Donald Cox

Monterey Park, CA *****

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+1-909-***-****

To obtain Employment as an Electronic Engineer

Work Experience

Hardware Test Engineer

Rivian Automotive - Tustin, CA

April 2023 to Present

Set up and perform functional and environmental testing of electronic assemblies use for Rivian’s Electric Truck platform Graduate Engineering Student

California Polytechnic University

October 2015 to Present

One class short (Stochastic Process) and completing my Master's Project to obtain my Master's in Science in Electrical And Computer Engineering with an option In Computer Engineering Electronics Hardware Engineer

QSC Corporation - Costa Mesa, CA

May 2015 to October 2015

Developed VHDL code to monitor thermal sensors for 2500 and 5000 watt amplifiers Wrote VHDL code to use a Spartan FPGA to be a SPI interface between Digital/Analog Converters and Digital Signal Processor

Contributed to the development of the Touch Mix 24 Mixing board Did qualifying test for K-series per-amplifier

Electronics Test Engineer

Qual-Pro Corporation - Gardena, CA

February 2010 to April 2012

Developed test procedures and designed test jigs for various electronic assemblies Wrote automated test programs to test actuators and relays in LabView Trained technicians to run test programs and documented testing procedures Troubleshooted avionic assemblies down to the component level Lead engineering meetings to increase the quality yield of the manufacturing process Avionics Engineer

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) - Hawthorne, CA December 2008 to February 2009

Design test software in C for Xilinx Virtex 4 Embedded processor (power pc) for Engine Controller Created PCB layouts using OrCAD Spectre PCB Design flow Design and programmed automated LabView test beds for various Engine Controller Modules

(thermo couple, fuel trim valve driver, vector thrust control, actuators, etc.) Programmed test bench in VHDL to run simulation metrics on the FPGA code lMixed Signal Design Intern, Berkeley Wireless Research Center, University of California Conservation Camp

January 2007 to July 2008

Contain forest fires and did forest conservation work while residing at a Conservation Camp lMixed Signal Design Intern

Berkeley Wireless Research Center - Berkeley, CA

June 2004 to September 2004

Designed and Implemented a Finite Impulse Response Filter using Matlab Simulink and Verilog, on a Virtex 2 FPGA to improve the speed of Sigma-Delta analog to digital converters. Senior Project

NASA

September 2003 to June 2004

Completed a project sponsored by NASA/JPL to design an image processing and wireless communication system for a prototype Mars Rover.

lOptics Engineering Intern

Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Pasadena, CA

June 2003 to September 2003

Designed a method to analyze how well various deformable mirrors correct for optical errors caused by a Telescope's Active Control System and Primary mirror Design by programming test bench simulations in C++

Telecommunication Technician

Westel Voice & Data - Los Angeles, CA

January 1997 to January 2001

Installed and programmed Business Phone Systems and Voicemail Processing Systems Education

Master's of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Engineering School one class short of a Master October 2015 to Present

PhD

Graduate Engineering School

September 2004 to June 2005

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

University of California - Santa Barbara, CA

June 2004

Microwave Engineering

California State Polytechnic University

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Skills

• Analysis skills

• C/C++

• MATLAB

• Software Testing

• Python

• Embedded software

• Mechanical knowledge

• Aviation

• Schematics

• PCB

• Software Development

• Research

• Java

• Test Automation

• Assembly

• CAD

• AutoCAD

• Time management

• Microsoft Office

• Technical writing

• Manufacturing

• Electrical engineering

• Soldering

• Surface mount technology

Certifications and Licenses

Fundamentals of Engineering

Additional Information

•Technical Skills

Skilled in using C/C++, Python, Assembly language, LabView, Matlab, VHDL/Verilog, Xilinx Platform Studio and Embedded Design Kit, OrCAD PCB Designer, Microwave Office Proficient in the use of Oscilloscopes, Spectrum Analyzers, Network Analyzers, and Logic Analyzers, In Circuit Tester and Flying Probe Tester with Boundary Scan Testing

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