Ketan Vachhani

**** ***** **** ******

Morrisville NC 27560

973-***-****

Summary: Over 17 years’ of experience in Manufacturing Electro-Mechanical Assemblies, Responsibilities including but not limited to:

Extensive knowledge of SMT lines, BGA rework, Inspections, Temp Cycling of PCBs and Analysis Documentations. Directly responsible for Schematics, Layouts, Panel drawings, BOMs, Routings, ERP, Supply Chain, and full process control of Production. Part of QA team, MRB, Product Introduction, and Life Cycle. Lead contact for Alpha and Beta Releases. First article approval of all Mechanical/Electrical parts. Experienced with Aluminum 6061T, extruded, Machined, Alodine, Anodize, and Powder Coating.

Extensive knowledge of Tuning and troubleshooting Digital/RF circuits, Backplane Design, Hardware Integration Test, Unit and Subunit Testing of High Speed Telecom Switch Matrix, Wireless Terminal (WT), Wireless Fixed Base(WFB), and Cell Antenna Units(CAU) at 2 GHz TDMA system.

Supported manufacturing with Automated Functional Testers, Engineering services and Process improvements.

In-depth understanding of all phases of product development including preliminary design, development of all engineering processes, Prototype builds, Testing/Troubleshooting and documentation including mechanical, electronics, assembly, routing, BOM and ECN.

Strong background collaboration with cross-functional teams to determine project scope and developed innovative plans for accomplishing goals.

Demonstrated ability to function effectively as a team player, as well as work independently to achieve organizational objectives.

Highly adept at promptly and thoroughly mastering new technologies and processes.

Testing, tuning and troubleshooting of electronic circuits. Quality and Supply chain management. Process ownership and implementation. Backplane & PCB Design, Signal integrity test, Design Validation and Verification, Product Development. . Installed and maintained telecom switches for software and firmware testing, Regulatory Testing (CE, UL, FCC), Shock & Vib. And EMI/EMC Testing. Very good knowledge of CMOS image sensors, FPGAs, CPLDs, DDRs, and Compact flashes. Excellent working knowledge of ISO-9001, ISO-9014, RoHS and WEEE. Implemented ERP, Customer Ticket System, and Quality Control. Excellent knowledge of Kanban, Lean, Kaizen and 5S.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

March 14 – Present Asteelflash, EMS provider

Manufacturing Engineer

Providing turn-key solution for Test and Measurement solution provider specializing in RF/Microwave LTE 3GHz. Responsible for all PCBA, Module, chassis, and Rack build. Responsible for all PCBA, Module, Chassy and System level testing, troubleshooting and Documentation. Responsible for all drawings, schematics, and work instructions in Aegis. Successfully implemented processes for SMT, Hardware integration, Test, and Quality.

June 03 – Apr 12 Vision Research, Inc

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Responsible for supporting Circuit Card Assembly, Test and Repair and Production Dept. for High speed digital cameras. Direct supervisor of CAD designer, Test engineer, and ERP coordinator/Librarian. Responsible for creating and enforcing process controls for CAD (Mechanical and Electronics), ERP and Functional Testers on production and manufacturing Dept. Teams’ responsibilities included Panel Drawings, Mechanical component drawings, Assembly drawings, maintenance of all functional testers, programming of Mydata, Mirtec AOI, BOM entry in ERP. Fully responsible for Analysis of thermal profiles, Inspections, yields, Engineering Change Orders, and Recommending Design changes based on customer and production feedback via DFM, DFT, and QA. Customize solutions for customer applications by working closely with R&D. Monitored supply chain and guided R&D in reuse of components. PDM control of schematics, layout and Gerber packages. Lead contact for incoming materials including PCB fab., SMT, Test, ECOs, CAD (Electrical and Mechanical), Cable harnesses, and all OEM accessories/ option. Part of Quality Improvement team and MRB.

Nov 01 – Jan 03 Tellium, Inc. Eatontown NJ.

Engineer-I

Designed 2 Backplanes for new edge switch with 22 slots each (512 port OEO Switch Matrix). Responsible for Route planning, Pinouts, Schematic capture, and guided PCB designers. Responsible for Prototype build and evaluation, Hardware integration test and Design verification. Test development using Tcl/TK & VBasic scripting. Reported and documented problems by generating Modification Request for Hardware and Software. Contributed to Test Strategy in multiple test processes. Worked in conjunction with Mfg. Team, Design Engineers, and CMs to Develop and Implement Product Test Processes. Design & Developed Functional and Burn-In test fixtures. Successfully lead Mfg. Test Engineers, Technicians and CM resources in the execution, debug and process improvement of test processes and yield. Lead contact for customer support.

Mar 01- Nov 01 Lucent Technologies Holmdel NJ. Member of Technical Staff-I (CMTS program)

Worked on Cable Modem Termination Systems(CMTS). Responsible for interface between Murry Hill Prototype design team and Cost reduction Development team. Built prototypes by integrating with Intel boxes (1U & 2U Chassy) using PCI bus. In lab testing of various protocols (UDP, TCP/IP), BER, CRC, Involved in troubleshooting and testing series of modems from various vendors (Cisco, Motorola). Acquired MCSE to setup lab for data traffic for 200 cable modems. Validating product for DOCSYS compliance. Customer training and installation for Beta sites.

Oct 96 - Mar 01 Lucent Technologies Holmdel NJ. Member of Technical Staff-I (Wizard II project)

Worked on 2GHz Definity Wireless Business System. Providing Integration and lifecycle support for WFB, WT, and CAU Hardware. Also responsible for FCC etiquette, Physical layer, and Mac layer testing. Other responsibilities include lab management, planning and tracking factory issues, field returns and hardware repair. Participated in introduction of design to factory and bringing up assembly line and test fixtures. Also involved in site engineering with MAP Tool for wireless sites.

July 94 to Oct 96 AT&T Bell Labs Middletown NJ.

Senior Technical Associate

Worked on 2 GHz Business Communication Systems. Responsibility includes tuning, troubleshooting, and unit and subunit testing of WT, WFB, and CAU. Responsible for ISO-9001 Practices. Maintaining lab equipment calibration and repairs. Testing including RSSI, S-parameters, Signal to Noise, Adjacent Channels, 3rd harmonics, peak power, FCC Regulatory, EMI, and Static. Responsible for ordering parts and equipment for radio labs. Responsible for schematic capture, circuit layouts and fabricating circuit on Quick Circuit and LPKF machines using CAD/CAM.

Jan 93 to Jul-94 Amplidyne, Inc. Bell Mead, NJ RF Technician

Responsibility included testing and troubleshooting of low noise pre-amps and low power RF amps for AT&T cellular phone project. Worked on high power RF amplifiers for satellite ground stations. Also involved in evaluating results, making reports and ensuring quality control using sampling in accordance with AT&T requirements and elements of ISO-9000 practices.

Education: Two years in Electronics Engineering at University of Texas at Arlington

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.

SKILLS

Equipment:

Experience with full range of electronics equipment including Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Power meter, Material Analyzer, DMM, Scopes, Noise Figure meter, Logic Analyzer, Signal generators and variety of Optical Equipment, ST2400 Tektronix generators. Ekra Stencil printers, Mydata pick and place, and Mirtec AOI.

Operating Systems and Software

Unix, Ms-Dos, Win95/98/NT/2000 Win8, Mentor Graphics PADS and Expedition, Solidworks, Tango, MSOffice, Compass, Labview, Integra, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visio, Front Page, Agile, ClearQuest, Tcl/TK, AutoCad, Orcad. Implementation of ERP/MRP systems, PDMs. Implementation of 5S, Lean, Kaizen, and Kanban Manufacturing Practices.

PERSONAL U.S. Citizen. An ambitious, diligent with a “can-do” attitude. Excellent team player, self-starter and self-motivated. Willingness to learn and perfect new technologies. Strive for internal and external customer satisfaction thru good communication, methodical quality and reliability.

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