Engineer Test

Resume of James F Dooris Phone 919-***-****

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Stem NC 27581

Objective

Seeking Fulltime/Contract Sr. Test Engineer Position using my Hardware/Software/ATE Experience to Develop Test Systems, and Programs for an Engineering or Production environment.

Expertise:

Languages:

C ….. Over 10 Years experience developing test software, used pointers, and array manipulation, DLL’s.

C++ … Over 5 years Experience, including OOP development

Ladder Logic

LabWindows/CVI… 15+ years experience. Developed instrument drivers, Active X Controls, SQL database interface.

Visual Basic … 10 years experience including Active X, Com objects, and SQL .

Pascal … 5 years

VBA for Excel, Word, and Outlook …. Have written VBA routines for all three applications.

SQL for Access … developed Queries, tables, and reports.

LabView ….. 5+ years developed test executive, test applications, Database interface.

Test Stand …. 5+ years developing test modules running under test stand exec.

Interfaces and Bus Standards

IEEE-488 GPIB …. 20 years experience

RS232 …. 30 years experience

RS485 … 10 years

RS422 … 10 years

4-20ma Loop … 5 years

Can bus … 1 year

PC Bus … 30 years

VXI … 5 years

PCI … 5 years

ATE Systems:

Tektronix 3270 … 5 years

GenRad GR-16/18 … 2 years

Teradyne J387 …. 5 years

Megatest Q2 …. 3 years

Huntron …. 2 years

Ando Memory Test and Burn-in Systems … 1 year

Toto Inserter/Removers …. 1 year

Teradyne Catalysts. ….. Training only

Operating Systems and Software Tools

DOS

Windows (NT, XP, 2000, 98, 95)

VMS

Access

Excel

WordPro

Word

Pcad

AutoCAD.

Cadence SPD

ORCAD

Equipment

Tektronix TDS Series Scopes

Sampling Oscilloscopes

Cytec RF Switches

Anritsu ME7410A RF INTERFACE

Anritsu MG3671A DIGITAL MODULATOR/SIGNAL GENERATOR

Anritsu MT8801B/C RADIO COMMUNICATIONS ANALYZER

Anritsu 69247A SYNTHESIZED SIGNAL GENERATOR

Anritsu MS2665C SPECTRUM ANALYZER

Anritsu ML2438 POWER METER

Rohde & Schwarz CM200 Digital RadioTester

Compumotor Gemini Stepper Drive

Compumotor Linearserv LM1000

Compumotor Dynaserv DM Direct Drive Brushless Servo Motors

Doppler Laser Systems

Gauss meters

PLC's (Siemens, Allen-Bradley, Omron, Automation Direct)

Data Scanners,

Calibrators,

Accelerometers

Gamma Radiation Cells.

E1465A 16 x 16 Relay Matrix Switch

Employment Details

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratories(6 month contract)

3 Years

The Company manufactures Governmental Satellites.

Sr Test Engineer

*Designed and developed RF test system for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Satellite (LRO) Variable Aperture Radar.

*wrote LabView Test software for Validation of LRO brassboard and Flight units

Wrote test acceptance procedures for Digital receiver and Quadrature waveform exciter.

Assisted in troubleshooting of non-compliances of radar system

Orbital Sciences

5 years

The Company manufactures Commercial and Governmental Communications Satellites .

Sr. Test Engineer

Develop Test Systems for Flight testing of satellite systems

Wrote Test Certification Procedures.

Wrote Product Acceptance Test Procedures.

Developed ATE test systems using COTS equipment

Developed Automated test programs using LabView

Developed Solar Array Simulations for eclipse and transfer orbits

Projects worked on:

Galaxy 14

Galaxy 15

The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM)

Dawn

Sony Ericsson

6 months (3 month contract)

The Company Designs and Develops Cell Phone Technology.

Sr. Test Engineer

Wrote Test Programs in LabView to characterize and validate new phone designs. For parameters such as SNAD, FER, BER, TX PWR Level, Phase & Freq. Error, Spurious Emissions, Functionality across environmental extremes.

Developed Visual Basic software to analyze test results, stored in excels spreadsheets, for parameter drift.

Published test reports to Engineering and Customers.

Lockheed Martin

6 months (6 month contract)

: Comanche Forward Looking IR System

Sr. Test Engineer.

Developing test programs in LabWindows CVI for Comanche Forward Looking infrared Targeting System.

Designing test fixtures to interface the electronics modules with the Teradyne Common Core Test System.

Developing boundary scan and JTAG vectors to test modules.

Wrote Detailed Test Procedures for production.

Sparton Electronics

4 months (3 month Contract)

Contract Manufacturer for medical devices and Sonar Buoys

Sr. Test Engineer

Developed Vibration, Thermal Stress, and Firmware Upload Station for a medical device.

Wrote all AQ, OQ, and PQ Documents to meet FDA Requirements.

Developed Production line systems using Automation Direct PLC's

Preformed test verification on test software.

Acterna

8 months (6 month contract)

Manufactures test system for telephonic switches

Sr. Test Engineer.

Developed improved error logging and error messages for their C++ DLL's, Lab Windows and Test Stand software used by their Test Systems.

Develop better error handling and error reporting routines in C++ for their commercial test software package.

This software package is sold to their customers as part of a complete test solution. The Improvements included reporting errors with complete text messages indicating the true nature of the error, tracing the subroutine hierarchy that generated the error, differentiating between recoverable and non-recoverable errors, and decoding the binary status byte into English.

Edited test routines in Lab Windows CVI.

Ericsson

4 years (6 month contract)

Designs and Develops Cell Phone Technology

Sr. Test Engineer

Verification of Mixed Technology ASIC hardware, Embedded Code, and System compatibility.

Characterize the Analog portions of device.

Developed automated RF Test's and data collection for RF Design Engineers.

Develop "rack and stack" Test System using GPIB/IEEE488 interface and PC controller.

Wrote programs using Lab Windows CVI and designed fixtures for verifying the hardware, embedded code, and system function, of a mixed technology ASIC. This ASIC was used as the power regulators, charging controller, and alarm monitor, ADC for cellular phones.

Developed a script tool to interface with a serial interface (SerCon) onboard the ASIC, enabling users to send commands to and receive data from the ASIC, using simple ASCII text scripts.

Designed Database and Automated Test Data collection For RF Design Engineers, Test programs written in HP-Vee, LabView, and Visual Basic.

Developed a protocol emulator using an 8051 processor in C++ code to communicate with device under test.

Trained and supervised 2 Interns.

MTS Systems

7 years

. A Manufacturer of Position and Level Sensors using Magnitostriction

Sr. Test Engineer

Designed and developed automated test systems for magnetostrictive transducer (position sensor).

consisting of PC, Motor Controller, PLC, HP Laser Measuring system, Servo motor, Digital meter, Frequency counter, Oscilloscope, Variable Power supplies, and Gauss Meters.

Supervised three engineers and three technicians, and various subcontractors.

Developed linear regression program to measure and correct transducer linearity to 2 microns.

Developed test hardware using GPIB/IEEE488, RS232, and RS485 and Lab Windows CVI and C++ software for production of a Magnetostrictive Transducer.

Developed Networking of testers and Access Database, data collection, analysis, and distribution.

Designed Test System for Engineering to evaluate Mixed Signal IC's.

Developed software to calculate gradient and linearize the sensors.

Invented of a method for improvements to linear motor systems, which MTS. has now patented.

Established calibration standards for our commercial equipment, Manage contract with external calibrator, and established and maintain NIST trace ability, designed a calibration database. Achieved ISO 9002.

Responsible for the transfer of test technology to two contract manufacturers to perform full turnkey test.

Designed and developed Temperature Stress System for use by our PCB Vendors to reduce product failures.

Worked closely with design engineers develop design for testability, to debug, identify fixes, and transition of highly reliable product to manufacturing.

Provide engineering support to manufacturing test technicians.

Coordinate test acquisition and SPC activities. Identify production test hardware needs and requirements.

Supervised two Engineer's, two Technicians, Three subcontractor Engineers.

Program development in Visual Basic, C, C++, Assembler, LabWindows, and LabView

General Electric

10 years

Manufactured AVLSI, Gate Arrays, and CMOS Devices

Sr. Test Engineer

Develop test programs for Tektronix, GenRad, and Teradyne ATE test systems to test Semi-custom Gate arrays, .5 micron SOS technology.

Develop production test hardware and software for Mixed Signal AVLSI and CMOS devices on Tektronix 3270, Megatest Q2, GenRad GR16 & GR18, and Teradyne J387 ATE.

Generated software to support data networking between testers, IBM PC's, and VAX mainframes, including a parameter collection and reporting system used for production evaluation.

Performed wafer & package testing, AC & DC performance characterization of the chip, low-yield analysis, and debug.

Provided hardware and software technical support for IBM PC's users, on site.

Established methods, standards, and documentation, to transition customer requirements into a finished test program.

Establishment of the burn-in department, writing all specifications and procedures, designed fixtures and drivers, and trained personnel.

Updated all documentation to meet the JAN Standards, and certification was obtained.

Designed test programs and Radiation fixturing, used in a 30-megarad-gamma cell, for the development phase of a Radiation hardened 16K RAM for military and space applications.

Develop programs in C, C++.

Developed a general-purpose test system to do acceptance testing of intelligent wafer probes and chip handlers using GPIB/IEEE488.

Other Companies

GTE Circuit Module Operations

Audio Interface Systems

Mohawk Data Sciences

Education

Williamsport Technical Institute, Williamsport, PA

AAS / Electronics Technology

Clearance

Held Several Top Secret Clearances issued by DISCO; Currently not active.

Patents and Awards

awarded US Patent #5,887,334 "A Method for Splicing A Linear Motor Platen."

NC Governors Award for Volunteerism

Received a Cash Prize from General Electric For my development of test fixturing and test programs, to meet US Military Specifications for RAD hardness testing.

Audio Interface Systems Best Design Award

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