Engineer Project Management

ARPI SHAH

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SUMMARY

An analytical and results-oriented engineer with broad-based expertise in product testing, product engineering, software development, project management, and quality control. Develops and debugs software programs for new and existing products to achieve reductions in test time and improvements in yield. Designs board-level hardware and reviews schematics and components. Effectively manages and prioritizes multiple concurrent projects while ensuring adherence to customer requirements. Leverages exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to convey key concepts to diverse teams and secure the achievement of common goals.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

LTX Fusion, Very Low Cost Testers (VLCT), Oscilloscopes, Envision, Code Composer Studio, Spotfire, Dataware, ClearCase, Cadence, SmartSpice, Virtuoso, SQL, Flash 470, Assembly, Perl, MATLAB, Visual Basic 6, C/C++, Linux, UNIX, Windows XP/Vista

EXPERIENCE

Texas Instruments Inc., 2006-2012

Product Test Engineer, 2008-2012

-Designed board-level hardware for automotive microcontroller products for production/characterization at probe and final test platforms.

-Reviewed hardware schematics and component selection for designed hardware.

-Routinely interacted with board vendors to direct and guide multiple projects.

-Developed and released software programs for production, characterization, and qualification.

-Prioritized and executed multiple devices to meet or exceed customer requirements.

-Effectively developed multisite programs resulting in 87% test time reduction.

-Participated in integrated product team (cross-functional teams of design/application/quality) to debug and resolve production and characterization related issues.

-Successfully completed advanced device debugging at the bench (Code Composer Studio), Probe (VLCT) and Final Test ATE (Fusion) test setup levels.

-Extracted and analyzed probe and final test yields using statistical data analysis tools like Spotfire and Dataware to improve yields up to 15%.

-Implemented corrective actions to resolve gaps in device performance, quality, and reliability.

-Accurately and timely communicated test pattern issues to the relevant teams in order to maximize efficiency.

-Identified the tests that needed to be added to product testing flow to improve reliability.

-Exercised project management skills by driving release and ramp to production of several programs as per planned schedule.

Computer Programmer (contracted by Total Technical Services Agency), 2006-2008

-Worked on automated test equipment (ATE) platform LTX Fusion and converted existing program from Polaris platform to Fusion platform.

-Created Fusion program from Polaris and ensured program sameness between Polaris and Fusion programs.

-Monitored every test and test pattern to ensure identical coverage of both programs.

-Added quality and yield improvements and performed test time reduction activities.

-Communicated pattern suite- related production issues to cross-functional teams on time to minimize production delay.

-Participated in integrated product team (cross-functional teams of design/application/quality) to debug and resolve production- related issues.

-Utilized statistical data analysis tools like Spotfire and Testware to analyze data for yield improvements from tests/parameters that caused high-yield loss. Implemented changes to Fusion program to improve yields by up to 5%.

-Improved test time for Polaris-to-Fusion conversion by converting search tests to pass/fail tests, resulting in 20% reduction in test time.

-Held responsibility for release and ramp to production of this Polaris to Fusion conversion.

-Validated and offloaded package level test programs to off-shore manufacturing site.

-Worked with Philippines teams to ensure proper and timely release and ramp to production of this device.

MTA Bridges and Tunnels

Database Analyst, 2005

-Maintained databases in Microsoft Access 2003 and Oracle.

-Accelerated the process of updating databases by efficiently managing time to meet end-of-quarter deadlines.

-Visited Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on site to inspect closed circuit TV monitors and identify malfunctioning circuitry.

-Created and managed work orders for technicians to ensure timely delivery of services.

EDUCATION

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, Brooklyn, New York

M.S., Electrical Engineering, 2006

MUMBAI UNIVERSITY, Mumbai, India

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, 2004

GRADUATE SCHOOL PROJECTS

Design of Finite and Infinite Impulse Response Filters with TMS3206711, 2006.

-Designed and implemented low pass, high pass, band pass, and band stop FIR/IIR filters in C using floating-point TMS320C6711 DSK.

-Tested code in real time using Code Composer Studio embedded DSP software.

Image and Video Compression of gray and colored images/videos, 2006.

-Implemented lossy and lossless compression techniques like VLC coding, Huffman coding, discrete cosine transform (DCT), and JPEG.

-Motion estimation and motion compensation for video compression. Study of H.261 video coding algorithm, MPEG-1, MPEG-2.

Creating a Distributed Environment for Online Applications, 2005.

-Created distributed database using PostgreSQL.

-Coded and implemented SQL queries for accessing data.

-Created its front-end application using HTML and PHP.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Semiconductor Processing Overview, 2011

Presentation Skills, 2011

Outlook and Time Management, 2011

Introduction to Perl, 2010

Introduction to VLCT, 2008

Digital Signal Processing Lab, 2006

Image Processing, 2006

Digital Signal Processing, 2006

Introduction to Databases, 2006

Wireless Personal Communications, 2005

Introduction to VLSI Design, 2005

Probability, 2005

Microcontrollers, 2004

Signals and Systems, 2004

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