Gary L. Erbe
Twinsburg, Ohio 44087
330-***-**** (H)
216-***-**** (C)
TOOLS
Schematic Capture: Altium, Cadence, Mentor DX, Orcad
PCB Layout: Altium, Pcad, Tango
FPGA/CPLD Design: Xilinx, Altera, PSOC
EXPERIENCE
3/10 to 8/10 Aerotek (Contract to Cisco Systems)
5700 Lombardo Center
Seven Hills, Ohio 44131
POSITION: Contract Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES: Environmental testing of Power Supplies and Access Points. Redrawing schematics in DX for conversion to Lead Free.
9/06 to 9/09 Libra Industries
7770 Division Drive
Mentor, Ohio 44060
POSITION: Test Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES: Consist of anything to get product through test. This included the maintenance of all In Circuit Test Systems/Fixtures, all Functional Test Fixtures, Troubleshooting PC boards that Technicians could not fix, maintaining Calibration of all Test Equipment, and have the responsibility for all Certification Records.
3/06 to 9/06 Aerotek (Contract to hire at Libra)
5700 Lombardo Center
Seven Hills, Ohio 44131
11/04 to 7/05 Misco Products
3401 Virginia Road
Woodmere, Ohio 44122
POSITION: Director of Engineering
RESPONSIBILITIES: Directing the everyday operations of both Engineering and Production. Sustaining engineering for products developed in Russia, design of Test Fixtures, writing Test Procedures, Documenting all designs (BOMs, Assy Dwgs, Etc), and final assembly and test of instruments. Production duties included the scheduling of builds, ordering parts and assemblies, qualifying outside vendors/ contract manufacturers, and supporting sales in customer demosnstrations and trade shows.
12/97 to 7/03 Nu Horizons Electronics
2300 Edison Boulevard
Twinsburg, Ohio 44087
POSITION: Field Applications Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide technical support to customers by assisting in the selection of electronic components to be used in their designs, troubleshooting problems with components or how they are used in the design, and providing information on new components released from manufacturers by way of customer demonstrations or technical seminars. Assist outside sales from a technical aspect and training. Achieved a Silver Certification for Xilinx FPGA/CPLDs.
4/96 to 12/97 Ardac Inc.
34000 Vokes Drive
Eastlake, Ohio 44095
POSITION: Project Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES: Project management and electronic design of Bank Note Validators, These note acceptors were based on the Motorola HC11 microcontroller and utilized solid state sensors. All circuitry was implemented in surface mount technology and was required to withstand the elements wherever vending machines could be located. All designes required all documentation for production (ie: BOMs, AssyDwgs, Etc),.
4/96 to 12/96 Consulting
RESPONSIBILITIES: Designed and simulated a FPGA for LumenX. Design based on the Altera 88188 part utilizing Altera’s AHDL design language. This was to complete the project that I was working on at the time of my departure from LumenX.
2/92 to 4/96 LumenX Company
3400 Gilchrist Road
Mogadore, Ohio 44260
POSITION: Electronic Design Engineer
RESPONIBILITIES: Design and development of circuitry for high speed Machine Vision Inspection Systems. Responsible for the design from concept though production release. Provided world wide field service and supported trade shows. Managed the Final Test department for two years.
9/87 to 2/92 Pressco Technology Inc.
29200 Aurora Road
Solon, Ohio 44139
POSITION: Director of Engineering
RESPONSIBILITIES: Managing multiple designs and a team of four engineers and two technicians. Design and development of high speed Machine Vision Inspection Systems. Responsible for all design documentation (ie: BOMs, Assy Dwgs, Etc.)
9/85 to 8/87 Allen Bradley Company
747 Alpha Drive
Highland Heights, Ohio 44143
POSITION: Lead Hardware Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES: Design and development of communication circuits. All boards were either 68000 or 68020 based with an Ethernet controller, Token Bus Controller, RS-232C Ports, and the Allen Bradley Data Highway local area network. All Schematics, circuit simulation and documentation was completed using the VALID Logic Systems computer aided design equipment.
4/84 to 6/85 Tecmar Inc.
6225 Cochran Road
Solon, Ohio 44139
POSITION: Hardware Design Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES: Design and development of PC add on peripherals. Main Project was the design of Tecmar’s Maestro Multifunctional board. This board was for the PC-AT form factor and consisted of a serial port, parallel port, and 2.5 megabytes of DRAM.
2/82 to 1/84 C.P. Computer Services
4595 Van Epps Road
Brooklyn Heights, Ohio 44131
POSITION: Digital Design Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES: Design of computer interface circuits, redesign of microprocessor logic board, all of the electronics drafting work, PC board layout, writing applications software to customers specifications, and providing support to sales with customer demonstrations and trade shows.
3/81 to 1/82 Gould Ocean Systems
18901 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44117
POSITION: Digital Design Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES: Design of circuitry for the Mark 48 torpedo exercise head. Designed the Digital Monitoring Board, The Analog Monitoring board, and the Power Control Board.
2/80 to 3/81 Honeywell Avionics Division
2600 Ridgeway Parkway
Minneapolis, Minnesota
POSITION: Product Assurance Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES: Worked with the Laser Gyro Automatic Test equipment writing test software for the ATE in the company proprietary ELAN language. Moved into the Electrostatic Discharge Task Group writing specifications for the handling of static sensitive parts. Implemented a static control program for the company.
EDUCATION
Ohio Institute of Technology (DeVry)
B.S. in Electronic Engineering Technology
BSEET – February 1980
Ohio Institute of Technology (DeVry)
A.S. in Electronic Engineering Technology
ASEET – April 1979
REFERENCES FURNISHED UPON REQUEST