Engineer Electrical

BRADLEY TORDOFF ***** Hampshire Ave S #***

Bloomington, MN 55438

952-***-**** *******@*******.**

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Design engineer with MSEE; with experience in multiple aspects of

electronics design, engineering, manufacturing, and testing.

Continuing education course work at the University of Minnesota in Verilog

and Signal Integrity.

Extensive experience in medical, industrial and communication applications.

Solid background in all phases of product development, including

preliminary design, engineering drawings, parts acquisitions, assembly,

soldering, and prototype testing.

Proven success testing prototypes, troubleshooting analog and mixed mode

ASICs, and effectively diagnosing components using oscilloscopes, spectrum

analyzers, and function generators.

Solid programming capabilities, including utilizing ATE test equipment.

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and verbal and written communication

skills, including interfacing with all levels of technical staff,

manufacturer's representatives and management.

Comprehensive management of multiple projects within fast-paced,

challenging environments; team player who works well under pressure,

meeting cost-effective production expectations, and deadlines.

Passed Engineer in Training (EIT/FE) Examination for the State of

Wisconsin, 1996.

Industry experience include: Med devices, Semiconductor, Military.

Additional capabilities include:

? PCB layout. ? Parts Assembly & Soldering ? Analog

& Mixed Mode

? Bill Materials & Drawings ? Electronics Circuitry

Engineering ? Test Software Programs

? Electrical Circuitry Engineering ? Prototype Testing &

Diagnosis ? Schematics / Specifications

1 COMPUTER AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Spice, Cadence, Tanner EDA, Virtuoso, Allegro, PADS, Viewlogic,

Sagantec, DREAM, Mentor Graphics, Microsoft Word, and Excel.

Operating Systems: Unix, Linux, Solaris, Windows.

Programming Languages: C/C++, JAVA, C, Labview, Matlab.

Hardware & Technical Equipment: PC Hardware, ATE and ESD Test Equipment,

Oscilloscopes, Spectrum Analyzer, Network Analyzers, Parameter Analyzers,

Probe Stations, Environmental Chambers, Electronics Laboratory Equipment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GENERAL DYNAMICS, Bloomington, MN, Jan 2009 - July 2011 ~ Senior Analog

Engineer

Developed production testers for SATA drives.

Utilized SATA analyzers.

Debugged issues with solid state drives.

Developed test fixtures for powers supplies and solid state drives.

Designed ARM9 micro-controller based hardware to test SATA drives.

HELLA NORTH AMERICA, Flora, IL, Nov 2006 - May 2008 ~ Automotive Test

Engineer

Developed and maintained EOL testers.

Developed manual test fixtures for bench testing electronic modules.

Developed and improved conformance tester hardware and software.

Conducted testing of micro-controller based products.

CTG (Short Term Contractor IBM), Rochester, MN Jan 2006 - July 2006 ~

Electrical Engineer

Designed, in role as lead design engineer, two RAID controllers.

Designed voltage regulators, DDR2 bus, PowerPC bus design.

Utilized design for test (DFT) techniques developing RAID controllers. This

included use of JTAG ports (in circuit test), and Impedance coupons

ARDEXT, INC. (Short Term Contract), Tucson, Arizona, June 2004

Developed test program on Eagle test system for collecting production test

data.

ROGER'S SMALL ENGINE REPAIR, Belleville, WI 2003- 2005

GRADUATE SCHOOL, Madison, WI 2001-2002 ~ GPA 3.9

Details in Education section bottom of this page.

ZMD REINING, Madison, WI, 1997 - 2001

Designed electronics for implantable glucose monitor, cardiac output

monitor, and bone densitometer.

Designed electronic interface between cash register and alcoholic beverage

dispenser.

Developed micro-controller based embedded hardware based on the Zilog,

NEC, and Motorola .

Participated in the design and layout of analog and mixed mode integrated

circuits.

Layout of PCB boards for medical and commercial products.

Developed validation and production tests for analog and mixed mode ICs.

Gained experience with HP90000 and Crimble production testers.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Madison, WI MSEE, 2002

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Platteville, WI BSEE, Minor: Physics 1993

ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK:

C++ Programming Numerical Semiconductor Device

Modeling

Analog IC Design CAD Design Tools for VLSI Design,

2000

VLSI Design Using Mentor Graphics, Signal Integrity, 2010

MASTER'S PROJECT:

Developed bandgap voltage reference on a deep sub micron standard CMOS

process using lateral bipolar transistors.

IN ADDITION: ? MENSA member, 2002 - Present ? Amateur Radio Operator

1994 - Present

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