Design Engineer RF/Electronic Engineering

B R IAN PRYBYLEK

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Versatile and dedicated engineering professional highly committed to

excellence

w ith a proven t rack record of success in the aerospace and communication

i ndustry

PROF I L E

Detail -oriented, well organized team leader with extensive experience providing support

for electrical system applications. Adept at multi tasking a variety of challenges while

assuming ownership of assignments and the responsibility of seeing project through to

completion. Strong in terpersonal and communication skills.

EXPER I E NCE

Northrop Grumman/Norden Systems, Norwalk, CT 2003 -

P resent

Senior RF/Electronics Engineer

Senior Engineer for the AN/APN-241 Radar System RF Section with more than one

t housand systems delivered and a customer base of over 20 nations, the AN/APN-241

remains the most versatile mul ti-mode radar system in the industry

• Successfully designed changes to improve the APN-241 program on the most

challenging RF-related faults and worked to ensure reliability and productivity

• Significantly reduced RP CAL System Failures in Receiver Modules from 85%

failure rate to 5% failure rate due to analysis and implementing the proper

E ngineering Change notices.

• Lead Engineer for the New Warner Robins RF Test station.

• Worked closely with customers and end-users including the C-103J Prime Lockheed

M art in, the C-27JCo-Primes, Alenia, L3 Communications (USAF), Warner Robins

( USAF), Warner Robins and NGTS private/public partnership (USAF), NSWC

C rane (USMC & USCG) and a vast variety of In ternational mili tary end-users to

assure production reliability.

• Expedites production faults by analyzing, monitoring and routinely being present

i n the Lab or Shop f loor when new product designs are being introduced to answer

questions and to give guidance.

• Design, build and help to t roubleshoot all three aspects of the Receiver Module.

• Worked closely with different manufactures on numerous Diminishing

M anufacturing Supply issues (DMS)..

• Instructed technicians on how to test, tune and t roubleshoot the I MA’s

( Integrated Microwave Assembly’s)

• Lead Engineer for Receiver I MA Manual Test Station,the Upconverter I MA Manual

Test Station, the Automatic Receiver Test Station and the Dual Reference

Source/Upconverter Test Station

• Designed custom circuit designs using OP-Amps, Transistors, Differential Pairs,

etc.

• Work with RF Amplifiers, Mixers, Saw Fil ters and Oscillator circuits, reference

source modules that include an 80 M Hz Oscillator,a 160 M Hz Doubler, a Frequency

M ul tiplier, RF Switches, Bandpass Filters, Detector Circuits and RF Amplifiers.

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• Help to t roubleshoot RTP RF System Failures both at ambient and under various

temperature conditions from Module level down to component level.

• Greatly reduced the Repair time for system failures and module level issues

• Knowledgeable with the use of all Spectrum/Network Analyzers (RF or Optical),

Power meters, RF/IF Generators, Oscilloscopes (analog and digital), Meters, etc.

C-Cor, Meriden CT 1998-2003

Senior RF Design Engineer

Responsible for various Electrical designs of RF (Analog/Digital) and Optical Systems for

t he Telecommunications Industry. Design approach consisted of designing the

F unctional System Block Diagram and all associated circuit ry. Circuit designs include

but not limited to:

• Directed Mechanical Engineering in the design and packaging of high Density

H igh Frequency Printed Circuit Board layouts where severe vibration and

temperature requirements were met.

• Developed, analyzed and tested Receiver and Transmit ter Hardware

• Designed Mul ti-Layer PCB Boards from 2 to 14 Layers (FR-4 & Rogers Material)

• Low Pass/High Pass Filters, Wide and Narrow Band Pass Fil ters

• RF Amplifiers, Mixers, Saw Fil ters Circuits

• H igh Speed switching circuits, sample-and-hold, and comparator circuits.

• Phase-Locked loops, Switching/Linear Power Supplies

• Forward Path Receivers from 54 M Hz to 870 M Hz,

• Reverse Path Transmit ters from 5 M Hz to 300 M Hz

• Custom discrete circuit designs using Op-Amps, Transistors, Differential Pairs,

F ET’s, etc.

• Optical Laser Driver Circuits (1310/1550mn)

• Optical Receiver Laser Circuits utilizing APD & Pin Fet Detectors

• Knowledgeable of H igh Speed Digital Circuit Designs and Layouts (from 155 M Hz

to 2.38GHz)

• Programmed PLD’s and FPGA’s for various designs

• Working knowledge of ECN’s, BOM’s and PCB documentations

• Responsible for wri ting Test procedures, test plans and various document for

p rojects from the R & D level to the finished product

• Evaluated, tested and resolved various ECN’s/EMC issues

• Worked closely with Sustaining Engineer Group to upgrade, modify and perform

enhancements to existing products.

• Worked directly with engineers, customers and buyers to assure that our products

would meet specifications, and that all testing completed with the allotted

quotation of the program.

• In terfaced with engineers/technicians to ensure that the products that were being

tested developed no obstacles that would decrease or alter the manufacturing f low

p rocess.

• Proficient use of P-Spice, Eagleware, ADS, MATLAB, Viewlogic and Visio

p rograms.

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Microphase Corporation, Norwalk, CT 1983-1998

RF Design Engineer/Video Circuits L ab Supervisor/Electronic Technician

Promoted to RF Design Engineer in 1989. Designed RF Microwave Hardware to meet

M i li tary Function/Design Specifications from DC to Microwave Frequency Bands. The

design approach consisted of designing the Functional System Block Diagram and all

associated circuit ry.

• Video Amplifiers from 5MHz to 8GHz

• Dual Log Video Amplifiers from 3GHz to 40GHz

• SDLVA’s (Successive Detector Log Video Amplifiers) from 500

M Hz to 18GHz

• Designed front End amplifiers using M M IC’s

• Designed Hybrid Circuits for use in Mili tary Environment

• Worked closely u nder microscope to design Mi rcoelectronic Circuits

• H igh Speed Threshold Detectors

• H igh Sensitivity Wide Band Detector Log Video Amplifiers

• IF and RF Amplifiers

• Pin-Diode Drivers and RF Attenuators

• Designed Temperature Compensation Circuits from 54c to +95c

• Fluent with engineering computer applications such as wri ting, debugging,

i nstalling, and using different oriented programs on various types of computers.

• Extensive knowledge in the operation of all test equipment such as scopes,

generators (rf/pulse), bridges, multimeters, frequency counters, power meters,

ovens(sun/tenny), etc. utilizing the RS-232, HPIB/HPIL Data busline to take

accurate AC,DC and RF measurements at various temperatures and t imes.

• Developed, installed and maintained the computerized RF/Microwave bum-in

monitoring stations while helping to expedite test performances.

• Monitoring production f low and maintaining accurate documentation as well as

p rocurement of new test equipment and other lab essentials. Scheduling and

d istribution of work assignments to technicians in the video circuits department

• In terviewing potential employees as well as reviewing and counseling present

employees.

OT H ER WORK EXPER I E NCE

Norden Systems, Norwalk, CT, Electronic Technician - 1979-1983

ED UCAT ION

Bridgeport Engineering Institute, Fairfield, CT – Electrical Engineering Graduate with

BSEE 1989

O T H ER I N FOR MAT ION

H ave held 2 Security Clearance, one is still active with Northrop Grumman and one was

held with Microphase corporation. I am a US citizen.

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