Engineer Engineering
Resume:
DARRELL R. SPENCER
Chandler, Arizona 85224
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SUMMARY: A results-oriented professional experienced in the development and optimization of manufacturing test systems and in engineering and facility management. Effective Project Management skills yield completions on time and within budget. Recognized as a key contributor in improving test yields, reducing test times and providing timely, consistent support of systems, processes and projects.
Capabilities profile:
Functional Test
Environmental Test
Project Management
Test Development
Wafer Test
Software Development
Production Support
Test Data Management
Process Validation
New Product Introduction
Lean Manufacturing
Six Sigma Black Belt Trained
EXPERIENCE:
ST. JUDE MEDICAL CRMD (now Abbott) Scottsdale, AZ
3/12-6/17 Senior Product and Test Engineer
Re-joined the engineering staff and began facilitating New Product Development. Continued to be involved with all aspects of site test and was closely associated with the Burn In process. Introduced numerous LV and HV burn in designs to production. Conducted HALT/HASS testing for new product lines. FDA IQ/OQ/PQ validations for test and burn in projects were performed. Supported systems employed National Instruments environments.
4/06-3/12 Group Leader, Engineering
Led a team engineers and technicians responsible for microelectronic assembly and product test for the LV (Low Voltage/bradycardia) product lines. Process engineering included epoxy dispense, solder application and reflow, component placement, wirebond, encapsulation and final assembly. Product engineering focus continued to be yield monitoring and interfacing with developers to address software and test implementation deficiencies. Sustaining and development engineering of FPGA (Altera) firmware. DOE utilized in optimizing numerous processes.
3/01-4/06 Team Leader, Hybrid Projects (Test and Product Engineering)
Facilitated a Test Engineering team of sustaining engineers and technicians responsible for “round-the-clock” support of production test equipment for the facility. Fault Isolation, maintenance, modification, software upgrades and all documentation relevant to FDA compliance are responsibilities of the group.
Coordinated a team of product engineers and technicians responsible for sustaining both tachycardia and bradycardia hybrid production lines in the facility. Frequent gauge R&R studies were performed.
5/98-3/01 Sr. Test Development Engineer/Engineering Group Leader
Supervised a team sustaining production test equipment in a high-volume, state-of-the-art hybrid manufacturing facility. Heavy involvement with National Instruments LabWindows/CVI, LabView, TestStand, MSVC.
10/93-4/98 INTERMEDICS INCORPORATED (Now Boston Scientific) Angleton, TX
Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer
Supervised a team of engineers and technicians in production test operations for all pacemaker lines, both bradycardia and tachycardia. Responsibilities included:
Support provided for all pacer level tests, particularly the environmental test area.
Development of automated tests incorporating Optical Character Recognition, embedded microprocessor communication, signal processing and telemetry decoding.
Utilized HP FORTRAN 77, Microsoft C, Visual C++ and NI Lab Windows/CVI running in Windows, UNIX and RTE-A environments.
3/84-9/93 MARTIN MARIETTA AEROSPACE (Now Lockheed-Martin) Ocala, FL
Test Engineer – Provided manufacturing test support in the manufacture of missile guidance and control systems. Duties included:
Modification, maintenance, and programming of automatic test systems.
Extensive experience in environmental test.
Generation of procedures and documentation pursuant to relevant military and internal specifications.
Experience using dBase III+, SQL, FORTRAN, BASIC, and C programming languages.
Senior Test Technician
Test Engineering Technician
EDUCATION:
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Davie, FL
Graduated with Master of Science in Information Resource Management.
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Davie, FL
Graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a specialty in Professional Management.
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