Nghia Cao
Moorpark, CA ****1
********@*****.***
805-***-**** mobile
Highly motivate proficiency Mixed Signal Test Engineer with more than 10 years experience in the area of Semiconductors Automatic Test Equipment and 15 years experience of RF Communications.
Seeking a position of test engineering to support manufacturing, production and become a team member of the large best components industry.
Solid accomplishment in organizing and planning projects from initial development to finish products.
- Strong knowledge of following technologies:
. RF/Wireless Communications included SONET OC-48, OC-192, ATM, Fiber Channel.
. Pspice, ORCAD simulation, VNA – all bench test equipments.
. PCB Hardware design and development, IPC610, and ISO9000.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BROADCOM CORP., Irvine, CA May 2007 to Present
Applications/Test Engineer.
Providing all hardware design and development included PCB layout and design (PADS Logic).
Providing full functional test and characterization included system level test methodologies of set-top-box.
Successfully delivered two projects to high volume manufacturing within schedule.
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, Los Angeles, CA May, 1997 – May, 2007
Sr. Field Application Engineer.
Advanced Mixed Signals Applications Engineer – ATE, Platform 94000, SOC 93000
Provided technical expertise to support following projects:
CMOS Imaging camera sensors.
Cable Set Top Box, DSL, RF/Fiberoptic Communications Products.
Delivered presentations materials for technical seminars at the customer sites and trade shows.
Technical liaisons interface between customers, sales/marketing and manufacturing.
Provided full functional test procedures and characterization included system level tests and characterization.
Provided all levels of support high volume manufacturing to customer using the ATE 93000 Agilent testers.
Provided Pre/Post-Sales products introduction of all Semiconductors Manufacturing Automation testers.
Successfully completed and delivered over ten million dollars projects within schedule (two years projects).
Provided technical expertise to support Set Top Box off-shore production in High Volume Manufacturing.
Developed and delivered presentations materials for technical seminars, Semicon and ITC trade shows.
TERADYNE CORP., (a $2 billion Business in ATE) Boston, MA 1994 to 1997
Advanced Mixed Signals Field Sales/Application Engineer – Semiconductors Automatic Test Equipments.
Provided of full functional test solution of IEEE1394 FireWire (S400, S800).
Tasks included test methodologies & software development for demonstration to Marketing/Customer.
Provided technical tutorials, presentations and supported of High Volume Production of the PRML
Successfully delivered two PRML projects high volume/quality to customer’s production within schedule.
McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP., Santa Ana, CA 1990 to 1994
Senior Principal Investigator (Sales Engineer in Defense Contractors)
Provided Technical Sales support for the National Security Agency of the High Speed (SONET OC-48)
Secured Communications Non-Tappable Products.
Provided Technical supports and tutorials of the systems operational and demonstration of the prototype units. Technical interfaced with Army Research and transferred completed technologies to manufacturing.
Product has successfully received an endorsement from NSA under the Commercial COMSEC Endorsement Program (CCEP) Type I, II, III. Serial No. ISSO-141-93 on the 12th October 1993.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey.
PUBLICATION:
1)Internal Research and Development (IR&D) NASA Project description: “High Speed Fiberoptic Communications for Microgravity Research” December 1992, presented May 1993 and December 1993.
2)Internal Research and Development (IR&D) NSA Project description: “NON-TAPPABLE High Speed
Fiberoptic Communications” October 1992, presented May 1993 and December 1993.
PATENT:
“Extend Link Length Secure Fiber Optic System” – Filed Feb28th, 1996. R8468 – Department Of Defense
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers