Jeffery Allen Thomson

* ********* ****** 413-***-**** Home 413-***-**** Cell

Southwick, MA 01077 mailto:jeff.thomson

Objective

Obtain contract position as a Senior Automated Test Equipment Software Engineer (ATE SW).

Summary of Qualifications

Automated Test, Measurement and Machine Vision Inspection system design and programming.

LabVIEW, CVI, TestStand, LabVIEW Realtime and LabVIEW FPGA programming experience.

Design, Develop, Debug and deploy High Performance multi-threaded multi-protocol Applications.

High Quality Validation, Qualification and Calibration Test Sequences, Database Interfaces and Test Reporting.

Electrical and Hardware design using AutoCAD and Visio.

Commercial and Military Radio/Device Experience.

System Integration, optimization and debug.

Specification and comprehensive documentation package.

Work Experience

06/2001 – Present Thomson Engineering, Inc. Southwick, MA

Consultant

Develop automated test and measurement applications for aerospace, medical and product test industustries.

Electrical, hardware and system level design.

Specification and documentation.

Recent Projects:

JDSU, Bloomfield, CT Hardware Design of Optical Communication Component Testers.

Mederi Therapeutics, Norwalk, CT, Hardware/Software Design of Medical Device Testers.

Nufern, East Granby, CT, Hardware/Software Design of Laser Burn-in and Production Testers.

American Tool & Manufacturing, Newington, CT, Hardware/Software Design of Circuit Protection Device, Medical Instrument, Clutch, Brake, Leak and Hipot Testers.

Kaman Precision Products, Middletown, CT, Software Design of Weapons Fuzing Testers.

GEMS Sensors and Controls, Plainville, CT, Hardware/Software Design of Sensor Testers.

Vishay Vitramon, Shelton, CT, Software Design of Capacitor Test Demo units.

08/2010 – 04/2011 Superior Technical Resources, Inc. Wayne, NJ

Senior Engineer - Contracted to BAE Systems, Inc.

Design, develop and on-site debug of LabVIEW automated Calibration routines on Win7 for Military Radio Simulator applications.

Design and implement LabVIEW/TestStand programs for Engineering Validation and Production test of Navigation, Control and Distribution components for autonomous vehicle applications.

03/2010 – 08/2010 Adecco, Inc. West Hartford, CT

Senior Engineer - Contracted to Goodrich Aerospace, Inc.

Design jet engine control Test Cables and Harnesses per customer specification and requirements.

Design jet engine control Interface Test Adapters (ITA) per customer specification and requirements.

06/2003 – 02/2010 Belcan AETD, Inc. Windsor, CT

Senior Engineer - Contracted to Hamilton Sundstrand, Inc.

Develop automated test applications and simulators in TestStand, LabVIEW and HP VEE on WinXP and Linux with Real Time extensions for MIL-SPEC Digital Electronic Engine Controls (DEEC) and Prognostic Health Monitors (PHM) for F-15/16 and Joint Strike Force aerospace applications.

Design and implement LabVIEW Test Executive capable of executing scripted ad-hoc Engineering Validation tests in support of hardware/firmware development activities on 787 programs.

Develop LabVIEW Thermal Profile Test Execution/Editor to facilitate Design Validation testing.

Jeffery Allen Thomson

19 Island Way 413-***-**** Home 413-***-**** Cell

Southwick, MA 01077 mailto:jeff.thomson

09/2000 – 06/2003 CiDRA, Inc Wallingford, CT

Senior ATE Product Test Engineer / Software Analyst

Software architectural design of automated instrument control, data acquisition, analysis and archival programs related to the manufacture and final acceptance test of next generation Fiber Optic and Sensor components.

Develop test programs and operator interfaces in LabVIEW, TestStand and Visual Basic modern graphical integrated development environments.

Document comprehensive electrical and mechanical designs of automated test, measurement and in-process manufacturing cells using AutoCAD and Visio.

Design, develop, program, and qualify video capture and measurement systems for dimensional, geometric inspection and manufacturing verification utilized in the manufacture of glass fiber.

Integration of test and manufacturing data archival to Oracle and Access databases via ODBC.

Commission and qualify computer-based test, measurement and in-process equipment.

Generate test equipment and software specifications in accordance with component design specifications and established industry standards.

Integrate Visual Studio software version control to LabVIEW and TestStand development platforms.

In-house training instructor and mentor for engineering and technical staff in LabVIEW, TestStand and Visual Basic programming languages.

LabVIEW site license Administrator, VSS Administrator, VSS Automation.

09/1999 – 09/2000 Telaxis Communications, Inc. South Deerfield, MA

Senior ATE Product Test Engineer

Develop test programs and operator interfaces in modern graphical programming languages.

Automate aggregation of remote distributed test data and generate customer reports on demand.

Integrate test data archival to MS SQL Sever backend database and present data as HTML on the Internet.

Delegate and train technical staff in fabrication, maintenance and calibration of production test systems.

Facilitate engineering intern’s efforts on senior project assignment.

1991 - 1999 VDO Control Systems, Inc. Cheshire, CT

ATE Design Engineer

Project development of automated test equipment.

Draft test specification to ensure product performance compliance is properly evaluated.

Review, recommend modifications, and approve electrical and mechanical design concepts.

Schedule, track and report project delivery status.

Electronic Equipment Design Engineer

Extensive hardware design involving conceptual design through production integration.

Interpret product test specifications relative to selection of test system components.

Design and documentation on AutoCAD workstations.

1990 - 1991 NDT Consulting Services Port St. Lucie, FL

Contract Consultant to Taiwan Power Company, Taiwan, R.O.C.

1989 - 1990 General Electric, Nuclear Development Laboratory San Jose, CA

Contract Consultant – Non-Destructive Test Systems

1988 - 1989 Amdata, Inc. Windsor, CT

Contract Employed to Chemical Systems Division, Cape Canaveral, FL

1985 - 1988 Combustion Engineering, Inc. Windsor, CT

Jeffery Allen Thomson

19 Island Way 413-***-**** Home 413-***-**** Cell

Southwick, MA 01077 mailto:jeff.thomson

Education

1985 University of Hartford West Hartford, CT

BS Electrical Engineering emphasis in Computer Science

1981 Ward Technical College West Hartford, CT

AS Electronic Engineering Technology

1975 - 1979 U.S. Air Force Technical Centers Biloxi, MS and San Antonio, TX

Electronic Cryptographic Equipment Maintenance

Flight Facilities Navigation Equipment Maintenance

Relevant Training

04/2005 Certified Associate LabVIEW Developer National Instruments 11/2001 TestStand Test Executive Advanced National Instruments 11/2001 TestStand Test Executive National Instruments 01/2001 LabVIEW Test Executive View Point Systems 03/2000 VB6 Modern Programming 3 University of Connecticut 08/1999 VB6 Modern Programming 2 University of Connecticut 03/1999 VB6 Modern Programming 1 University of Connecticut 10/1998 AutoCAD R14 Training Seminar At – A - Glance 08/1998 IMAQ Machine Vision Acquisition National Instruments 06/1998 Windows 95 on a Network Compu-Master 03/1998 LabVIEW Advanced Data Acquisition National Instruments 03/1998 LabVIEW Data Acquisition National Instruments 10/1996 AutoCAD R13 Training Seminar At – A – Glance 08/1996 AutoCAD R12 Advanced Training Micro CAD 06/1996 LabVIEW Training Seminar National Instruments

Bus/Protocols Experience

IEEE-488, I2C, SPI, USB, 1553, NTDS, RS-485/422/232, Serial, SNMP, TCP/IP, HTML, Ethernet

Hardware Experience

Spectrum Analyzers, Network/Signal Analyzers, Signal Generators, RF Power Meters, RF Attenuators/Switches/Couplers, Function/Waveform Generators, Data Acquisition and Control Systems, DMMs, High Voltage Power/Supply, Analog I/O, Digital I/O, RF I/O, National Instruments PXI/VXI/USB/Signal Conditioners.

Software Package Experience

LabView, LabView RT, LabView FPGA, LabView Embedded, NI Reports, DIADEM, Test Stand, LabWindows CVI, VB6, C++, VSS, VSS Automation, Word/Excel Automation, SQL, SQL Automation, Ethernet Automation, Visio, AutoCAD

General Experience

Test Method Development, Test Plan/Procedure Development, Data/File Transfer, Distributed I/O, TE Design for Manufacturing, Schematic Interpretation, RF Equipment Specification Review and Selection, RF Communications, Hardware Driver Development, Software Driver Development

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