RICKY L. PARKINSON

abolg9@r.postjobfree.com

254-***-****

SENIOR ELECTRONICS ENGINEER

. Power Electronics Test/Integration/Design Engineering

Communication Protocols

. Any Electronics Controls, Monitoring, Measurements and/or Diagnostics

and Repair

. Any Telecoms/Hardwired Communications Diagnostics and/or Solutions

and Repair

. All Electronics/Electronics Solutions

A self-starter with experience in system development, integration, test and

project management An innovative engineer with extensive H/W and S/W

experience, problem solving techniques and highly effective communications

skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES

. Functional Test Analysis

. Built / Designed / Integrated Test Systems

. Development / Debugging

. Electronic Manufacturing Functional Testing

. Statistical Analysis

. Embedded Processor Controls / Embedded Software Development

. SOFTWARE: Assemblers, C, Lab Windows, Test Stand and Lab View

. Test / Integration / Production/Test Plans /Design Reviews

. Monitor Product Development Lifecycle, Lean and 6 Sigma

Implementations

OVERVIEW

. Strong background in test, integration and production; extensive H/W

. Experience with embedded processor controls and embedded software

development.

. Experience in project management, test, manufacturing, and team

supervision.

. Installation/Integration/Operation

Professional Expertise

. MANAGEMENT/EXPERIENCE: Managed engineering teams of up to 18 people

in Test, Design, Integration, Manufacturing, Support

. HARDWARE: Custom and commercial equipment for IC to system level

testing and integration. Familiarity with rack mount/bench equipment,

system design, development and integration. Fiber Optic Interfaces,

Day/Night Vision Cameras, DxDesigner, PLCs, manufacturing equipment,

etc.

. SOFTWARE: ATLAS, BASIC, FORTRAN, some proprietary languages, several

assembly languages, PLC and LAB VIEW.

. OPERATING SYSTEMS: UNIX, HP, WINDOWS, DOS, VAX/VMS.

. PROTOCOLS: RS232, ARINC429, 1553, RS422, GPIB, Telephony Protocols

(SS7), 802.11, JTAG, etc.

. CLEARANCES: DoD and (NSPS - 2009) (Level 2) Secret - CURRENTLY

INACTIVE

EXPERIENCE

Boeing Avionics Integration

747- 8 03/2011 - Present

. Responsible for modifications, retrofit and upgrades of 747-8 test

flight aircraft to new condition for commercial sale. Perform

Avionics, Electronics and Aircraft Testing.

Misc Temp Employment and care of parents - dying father 11/2009 - 02/2011

. Electronics development, deployment and maintenance in Oil Field

Services Industries primarily oriented to Fracing of wells. Telecom,

Pump controls automation, Blender controls and automation,

transducers - pressure and volume sensing, etc.

PEO STRI - US ARMY

Interdisciplinary Engineer

Simulation Training and Instrumentation 03/2009 -

11/2009

. Performed Engineering functions to insure US Army training and

simulation systems were properly designed, on schedule, and visited

military and contractor installations for testing and verification of

military training systems to include Instrumented transportable

training centers, IED training simulators and IED jammers, and miles

weapons instrumentation - military versions of advanced laser tag, and

a large Fiber Optics Network (FON) for the overall communications and

automation of the National Training Center.

. Was responsible for prime and subcontractors to assure responsibility

and accountability for complete and integrated systems operations,

organizational level maintenance, logistics management, sustaining

engineering and modifications.

. Established integration management and test, operating support, and

support communications for multiple DoD contracts.

BAE Contractor

Test Engineer

Senior Test/Design Engineer 08/2008

- 03/2009 - Left for PEO STRI

. Designed, built and integrated test systems for Heat Seeking, IR and

other weapon systems counter measures for military and commercial

aircraft and other systems. Tested and integrated counter measures at

various military installations CUNUS/OCONUS. Created, managed, and

executed test plans for design verification and design validation.

Rockwell Collins Contractor Test

Engineering

Senior Test/Design Engineer 10/2007

- 06/08

. Designed, built and integrated a Sub-Level Test Station for testing of

Air Bus, Boeing and other Commercial Aircraft Ethernet and Avionics

systems. Resolved vendor problems for bus driver issues in ARINC429

and 1553 Bus communication systems. Assisted in S/W development and

JTAG program downloads and Boundary Scan Test issues. Wrote and

updated Production Test Requirements, developed schematics and

designed Test Unit Adapters working with tools such as DxDesigner,

Canvas, PDF, Word with track changes, etc. Assisted in test and

integration of FPGA designs using ModelSim and real design circuit

performance Developed and performed HASS tests and platforms..

. Participated in design reviews with design engineers, systems

engineers, manufacturing and other involved parties.

Raytheon Technical Services Corp. Range Integration/Operation

Sr. Multi-Disciplined Engineer II 2006 - 07/2007 - Contract

Ended

. Integration, Upgrades, Operations and Maintenance of

Automated/Instrumented Live Fire Ranges and Virtual Training Systems

Internationally for Army Tank and Bradley Vehicles

. Engineering Integration and Support for Shoot House and (MOUT)

Military OPs in Urban Terrain training facilities

. Involved with 6 Sigma and Lean projects to include RF upgrades for

Vehicle Player Units 802.11 telemetry and 5 GHz Video, target repair

technology at off range shop while instrumented into range controls,

DELL server and Raid Drive control room upgrades and maintenance,

Video System upgrades and maintenance, and Fiber Optic expansion for

control of Field Cameras, Instrumented After Action Review Theater,

377 target controls and Range Operations Execution and System Control

Rooms

. Presentations, evaluations and direct interface with Raytheon

Management, PEO-STRI, high level Army Officials, Officers, Unit

Commanders, Soldiers, Range Control and (FBCB2) Force Twenty One

Battle Command Brigade and Below communications Developers. Oversight

of the integration of systems sustainment, lowering sustainment and

operational costs, and meeting performance objectives.

Northrop Grumman Corp. Design/Test/Integration

Senior Engineer 2003 - 2006

. Integration and testing of complex electronic warfare threat

detection, jamming, avoidance, and targeting systems, ie. Electronic

Counter Measures (ECM), ELINT

. Worked with digital, mixed signal, RF, and IR in a variety of

integration and test platforms.

. Utilized tools and techniques such as processor probes, boundary scan,

JTAG, test executives such as LabView, signal sources, spectrum

analyzers, logic analyzers, etc.

. Integration/test leader for two ECM projects migrating from design to

production.

. Verification, test and debug for Operations/Manufacturing of

components, PWBs, LRUs, and Systems on vanishing vendor/obsolete parts

redesigns and new designs in support of factory, suppliers and/or

customers across all shifts.

. Developed and maintained test and troubleshooting procedures for

factory, integration, design areas, vendors and customers. Developed

and integrated environmental, HASS and other system tests.

Ericsson Inc. Telecom Simulation/Test

Systems

Senior Engineer 1998 - 2002

. Responsible for implementing and maintaining telephony system

simulators and emulators, ie. Virtual Switches

. Developed S/W interface drivers and test system H/W enhancements.

. Implemented S/W to connect traffic generators to emulated soft

switches allowing high volume parallel testing resulting in

significant cost reductions.

. Supported and maintained test simulation environments and physical

test plants.

. Provided worldwide training on test sets and traffic generators.

. Coordinated test equipment purchases, worldwide licensing, and support

contracts.

. Provided Network Admin., H/W and S/W and User Support for UNIX sub-

network and Switch support for 350+ test personnel

Student 1994-1998

. Post graduate studies to gain advanced degree and knowledge of how to

apply my engineering skills to the biomedical engineering field.

Medical Field Research.

Texas Instruments Defense Systems Equipment

Group

Lead Test Engineer 1985 - 1994

. Developed, implemented and maintained automated IC, PWB and system

test equipment, interface test adapters, and test S/W.

. Go to person for solving test problems in complex digital, analog,

mixed signal and RF/IF on missile systems. Key instrumental player

in divisions test automation.

. Instrumental in working with HP to establish a national board test

user's group.

. Member of staff representing TI in the development of the JTAG

standard.

. Supported factory/manufacturing, vendors and customers in test and

troubleshooting of complex test and implementation issues.

. Interfaced with missile users, associate contractors, other

Government agencies, and associated customers.

UTC MOSTEK R&D Engineering

Senior R&D Engineer 1983 - 1985

. Senior lead engineer of an electronics development team creating S/W,

controls, and electromechanical/robotic systems for automated

integrated circuit test and assembly.

. Managed the project from inception through implementation. Process

and production improvements were wafer mapping and bar coding for

automated die selection, high speed pick and place equipment,

automated handlers for die carriers, lead frames for standard pads and

vapor phase re-flow bonding, yielding virtually hands free, high-speed

IC test and assembly. Patents were awarded on these processes.

Texas Instruments Inc. Consumer Products

Electrical Design and Test Engineer 1978 - 1983

. Customized, programmed, and maintained commercial test and production

equipment.

. Enhanced automated axial-lead and DIP insertion equipment.

. Researched, designed and tested consumer products; Calculators, Home

Computer, Education Products, Digital Watches

. Developed automated test sets using embedded processors and finite

state machines.

. Wrote device drivers for the 99/4A Computer.

Texas Tech University School of Engineering

Assistant Professor (Part Time) 1980 - 1983

. Taught classes and labs in AC/DC, digital logic, various electronics

labs and semiconductor theory/application.

. Participated in research of Ferro-resonance and power transmission by

collecting, organizing and writing S/W for analysis of data.

Military - Honorable Discharge, USMC Veteran - 1975

EDUCATION

1995 AUC Post Grad. Studies Coral Gables, FL.

1993 North Lake College 40 + hours Irving, TX.

1979 Texas Tech University BS EET Lubbock, TX.

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