Roger M. Berg

*** ******** *****

Winona, MN ****7

612-***-****

acxs8s@r.postjobfree.com

Dear Human Resources Professional:

I am a recently retired Engineer seeking a full or part time opportunity to apply my 30+ years of technical and analytical experience.

I would bring to your company a broad range of skills, including:

• New product development

• Continuation engineering support of existing products

• Product reliability assessment

• Quality assurance engineering

• Supplier quality engineering

• Writing and executing test protocols

• Highly accelerated life testing (HALT)

• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

• System risk assessment

• Failure analysis of electronic and electro-mechanical systems I would welcome the opportunity to further discuss a position with your organization. If you have questions or would like to schedule an interview, please contact me at 612-***-**** or by e-mail at bergr3@ msn.com. I have enclosed my resume for your review. Thank you. Sincerely,

Roger Berg

Summary of Qualifications

Senior Principal Development Engineer involved in the practical application of reliability engineering principles and techniques to the development and production of advanced electronic and electro-mechanical products and systems. Specialties include:

- Product reliability assessment - Reliability prediction

- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) - Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

- Highly Accelerated Life Testing - System risk analysis

- Semiconductor reliability assessment - System maintainability assessment

- Failure analysis of electronic systems - Lead free and ROHS solder assessment Experience

Medtronic, Inc. 1998 – 2016 (retired)

Senior Principal Reliability Engineer

Lead Reliability Engineer supporting the development of state of the art Class III Implantable Neurostimulator systems for pain and deep brain stimulation (DBS). Also involved with failure analysis and various reliability assessment activities associated with new and existing products. Highlights include management of selection and installation of HALT test system, setting up reliability evaluation lab, writing and directing execution of reliability test protocols and teaching design for reliability (DfR) principles to development and manufacturing engineers. Banner Engineering 1996 – 1998

Principal Reliability Engineer

As lead Reliability Engineer supported the development and manufacture of photoelectric sensors and detectors for commercial and industrial automation applications. Conducted reliability assessments of new and existing products and performed failure analysis and corrective actions to address product field issues. Managed reliability and returned product analysis technicians.

Alliant Techsystems/Honeywell Defense Systems 1987 – 1996 Senior Reliability Engineer

Lead Reliability, Maintainability and System Safety Engineer supporting the development of advanced, high reliability systems utilizing GaAs MMIC and IR sensor technology, multichip modules and advanced signal processing electronics. Experience included performing reliability predictions, FMEA & FTA analysis and performing failure analysis and corrective action. Also responsible for performing NBC survivability assessments. Secret clearance. Honeywell Solid State Electronics Division 1984 – 1987 Senior Reliability Engineer

Responsible for conducting reliability evaluations of advanced microcircuit technologies for aerospace and defense applications. Technologies included VHSIC bipolar and CMOS ASIC’s, RadHard CMOS memories, and solid-state sensors. Honeywell Underseas Systems Division 1979 – 1984

Development Engineer

Supported Development Engineering in the selection and application of microcircuit and semiconductor devices for high reliability signal processing and control systems in advanced Navel weapons systems. Lake Center Industries 1977 – 1979

Product Development Engineering

Supported research and development of small countertop appliances and electrical consumer products. Education

University of St. Thomas 2007

MS, Manufacturing Systems, GPA 3.8/4.0, Focus on Medical Devices Winona State University 1977

BA, Physics, Mathematics

Computer Skills

Relex, Mini Tab, Relisoft, Cognition Cockpit, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio Certifications / Awards

• Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), ASQ

• Medtronic Star of Excellence Award, 2004

• Certification in Medical Devices, University of St. Thomas, 2003

• Engineering Achievement Award for paper presented at Surface Mount ‘90 Professional Affiliations

• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Reliability Society

• American Society for Quality (ASQ), Reliability Division

• Minnesota Reliability Consortium (MRC)

Publications and Presentations

• Thermal Cycle Stress on Potted SMT Assemblies, Surface Mount ’90, Boston

• Predicting Field Performance Utilizing Finite Element Analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation Techniques, Medtronic S&T Conference 2008 and 2013 RAMS Conference in Orlando, FL

• Initial Corrosion Reliability Study of Soldered Interconnects Utilizing No-Clean Flux, Medtronic S&T Conference 2009 and IPC APEX 2010 in Las Vegas, NV

• Electrochemical Migration Reliability Study of Soldered Interconnects Utilizing No-Clean Flux, Medtronic S&T Conference 2010, updated 2011

• Utilizing Rapid HALT to Accelerate Failure Mode Discovery and Enhance Reliability, Medtronic S&T Conference 2010

• Reliability Assessment of BGA Solder Joint Fatigue Utilizing the Engelmaier-Wild Model, Medtronic S&T Conference 2010

• A Structured Approach to Performing a DFMEA, Medtronic S&T Conference 2011

• Analysis of the Activa PC+S AC Leakage Impedance Issue, Medtronic S+T Conference 2015

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