KIMBINH HUYNH

**** ********** ***,

San Jose, CA, 95148

408-***-**** ac536k@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Position as Sr. Product Engineer which allows me to use my skills & experience in the industry to support new product introduction & sustaining engineering while expanding my skills and product knowledge.

Critical Skills:

Excellent problem-solving, communication and project management skills.

Knowledgeable in digital and RF circuits, SMT assembly, functional test, and RF tuning.

Ability to provide engineering support for both development and manufacturing.

Specialized in supporting Transmitter/Receiver products from development to production.

Ability to perform failure analysis and determine root cause of failures, implement corrective actions, improving yields and margins.

Specializing in PCBA troubleshooting to component level.

Creating & maintaining manufacturing process control documentation.

Leading and driving process quality issues to closure.

Analyzing customer returns for DOA or reliability related issues and implementing fixes to eliminate issues in the installed base.

Generate & maintain manufacturing documentation & drawings.

Optimizing the product tests in manufacturing.

Driving production cost reduction and quantity improvements.

Influencing & implementing design for manufacturability (DFX) criteria on new products.

Mainly worked on RF products (QAM boards)

Experience:

Sr. product Engineer, Feb 2004 to Jan 2018

Harmonic Inc, San Jose, CA

Supported Harmonic Edge QAM products ($100M revenue) during NPI, volume manufacturing, external contract manufacturing, and RMA failure analysis.

Assisted R&D in test & debug of engineering prototypes & pilot units prior to production release.

Performed engineering qualification test including functional, Burn-in, final, performance, thermal, vibration and reliability tests to ensure product quality.

Performed component change modeling, characterization, and performance testing &analysis before implementing engineering changes.

Closely worked with CM’s in support of & improving processes - SMT, assembly, soldering, test, debug, and QA to ensure product outgoing quality & reliability & improving first pass yields.

Set up test fixture and stations in production and at external contract manufacturing, providing training and ongoing support to CM’s test engineers & technicians.

Developed Out of Box Audit & On-going Reliability Test at Production & external manufacturing sites.

Performed test data trend analysis & capacity analysis & optimized test programs, reduced test time, and made yield improvement.

Performed failure analysis & identified root cause on many production failures and costumer returns with design, process, supplier quality issues & made improvements.

Travelled to Harmonic design centers worldwide & also external contract manufacturers and costumer sites to support both production and field resolutions.

Product Engineer, Oct 2000 to Feb 2004

Celestica, San Jose, CA

Set up test fixtures and stations in production

Performed failure analysis & identified root cause on production failures and costumer returns with design, process, or supplier’s quality. Implemented changes & improved quality.

Closely worked with OEM’s supporting & improving processes including SMT, assembly, soldering, test, debug, and QA.

Worked on Harmonic, Cisco and Nokia products

Product Engineer, Mar 1997 to Oct 2000

Electromax, San Jose, CA

Managed all technicians and test stations in production.

Worked on Redback Network product.

Sr. Technician, Jan 1995 to Mar 1997

Solectron, San Jose, CA

Worked on Cisco products (Cisco 1000, 4000, 5000 and 7000).

Education:

MBA: National University of America, South California 1997-2001

BA Chemistry: University of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam 1985- 1989

Chemistry High School Teacher: Thanh My Tay, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam 1989-1991

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