Engineer Electrical
Resume:
ROBERT HARRIS III
MOBILE: 860-***-**** * EMAIL: ************@*****.***
Temple University BS Electrical Engineering Philadelphia, PA
Georgia Inst. of Tech. Antenna Design Certificate Atlanta, GA
PHILIPS – Medical Systems Orlando, FL
RF/Wireless Lead Engineer January 2008 – Present
Project Summary
Technical Lead for cross-functional disciplined team of SW, HW, ME and production engineer's to develop and manufacture RF (wireless) communication medical systems for patient care monitoring.
Key Areas of Responsibilities
Lead team involvement related to system requirement definition, radio hardware procurement and design prototyping of rf/wireless hardware.
Interface radio hardware to microcontrollers (rabbit core, texas instrument msp430, silicon lab 8051) via uart and spi for system testing.
Develop Verilog and VHDL software algorithms for FPGA’s digital signal processing and digital filtering of the radio receiver baseband information.
Debug FPGA design using Xilinx chipscope analyzer tool to probe the internal signals of the internal FPGA design.
Guide the project progress by offering RF system design, testing and software (C, C++) support in an aggressive product development environment.
Develop test plans for RF/wireless circuit board assemblies to ensure compliance with electro magnetic compatibility (emc), electro magnetic interference (emi) and underwriters laboratory (UL) standards.
Create process improvements and exercise cost reduction strategies to optimize product development.
Work with product teams to implement, develop and demonstrate wireless hardware concepts using Zigbee, Bluetooth (802.15.1), Wi-Fi (802.11), WiMax, MIMO and DECT radio architecture.
Evaluate, measure and test all related RF/wireless radio chipset receiver and transmitter parameters using Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Generator and other lab equipment.
Responsible for inspecting the integrity of RF/wireless radio printed circuit assemblies, schematics and surface mount technology and board layouts, and inform appropriate team members of any risk.
Travel domestically and internationally to validate production processes and ROHS (lead free) compliance with printed circuit board manufacturers.
Harris Corporation Melbourne, FL
Senior System Design Engineer from September 2004 – Januaary 2008
Project Summary
Hardware and software system design and testing of the US Army MILES laser replacement program One Tactical Engagement Simulation System (One-TESS). Involved extensively in the wireless lan (Wi-fi), personal are network (zigbee), mesh and adhoc communication and location tracking systems design, implementation and production of One-TESS player unit prototype systems.
Key Areas of Responsibilities
RF/Radio and electrical hardware pcb design of the ONE-TESS prototype player units.
Lead development process for high precision tracking and navigation using Differential GPS (DGPS) and Real Time Kinematics (RTK) techniques for high accuracy location applications.
Electrical analog circuitry and digital radio subsystem hardware testing using agilent technologies lab equipment.
Verification and validation of all digital and analog system printed circuit board components.
Quantitative and qualitative lab and field-testing of the Player Unit RF and GPS sub systems.
System integration of PCB assemblies onto 1553 mil-std communication bus.
Developed Graphical User Interface (GUI) using C++ platform to interact and control GPS and radio performance parameters.
Project Summary
Digital RF\wireless system design for remote video surveillance systems and P25 public safety emergency communication systems.
Key Areas of Responsibilities
Built HW and developed C, C++ software for an engineering prototype system that was used for demonstration purposes for the customer.
Performed RF link reliability and signal path loss analysis in Matlab to demonstrate system capabilities.
Instantiated software models of the wireless system antenna design in Matlab.
Mitigate electro static discharge (esd) in RF hardware using proper grounding shielded cables, and metallic enclosures.
Setup computer hardware for LAN and RF configuration using software scripts to record bit error rate.
General Dynamics-Electric Boat, Inc. Groton, CT
Electrical Engineer from November 1999-September 2004
Project Summary
Member of the electrical integrated product (IPT) team for wireless research applications.
Key Areas of Responsibilities
Measured and evaluated 2.4GHz electro-magnetic field strength in test chambers to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
Test and evaluate 802.11 wireless radios in aggregated environment and characterized system performance.
Executed C++ software to configure wireless sensors and devices.
Maintained and optimized the functionality of antennas and radio equipment using software tools.
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