Engineer Quality Assurance

Thomas H. Patton IV

*** ********** **** **** ******** Anywhere in South East US

Hampton, TN 37658 Homeowner

336-***-**** Mobile mailto:********@*****.***

JOB OBJECTIVE

Seeking position as Quality Assurance Engineer, or Product Engineer in electronic products. Prefer

working in Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.

EMPLOYMENT

2008 to 2013 MCMANUS MICROWAVE, Bakersville, NC

03/08 – 08/13 Engineer/Quality Control Manager: Responsible for managing quality

program. Duties include maintaining quality documents, final inspection of

products being shipped, in process inspections, proofing of drawings (mechanical

and schematic), documentation of test and assembly procedures, and first article

inspection (AS9102). Other duties include component engineering, printed circuit

board design and product test & support.

1996 to 2008 MICROWAVE COMPONENTS, INC., Stuart, FL

09/06 -- 03/08 Quality/Product/Purchasing Manager: Responsible for managing ISO9001-

2000 program. Duties include maintaining all quality documents both internal and

on the quality website, preparing and executing quarterly surveillance audits.

Perform source inspections for all DFAS and DOD shipments including Bar

Coding and RFID labeling. Perform inspection of documentation for all orders

being shipped. Other duties include Purchasing and evaluating new product lines.

04/96 -- 09/06 Sales Engineer: Responsible for managing accounts, sales, forecast and

business development in North Carolina, South Carolina, Eastern Tennessee,

Southern Virginia and West Virginia as a distributor and representing a number of

major microwave component manufacture.

1991 to 1996 ENGINEERING and TECHNICAL SERVICES INC., Melbourne, FL

01/91 -- 04/96 Product Engineer: Responsible for most product lines, these include redesign,

modifications for special applications, all documentation and all test procedures.

Also Schematic capture and Print Circuit board design. Products include Antenna

Positing &Tracking equipment, Satellite TV receiver, IF Group Delay Equalizer,

Single Channel Per Carrier voice modem, C-Band Up and Down Converters.

1980 to 1990 MICRODYNE CORPORATION, Ocala, FL

05/90 -- 12/90 Applications Engineer: Design and modifications for Satellite Systems.

11/88 -- 05/90 Electronic Engineer: Design of Telemetry and Communications receivers.

11/84 -- 11/88 Junior Engineer: Breadboard thru proto type and pilot run and into

Production.

11/81 -- 11/84 Engineering Technician: Write test procedures, BOM’s and assist with

designs.

11/80 -- 11/81 Electronic Technician: Senior level bench technician for Telemetry and

Satellite TV.

EDUCATION

Community College, Ocala, FL Ocala High School, Ocala, FL

Major: Industrial Electronic Technology 2 years Major: Electronics 2 years

Following College took a variety of courses whenever time and work permitted. They include: AC-DC

Circuit Analysis, Technical Math with Calculus, Applied Physics, Drafting (electrical and mechanical)

and Computer Programming (FORTRAN IV and Basic). Also took a Correspondence Course with

RCA Institute of Technology.

MISCELLANEOUS DATA

Familiar with Personal Computers and software packages such as: Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher,

Visio, ACT!, Quattro Pro, Symphony, Generic CADD, Tango Plus PCB and Schematic Capture,

OrCAD, EagleWare Professional, Microwave Office, EEsof's Touchstone, AutoCAD 14 and Barcode

programs.

REFERENCES

References are available on request.

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