Electrical Engineer Project Manager

Robert J Tuttle Sr.

**** * *** ******* ****** Wa 99206

Day - 509-***-**** Mobile - 509-***-****

Email – ******.*********@*****.***

Summary:

Senior Electrical Engineer with 25+ years of computer, computer peripheral design and development

experience. Proven ability to successfully design and manage electronic projects from conceptualization

to post production release status. Goal and results oriented with dependable leadership and problem

solving capabilities. Effective verbal and written communication skills combined with the ability to

build high performing project teams involving local, national and international design partners. Co-Holder

of two patents for Vehicle Dock design and a PC based All in One Point of Sale terminal.

Technical Skills:

Intel Architecture Analog & Digital Design Schematic Capture

PCB Design Validation ESD & EMI Certification USB certification

PC Functional Validation DOS/XP/Vista OS Microsoft Office

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PC Architectural System Design:

Oversaw the product architecture definition & design of an Intel Montevina based Semi -rugged

PC.

Served as technical expert for internal and international design partners to validate that the PC

design meets the Functional Specification. Communicated design requirements and provided

design direction which resulted in a reduction of PCB cost of goods by >5%.

Developed multiple Design Verification Test Plans to validate compliance to the Functional

Specification for Intel based PC’s. Completed all test plans under schedule to verify the PC

design resulting under schedule release of the product.

Participated hand and hand with over 15 internal and external core team members to resolve

interdisciplinary design issues reducing scheduled release by 10%.

Design Engineering:

Assisted Lead Electrical Engineer on an Intel Santa Rosa based PC that was developed into a

production released semi-rugged PC.

Supported the Lead Engineer in the development of the PC platform architecture.

Created multiple internal documents such as; Design Verification, ESD, EMI and Electrical

Stress Testing procedures.

Performed majority of Design Verification tests to confirm product compliance resulting in

release of product on schedule.

Participated as Electrical Technical Lead for the integration of an Intel Almador based OEM

Rugged Tablet PC into the standard rugged product offering, managing daily direction of

electrical requirements via verbal and written communication with international design partner s.

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Responsible for the analog and digital design of multiple production released Vehicle and Office

Docks for both rugged and semi-rugged computers.

Provided electrical and mechanical project direction due to limited resources which allowed other

projects to be completed per schedule.

Management/Supervisory:

Served as member of Storage Device Team responsible for strategic direction of all Memory

devices, Hard Disk Drives, Solid State Drives and Optical Disk Drives integrated into all

platforms.

Directed the Storage Device selection for qualification and participated in the design validation

process.

Appointed Project Manager and Design Electronic Engineer involved with CRT and Unix WS

designs by working with local and international partners in the desi gn and debug of internal

PCBA’s. Created and executed test plans and assisted in completing all regulatory agency

requirements.

Awarded 2 General Dynamics Bronze Eagle Awards for resolving customer issues of Semi

Rugged PC & Semi Rugged Vehicle Docks without delaying current project resulting in securing

2 separate customer accounts.

EMPLOYMENT:

GENERAL DYNAMICS ITRONIX, Spokane, WA Senior Staff Electrical Engineer, 1995-2009

Lead Electrical Engineer on defining PC architecture, reviewing the schematics, reviewing multi layer

board and flex circuit files and debugging PCBA’s. Verified compliance of USB, PCI, PCI Express, FSB,

FWH, LPC, LVDS, SMB, SATA, PATA, SCSI and other PC based bus designs using standard test

equipment such as signal analyzers, o'scopes, logic analyzers, data logging and other standard electronic

Lab equipment.

Electrical Engineer on multiple Vehicle and Office Dock development including defining the electrical

interface architecture between docks and rugged computers. Design and released both Linear and DC-DC

power supplies with an integrated USB Hub and RS232 serial ports for multiple PCBA’s. Designed the

cable interconnect system to interface these various PCBA’s. Created and Production Released the Dock

Developers Kit containing all electrical and mechanical documentation to allow independent design of

Vehicle Docks by multiple vendors.

EDUCATION:

Coeur D’ ALene, Idaho

North Idaho College Course of Study: Engineering

US Navy technical training (Basic & Advance Electronic)

Company Supposed: ESD, Lean 101, Ethics, Export Compliance, Power Supply Design, RTL design

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