Earl Vance

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A highly talented and accomplished Electrical Engineer with skills in Electronics and Electrical Engineering who has successfully designed major projects involving developing new process, electronic circuits, electrical circuits and mechanical assemblies.

•16 years of professional Engineering experience. • Design Printed Circuit Boards & PCB Layout

• A Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering. •Proficient at FPGA & CPLD programming.

• Designed electronic Analog and Digital systems. • Designed cables with AutoCAD and ORCAD

Professional Experience

Consulting on R&D projects 08/13 to Present.

TAD PGS INC agency for Rockwell Collins & Post-Integrated Solutions

Post-Integrated Solutions Baltimore Maryland

Electrical Engineer: ALPS project - a large high speed automated mail sorter and shipping machine for the USA Post Office.

Designed schematics using AutoCAD mechanical for a 208V 600 industrial machine.

Selected and interfaced to microprocessors cards Optical readers, laser curtains, optical sensors, and magnetic sensors.

Cables, and main power inputs, microprocessors, memory, serial ports, micro-controllers, RS232 & RS485 ports, USB ports, new port designs.

Design included Motor System controllers, motors, power control systems and safety interfaces.

Define and design electrical circuit diagrams for equipment wiring. Flow carted circuits and systems operations.

Create Bills of Materials (BOMs) designed Assemblies, cables, and main power inputs.

Mechanical layout of power boxes and computer control boxes.

A Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus in Very Large Scale Integration and over 16 years work experience completing system designs.

Rockwell Collins Cedar Rapids Iowa

Electrical Engineer Government Services

Designed New Digital and Analog Printed Circuit Boards Assemblies (PCBA), cables, and main power inputs for encrypted radio designs which utilized FPGAs, microprocessors, memory, A/D and D/A converters, serial ports, micro-controllers, RS232 ports, USB ports, new port designs, AC/DC power generators and power interfaces.

Lead teams of engineers, Mechanical, Hardware, Software, Firmware and operations in completing the next stage in radio innovations.

Designed schematics using xDX Designer Mentor Graphic. Set schedules, worked with inside and outside vendors.

Designed the test systems for all electrical and electronic parts of the system. Testing software which utilized FPGAs, microprocessors, memory, A/D and D/A converters, serial ports, micro-controllers, RS232 ports, USB ports, new port designs, DC and AC motors, motor controllers, and AC/DC power generators and power interfaces.

Define and design electrical circuit diagrams for equipment wiring. Flow carted software, circuits and systems operations.

Create Bills of Materials (BOMs) designed new Printed Circuit Board Assemblies, cables, and main power inputs for test systems

(Abbott Medical Optical, HCL agency) & (Fresenius Medical Care, Deegit agency) Lead Engineer on Surgical Medical Laser Systems and Dialysis systems.

Supporting Engineering & Development Labs with strong knowledge in electrical, (FPGA programming) and mechanical aspects of design & building with Cadence Allegro Sigrity, Cadence ADW schematic capture, modifying and troubleshooting hardware.

Designed robotic systems, PLC, system controllers, motor drives and controls, pumping [gas and chemical], vacuum systems, environmental chambers (for semiconductor and medical systems).

Designed hardware interconnects and cable assemblies.

Experience Vendor interactions for component selection and ordering.

Designed experience in electrical and mechanical aspects of building, modifying and troubleshooting hardware.

A Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus in Very Large Scale Integration and 16 years work experience completing system designs.

Experienced in Managing system builds and defect tracking experience and Interacting with vendors for component selection and ordering.

At SoloPoint Solutions Agency:

Design 12GB test systems for hard drives. I was updating; modifying the environment chambers power and system controllers. It used micro controllers with {Digital to Analog Converters} (FPGA programming) for output control for AC motors, DC motors, power to heating elements and cooling coils and {Analog to Digital converters} to read sensor inputs. Like the speeds of [AC motors, DC motors] and temperature sensors outputs. I designed new PCBA schematic capture, cables, and main power inputs for environment systems that tested newly designed hard drives over a four corner testing stage of – 40C to 60C temperature and 1.25 VDC to 6.25V DC power. Designed a new 12GB interface PCB card that is used to load and read data from a high speed drives. The data port in the drives was a new and confidential design by the by all vendors making parts for the system. I designed PCB interface that made it work. It used eight Digital to Analog output ports, and eight Analog to Digital on the inputs ports. Each hard drive needed input and output functions so four channels for input and four channels for output are used. Spice tested all system

GeoLogics an Agency for BAE

•Designed a battery control system and test units (using National Instruments test units and Labview software wrote rev, 1 of testing code) and (FPGA programming) for BAE’s hybrid tanks and other military vehicles. Designed the test the system for all electrical and electronic parts of the system and also testing software. It used a lot of A/D and D/A converters, Serial ports, and micro controllers, a main computer, RS232 ports USB ports and some new port designs I can not speak about. It used DC and AC motors, motor controllers and AC/DC power generators and power interfaces. It had a Battery power system, voltages used ranged over [a low 1.25V to high voltages over 600V] and a great number of sensor inputs and cables. I designed a number of PCBA for it ITAR limits me here. Spice tested part of system design.

I did rev.1 of the code and flow carted the system operations Designed harness and cables for system power and control.

Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies at NASA AMES Moffett Field, CA 2012-2013

Lead Electrical Engineer [Researcher III]

Selected to lead top engineers’ from around the world on the design of the electronic and electrical sections of the EDSN Project. EDSN is part of the Commercial Orbital Transport System (COTS program), a low cost system that performs functions as well as higher cost systems. Using Orcad schematic capture, Computer Aided Design {CAD} software to engineer a single broad computer controlled signal transmissions system. The EDSN was approved by the USA congress to build a large Swarm of Advanced yet very affordable Nano-Satellites that Enable Multi-point Physics and Open Source Apps. EDSN demonstrate the unique capabilities of a swarm of nano-satellites; offers both a platforms for science data acquisition and risk reduction by being functionally distributed system to system.

Designed electronic and electrical systems for EDSN system

Designed computer control system for the spacecraft, Attitude Control, Guidance Navigation Controls Systems, solar sensors, UHF, S-bands, GPS Beacon, Power System Controls [both solar cell and batteries] and radiation recovery system. Leading design groups assigning jobs and setting requirements.

Design modified electrical/electronic engineering assemblies, layouts/schematics, detailed drawings, and specifications of difficult scope.

Problem identification and troubleshooting a variety of complex electrical problems with limited supervision.

Define, coordinate, perform and generate engineering test reports with limited supervision.

Perform engineering analysis of difficult scope with limited supervision.

Technically lead and/or execute engineering projects, including development of key suppliers.

Generate electrical product specifications.

Specify and review engineering documentation for build.

Design signal distribution boards (back-planes).

Design interlock circuits, signal conditioning circuits, simple analog/digital circuits.

Design cables and cable-harnesses.

Select and integrate sensors, control devices (motion/pressure/temperature), I/O modules, and DC power supplies.

Perform system and circuit level troubleshooting in clean lab and clean room environment.

Collect and analyze data.

Create system schematics and system interconnects diagrams.

Write device specifications

Write software specifications, test procedures, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guidelines.

Provide consistent direction and leadership.

Assess technical capabilities and competencies of acquisition opportunities.

Proposing and generating strategic technology development and integration roadmaps.

Developing tactical execution plans at macro and micro level.

Implementing methods, procedures, team building and motivation for successful implementation of projects and programs.

Aixtron Sunnyvale CA 2011- 2012

Electrical Engineer System Control & Automation

Lead Engineer in the USA for a new Process System with the embedded controllers design concept. Work internationally with three R&D groups interfacing the designs and (FPGA programming) so they functioned as one system. Responsible for the electrical designs of the semiconductor equipment (MOCVD) process modules, Cleaning process modules, Transport modules, power systems for digital and analog circuits, including heater, cooling, sensors, and safety interlocks.

Track record of success with semiconductor projects in the design, development and testing of systems.

Responsible for all system communications equipment analog and digital.

Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, Pspice simulation, ORCAD, (PCB and layout tools), PCAD, AutoCAD and (E-plan Cad) design tools.

Define system & board circuit specification, design and verification

Lead/manage ODM/OEM project

Schematic capture and layout tools:

Lead supervising PCB layout, fabrication & assembly

High-speed design and bring up experience

Lead supporting operation with existing products successfully designed a major project involving developing new process to coat wafers.

Worked in conjunction with Scientists, Mechanical Engineers, vendors, and customer to determine specifications for prototype designs.

Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA 2008-2010

Electrical Engineer IV / Electrical Project Manager

Designed the electronic and mechanical integration assemblies, control systems, PCB cards, [linear motors, rotation motors, and motor drivers] Power supplies, power distribution systems, interface systems, and digital / analog interface circuits. The system is new technology that changed the way computer video display systems are manufactured. The prototype became a production unit at Samsung.

Lead multiple concurrent development projects including VHDL (FPGA programming), project planning and budgeting, and multiple discipline resource management.

Digital design and the design of hardware for 8 and 16 bit microprocessors in the embedded area and associated circuitry.

Plan, execute, and control the project tasks, phases, and completions.

Experience with embedded systems, firmware, hardware, FPGAs, inductors, and capacitors.

Design and characterize optical/electrical/mechanical systems and cameras for high performance and high quality production.

Design circuits analog and digital systems to support microscope, and alignment CCD camera functions.

Used National Instruments test units and Labview software.

Pro Source, Santa Clara, CA 2006-2008

Electrical Engineer IV / Project Manager

Seagate had a contract with Intevac to design a new way to coat hard disk drives surfaces; the new vapor coating design replaced the old dip bath coating. Design all electrical, electronic, power, RF systems and control system. Design the source control, sensors feed back, power inputs and cables. The prototype became a production unit at Seagate.

Successfully designed a major project involving developing new process to coat hard disk drives.

Worked in conjunction with Scientists, Mechanical Engineers, vendors, and customer to determine specifications for prototype designs.

Prepared and delivered presentations on project to all departments. Set project timelines and milestones.

Ensured all designs met industry and federal standards, electrical codes, and other standards.

Design Printed Circuit Boards for robot control systems using Orcad, Capture, PCB Layout, and P-Spice.

Genmark Automation, Milpitas, CA 2004-2006

Senior Electrical IV Engineer Robot Motion Control R&D

Designed computer control cards for the robots at Genmark and their customers, created schematics and PCB Layouts. Testing and debugging control cards to meet customer requirements.

Designed Printed Circuit Boards for robot control systems using Orcad Capture, PCB Layout, and P-Spice.

Designed CPU-based electronic controllers with five CPUs on the boards.

Designing Analog and Digital Circuits, PWM circuitry, and debugging circuits.

Formulated system modifications that resolved technical issues and improved operational costs.

Work Horse Computers, Fremont, CA 2002 – 2004

General Manager / Senior Engineer

Determined client requirements, prepared bids and negotiated contracts. Set project budgets. Managed all operational and financial aspects of company.

Developed software drivers for computer interface boards, performed software testing for electrode-mechanical assemblies.

National Instruments hardware and software vendor.

Designed electrode-mechanical assemblies for wafer fabrication process.

Designs and upgrade of PC boards, robotic systems, computer interfaces, and control systems.

Asyst Technologies, Fremont, CA 1999 – 2001

Systems Electrical / Electronic Engineer III

Selected to establish and direct new group, responsible for prototype development and customer-requested enhancements to existing products.

Developed all departmental policies and procedures, performed all training.

Worked in conjunction with engineering, sales, and marketing departments, vendors, and clients to determine specifications for prototype designs.

Prepared and delivered presentations on project to all departments. Set project timelines and milestones. Ensured all designs met industry and federal standards, electrical codes, and other standards.

Designed electronic and mechanical integration assemblies, control systems, power distribution systems, interface systems, and digital / analog interface circuits.

Successfully led major projects involving robotic wafer transport systems and automated wafer management system.

Education

Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering, also BSEE at Northwestern Polytechnic University, Fremont, CA Studies focused on V.L.S.I. Very Large Scale Integration, digital circuits with analog support.

Professional Development Courses

Master of Business Administration Graduate course work MBA Core, San Jose State University, CA MGT450: Organizational Behavior and Management, EE461 Verilog HDL, EE510 Logic Synthesis, EE512 ASIC Design, EE505-506 VLSI Custom Blocks and Standard cells, EE508 VLIS Design (Floor Plan and Full Chip Assembly), EE689: Advanced Topics: IC Fabrication Technology, EE589: Special Topics: Solar and Regenerative Green Energy Engineering

Computer Skills - web site http://www.linkedin.com/pub/earl-vance/0/373/281

MS-Windows, Unix, MS-Office, C/C++, Assembly Code, Basic, Orcad 9.1, Verilog, H-Spice, P-Spice

Military History

Electronic, Photo, and Mechanical Instrument Repairman Sergeant, United States Air Force

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