Quality Engineer I

PHILIP E. CLARK, JR.

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**************@*****.*** 970-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/philipeclarkjr

SUMMARY

I am a hands-on and highly experienced quality and verification associate engineer with strengths in parametric analysis of RFID products using electrical, functional and environmental criteria. Visual, written, and verbal learning are part of my skill set when working independently or in a team to meet deadlines. I have successfully collaborated with design engineers, product marketing, and manufacturing engineers to develop engineering processes and test procedures. I am a dauntless investigator and thrive in fast-paced environments that need sustaining support, detailed documentation, and quick through responses. I am resourceful, and easily adapt to priority changes.

Major strengths include:

Design verification test

Prototyping

Excellent assembly skills

Result Oriented

Firmware testing

Component qualification

Exceptional soldering skills

Windows operating systems

Software testing

Product support

Failure analysis

Microsoft Office Word & Excel

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Accomplished with:

DMMs: Fluke 87, 289 & Tektronix 916

Meters: B & K precision 878 Universal LCR meter

Function Generator: HP, Hameg, O.K. instruments.

Oscilloscopes & Impedance Analyzers:

oTektronix

oHP & Agilent analog and digital oscilloscopes

oHP 3589A Network/Spectrum

oHP 4194A Impedance/Gain phase

System & Software experience:

Microsoft Windows OS's / DOS

JIRA – Issue & Project Tracking Software & Firmware

Confluence – Team Wiki Collaboration Software

Bugzilla / TestRail – Defect and Test Tracking Software

Jenkins – Automated Build Software

Multiple in house Software GUI applications used in test

Continued Education:

Learning C# for beginners

Microsoft Virtual Academy Learning C#

Preventing Work Place Harassment

Preventing Sexual Harassment

Introduction to TCP/IP

How to be a Super Communicator

How to Minimize Organizational Risk

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HID GLOBAL 10385 Westmoor Drive, Suite 300, Westminster, CO 80021 2006 - 2016

Quality Engineer, I

Provide parametric analysis of Electrical, Functional & Environmental tests for RFID high and low frequency products to insure compliance to a given set of standards for production manufacturing readiness. Develop processes & procedures to comply with product marketing requirements. Collaborate with design engineers, product marketing, and manufacturing engineers to ensure a high level of product conformance. Participation with sustaining, administration & customer service to resolve issue as needed.

Experienced with 13.56 MHz readers using a multitude of communication protocols between credential and reader including: Pico15693, Pico14443B, Felica and International Standards Organization (ISO)15693, ISO14443A & B, and ISO7816 Smart card. Familiar with serial, UART, and I2C communication protocols (between microprocessors).

Reduced minor/major firmware test time in Design Verification Test (DVT) process, omitting redundant retest during bug fixes.

Documented DVT processes & procedures using TestRail (test collaboration software) & Confluence (collaborative wiki site) to archive reference materials, work & operating instructions for easy access by firmware, software & other department teams.

Setup and ran automated test fixtures reducing DVT time, for consuming repetitive read range and read quality bench testing.

Served as a constituent in a law suit for HID as an expert witness with customer codes in the low frequency Proximity RFID reader.

HID CORPORATION 10385 Westmoor Drive, Suite 300, Westminster, CO 80021 2001 - 2006

Associate Engineer - Hardware

Research & Develop (R&D) of RFID products & security systems. Work closely with design engineers to eliminate bugs & verify operation limits of new firmware releases applying processes like: environmental, electrical, functional, & parametric tests to reader designs. Procuring parts, component qualification, prototyping new products and troubleshooting hardware complications to root cause, aided by a strong understanding of documents, bills of material, schematics & electronic equipment are stable aspects of my knowledge base.

Collaborator in US Patent #8967476: Synchronization techniques in multi-frequency RFID readers used to coordinate, or manage activation & deactivation of multiple reader communication protocols within a single reader such that interference between disparate technologies is avoided.

Instrumental in adding a diode clamp to rectify a problem in a high volume product to save the company substantial cost in product returns and future problems.

Collaborated with hardware team to Design For Manufacturing (DFM) a family of low frequency proximity readers. The back bone of RF security readers, at the time about 70% of HID revenue.

HID (Palomar Technologies Corporation) 1995 - 2001

Research & Development (R&D) Assistant

Prototype reader hardware and procure parts for product development. Execute and generate parameters and criteria for electrical, functional & environmental testing.

Expert in low frequency (125KHz RFID) credential and proximity reader communication protocols including: ASK, FSK & PSK. Performed reader & credential read range & windows tests to perfect & ensure that credential and reader would perform flawlessly guaranteeing HID/Palomar’s high standard over the life of the device.

Hardware evaluation and research prototyping PCBA, CCA and low frequency RF antenna designs.

Tested multi-channel security system, provided hardware prototyping, and product test of controller & peripheral devices involving two way data transfer between accessories using low frequency RF coax communication.

Tracked and completed calibration of company equipment on a yearly basis.

EDUCATION

Aims Community College - Greeley, CO.

English: Eng 090

DeVry University - Irving, TX.

Major: Electronics Diploma, GPA 3.69

Honor: President’s list for 5 trimesters, Graduated Presidential Honor Society

Courses: Electricity with Applied Math, Pulse and Digital Circuits, Electronics

Electronics: Instrumentation, Hands-on Lab Experience.

Equipment: Oscilloscope, DMM’s AF& RF Signal Generators, AC & DC Power Supplies, System Analysis, Specific test equipment.

REFERENCES

Please see attached letters of recommendation.

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