Design Engineer

GORDON ROBERTS

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Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034

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SUMMARY

Ten years experience designing electronic packaging for wireless equipment across several product lines in

the Telecom industry. Demonstrated ability to work alone or as an integral part of a team to complete projects

with an aggressive schedule within scheduled timeframes. Excellent interpersonal strengths and clear and

concise communication skills. Team leader capable of pulling together resources to successfully overcome

obstacles and deal with crises along with a reputation for designing creative solutions that solve problems and

enhance efficiencies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ALCATEL-LUCENT, Whippany, NJ 1998 – 2007

Physical Design Engineer

Working from system requirements, developed physical architecture, design concept and detailed design for

circuit packs/equipment. Ensured that technical data and specifications clearly and accurately defined the

quality aspects of the design and that sufficient information was provided to enable procurement,

manufacturing and subsequent verification that the product conformed to requirements. Managed

prototype/models schedule and builds for New Product Introduction. Ensured continuity of supply chain,

tracked to improve delivery issues. Ensured that the design met safety, environmental and all applicable code

requirements and customer requirements.

• Led several radio, amplifier and digital equipment projects for wireless base stations where the team had

to gather resources, complete design and submit to manufacturing on time and within budget.

Consistently met all criteria with successful designs.

• Devised creative method of mounting all of the I/O connectors through the enclosure faceplate that could

not accommodate them all by designing a secondary PWB mounted above the main board to support the

additional I/O connectorization needed for the circuit pack while utilizing the same volume as a single

board design.

• Designed out expensive EMI solutions such as the use of beryllium copper spring fingers along the edges

of the circuit pack enclosure by reducing the uninterrupted gap length by introducing dimples (half

shears) or mechanical fasteners such as screws and press fitted nuts to the design.

• Enabled equipment to go to production at reduced cost by devising way to dissipate heat by using

inductors of larger diameter wires and adding thermal vias on PWB in vicinity of inductors to dissipate

heat through perforations in enclosure. -- rather than add cost to the project by adding forced convection

solution such as fans and associated circuitry.

• Awarded Bell Labs President’s Silver Award for the outstanding level of innovation and technical

excellence, demonstrated by the Flexent Modcell project.

• Awarded Bell Labs President’s Gold Award for outstanding level of innovation, technical excellence and

business impact demonstrated by the OneBTS common platform project.

NASA LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER, Cleveland, OH 1997

GEM Fellow / Intern, High Speed Research Branch

Conducted engine cycle analysis on a supersonic jet engine by using Design Optimization Synthesis System

(DOSS).

• Assisted in developing the methodology for a Three Dimensional Blade Volume Design.

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GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA 1997

Research Assistant, Aerospace Systems Design Lab

• Conducted research into feasibility of a High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT), the next generation of

supersonic aircrafts to replace the aging Concord as part of the Aerodynamic Team.

• Worked on generating Drag Polar Response Surface Equations for the entire operational flight envelope,

including a range of Mach numbers, takeoff and landing, for a wide variety of HSCT geometries.

• Presented findings at a symposium of government and Aerospace industry companies.

NASA LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER, Cleveland, OH 1996

GEM Fellow / Intern, Electrical Propulsion Research Branch

Test Assistant of a plasma contactor for the International Space Station.

• Assisted in the drafting of a Hollow Cathode Assembly.

• Assisted in the research and development of a NASA small ion engine.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY 1995

Student Intern, REU Physics Program

• Developed computer software to model the electron-positron interaction in the Cornell Electron Storage

Ring.

HONORS / AWARDS

GEM Master’s Fellowship

NASA-OAI Collaborative Internship and Fellowship Program

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for Minorities Honorable Mention

NASA Space Grant Scholarship

NASA Lewis Scholars Program, 1997

Engineering/Science Scholarship

EDUCATION

MS, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1998

BE, Mechanical Engineering, CUNY-City College, New York, NY, 1996

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