Francisco Medina
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Miami, Florida 33186 Email: *********.********@*****.***
QUALIFICATIONS
Electrical Engineer with more than 20 years of experience on electrical and electronic engineering filed on the areas of
research and development, management, product development and coordinated efforts with partners and ODM
companies. Self motivated professional, teamwork.
EXPERIENCE
NetTALK.com (2011-Today)
Development Engineer
• Developing and qualifying electronic designs on innovative concepts for electronics products in the VoIP and
Home Automation fields.
• Directed ODM in Asia for product development, which included product specs, designs, manufacturability,
testing and delivery.
• Directed the process of Manufacturing in Asia.
• Duties include all activities necessary to take a design from concept to production including: conception,
architecture definition, development, debug, and test issue resolution and factory ramp support.
• Responsible for electrical design for all concepts (schematics, PCB, test and manufacture).
• Responsible for design the prototype PWA builds and definitive PWA of assigned design.
Sustaining Engineer
• Lead the Sustaining team in meeting goals and targets for the department.
• Evaluate requested component changes through specification review and testing.
• Review and approve Vendor ECN: Receive ECN from supplier. Review and communicate issues to supplier.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis on reported failures. Drive the results through the appropriate team.
SnowLizard LLC (2010-2011)
Development Engineer
• Developing and qualifying electronic designs on innovative concepts for electronics products in general and
cell phones and tablets in special.
• Directed ODM in Asia for product development, which included product specs, designs, manufacturability,
testing and delivery.
• Responsible for electrical design for all concepts.
DELL INC / Alienware Corp. Miami, Fl (2005-2010)
As Product Group Development Engineer and Sustaining Engineer on the Alienware Desktop LOB, responsibilities
included but were not limited to:
Development Engineer
• Developing and qualifying electronic designs (motherboard, peripherals, components and custom solutions)
for desktop computer systems.
• Directed ODM in Asia for product development, which included product specs, designs, manufacturability,
testing and delivery.
• Duties include all activities necessary to take a design from concept to production including: architecture
definition, development, debug, and test issue resolution and factory ramp support.
• Responsible for electrical design of assigned system/subsystem.
• Support the prototype PWA builds of assigned design.
• Drive appropriate simulation and ECAD consistent development for your program and ensure consistency
across programs.
• Developing and qualifying electronic designs for Home Automation systems.
Sustaining Engineer
• Lead the Sustaining team in meeting goals and targets for the department.
• Evaluate requested component changes through specification review and testing.
• Review and approve Vendor ECN: Receive ECN from supplier. Review and communicate issues to supplier.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis on reported failures. Drive the results through the appropriate team.
• Assist factory and quality personnel in determining cause of failures, and monitor for failure trends.
• Determine corrective actions (design change or vendor correction) for hardware-caused issues.
• Write a test plan and conduct the testing to ensure the quality of the identified fix.
• Recommend changes for software and BIOS-caused issues.
• Drive the implementation of the fix through Dell process, and release it to the field.
• Work with suppliers to identify the fix for the reported failure.
• Analyze customer issues as escalated through the PTR process to determine root cause.
Beltyx LLC, Miami Fl
Development Engineer (2005)
• Develop a Zigbee RF Module to introduce on the Home Automation Area.
TELEDATA LLC, Miami, Fl
Development Engineer (2002-2005)
• Developing and implementing integrated Network and Phone systems.
• Developing and qualifying smart wired solutions for residential and commercial areas.
INTELLEC S.A. Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Development Engineer (1997-2001)
• Developing and qualifying test system solutions for Commercial and Recreational Vessels.
• Developing and qualifying a Power Fail Safe System for Distress System for Commercial and Recreational
Vessels.
• Developing and qualifying a system program for check the integration between all the Pilot System
components for a recreational vessel.
ICID (Central Institute for Digital Research, Havana, Cuba) (1983 -1997)
Development Engineer
Engineering Development Manager for Biotechnology Industry (1991-1997)
As Biotechnology Development manager on the ICID (1991-1997) for the Cuban Biotechnology Industry,
responsibilities included but were not limited to:
• Define the development line of control systems for introducing in the Cuban Biotechnology and Vaccine
Industries.
• Working with the design team, external suppliers and Biotechnology specialist to ensure design meets the
requirements for: feature set, functionality, cost, reliability, regulatory compliance, and industry standards
compliance.
• Duties include all activities necessary to take a design from concept to production including: architecture
definition, development, debug, and test issue resolution and factory ramp support for the following systems:
• Protein Sequencer.
• Fermentor Control System.
• Cell Grow Vessel.
• Vaccine Fermentor Matrix.
Engineering Development Manager for PC Computer Industry (1987-1991)
As PC Computer Development manager on the ICID responsibilities included but were not limited to:
For the following systems
• PC CID 1417 (IBM PC compatible)
• PC EC1842 (IBM AT compatible)
• PC EC1843 (IBM AT compatible based on the iAPX386 Version)
• Duties include all activities necessary to take a design from concept to production including: architecture
definition, development, debug, and test issue resolution and factory ramp support (adapting all the
parameters to the CAME standards)
• Define and check all the necessary documentation for design, manufacturing and sustaining.
• Define and develop test systems to control quality parameters on factory.
Development Engineer (1983-1997)
Responsibilities share with the Engineering Development Manager Job at the same time.
• Developing and qualifying electronic designs (motherboard, peripherals, and component) for desktop
computers based on the Intel iAPX86 PC computers.
• Developing and qualifying electronic designs for control Biotechnological systems and equipments.
• Developing and qualifying Control programs and embedded Firmwares programs for control Biotechnological
systems and equipments.
SKILLS
CPU Architectures: Intel BloomField, Nehalem, Lynsfield, Clarskdale, Gulfstown and Sandy Bridge Architectures
(Core i3, Core i5, Core i7), Quad Core, Dual Core, Pentium and iAPX86.
MB Architectures: Tylesburg (X58 Chipset), IbexPeak (X55 Chipset), Cougar Point, Waimea Bay
ECAD programs: Altium, OrCAD, Allegro, AutoCad.
Development Programs: C, C++, Intel Assembler for iAPX86 and 8051 Architectures.
Microcontrollers Architectures: 8051(Silabs, TI, Fairchild), ARM (Freescale (Kinetis)), PIC (Microchip), AVR
(Atmel), AR4100 (Atheros WiFi).
RF Technologies: USB Wireless, Zigbee, ZWave, Bluetooth, WiFi, Custom RF
Bus Technologies: PCI-E, USB, SATA, I2C, SPI, RS-232, RS-488, Centronics
Instrumentation: Emulators, Oscilloscopes, Debuggers, USB Analyzers, Serial Bus Analyzers
EDUCATION
MS in Digital Electronics (1985-1987); Polytechnic University “José Antonio Echeverría"; Havana, Cuba
BS in Electronic Engineer (1978-1983); Polytechnic University “José Antonio Echeverría"; Havana, Cuba
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish