Electrical Engineer Design & Test

THANH PHAM

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Irvine, CA ***** **************@*****.*** 949-***-****

Objective: Electrical or Test Engineer where I can contribute my knowledge and experience, learn new technologies and products.

Experience:

Strong technical leaderships in Electrical Engineering where I can design Altera FPGA, evaluate,

and validate Hardware/Software, RF, WiFi, AC/DC Power, reliability, Root-Cause Analysis, Statistic Analysis, Six Sigma, Project Management on EVT/DVT/PVT/PP/MP and product life cycle.

Experienced with JTAG Technology and had Certificate of Corelis Boundary Scan Testing, DFT, ScanExpress TPG/JET/DFT Analyzer/Viewer/Runner/ADO /Debugger and Programmer.

Strong software design that included embedded Linux, Windows, Microsoft Office, Project, ORCAD,

DAQ, GPIB, HP-VEE, LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Perl, Python, C/C++, MATLAB Simulink, and assembly languages. Strong knowledge on RTL, FPGA, HDL/VHDL and Verilog.

Instruments:

Agilent 8960 Series 10 Wireless Communication Test Set (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, FASTSW, HSDPA, RF Spectrum). Agilent HP 3070 ICT Tester & Teradyne Spectrum 8000.

HP 8510c Network Analyzer, Spectrum, RF Tester, HP Signal Generator, DVM, Tektronix and Agilent High Speed Scopes, IXIA 400, and SmartBits 2000 and IXIA Network IP Analyzers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Cymer/ASML, San Diego, CA Oct. 20, 2014 to Oct. 28, 2016

EI Project Engineer, (TCC Contractor)

EDEV, responsible on EI project Engineer to support S1/S2/S3 between CSD and VHV.

Familiar with high Power Distribution Unit (PDU) systems (600/440/220V AC and DC).

Fixed M3, Cymer4, Cymer6 issues, and help engineers to resolve some technical problems.

Business travel to VHV to learn the new technologies, maintain and upgrading the systems.

Successful upgrading the Cymer6 system to S3-210 and S3-GV PROTO-33 integrating system.

Hardware Engineer-ATE System Development

Developed LabVIEW & Python Test Scripts to test ATE system based on NI PXI-8109 ATE I/O, PCI-8430, RS-232, PXI-8431/8 (RS-485), PXI-6514 Digital/Analog, FPGA, and Pickering Devices.

Developed test patterns to control Agilent DMM 34980A Multiple Switches, Relay boards, Resistors Boards, to developed self-test loopback ATE System. Familiarity with Profit-bus.

Currently, continue to develop Python test scripts to use ATE to control and interface with Siemen ET 200SP, S7 SIMATIC Manager PLC controllers, I/O ports, and Profibus.

Application programs: MATLAB Simulink, LabVIEW, C#, C/C++, FPGA, and Python.

Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA

Hardware Engineer (BBI Contractor) July 2012 – Oct. 2014

Managed different Catalyst 2960/3875, ASR901, ASR920, Switches and Routers products for Mechanical Design Verification Test (MDVT), Shock & Vibe, Acoustics, and Chamber Tests.

Familiar with different FRUs, 1-40GB SFP, Linux, Diags, IOS, IXIA, VLAN and L2 traffic tests.

Created CDET to log identify bugs on hardware or software to report to software and hardware development teams. Test Procedures and Documents Test Methods, Diagrams and Scripts.

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Installed and validated Diags & IOS. Configured and integrated multiple Catalyst systems, as Cisco XPS-2200 Stack Power, 5700 Series Wireless Controller, Catalyst 2960 & 3850 24/48 Non PoE and PoE systems. Upgraded programmed Altera FPGAs, Flash EEPROM, and Boot Loader.

Setup Cisco Catalyst systems to test uplink and downlink ports, and used scripts to setup and configured VLAN commands, ran Traffics Generator to test 12/24/48 ports PoE, UPoE with Edgar PoE Testers. Familiarity with L2/L3 testing Products based on LAN, WLAN, Stack power systems.

Experience and strong knowledge on Wireshark tests on Time/Source/Destination/Protocol TCP/IP, Length/Frame/Info to make sure WLAN IP can test, ping, and review.

PROGRAM MANAGER, AV

VIZIO INC., Irvine, CA Oct. 2009- May 2011

Managed projects with two different ODMs (Innolux /Foxconn and TPV) on multiple NPI projects from 7” Mobile TV up to 58” TV products.

Experienced with Audio, Video, RF, Antenna, Wire/Wireless, Blu-ray Player, 2D/3D CCFL,

and LED VIA FHD HDVTs.

Coordinated internal and external resources as QA, HWE/SWE to support all HDTV products from beginning of development stage to the final stage of production.

Conducted weekly meetings to review all TV schedules with marketing, Sales, and ODM’s. Evaluated Wire (LAN) and Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n) WLAN, Wi-Fi Multi Media (WMM), and

BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA Aug. 2000- Aug. 2008

SR. STAFF TEST ENGINEER

Assisted Program Managers and worked with Marketing, Hardware/ Software Managers, Planners, and customers to delivery the best support for every NPI and OEM products for IBM, HPQ, DELL, CISCO, and others customers. Traveled/transferred new NPI and ODM products to Askey, USI, AEC Contract Manufactures (CMs) in Taiwan, LiteON, USI, and Foxconn in China.

Familiar with Six-Sigma, PCBA lead-free soldering process, RoHs, and WEEE.

New Product Introduction (NPI/ODM) Client and Server Products: Managed, designed, and provided Final Test Stations, tested and trained Engineers, Technicians, and supported 17 new NPI products in 2008 from 1GbE PCIe (1x, 4x, nd 8x ), to 10GbE Mezzanine adapters.

Initiated the budgeting requests to Managers and order test equipments from HP, Tektronix, National Instruments, IXIA 400, SmatBits 2000 to test L2/L3, BER, CRC, and other vendors to support design and develop DVT Functional Test Stations to test all main boards for 10/100/1000 and 40 Gigabits Optical switches, Client/Server and StrataSwitches boards, Cable boards, CMTS boards, VoIP, Routers boards, Storage boards, LAN, WAN Server boards, Mobile boards, WLAN, RF boards, memory, Flash EEPROM. FPGA, GAL, PAL, Antenna and Wireless products.

Programmed Firmware and MAC, and Tested WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n on Islolation RF Chamber with Waveguide, Bridge, Couplers, Splitter, and measured DC characteristic with DVM and Power with Power Meter, and Broadband Frequency with Spectrum Analyzer.

Family with FPGA, RS232, TAG, GPIB IEEE-488, SDIO USB GPIB, and 4/8/16 PCI Express.

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC., Irvine, CA 1998-2000

SR. TEST ENGINEER I

Designed VXI AFT Universal Full Functional System Test (DVT) to test hardware and software, and used LabWindows/CVI to design graphical user interface (GUI). Design DVT Functional Test Fixtures and hardware interfaces and wrote device and equipment drivers, library devices, DLL, and application windows drivers for different test fixtures to test all main assembly boards (PCBA) such as ITA Self-Test fixtures, STTL Fluidics Transducer and VIT Driver ITA Fixtures.

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TRW ELECTRONICS SYSTEM, Redondo Beach, CA 1996-1998

MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF –Software Engineer

Designed and integrated DVT Functional Test stations (Digital/Analog/RF/Mixed Signals) and developed software test set on-wafer RF performance. Used DAQ, GPIB IEEE-488, HP/Agilent Spectrum Analyzer, HP8510C Network Analyzer, VXI Controllers, Anritsu and HP power meters, and automatic switches. Designed and integrated DVT Functional Test Stations hardware and software for final for uplink/downlink microwave system that used HP-VXI Control Modules, 6 Relays. 9 Multiplexes Functional cards. Measured power sweep, phases, gain, return loss, coupler, splitter, waveguide, RF spectrum, and DC characteristics. Software developed in C and HP-VEE.

PRINTRONIX INC., Irvine, CA 1995-1996

SR. TEST ENGINEER

Automatic Functional Tester (AFT): Maintained hardware/software for AFT system I. Integrated hardware and LabVIEW software to build two new AFT Systems. Used LabVIEW program on PC to control Tektronix Scope, HP6032 Power Supplies, DAQ-32 Data Acquisition Control, Keithly Switch Matrix, and HP8663 Frequency Synthesizer through IEEE-488 GPIB.

SR. TECHNICAL OPERATIONS ENGINEER

BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS, INC., Brea and Fullerton, CA 1988-1995

ATE AdvanCE Project Leader in Fullerton and Brea: Worked on multiple HP3070 ATE system projects in Brea and Fullerton facilities and developed ICT functional test program for Wash Heater boards, DSP boards, Analog boards, Fiber Optics boards, and Dual Motor boards.

Designed and wrote library test, device drivers, digital test vectors, Analog, RF, and mixed signals.

SR. TEST EQUIPMENT DESIGN ENGINEER

Designed functional test fixtures (or DVT system tests) both in hardware and software to test all main boards (PCBAs) for products such as: LS 5000/6000 Liquid scintillation, Du600/Du700 Spectrophotometer, P/ACE 5000 Capillary Electrophoresis systems.

All design functional test equipment used Motorola 68000 (16 bits), 68032 (32bits) CPU, DSP TMS320/25, included 8 bit Intel 8048, and 8051Microcontrollers.

Wrote device drivers, test vectors, and Library test. Programmed in C/C++ and assembly languages.

Wrote ICT test vectors to create Library test for HP3070 systems to test A/D and D/A converter, mixed-signal, RF, CPU, Micro-Controller, RAM, and EEPROMs.

AAMES SECURITY Corp., Long Beach, CA 1986-1988

Test/Design Engineer

Designed and Test Fire Alarm Control Panel and Smoke detector. UL Documents.

GATEWAY SCIENTIFIC, Inc., Irvine, CA

Electronics Design Engineer 1984-1986

Designed Multi-Station Smoke Detector, Smart-Light, and Infrared Smart Light products.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY of PHOENIX-- Master of Business Administration (MBA 2007)

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Long Beach, CA

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE 1987)

Personal: U.S. Citizen

Language: English, Vietnamese, and French.

Reference: Will provide upon request.

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