Product Development Test Engineer

Steven Rowe

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San Diego, CA 92131 USA

Phone 619-***-****, Email ***********@*****.***

Career Goals:

I am seeking a position as a Product Development, Design Engineer or Production electronics and Test Engineer where I can utilize my skills developed over the past 27 years in electronics development and production.

Education:

San Diego State University, Graduated Dec. 1997

B.S. Physics with emphasis in Scientific Instrumentation

Key Technical Skills:

Designing, testing and troubleshooting a wide variety of electronic circuits for sonars operating in the acoustic frequency range of 40 kHz to 2.4 MHz, including:

Analog and digital design and layout

Experience in new product and sustaining product development .

Receiver Circuits: Low noise receiver preamplifiers with Automatic Gain Control (AGC) variable gain and fixed gain clipping amplifiers with 4 MHz, 12 – 16 bit A/D Baseband conversion.

Transmitter circuits: Up to 2000 watt using step-up switching amplifiers and transformers for high voltage switches driving electro/acoustic transducers with impedances of 10 – 1000 Ohms

Internal connectivity and external user system communication with emphasis on UART, Ethernet, Serial RS422, RS485, RS232, I2C, SPI and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth.

I have used component such as, resistors and capacitors (0201, 0402, 0603, 1206 and larger), IC’s of all sizes, FPGAs (leaded and surface mount), CPLDs and Micro Processers.

Various digital circuits system interface

High efficiency DC-DC plus LDO Power Regulation, DC/DC convertor circuits and control of system operation

Testing and debugging new sonar system designs to identify issues and verify compliance with product specifications and design requirements.

Schematic development and Rigid Multilayer (2-16) layers, Semi Rigid and Flex circuits (1 to 4 layers) for PCB layout with fabrication documentation for prototype and manufacturing release versions in PADS and Altium software

Created product documentation and records.

Develop test plans and DVT reports.

Responsible for product/process/yield improvement activities in partnership with Engineering, Operations and Quality departments

Created product documentation and records.

Design product’s to use active parts and procure all material for Prototype designs.

Interacted with contractors and customers using verbal and written communications

Thorough knowledge of electronics test equipment including Power Supplies, Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, and Frequency counters. Knowledge of ISO standards (ISO/IEC 17025 and 9000)

Project Management and Personal Skills:

Managed R&D and Production projects including task definition, manpower estimates, scheduling, subcontractor fabrication, production interface and marketing/sales and customer service support.

Developed test plans and reports.

Managed and maintained Electronic related documentation including Bills of materials, Schematic and PCB design files using Mentor Graphics for 26 years

Utilized applicable database and ERP software; MS Office including PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, Excel, MS Project, and Word applications

A self-starter, possessing a strong ability to excel in challenging situations. Recognized for offering assistance to the production line test department during periods of high production volume.

Employment History:

Rowe Technologies Inc., Poway, CA (5/23 - Present)

Electrical Engineer III

Participated in the development of platforms for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) products using Mentor Graphics and LTspice. Lead Sustaining Hardware Engineer for all products. Responsible for product/process/yield/obsolete identification for improvement activities in partnership with Engineering, Operations and Quality departments. Transitioning new designs into manufacturing and supporting production. This involved testing, trouble shooting, creating procedures, boms and training of technicians to verify the hardware and system requirements. Created DVT reports to analyze system functionality. Products used such Interfaces as USB, Ethernet, Serial and wireless Bluetooth. Also worked on new revision designs of products, including project management.

Direct Electron San Diego, CA (05/2022- 10/2022)

Electrical & Manufacturing Engineer.

Designed and tested Circuit boards using Altium and LTSpice to simulate

Developed Test fixtures both Mechanical, Electrical and wiring harnesses.

Nanosd San Diego, CA (09/2021 to 12/2021)

Electrical Engineering

Designed and tested Vibration & Solar energy to charge lithium batteries through power converter. Tools used were LTSpice to simulate circuits and Mentor Graphics for Schematic and PCB design.

Expertise Engineering, San Diego, CA (03/2021 to 07/2021)

Electrical Engineering

Designed Charging system form Medical Device and Audio mixers for music industry. Reviewed PCB layouts done by other engineers. Used LTSpice to simulate circuit design and Altium to create schematics and PCB layout.

Rowe Technologies Inc., Poway, CA (2009 to 03/2021)

Electrical Engineer III

Participated in the development of platforms for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) products using Mentor Graphics and LTspice. Lead Sustaining Hardware Engineer for all products. Responsible for product/process/yield/obsolete identification for improvement activities in partnership with Engineering, Operations and Quality departments. Transitioning new designs into manufacturing and supporting production. This involved testing, trouble shooting, creating procedures, boms and training of technicians to verify the hardware and system requirements. Created DVT reports to analyze system functionality. Products used such Interfaces as USB, Ethernet, Serial and wireless Bluetooth. Also worked on new revision designs of products, including project management.

Teledyne Technologies, Poway, CA (2005 to 2009)

Electrical Engineer III

I was a Design and Sustaining Hardware Engineer for all existing Teledyne products. I worked on development and project management of new sonar products and design new revisions of existing sonar products, including transitioning new designs into manufacturing using Mentor Graphics.

RD Instruments, San Diego, CA (1998 to 2005)

Electrical Engineer II

I was part of a team of ADCP product Design and Sustaining Hardware Engineer for all RD Instrument’s products, including new systems technology Broadband ADCPs, My work included schematic design, PCB layout, using Mentor Graphics. Prototype testing and overall project management. I was also responsible for transitioning product revisions and new designs into manufacturing and supporting the testing and training functions of the hardware and systems.

RD Instruments, San Diego, CA (1991 to 1998)

Electrical Technician III

Performed production testing and provided support to the Engineering Department in the development of new products. Daily assistance provided to Engineers included prototyping circuits, gathering and documenting test data, creating test procedures for design verification and environmental testing.

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