Engineer Test

Patrick O’Sullivan

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Technical Expertise Summary:

RF/microwave/mixed signal test of a wide range of products including high volume production test of 802.11a/b/g/n/ac RF IC(s), design engineering evaluation of prototype mobile phone RF ASIC(s), satellite mobile phones, and high power PCS base station RF Front Ends.

Test of WiMAX client and base stations, multimode Land Mobile Radios, Ku/C-Band satellite tracking systems, terrestrial broadcast, repeaters, DAS, GPS, wideband frequency synthesizers, command receivers and telemetry transmitters, satellites, ELINT and EW systems, CDMA and LTE test development.

Write test SW using Visual Basic, C, C++, LTX Cadence, National Instruments Lab Windows (CVI), Lab View, Python, Assembly, Basic.

Use of Windows XP/Win7 and Linux/UNIX operating systems.

Evaluation and selection of RF test equipment such as spectrum analyzers.

Design of RF IC/ASIC production and engineering evaluation test HW.

Use of applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visio, Access, ClearCase, Cadence, Agilent ADS, Matlab, Wireshark, Omnipeek.

Professional Experience:

Cobham, Senior RF Engineer, San Diego, CA (2014 contract). Responsible engineer for LRU design on AMDR (Air and Missile Defense Radar) project. SECRET clearance.

Broadcom, Sunnyvale, CA, Senior Staff Engineer, (2012-2013). RF HW and SW test development for WLAN, Bluetooth and LTE products. Wireless multi-standard co-existence, EMI and susceptibility LAN based testing. Test hardware design plus evaluation of leading edge third party test equipment. Waveform synthesis using Signal Studio. Write test software using C++ and Python.

Austriamicrosystems, Unterpremstätten, Austria, Senior RF Test Engineer, (2007-2011). Lead role in HW and SW test design for new RF/wireless/analog/mixed signal products using LTX Fusion tester. Final and wafer probe test. Develop and execute innovative test concepts. Interface with customers. Mentor and lead junior test engineers.

Tyco Electronics, M/A COM, Cork, Ireland, Senior RF Test Engineer, (2006-2007).

Test of UHF Land Mobile Radio transceivers for public safety use per TIA-102, TIA-603 and F.C.C. 47CFR90 requirements. Test planning and test equipment evaluation inclusive of OFDM WiMAX IEEE 802.16 applications per WiMAX Forum RCT.

RF Micro Devices, Greensboro, NC, Senior RF Test Engineer, (2004-2006).

Test of 802.11g WLAN transceivers. Test of 802.11a/b/g RF front end IC(s). Write test software using LTX Fusion tester and Visual Basic for rack and stack testers. Design test boards. Evaluate third party test equipment. Author test plans.

IBM, Microelectronics Division, Encinitas, CA. Staff/Engineer/Scientist, (2000-2002).

Test of RF ASIC(s) Develop test plans and procedures. Represent test engineering with customers and production. Lead and mentor technical team. Improve manufacturing data correlation and yields. Evaluate and specify test equipment. Liaise with suppliers. Write test software in C. Design of evaluation RF CCA(s).

Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, Staff Engineer, (1991-2000).

Design hardware and software tools to support the design team followed by RF, analog, and digital test hardware and software leading to fully automated factory test. Lead test engineering technical team. Evaluate new test equipment. Write fully automated RF test software using Lab Windows CVI and Microsoft Visual C++. Programs include control of RF/Microwave GPIB (IEEE-488) equipment. Develop downloadable embedded assembly code to control frequency synthesizers and interface with CDMA ASIC(s). Design RF/microwave test hardware. Design custom PC interface cards and associated software drivers to support serial, packet and IIC interfaces. High volume products include mobiles, PCS base station infrastructure, OmniTracs Ku-Band and C-Band satellite transceivers and Globalstar tri-mode user terminals.

McDonnell Douglas Technologies Inc., San Diego, CA. Engineer.

Development and test of RF and stealth technologies including a spread spectrum low probability of intercept K-band radar. RF, baseband analog and digital design.

Hughes Aircraft Co., Space and Communication Group, El Segundo, CA and Microelectronics Center, Carlsbad, CA. Development Engineer.

Development and test of spacecraft wideband frequency agile synthesizers, command receivers and telemetry transmitters. Write software in Basic for automated test of satellite telemetry, command and communications systems including spread spectrum systems. RF, analog and digital test equipment design. Use of RF/microwave analysis and simulation tools. Integration and test of a high power satellite earth station. Technical leader of MIC module test group. Held Secret clearance.

GTE Sylvania, Mountain View, CA. Engineer.

Write test software for analog and digital ICT. Design test fixtures. Test of microprocessor based assemblies. Integration of communications, ELINT and EW systems. Develop test plans for a high power jammer.

Embry Riddle University, Wiesbaden, Germany, Electronics Instructor.

Circuit theory instruction in preparation for F.C.C license examinations.

Education:

Graduate of California State University at Long Beach with a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications.

Licenses:

F.C.C. First Class Radio Telephone with Radar Endorsement, F.C.C Extra Class Amateur, ComReg Radio Experimenter CEPT Class 1.

Additional information:

Citizenship: US and Irish (EU). Languages other than English: German and Spanish.

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