DANIEL (JIM) NORDER

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Madison, Wisconsin 53711

608-***-****

acxohr@r.postjobfree.com

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

A hardware design engineer with extensive experience in the use of low, medium, and high-speed logic used to create printed circuit board modules and assemblies for use in the telecommunication, instrumentation, automated machine control, and medical industries. Experience in state-of-the-art design tool software in the development of these products and in the development of high-density logic devices such as PLDs (programmable logic devices) and FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays). Experience includes both low and high level software development. Strengths include a good work ethic, working well with others, and a desire to develop quality products.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

GE HEALTHCARE – ULTRASOND, Wauwatosa WI February 2016 to July 2016

A provider of Ultrasound based diagnostic systems to the medical community.

Hardware Design Engineer

Responsible for hardware design, on a contract basis, for a Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) to be used in testing of main power supply unit of Ultrasound diagnostic system. Design effort included specifications, layout guidelines, component selection, debug, testing, design verification, and documentation.

Used Cadence (Allegro) toolset for design capture

Worked closely with CCA assembly house to secure parts for prototype build

Provided extensive input for PCB layout

B/E Aerospace – Rockford, IL 2012 to 2015

A provider of toilet and waste systems for the commercial and business jet industries.

Hardware Design Engineer

Responsible for hardware design of Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA) including specifications, layout guidelines, signal integrity and timing analysis, component selection, debug, testing, design verification, and system validation. Worked extensively with suppliers on designs that were initially designed out- of- house.

Designs typically used Microchip PIC microcontrollers

Worked closely with CCA assembly house to secure parts for prototype and production builds

Provided extensive input for PCB and assembly notes

GE HEALTHCARE – LUNAR, Madison WI 2002 to 2012

A provider of X-ray based diagnostic systems to the medical community.

Hardware Design Engineer

Responsible for hardware design of Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA) including specifications, schematic capture, layout guidelines, signal integrity and timing analysis, component selection, debug, testing, design verification, and system validation. Worked extensively with suppliers to secure documentation to provide evidence of compliance to RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) requirements.

Designed main processor CCA, used to capture and process x-ray data for high-end bone densitometer system, using Freescale 8052 Coldfire processor

Used OrCad software tool set to develop circuit board assemblies for several bone densitometer systems and worked closely with board layout personnel to provide layout guidelines

Worked closely with CCA assembly house to secure parts for prototype and production builds

Participated in cross-functional teams to manage new product development processes through production

Generated theory-of-operation documents to detail CCA operation

ARTESYN COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS, INC., Madison, WI 1999 to 2002

A provider of standard and custom products to the telecommunications industry.

Hardware Design Engineer

Responsible for hardware design of standard processor modules and custom products (primarily used in the telecommunications industry) including component selection, schematic capture, layout guidelines, signal integrity and timing analysis, debug, testing, and verification of design.

Designed PMC processor module that was well received by telecommunication customers

Used Innoveda (Viewlogic) software tool set to develop circuit board assemblies for a major telecommunications industry supplier

Worked closely with purchasing and component vendors to secure parts and participated in cross-functional teams to manage new product development processes through production

Coordinated product development with manufacturing and manufacturing test departments to facilitate assembly and testing of products. Met production requirements and performance for end functional and in-circuit testing of new products

Contributed to and reviewed operators (user’s) manuals for modules and assemblies

MARQUIP, INC., Madison, WI 1994 to 1999

A privately held corporation manufacturing machines for the corrugated and dry-end paper industries.

Hardware Design Engineer

Responsible for design and test of hardware and software for various circuit board assemblies.

Designed industrial control processor module using Motorola 68332 CPU, Xilinx FPGA, and Altera EPLD, resulting in a product that had multiple uses in several machines

Designed isolated interface card for controlling 12 motors utilizing high-speed fiber optic link to VME based 68020 CPU board resulting in a lower cost and more reliable product

Designed digital tachometer, based on encoder signals, to provide accurate motor speed measurement allowing it to be used as a debug tool in the mechanical design of machines

Designed EPLDs to consolidate logic and provide fault structure for motor drives which resulted in more cost effective manufacturing of assemblies and better quality products

Wrote PLC communication protocol to allow PLC I/O modules to communicate without using standard communication links

Updated C program for new implementation of an existing machine which improved machine performance and quality

Provided documentation for operation of designs

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Madison, WI 1992 to 1994

Temporary Employment/Student

NICOLET INSTUMENT CORPORATION, Madison, WI 1981 to 1992

Design Engineer

Responsible for hardware design and software development of bench-top and portable digital oscilloscopes. Served as both project and lead engineer for two of five major products.

Designed high speed digital oscilloscopes for applications up to 200 MHz. Designs included bit slice processors, ECL logic, and extensive use of programmable devices (PALS/GALS).

Co-designed upgrade for existing product to include computer control and data storage. Wrote supporting software using both assembly language and high level Forth based on TI 9995 CPU

Co-wrote operating and service manuals

Co-designed medium speed portable digital oscilloscope, using Intel 80186 processor and 8051 microcontroller, allowing entry into a new medium cost market. Wrote assembly code for 8051 and wrote all I/O code, using Forth and assembly language

Co-designed low speed portable digital oscilloscope, using 2901 bit slice processor, allowing entry into a new low cost market. Designed bubble memory storage interface for data storage, wrote all I/O microcode and assisted in specifying command set for computer control operation

Received Nicolet Associate Fellow Award based on project accomplishments

EDUCATION

B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison

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