Engineer Project Manager

NGHIA D. VU

*** ***** *** *****, ******, Texas **094. Home Phone #: 972-***-****. Email: *******@*****.***

WORK EXPERIENCE:

**/** – Present RAN Designer – Axcent Networks, Plano, Texas

* Designing Ethernet paths from cell sites to MTSO based on EDP for 1st and 3rd Carriers, including creating EVC/UNI segments, cables, equipment using GRANITE.

* Installing and decommissioning re-homed sites, tracking ESNAP reports for new sites to be turned up, creating CIQ’s, and completing necessary tasks to turn up the circuits.

06/08 – 01/11 Designer/Project Manager – The Trade Group, Carrollton, Texas

* Designing booth structures for trade shows base on graphic design renderings and creating setup instruction drawings using 3D AutoCAD software.

* Estimating, creating, and updating BOM using NAV.

04/08 – 06/08 Mechanical Engineer, Contract – Circuit Check Inc., Richardson, Texas

* Designing PCB test fixtures based on the PCB Gerber and ref files and PCBs from customers using AutoCAD, selecting applicable probes for various types of test points.

* Selecting test fixture kits and creating BOMs using Vantage.

03/08 – 04/08 Mechanical Designer, Contract – H & K Dallas, Dallas, Texas

* Updating drawings and BOM’s for stainless steel kitchen equipments used in food service industry, i.e. McDonalds, Whatabuger, Applebee... based on ECN’s.

* Designing housing supports for electrical devices using AutoCAD and Inventor.

07/07 – 02/08 Mechanical Designer, Contract – Continental Electronics, Dallas, Texas

* Designing cabinet, modifying, and detailing mechanical parts for radio transmitters using AutoCAD and Inventor.

* Updating ECN’s and BOM’s for mechanical assemblies.

11/06 – 03/07 Mechanical Designer, Contract – General Dynamics, Kilgore, Texas

* Designing hub integration and axis-crossover installations for antennas using AutoCAD, configuring CGC, TRF waveguides between feed and LNA as specified by the project.

* Designing enclosure for antenna cooling system using SolidWorks.

* Designing housing supports between LNA and feed interface, using JOBSCOPE to update bills of material as the job required.

06/06 – 09/06 Mechanical Engineer, Contract – KONE, McKinney, Texas

* Reviewing and interpreting job specifications that define product requirements.

* Identifying characteristics of jobs during the job review process to allow proper resource allocation to job for timely completion.

* Producing designs of a moderate level of complexity in order to satisfy requirements.

* Participating in regular peer reviews of recent work and/or participating in the building and maintaining of a library system of successful design work (Masters Library).

* Generating and updating BOM’s used bill elevator components for specific jobs.

10/05 – 04/06 Mechanical Design Engineer, Contract – Siemens, Arlington, Texas

* Designing complex parts of postal sorting machines under the direction of ME lead and program manager using UG NX3 software.

* Modeling, modifying and detailing existing parts from PDF drawings.

* Providing complete part drafting and assembly drawings to the manufacturing shop with the scheduled time frame.

07/05 – 10/05 CNC Programmer – Multi Metal and MFG, Rockwall, Texas

* Preparing CNC programs for sheet metal turret punch press machining centers by using AP100 software.

* Working with a variety of CAD input files and manual drawings from customers and convert them into flat pattern data and tool paths.

* Providing support to machinist with equipment setup and jig design where necessary.

* Familiar with AutoCAD, and Pro-E translation files.

12/04 – 04/05 Technical Support Specialist – Siemens, Irving, Texas

* Accepting, validating and logging calls from authorized clients, defining initial fault isolation and resolution for ASE related requests and problems.

* Providing support, service and assistance for client issues including functionality support, fault isolation and resolution, technical support, work status update.

* Fully documenting all calls including all resolution steps and notifying clients for status.

12/03 – 06/04 Loop Acceptance Technician – Allegiance Telecom, Dallas, Texas

* Working with ILEC testers and field technicians to establish clean T1 circuits.

* Testing, provisioning and troubleshooting Alcatel, Tellabs, Lucent DCS and T1 circuitry.

* Opening trouble tickets to have dispatch technicians work on the circuits at the CO’s, scheduling vendor meets to have CO and field technicians troubleshoot on the circuits.

08/03 – 12/03 Burn-in Test Technician – CSD, Richardson, Texas

* Performing hand soldering for surface-mount components based on drawings, BOM’s, and ECO’s for rectifiers.

* Burning and testing rectifiers to ensure the quality of the product.

06/03 – 08/03 Test Technician – Verizon, Irving, Texas

* Working in the Call Center, answering phone calls from IXC whenever end user customers had problems with the DS0, DS1 and DDS circuits.

* Opening trouble reports and testing circuits by using WFA/C and REACT systems.

* Documenting all works in the logs and closing tickets to Central Office and the field for repair and dispatch.

03/97 – 06/02 Telecommunications Support Engineer – WorldCom, Richardson, Texas

* Providing technical assistance for the new turn-up and repair including provisioning and translations.

* Supporting hot cuts with Sales Engineer, Fields Operation, and Vendor. Troubleshooting translations and routing from Local Switch to customers’ equipments.

* Participating in planning and carrying out new City Launch projects to provide different types of traffic interconnection trunk groups to the RBOC Switches and Tandems for the launching a new MCI WorldCom Local Switch.

08/90 – 03/97 Manufacturing Engineer – US Robotics, Mt. Prospect, Illinois

* Designing and planning production lines for prototypes and new products.

* Providing production follow-ups to ensure time-to-market of new products.

* Responsible for operation and maintenance of pick-and-place assembly machines.

* Writing and generating programs for all Panasert Machines by using Panatools software.

* Debugging programs and troubleshooting component placement.

COMPUTER SKILL:

Operating System-Hardware/Software

MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows/Office, UNIX, PANAHOST, PANATOOLS , NSPS, ARMS, TCOMS, REACT, WFA/C, TBS, Net Analyst Centest, AP100, JOBSCOPE

Programming Languages

FORTRAN, C

Modeling Tools

AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, Unigraphics NX3

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

University of Illinois at Chicago

References available upon request

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