Quality Assurance Engineer

Daniel A. Vergara

*** ******* ***., ***. *** * Long Beach, California 90804

* *******.**********@*****.*** * 209-***-**** EDUCATION

California State University, Long Beach

B.S., Electrical Engineering, 2017

LANGUAGES

Some Spanish, English

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Engineering Intern April 2015 – May 2017 Mercury Security Corporation, Long Beach, CA Quality Assurance Testing

• Embedded systems and control – Enhancements, bug fixes, debugging, longevity, stress, and regression testing by preparing command scripts for tester application; hardware setup and testing including: RS 485 multi drop, RS 232, Serial, TCP/IP connections with sister boards, OSDP, MSP, MagStripe, Wiegand, Supervised F2F readers/locks, output switch relays, and inputs

• TCP/IP & Networking – TLS, SSL, Certificates experience, Wireshark, Virtual Machines, Linux

• Worked closely with Software and QA Engineers, utilizing a Waterfall Software Development technique, then transitioning to an Agile Software Development technique while holding daily standup meetings as well as weekly engineering meetings to discuss individual/project progress and plan work for subsequent weeks

• Preparation of detailed test cases, bug reports, and application notes

• Customer support

• Knowledge of Security & Access Control Industry – Worked with products from HID, Honeywell, Vanderbilt, & others

• Experience with QA Engineering hosted sites: BugTracker, Jira, TestRail Sales Associate September 2013 – April 2015 Vans, Long Beach

• Retail sales including shoes, shoe products, aparrel, skateboards and equipment for men, women, and kids

• Various Employee of the Month Awards

• Store cleanup and organization

• Back room stocking

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

President Spring 2017

Electrical Engineering Design Project, CSU Long Beach

• Oversaw four student design projects – (1) Prosthetic Arm, (2) Prosthetic Hand, (3) Pathfinder,

(4) Mini Pathfinder

• Established project schedules, deliverables, class budget, reimbursement forms, synergy amongst groups, meetings amongst Project and Division Managers, conducted class presentations, reviewed and graded project deliverables

• Created 25 page student guide document: “Project Manager’s 400D Survival Guide”

• Secured $500 sponsorship from Advanced Circuits (4PCB.com) Philanthropy Chair Fall 2013

Theta Chi Fratnerity, CSU Long Beach

• Restaurant fundraising, Sorority sporting events, beach/alley clean ups

• Proceeds to Wounded Warrior Project

RELATED COURSES

• EE471: Design of Control Systems – Second integrative learning capstone course, focusing on the design of compensators using root locus and Bode plot methods. Design of state space control systems and observers. Computer aided design. Emphasis on written communication and teamwork.

• EE430: Analog Electronic Circuits – Differential pairs, current sources, output stages, and integrated operational amplifiers. Op amp applications and practical issues. Frequency response. Computer aided circuit analysis and design. Feedback amplifiers and stability.

• Embedded Systems

• EE450: Electronic Control of Motors – Characteristics of semiconductor power switches. Modeling and application of control theory to various types of motors. Bidirectional and four quadrant converter topologies for motion control. Selection of drives to control AC and DC motors. Uninterruptible power supplies and adjustable speed drives.

• EE346 : Microprocessor Principles and Applications Introduction to the design of modern RISC based microprocessors and microcontrollers. Programming problems written in C++ and assembly using the critical thinking skills learned in CECS100. Architectural principles learned in the classroom illustrated using the assembly programming language. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Electronics: DMM, Oscilloscope, Schematics, Wiring and Safety, Soldering Microsoft: Windows 8, 7, XP/NT, Microsoft Office Professional Misc: Effective Written & Oral Communication Programming: C++

REFERENCES

Available upon request

Contact this candidate