ANDREW TALLEY
Santa Clara, CA 95051
*************@*****.***
STRENGTHS
Fifteen years experience in research and development labs testing prototype boards, systems,
firmware and software.
Operated oscilloscopes, digital voltmeters, spectrum analyzers, and logic analyzers.
Troubleshot at system level and boards to component level.
Familiar with assembly and machine languages, Basic, C, Orcad, Excel, Word HTML and
Experience with Printed circuit board layout prototype boards, systems,
firmware and software.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Intel Santa Clara, CA
Electronic R&D Technician ( 2014-- now )
Prepared notebook demo boards for various software tests .Reworked demo boards,include : remove, install 0201, 0402 caps and resistors. Cut trace and rewire circuits . Used DVM”s and oscilloscopes to verify work. Install bios program memory .
Teleflex Menlo Park, CA
Electronic R&D Technician ( 2013-- 2014 )
Prepared medical device for various required tests. Ran tests and kept records. This was a vascular device that had Doppler sound transmitter and receiver . It was run via USB port to IPad. Did some lab work making cables and connecting test circuits etc.
Lionel LLC Santa Clara, CA
Electronic R&D Technician ( 2006-- 2013 )
Purchased parts per the BOMs. Created schematic capture for PC boards. Provided customer support on
phone and e-mail. Modified and assembled PC boards. Rework PC boards and replace components both through and surface mount . Made cables and test fixtures. Worked with PADS PCB and netlist.
Oak Technology Sunnyvale, CA
Senior Engineering Technician ( 1999-- 2006)
Wrote scripts to test development firmware for V.34 data fax modems. Tested V.34 modem performance
using TAS lab test equipment . Did schematic capture using Orcad to create 13 page schematics, BOMs
and netlists. Tested V.80 video conferencing and Internet video phone hardware and software. Built and
commissioned PCs for lab test systems and firmware, software debug use. Tested analog front end SMT
chip for CD/RW. Handled FCC part 158 approval for all Oak audio and modem boards.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
University of California,Santa Cruz Extension,Cupertino,
Certificate in Technical Writing,204 hours class time
Foot Hill College
AS (Electronic Technology and Digital Electronics )