Engineer Management

JEFFERY L. PROWELL

*** ********** ** #*** ******** TX, 75150

Cell: 469-***-**** *********@***.***

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Inventory and Project management

Proven Leadership and team mentor

Excellent communication written and oral

Intermediate knowledge of Earned Value Concepts

Engineering Research and Development, including new product designs

Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team environment

MRB, testing, designing, production and installation, assemblies, electrical devices, and electronic enclosures

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE

Technical

Project Management Wire Harnessing/Diagramming HP Meters and Oscilloscope

Schematic Capture Life Cycle Librarian Bench Tester/Scripting

Electrical analysis Electronic/Mechanical Tech System Network

Contract Negotiation AC/DC Power Supply Purchasing Agent

Software

SAP Pcb Artist 3.5 Peach Tree Microsoft Office

Pad 3.5 Altium Lawson & Catai Mentor Graphics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Designer/System Engineer, REDBIRD FLIGHT SIMULATIONS Austin, TX 2010-2012

Promotion from PCB Designer, Converted from Contractor through Technisource

Redbird configuration management as it relate to the research and development of aircraft simulation. Through research and

development of new and existing technical products were designed and produced.

• Responsible for material timeline from vendor, design planning, review and management of circuit boards

assembly.

• Accountable for test validation of circuit assembly and computer components, including documentation of

hardware prior to release.

• Proven leadership and management of team members in the development an integrated approach toward resolving

problem.

• Excellent communicate with suppliers and co-workers at all levels to achieve timely project delivery.

Industrial Control Technician, City Of Dallas, Dallas, TX 2008-2010

Accountable for the electrical power control system of programmer logic controls through repair services.

• Trouble shoot, repair PLC control panels & waste water vales in the operation of raw untreated water according to guidelines

• Replace circuit boards AC/DC to repair gas modular indicators.

• Acquire parts and materials for PLC’s, valves, large motors, and relays.

Client Services, City Of Dallas, Dallas, TX 2007-2008

Collect monthly revenues for the city Department of Revenue Financial services resulting millions in revenue stream from

several sources within the city.

• Instrumental in the design, testing, identifying software errors, and updating customer records using SAP.

• Coordinate end of day collections, deposits and delivered to carriers for pickup Produced daily reports for management.

• Schedule and perform end of month accounting using earned value concepts, transfer weekly reports and variances to end

of month reports, making corrections as needed.

Quality/Mechanical Engineer, Vought Aircraft, Dallas, TX 2003-2007

Ensured materials used for final product was of top quality and within guidelines and specifications.

• Used Earned Value Concepts to purchase, plan, and coordinate the repair of equipment used in the lab department through

supplier management, resulting in less down time.

• Test bonding material, adhesives, paints and oils for avionics subsystems, and prepare metal coupons for Stress reliability

and Material Lab reporting failure analysis to management.

• Review proposals, negotiate pricing, life cycle, select or recommend suppliers, analyze price trends, follow up on order

placement, Vought credit card limit of 400k.

• Set-up and monitor mechanical stress equipment, and thermal chambers to test adhesive, composite material bonding

sealants, oils and solvents.

• Inspected F-16 and F-35 wing span for F.O.D on a rotating shift as per supervisor; attend material review board meetings

weekly.

Technical Operations/Manager, Impact Circuit Designs, Richardson, TX 1999-2003

Business Management

• Lead teams in new hardware design, and manufacturing of projects using vendors abroad and in various states to achieve

cost effectiveness for clients.

• Responsible for the contract negotiations, vendor relations, outsourcing assemblies, and supplier management, including

minority small business contracts, through project management of new and existing sales orders.

• Prepare DoD RFP’s, RFQ’s and sales documentation and analysis project requirements, maintain the accounts budget by

establishing and distributing cost affectively, evaluate variance against budgeted RFP’s.

• Worked with creating a cooperative team in the development of new potential customers and products through Ventured

Capitalist.

• Administer business system network adding and deleting patches, update and store proprietary company data.

Engineering

• Developed, introduced new product designs/prototypes/circuit boards and assemblies, including military PCB designs to

major clients (i.e. TI, Andrew Corporations, Raytheon of McKinney and others)

• Participate in system test, software testing and characterization, interoperability test, and perform field performance

validation of designs.

• Expert knowledge of electronic assembly OEM and net list techniques using cost effective methods.

• Designed impendence controlled circuitry as per engineer, test and validate circuitry.

• Debug boards using in house test fixtures, Oscilloscopes, test analyzer, wave generators and volt meters. Designed analog,

digital, through hole, and surface mount technology, test circuitry with software package, Pads, Veribest, and Mentor Graphics.

Assembled wire harnesses, coaxial assemblies, and electronic enclosures.

Accounting/Finance

• Preformed all accounting, personnel, and tax functions using Peach Tree applications.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Printed Circuit Designer - Cerprobe Interconnect Solutions, Dallas, TX

Design printed circuit assemblies using Veribest, schematic capture and Pads. Designed 2-8 layer boards, set up design rules for

layout, and extract components from library. Interact with engineers to determine the rules and specifications for design.

Update library specifications, assist CAD/CAM engineer, knowledge of manufacturing PCB.

Electronic Technician - Boeing-Irving Company, Irving, TX

Responsible for testing aircraft printed circuit boards and power supplies using Sun System tester, A.T.E preloaded software.

Schedule checkout test package from storage using A.T.E. software machine number, test F-16 black box, or voice recorded box

for aircraft. Schedule defective circuit boards for second shift repair, communicate test print out to supervisor.

EDUCATION

• B.S., Business Management, 2008 Dallas Baptist University

• Associate Degree, Computer Information Software & Hardware, 2003 Richland College

• Associate Degree, Electronic Engineering, 1991 National Institute Of Technology

Relevant Training Courses

Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Aircraft Business Audit Leadership & Effective Communication

Negotiation Business to Business & Outsourcing

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