Engineer Engineering
Resume:
MICHAEL KINNAVY
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Electronics Engineer with extensive experience managing teams and in providing technical expertise and leadership to engineering projects. Skilled at problem resolution, design, and cost reduction initiatives. Visionary who synthesizes facts, events and concepts to develop realistic and long-range plans. Successful in balancing cost and quality with project development and delivery timelines.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Project Management
Diverse Market/Industry Knowledge
Research & Analysis Skills
Cross-Functional Communication Skills
Project Strategy & Direction
Full Product Cycle Experience
Analog Design
Engineering Change Notice Systems
8-Discipline Problem Solving
Design Verification Plan & Report (DVPR)
EMI/EMC Compatibility
FMEA / PPAP/APQP
SOFTWARE COMPETENCIES
Microsoft Project
Vector/CANalyzer Tools
AVNET Promiere Lifecycle Management
Problem Tracker software
Mentor Graphics DxDesigner Schematic Capture
ORCAD Schematic Capture
PCB design with CADint design software
P-SPICE Circuit Simulation
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SKILLS
Experienced with Full engineering product cycle and project management for two electronic engine controls for Ford of Europe and Magnetti Marelli of Italy.
Performed failure analysis and problem solving with modules subjected to harsh environmental conditions according to SAE specifications from Ford of Europe and Magnetti Marelli.
Developed and designed, analyzed and launched products with analog integrated circuits including flashers, rear defogger timers, and daytime running lamps. Worked with keyless remote.
Designed and Developed discrete circuitry including op amp circuits, sensor interface circuits, analog to digital interface circuits, DC Power supply circuits, instrumentation amplifier circuits. reset circuits, closed loop feedback circuits, Peak and hold fuel injector driver circuits, ignition coil driver circuits, DC to DC converter circuits, LED Drivers and DC Motor driver circuits. Designed with Freescale microprocessors. Performed worst case analysis.
Made an engine control EMC compatible with testing in an anechoic chamber using a spectrum analyzer, Line Impedance stabilization networks and an antenna. Made an engine control EMI compatible, using a stripline, RF sweep generators and RF Amplifiers.
Designed hardware, PCB layout and C Programming of ST7 series microprocessor for a sample and hold fuel level indicator.
Interfaced with supply chain for project ideas for cost reductions. Interfaced with product management, quality assurance, field service, purchasing, material management, mechanical engineering, test laboratory, test engineering, manufacturing, electronic technicians, and PCB design in the implementation of cost reductions. Successfully designed changes for cost reductions. Identified $250K of cost savings with parallel branches of LED’s and use of one-half the number of LED driver IC’s. Designed change of light beacon for allowance of use of a $1 IC vs. $4 IC, both DC to DC Converters
Used system level programming tool to monitor circuit performance and accuracy via LON based serial communication to check circuit with analog multiplexers.
Troubleshooted J1939/CAN Interface problem on agricultural tractor.
Harness retrofit and harness design on different Heavy Duty vehicle
Authored a Software Specification for integration of instrument panel and transmission cluster.
Worked on Software debugging
CUSTOMER INTERFACE
Traveled to customer sites of Ford of Europe, Chrysler, Ford, CAMI and Honda North America to identify potential problems and concerns with the product.
Traveled to Germany to demonstrate a designed functional tester for Ford of Europe supporting the black box module in the field in service dealerships.
Traveled to and consulted with Briggs and Stratton to diagnose problems with a flasher to a generator where a pcb layout error was identified.
MANUFACTURING INTERFACE
Traveled to Stotfold England addressing test engineering concerns and project work with test engineering equipment required to get to full production. Designed a test specification with test limits to determine a good module vs. bad module.
Interfaced with Test Engineering, Quality Control, Manufacturing, Plant Management and sourcing in overseeing product launch activities.
Achieved six sigma yield in production based on a customer specification.
COMPONENT ENGINEERING
Supported the industry change to components with no lead plating with the ability to solder with no lead solder. Worked to insure reflow profiles compatibility to no lead components with no lead solder.
Addressed a solderability issue with a procured component with an on-site visit.
Approved second source components with work to find alternatives to obsolete components.
Improved supplier performance through Team Quality Audits followed by organizational feedback.
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Science – Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University
Engineer in Training (EIT) – State Board of Iowa
Advanced Digital Design –FPGA Lab (VHDL) – Illinois Institute of Technology
Probability & Statistics for Engineers, University of Massachusetts Amherst
VLSI Design I & II Texas A&M
MATLAB
C++ Programming – College of DuPage
Power Electronics: Circuits, Systems and industrial Applications – 2.1 CEU
University of Wisconsin Madison
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Independent Contracting – 2013 –Project Engineer
Aerotek – EE Systems Engineer 2008-2012
Column Engineering Hardware Support Engineer 2007 and Component & Sustaining Eng. 2008
DeAmertek Hardware Engineer 2006
Motorola, Chicagoland locations 1986-2006 Sr. Component Engineer 2004-06
Component Engineer 1993-1996 Component Engineer 2004
Project Engineer 1986-1993 OMRON Automotive: Product Engineer 1996-1999
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