Engineer Electrical Engineering

Stephen Siegel 408-***-****

Saratoga, California, 95070

***************@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/stevesiegel1

Product Validation Test Engineer

Extensive experience in post silicon validation testing and automation of testing for new IC designs prior to product implementation. Worked extensively with both analog and digital designs, finding creative ways to implement lab evaluations of new ICs. Successfully created innovative lab test automation methods by writing Python scripts that use network and GPIB commands to communicate with oscilloscopes, network analyzers, and other equipment. Wrote numerous lab test reports and user guides, and did presentations to product engineers.

Automation of lab test processes Python scripts/PyVisa commands

Mixed Signal: analog and digital circuits Network and GPIB commands

Basic Matlab and C/C++ programming Prior experience with PSPICE/LT SPICE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Seagate, Fremont, California 2006 – 2016

Storage Products

Principal Engineer

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Principal engineer in advanced development group implementing post silicon testing of new disk drive read channel designs prior to product design implementation. Automated tests with Python scripts that sent commands to test and measurement instruments. Supported design introduction into product with test reports, user guides, and presentations.

Facilitated the rapid introduction of new products by lab validation of new advanced designs.

Reduced lab test time cycle time significantly with Python scripts that provided a fast method of collecting test data.

Reduced design time for new IC’s by writing Python scripts to capture waveforms from hard drives, providing waveforms for use in design simulation.

Expedited the development of high volume lap-top disk drives and enterprise cloud drives by writing user guides and lab reports for product engineers. This documentation was a key factor in allowing product design teams to understand how to use new designs. Completed WebEx presentations to product engineers at design centers outside of US.

Maxtor, San Jose, California 2001-2006

Storage Products

Principal Engineer

Evaluated vendor read channel designs and provided vendors with evaluation results. Worked with vendors to prioritize design issues and decide which corrections were important for product design.

Tested analog and digital sections of vendor read channel designs, allowing discovery of design problems prior to product design.

Conducted conference calls with vendors and helped identify issues important to product.

Wrote short Matlab scripts that expedited testing.

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Additional Experience: Worked as senior engineer at companies involved in disk drives, optical drives, and tape recorders. Previous companies: Quantum, Verbatiim, Optical Storage International, Magnetic Peripherals International, ISS Sperry Univac, Odetics, Burroughs

EDUCATION / TRAINING

MS, Electrical Engineering

UCLA, Los Angeles, California

BS Electrical Engineering

Stanford University, Stanford, California

Other Classes/Training: Completed numerous continuing education classes at Santa Clara University, Stanford Instructional TV, and UC Extension.

Professional Affiliation: IEEE

IEEE Magnetics Conference Paper: Head-preamplifier-interconnect-design-for-read-data-path-in-rigid-disk-drives

Patent: # 3,865,981: Clock Signal Assurance in Tape Recorders.

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