NICK SHAKHTINOV

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Shrewsbury, MA 01545

508-***-****

gs2jf7@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

Extensive experience in design, development and implementation of automation systems,

including servo control, embedded control, precise measurement instrumentation, sensors, transducers, automated test equipment, ultrasound equipment, power converters and amplifiers, power distribution and safety, equipment for ceramic thin films deposition from concept to

manufacturing.

Tools: C, ABEL-HDL, MULTISIM, OrCAD, AutoCAD, PLC.

EMPLOYMENT

2001-2009 CYBEX INTERNATIONAL, MEDWAY, MA

Principal Electrical Engineer

Developed and designed wide range input voltage AC-DC off-line (flyback) switching power supplies, DC-DC buck converters.

Developed and designed analog-digital eddy current brake PWM controllers and charging acid battery circuitry for self powered exercise equipment.

Developed and designed microprocessor based control for different type of exercise equipment.

Developed and designed multichannel strain gage measuring system to analyze the most stressed parts of the body during physical exercise.

Developed and designed PWM drives for brush and brushless motors.

1996 – 2001 PRI AUTOMATION, Billerica, MA

Senior Electrical Engineer

System level architecture design including robot control, motion servo control, subsystem communication, programmable logic, power distribution and safety for semi-conductor factory automation (Intel, Motorola, IBM, AMD, TI, Siemens, Philips).

Real time software development in C for embedded microcontrollers.

Developed a novel multigain “window amplifier” as a signal conditioning interface for low level analog signals. (Published in EDN magazine, January 6, 2000).

1993 – 1996 BOSTON DIGITAL CORP., Milford, MA

Electrical Engineer

Designed hardware and software in C for automatic tool changer, including servo motor control, monitoring of motor step-response for PID parameter’s tuning, power amplifiers.

Developed numerous non-contact probes and schematics for precise measuring and digital processing of irregular complex shapes, algorithms for scanning of surfaces on the "fly", interface probe-host computer, graphic monitoring of measuring shapes and data reduction in C.

Design of control for machining centers, including motion control, measuring instrumentation, power distribution and safety, PLC programming.

1989 - 1993 WINGARD & CO., Baltimore, MD

Electrical Engineer

Performed numerous PLC programs for multiple manufacturing tasks.

Developed control system for automatic presses, including measuring instrumentation for piezoelectric strain gage to monitor a quality's state of stamping tools.

Designed PLC based motion controllers for precise automatic machining, including motor control and measuring instrumentation.

1986 - 1989 RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Vilnius, Lithuania,

Research & Development Engineer

Designed numerous ultrasound piezoelectric generators and transducers for various applications: deposition of metal-to-metal, machining of non-cylindrical holes in glass and ceramic, cleaning process.

Researched, developed and designed electrical equipment for synthesis of ceramic coverage on zirconium, titanium, magnesium and aluminum alloys in different electrolytes by high energy micro-arc oxidation, including current feedback controlled power converters (up to 500 VDC, 150 A), operator interface and safety circuits.

Researched, developed and designed industrial equipment for deposition (penetration) of hard-to-soft and soft-to-hard metals, including high frequency spark plasma generators, ultrasound generators and transducers, analog and digital electronics to control various modes of deposition.

1970 - 1986 MACHINE TOOL COMPANY, Vilnius, Lithuania

Electrical Engineer

Designed control for numerous machining centers, including CNC and PLC control, servo control, measuring instrumentation and power distribution.

Designed adaptive motion controller and measuring instrumentation for boring of long holes using diamond boring machines.

Designed digital-analog servo motion controller-synchronizer of master/follower motors for machining of elliptical surfaces.

Designed computer based diagnostic test equipment for analyses of static and dynamic properties of machine tools (stiffness, tension, vibration, motion, precision).

Designed monitor to measure and display a trajectory of spinning objects by orthogonal (quadrature) non-contact sensors.

EDUCATION MS Degree in Electrical Engineering

Polytechnic Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania

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