Electrical Engineer Technician

DEKE C. THOMPSON

**A Pilgrims Harbor, Wallingford, CT 06492

203-***-**** home 203-***-**** cell

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http://www.linkedin.com/in/dekethompson

PROFILE

Electrical Engineer with extensive experience working in a lab environment, creating test platforms and

testing prototype products, verifying conformance to product requirements. Recognized as a team player

and able to work, with little or no supervision, to accomplish goals in the time required. Experienced with

embedded systems, and digital and analog design, including FPGAs and CPLDs, in the Telecom and

Automotive industries.

EXPERIENCE

TRANSWITCH CORPORATION, Shelton, CT 1998 – 2008

A developer of VLSI semiconductor devices for Telecommunications and Data networks for the North

American, European, and Asian markets.

Applications Engineer (July – Dec 2008)

Serve as customer contact and problem solver during the evaluation, design, and verification

phases, assisting in bringing customer products to production.

Accountable for reviewing and updating product documentation to meet customer needs.

Member of Technical Staff (Electrical Engineer) (2003 – 2008)

Developed test requirements and procedures for new VLSI products, using device functional

requirements and design documentation.

Designed support circuits and ORCAD-based schematics for high-density, multi-layer PCB

platforms, used for testing microprocessor-based, high-speed digital logic.

Performed certification of devices, using Python and TCL high-level scripting languages, and work

with the VLSI design and software team to verify that the device operation meets requirements.

Verified conformance of analog circuits to industry standards for clock jitter frequency tolerance and

attenuation, testing over voltage and temperature extremes.

Documented test results, and reviewed results with the project team members, conforming to ISO

9001 procedures.

Associate Member of Technical Staff (Electrical Engineer) (2000 – 2002)

Involved in component selection, and schematic design (using Cadence/ORCAD), of PCB test

platforms.

Designed and modified programmable logic (CPLDs and FPGAs) as needed.

Performed certification of devices, working with the design and software teams to verify that the

device operation meets requirements.

Programmed in VHDL, ABEL, and MACHXL hardware description languages.

Received Employee Recognition Award for the Year 2000 for “Outstanding Contribution to the

Success of the Company”

Electronics Technician (1998 – 1999)

Supported lab operations, including PCB assembly and rework, lab organization, and maintaining

records for ISO quality conformance.

Developed test requirements and procedures using device functional requirements and design

documentation.

Documented test results, and reviewed results with the project team members.

Performed certification of devices, working with the design and software teams to verify that the

device operation meets requirements “beyond what would be expected of a technician”.

DEKE C. THOMPSON

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WALBRO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION, Meriden, CT 1992 – 1998

A manufacturer of fuel system components for the automotive industry. Customers included General

Motors, Ford, Chrysler, and the Asian market.

Senior Engineering Technician (1997 – 1998)

Developed procedures to maintain and operate vibration equipment for Design Validation and

Product Validation testing.

Selected to support design and development of new products by building Windows-based data

acquisition and control systems as needed, using Testpoint and LabView applications.

Engineering Technician (1996 – 1997)

Supported fuel pump prototype testing and development.

Established calibration procedures for lab test equipment.

Electronics Technician (1992 – 1996)

Responsible for prototyping and testing of sensors and circuits used for analog closed-loop control of

automotive fuel pressure and HVAC blower speed, as well as liquid-level sensing.

Designed a test fixture to drive fuel rail solenoids at a designated rpm and dwell time for stand-alone

testing of fuel delivery systems.

BEAUDREAU ELECTRONICS, INC., Waterford, CT 1985 – 1991

A developer of industrial equipment and controls.

Electronics Technician

Performed production testing and repair of components of a printing press monitoring system

utilizing ultrasound technology.

Repaired and modified microprocessor-based equipment used in the petroleum delivery industry.

Provided customer support and on-site service.

TOOLS

FPGA/CPLD design Xilinx and Lattice

Xilinx synthesis, place and route tools, simulation

OrCad/Cadence schematic capture and PADS PCB tools

MathCad, and Labview applications

VHDL, Tcl, VBScript, ABEL, and MACHXL

Proficient in high-speed digital circuit board design and physical layout

EDUCATION

University of New Haven, New Haven, CT, B.S. Electrical Engineering

Thames Valley State Technical College, Norwich, CT, A.S. Electrical Engineering Technology

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