Engineer Engineering
Resume:
GERARD A. HOVAGIMIAN
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SUMMARY
Experienced validation-quality engineer specializing in environmental stress screening processes
• Considerable experience in development and execution of HALT/HASS, DVT, DOE methods
• Highly proficient in driving root cause failures, especially for NPF’s. (No Problems Found)
• Experienced mentor to manufacturing personnel on ATE with direct manufacturing floor support
• Specialized skills include:
HALT, Highly Accelerated Life Test / Engineering function
HASS, Highly Accelerated Stress Screen / Manufacturing function
HVT (DVT), Hardware Verification Test / Design Verification Test
HIT, Hardware Integration Test
DOE, Design of Experiments
Sabbatical and travel 4/2009 to present
ROGERS FOAM CORPORATION Somerville, MA. 8/2004 – 3/2009
Project Engineer, Engineering and Development
• Fabricated NPI and first run builds to verify manufacturing techniques
• Developed and implement processes for final production fabrications
• Designed and fabricated custom manufacturing equipment to produce production parts
• Improved manufacturing yields by reducing rejection rate 8% on current production
BOSE CORPORATION Framingham, MA. (Contracting) 5/2004 – 8/2004
Design Quality Engineer, DQE
• Delivered validation protocols on automotive amplifiers / speakers
• Successfully completed corrective and preventive actions in response to internal failures
QUANTUM CORPORATION Shrewsbury, MA. (Contracting) 9/2001 – 5/2004
Environmental Test Engineer
• Determined root cause failure analysis of SDLT tape
• Developed and implemented all test procedures for the Tape Media Group
• Engaged customer directly to research tape media performance issues
• Developed methodologies for capturing critical information for current and future analysis
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES Westford, MA. 4/2000 – 9/2001
Environmental Test Engineer
Created and implemented HALT process for a multitude of fiber-optic and copper based switches
• Developed HALT and HASS test plans for central office switches
• Designed environmental test environment, including choosing and purchasing the required test equipment necessary to perform HALT and HASS; chambers, thermal and P/S test equipment
• Developed and implemented system level testing in accordance with the Hardware Verification Test Plan
• Developed and implemented multi-functional hardware, software and other verification tests on systems
• Documented low cost enhancements to the Hardware Verification Test Guidelines for future products
• Bridged hardware and software engineering to verify anomalies in the design
• Measured defect rates relative to Hardware and Q/A Engineering, referencing the HVT plan and comparing actual field failure data to, “in house or CM failure data” to perform continuous product improvement
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QUANTUM CORPORATION Shrewsbury, MA. (Contracting) 1998 - 2000
• Identified first level failures, and then collaborated with Media Engineering to resolve those issues
• Identified failure trends using the data collection files for failure analysis
• Implemented engineering review to reduce defects from trend analysis
• Performed RGT (Reliability Growth Testing) and failure trend analysis for the DLT 4000/8000 Tape Drive
• Designed and wrote all test procedures for the DLT tape drives
EMC CORPORATION Hopkinton, MA 1992 - 1998
Environmental Test Engineer
• Designed and developed the first Humidity Profile to identify the functional and physical limitations of components and systems under test. The goal was to force contamination and other failure mechanisms
• Developed and delivered Highly Accelerated Stress Testing processes of new digital electronic designs
• Executed test plans, driving root cause analysis with resolution to the problems found
• Liaison to Component and Design Engineering, to drive technical resolution to problems identified by test plans
• Wrote test plans and executed those plans to HALT a new product design
• Wrote Proof of Screens to develop a HASS processes for manufacturing
• Supported Design Engineering during product design through Highly Accelerated Life Test / HALT
• Supported Component Engineering, interfacing with vendors driving component FA issues
• Trained Manufacturing Department for proper operational procedures for Environmental Stress Screening testing of new products
DATA GENERAL CORPORATION Westborough, MA.
R&D Engineering Specialist
• Engineering Technician Specialist, supporting ~80 electrical engineers in R&D
• Developed and executed a process for a 289-pin gate array installation and removal on a 16 layer, internally buried resistor PCB with 3rd party vendors. (Hitachi and Motorola Corporation)
EDUCATION
Central New England College, Worcester, MA
Electrical Engineering
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