Engineer Project Manager
Resume:
Richard Christensen
Wake Forest, NC 27587
919-***-**** (Home)
919-***-**** (Cell)
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SKILLS:
Test automation planning and development
Logic trouble-shooting
Electromechanical testing
Business case development
System and product integration and testing
Project management
Firmware and Software Validation, Functional and transmission signal testing and diagnostics
Programming (C#, .Net, VB6, C++, UNIX)
Six Sigma/Lean manufacturing (Lean Greenbelt certification)
Simulation (Verilog HDL)
Reliability concepts, Component and system DFT/DFM, Root Cause Analysis practices
New Product Introduction
EXPERIENCE:
Senior Test and Diagnostic Engineer October 2012 – March 2013
Phoenix Telecom Solutions, Durham, NC
Developed test automation processes for wired and wireless product lines
Project manager for creation of repair and rework center. Designed and implemented floor layout, purchased equipment and assisted in hiring of repair technicians
Team leader of Lean/Six Sigma project to increase efficiency of warehouse picking process
Test Engineer December 2011 – March 2012
Genband, RTP, NC
Primary test engineer accountable for the development and introduction of the G5 subscriber line product, designed to ensure correct firmware, software and hardware functionality and comply with regulatory transmission signal specifics. Fixtures were required to process at a high level of test capacity under environmental conditions with limited hands-on operation and log all test results to an archived file. A troubleshooting guide was developed to assist the manufacturer in fault analysis.
Test support for Nortel legacy CVAS products, including MG9K and XA-Core
Senior Quality Engineer June 2007 – December 2011
Flextronics Industrial, Creedmoor, NC
Developed and maintained quality engineering methodologies, systems, and practices to fit company, customer, and regulatory standards
Supported Quality System, including Complaint, CAPA, Design, Supplier Quality, Document Control and Product Release processes
Presented Quality System metrics to senior management and conducted weekly field installation quality reviews with customers
Trained engineers and associates in Six Sigma/Lean practices and lead multiple kaizens. Earned Lean Greenbelt certification
Designed and implemented test fixtures and software automation processes for new products, from prototype to production. Developed test plans, including scheduling and cost assessments
Proposed new factory-wide test automation system to integrate customer test tools, proprietary test tools, and online applications. System was approved and successfully deployed. Assigned as lead engineer to expand the system to other product lines throughout the factory
Test Engineer November 2001 – May 2007
Solectron Inc., Creedmoor, NC
Primary engineer for development and maintenance of a test automation system to remotely interface with customer software using RS-232 and Ethernet protocols. The system reduced configuration and test times by 60% and ensured accurate test data collection.
Supervised and implemented a new Nortel DMS-100 spare pack and frame test process at a Solectron partner test facility in China. Lean practices successfully reduced captive test equipment footprint by 40% and test times by 30%
Executed re-sizing project of in-house DMS-100 spares test area, which resulted in a 50% footprint reduction without impacting required test capacity
Primary test engineer in development, construction, and support of all Nortel MG9K line card test fixtures, designed to ensure correct firmware, software and hardware functionality and comply with regulatory transmission signal specifics. Fixtures were required to process at a high level of test capacity with limited hands-on operation and log all test results to an archived file. Entailed collaboration with customer design engineers and providing feedback on NPI products and engineering changes. Developed troubleshooting guide for diagnostic technicians that covered test log interpitation, firmware and software validation and reprogramming, board level component evaluation using visual and electronic tools
Provided test support to the engineering and product management teams during introduction of Teradyne Assembly Test Division and Semiconductor Test Division test processes to Solectron. Conducted technician training to introduce the new test process
Updated test processes and performed trouble-shooting for testing of Teradyne Spectrum ATD product line.
Developed and implemented systems integration testing for OC3 DMS Trunking equipment. Diagnosed failing product, performed RCA, monitored test data, drove test yield improvement projects and prepared technical reports
Simulation Engineer January 2000 – November 2001
Nortel Networks, Research Triangle Park, NC
Collaborated on development of a project proposal to bring hardware simulation in-house. Simulation was designed to emulate stimulus events from a live system to enable measurement of results from actual components under test
Diagnosed component issues on various product lines. Determined failure causes on critical circuit packs for the Nortel Spectrum product line
Student Co-op Summer/Fall 1997, Summer/Fall 1998,
Change Application Engineer & Summer 1999, Summer 2000
Global Dependability Team
Nortel, Research Triangle Park, NC
Diagnosed and performed trouble-shooting of logic timing problems using Synopsys simulation tools
Analyzed initial business case (product costs, yields, component costs and failure data) for the purchase of additional simulation equipment
EDUCATION:
BS, Electrical Engineering December 2000
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
REFERENCES:
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