Electronics Engineer / Hardware Engineer

DAT NGUYEN

Telephone: (***) ***- **** Vancouver, WA

Email: ***.******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: To find a job as a hardware engineer or developer.

SKILLS

·Strong background in LOGIC design and analog/mixed signal circuit analysis.

·Good communication and interpersonal skills with aggressive and goal-oriented attitude.

·Familiar with clean room environment protocols.

·Performed failure analysis, debug and troubleshoot roots cause failures for printer components.

·Familiar with CMOS devices and processes.

·Familiar with operation and application of analytical tools such as mirco-probing, bench testing equipment, semi-conductor analyzer, and oscilloscope.

·Working efficiently with UNIX, 80x86 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE, VHDL, and C/C++.

·Familiar of Automatic Test Equipment (ATE).

·Knowledge of Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), vertical network series system.

·Strong background in ASIC design using VHDL, ModelSim verification and synthesis tools.

·Strong background in calibration of Space Lab Medical Devices.

WORK HISTORY

07/2007 – 12/2008 Hewlett Packard Corp, Vancouver, WA

Hardware Engineer (Contractor)

·Modified and verified new design circuits for noise reduction.

·Worked as part of the design group.

·Performed validation tests on printer parts in a clean room.

·Created hardware design solutions such as digital circuit design, firmware applications, microprocessor-based board level design, robotics control, printed circuit board layout, digital signal processing, and real time embedded multiprocessor design.

·Oversaw engineering life cycle of hardware products including architecture, design, and implementation. Maintains relationships with vendors and orders necessary parts.

·Made modifications to product lines as necessary.

·Worked closely with quality assurance in identifying bugs and building fixtures and executing reliability testing. Measured project percentage completion at critical stages and implemented corrective action as necessary.

·Performed failure analysis, debug and troubleshoot roots cause failures for printer components.

·Developed test instruction procedures.

·Worked on up to 7 demo commercial printers at a time.

04/2006 - 01/2007 Hewlett Packard Corp, Vancouver, WA

Hardware Engineer (Contractor)

·Responsible for development of commercial machine technology before bringing products to market.

·Ran trials to detect printing errors.

·Verified signals and data.

·Tested digital circuits and preformed modification.

·Performed failure analysis, debugging hardware, and trouble-shorted roots cause failures.

12/2005 - 04/2006 Intel Corp. Hillsboro, OR

Hardware Test Engineer (Contractor)

·Performed testing for qualifications and engineering evaluations for new PCs.

·Performed debug functions on all test failures.

·Performed bench tests and regression tests.

·Evaluated test equipment such as Ovens / and Chambers.

·Managed test card inventory.

12/2004 - 12/2005 Bench Mark Corp, Beaverton, OR

Hardware Tester (Contractor)

·Calibrated, tested and debugged hardware in Function Circuit Test (FCT) & In Circuit Test (ICT) teams.

·Responsible monitor for the high quality hospital devices (Space-lab medical).

·Installed and configured software, measuring, adjusting and calibrating data per specifications.

·Debugged the roots cause problems.

02/2004 - 10/2004 Intel Corp, Hillsboro, OR

Hardware Tester (Contractor)

·Worked in a clean room environment developing microprocessors.

·Worked on wafer development, particle measurement and scrub.

·Polished the wafer after every step in the development process.

·Standardized procedures, increased team productivity and improved quality of products.

2002 – 02/2004

Unemployed while caring for mother. She died in 2005.

02/2001 - 06/2001 Biotronik Inc, Lake Oswego, OR

Fault Isolation Tech (Natural Data service)

·Responsible for testing and troubleshooting the Vertical Networks system problem down to the component level for pace maker devices.

·Performed failure analysis, repairing and performing signal integrity on microelectronics processes on pace maker devices, repaired wire bond with surface mount technology, and replaced flip chips.

06/1998 - 11/2000 NEC Electronic INC, Hillsboro, OR

Test Technician

·Responsible for troubleshooting and testing of circuit boards such as ITS-24000A system, NODE and RING levels, PWR Supply, Clock High Speed, NEC SONET Network Elements, time arise and time delay for circuit boards.

·Determined the root cause of failures.

EDUCATION

B.S, Electronic Engineering, Oregon Institute of Technology, 2002.

A.S, Electronic Engineering Tech, Portland Community College, 1998.

COURSE WORK

·Designed a custom ASIC used to control I/O monitor signals using Mentor Graphics verification and synthesis tools.

·Designed general purpose Op-Amp using transistor arrays. Verified design with Spice simulation.

·Designed Multi-waveform Generator using Motorola micro controller 68HC12.

·Digital System Design, Network Analysis, Microprocessor Systems Design, Communication, System Analysis, Linear System Analysis, Analysis/Design Analog Integrated Circuits, Quality Assurance and Reliability.

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