JONATHAN ROWLAND Phone: 978-***-****

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DOCUMENTATION CONTROL, PRODUCT DEFINITION, UX/UI DESIGN, SW QA, ECAD/EDA

• Managed PLM/PDM systems, wrote/processed ECO’s for Contract Manufacturers in China

• Product Definition Engineer Designing GUI/Dashboards and writing Functional Specifications for Product Visualization and verification software

• Product Validation engineer with 13 years of QA Project Lead experience.

• Understand all levels of testing (unit/system/performance/limit-stress/usability) and authored handoff criteria for department

• Helped define requirements for home-grown automated regression test harness and developed hundreds of platform independent tests

• Proven experience designing and implementing software trial (beta) programs, serving as the primary liaison for co-development partners and key customers.

• Extensive experience leading and working with product teams using Waterfall and Agile Methodologies

• Experience with development and product validation on multiple operating systems and platforms such as UNIX, Linux and Windows.

EXPERIENCE

DOCUMENT CONTROL SPECIALIST Evolv Technology - Waltham, MA 2019-2020

• Verified all new component specifications, including datasheets (for all OTS parts), CAD Models and drawings for MTS parts and added all appropriate information to Arena PLM system.

• Processed all Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) for start-up introducing new model of high-throughput security systems, and moving it from Engineering prototype to production and Contract Manufacturer

• Developed policies and procedures for ECO process, version control, and review /approval cycles.

• Provided user support to employees in areas of PLM, quality processes, as well as the integrations between Arena PLM, Altium PCB, and SolidWorks MCAD/PDM systems. DOCUMENT CONTROL SPECIALIST Symbotic - Wilmington, MA 2018-2019

• Ran the document control system (Arena) through all lifecycle phases.

• Validated, routed, and tracked Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) for multi-site engineering groups including checking of all associated drawings and documentation

• Wrote document control system processes in accordance to Quality Management System standards.

• Supported co-workers in areas of PLM, quality processes, as well as the integrations between Arena PLM, and NetSuite ERP or SolidWorks PDM.

DOCUMENT CONTROL SPECIALIST Revolabs/Yamaha Corporation, Sudbury, MA 2016-2018

• Managed PLM/PDM system for Unified Communications group, including processing all ECO’s

• Prepared all ECO documentation packages sent to contract manufacturers in China and served as primary liaison for all ECO and product documentation distribution and issue resolution

• Defined and documented the ECO procedure used by the group

• Worked with Compliance team to develop Safety and Regulatory documentation strategy

• Participated in hardware/audio/software testing when needed PRODUCT DEFINITION ENGINEER Parametric Technology Corp, HQ Needham, MA 2008-2015

• Designed all the features and functionality for a new ECAD version of our Product Visualization software

(Creo View) and its integrations with the Windchill PLM solution.

• Worked on ECAD-MCAD Collaboration and Routed Systems solutions

• Worked closely with Product Management, Development, QA, and Technical Publications teams to understand our customer/user requirements, work within development limitations, and meet quality goals and metrics for our products.

• Worked effectively to overcome challenges posed by my internationally distributed team, requiring clear communication, planning, organization, multi-cultural understanding and teamwork PRODUCT VALIDATION ENGINEER Cadence Design Systems, Chelmsford, MA 1989–2008

• Original member of the Cadence/Intel product team that designed, developed, and delivered the Advanced Package Designer (APD) product. Coordinated the product verification and validation efforts for all subsequent releases, including the direction of remote QA resources in India and Ottawa.

• Developed and coordinated a Beta test strategy for APD and created and maintained a web site to publicize and track beta activity and issues. Wrote and conducted customer satisfaction survey to assess customer feedback. Conducted internal beta testing programs with field applications engineers and customer support teams.

• Primary force on a cross-functional team responsible for the redesign and significant enhancement of the interactive routing tool set for Allegro design tool.

• Led a project team to address automated test maintenance and portability problems, developed and implemented practical solutions, and then delivered related paper at an International Cadence Technical Conference to share findings with other PV groups across the corporation.

• Devised a Customer Design Process Test methodology

• Submitted more than 2,700 product change request reports (defect corrections and enhancements) with reproducible test cases from personal test activity, or on behalf of customers and field engineers.

• Wrote, executed, and maintained over 300 automated regression tests that exercised the product features and functionality using real world designs. Full test suite run, and results debugged for weekly development builds and public bug fix releases, for all supported versions and hardware platforms.

• Involved in all aspects of test plan development, execution, failure diagnosis, documentation, and reporting for new and existing Allegro PCB Design product features and functionality.

• Reviewed all product and feature related documentation including Product Requirement Specs, Functional Specs, end-user help manuals, and product notes. SENIOR PCB DESIGNER Data Precision/Analogic/Siemens Corp, Danvers, MA 1981-1989

• Started CAD department and developed first ECAD design methodology/system in the company.

• Designed more than 30 new hi-density, digital/analog/mixed-signal boards for digital oscilloscopes, waveform analyzers, signal processing & measuring instruments, and patient monitoring machines.

• Manually designed PC boards and hand-crafted artworks prior to acquisition of CAD systems PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / EDUCATION

PTC University - User Experience Design Principles Cadence University

• Total Quality Management Courses

• Software Testing in the Real World Seminar

• PCB/SCM/MCM Design Workshops and Conferences

Lowell Institute - Printed Circuit Design Theory

Northeastern University - Electrical / Mechanical Engineering Prep Courses

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