus on engineering LCD monitor products and related circuits for

aircraft and yachts. Designed, developed, documented, and DO160-D

tested: power supplies; EMI filters; analog video signal

conditioning circuits capable of auto selecting, DC restoring, and

monitoring signal gain; video controller boards capable of converting

analog RGB, composite baseband analog video, DVI, and ITU BT-656

digital video into digital RGB video in the native resolution of

various LCD's by utilizing NTSC/PAL/SECAM decoders, RGB ADC's, scaling

engines, and frame rate converters; video transmitters and receivers

using digital interface technologies such as GVIF, LVDS, and DVI;

CCFT inverters for sunlight readable LCD backlights; Assisted in the

design of a MPEG2 video streaming system capable of providing video-on-

demand. Designed hardware and firmware using the PIC assembly

language for an embedded micro-controller video synchronization

product for general aviation installs.

Employed from 3/01 to 2/06.

Electrical Engineer

Sony Electronics Incorporated

Designed, developed, and supported mass-production of automatic CRT

convergence hardware and firmware in an embedded micro-controller

system for various models of HDTV projection televisions. Designed an

algorithm which reduced convergence adjustment time from 30 to 5

seconds. Wrote an application for and received patents for concepts,

later turned application, for an automatic CRT convergence system for

projection HDTV's.

Employed from 7/98 to 8/00.

Computer Experience

Programs: Mentor Graphics Veribest, AutoCAD, OrCAD, Cadence, and

Allegro. Various IDE's. Most office, inventory, and documentation

programs.

Languages: C++, Intel x86, PIC and Sony SPC700 Assembly, PIC

assembly, Visual Basic, and various scripting languages for production

test.

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