Engineer Test

Howard Hulett

**** ********** ***** 512-***-****

Austin, TX 78747 ******.********@*****.***

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

OBJECTIVE

To provide high level engineering services in product introduction,

manufacturing, system debug, customer interface, or presales engineering.

To be very creative in problem solving.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Manufacturing/test engineer with over 10 years of experience in test

program development and new product development. Excel at developing

hardware, software, and processes for new product development, while

keeping the design-to-market time to a minimum. Effectively interfaces

with customers and with international cross-functional teams, consisting

of sales, engineering, manufacturing, quality, and marketing. Proven

ability to learn and operate any device tester. Reliable, versatile,

energetic, team player who focuses on meeting production schedules to

achieve bottom-line results and simultaneously building strong business

relationships.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

CELESTICA, Austin, Texas

2011 to 2012

Factory Control

. FAI documentation control

. Labor quotation and equipment costs and BOM analysis

Test Engineer

Functional test for avionics and military applications on circuit card

assemblies

Firmware install and test

. Hi-Pot testing

. JTAG testing

. Boundary Scan testing

. Customer interface

. New product introduction

. Setup, calibrate, and maintain test equipment

. Six Sigma

. Yield analysis with root cause investigation

KING TIGER TECHNOLOGY, Austin, Texas 2004 to 2009

Sr. Field Applications Engineer/Test Engineer

. Tester design debug for memory testers

. Customized tester solutions for dynamic memory, both device and module

. Experienced in DRAM and SRAM

. DDR,DDR2,DDR3 device technologies

. DIMM, SODIMM, FBDIMM module testing

. Parametric testing

. Prototype debug and testing

. March,Butterfly,Scan,Pingpong,Jump,Shift functional patterns

. Create unique test patterns and test flows for customer specific needs

. Install and debug memory testers

. Labview interface

. Pre-sale support for potential new customers

. Provided after sale technical and customer support

. Failure analysis support for customer returns

. Customer training provided onsite and in-house

. Familiar with JEDEC specifications

. Motherboard testing

. Debugged test programs, verified specifications and patterns,

performed correlations, and reduced test time

. Set up test flows for unique customer requests

. Raw memory module testing for capacitors and resistors

. BIOS and firmware modifications

MOTOROLA Semiconductor Products Sector, Austin, Texas 1996 to 2003

Product/Test Engineer for several PowerPC microprocessors

. Tracked and maintained final test yields to 95%

. Rewrote tester communications software to improve program download

time and eliminate errors

. Researched and correlated new equipment for new processes

. Wrote SQL programs for data analysis

. GPIB interface

. Improved the test process by eliminated test steps, reducing costs by

12% and decreasing cycle time by 6 hours

. Provided yield analysis by tracking and maintaining final test yields

to 98%

. Used functional testing to monitor speed distributions and performed

corrective actions when levels were exceeded

. Vector based testing

. Test pattern development of JTAG, BIST, ABIST, DCSCAN, ACSCAN,

boundary scan, and LSRL functional tests

. Debugged test programs, verified specifications and patterns, reduced

test time, and verified new software upgrades

. System correlation performed by tester-to-tester, test step, and

program to ensure correlation to within 4%

. Designed and set up test flows to address specific customer

requirements

. Performed characterizations on several PowerPC devices to verify the

operational specifications

. Setup procedure that correlated parametric and functional probe tests

to final test speed sort at temperature

. Eliminated the requirement for burn-in for various devices

. Generated PERL extraction scripts for data collection (mining)

. MIL-SPEC and environmental testing

. Successfully introduced several versions of the G3/G4

microprocessors to production

. Probed versions of G3/G4 first silicon, responsible for both hardware

and software while meeting aggressive design-to-market schedules

. Coordinated qualifications for new front-end and back-end

manufacturing processes

. Managed cross-functional teams for quality improvement and customer

concerns

. Established and maintained bill-of-materials (BOMs)

. Loadboard and PCB design and verification for microprocessors for

effective device, capacitor, resistor, and trace layout

CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR, Round Rock, Texas 1994 to 1996

Test Engineer for PLDs, EPROMs, and SRAMs in probe area

. Supported and maintained several products to end of life

. Developed test programs and test plans to improve test coverage and

reduced test time

. Built an excellent working relationship with customers

. Interfaced closely with manufacturing to resolve issues in a timely

manner

. Provided test data for RMA (Failure Analysis)

. Used SPC for process control

. Performed statistical analysis to improve test coverage

. Experienced in both cantilever and cobra probe technologies

. Experienced in wire bonding, flip chip, and BGA assemblies

. Developed boot test library for system testing

. An ardent follower of Six Sigma process

. Participated in ISO 9001 qualifications and audits

. Worked with a large array of different testers/handlers/probers

. Managed four technicians for a three shift coverage

. Supervised product, programs, and staff

. Maintained manufacturing rejects to a low of 200 failures per billion

. Worked with returned products to create feedback for quality

improvement

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testers: Teradyne logic and memory testers, Versatest memory tester,

Advantest memory and logic testers, Verigy logic and memory testers, King

Tiger KT-Pro memory testers

Programming Languages: Proficient in C and Perl programming in a UNIX

environment

Operating Systems: Unix, Windows

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology, Electrical Option

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Electives emphasized engineering/manufacturing techniques

CCNA Certification 2011

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