Electronics Engineering Professional
Resume:
Michael Malcewicz
Cedar Park, TX 78613
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Skills
• Skilled designer (electronic, printed circuit board, and mechanical).
• Experienced in pneumatics, hydraulics, optics, electro-optics, and electro-mechanical systems.
• Experienced CAD designer, (AutoCad 2008, Orcad, Protel, Pcad, PADS 2000, Eagle).
• Excellent Analog and Digital Troubleshooting skills.
• Skilled and Effective problem solver.
• Documentation Specialist.
• Skilled at using Tektronix and Hewlett / Packard Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, Arbitrary Waveform Generators, Network Analyzers, Logic Analyzers, and Bench Top Power Supplies used in the troubleshooting process.
• Skilled at doing temperature studies on electronic components.
Work Experience
Bench Tree Group, LLC, Georgetown, TX - 10/08 to 08/09
Sr. Electronics Technician
Inspected systems and prototypes to identify problems and defects; analyzed and interpreted test information to resolve design-related problems; diagnosed and repaired analog and digital electronic assemblies; reverse engineered and documented electronic components/products; build, maintain and troubleshoot test equipment. Reason for leaving: company layoff
Rosco Labs - Round Rock, TX - 09/07 to 07/08
Product Design Engineer
Redesigned components and sub-assemblies to include mechanical, heat exchangers, and electronic systems, resulting in reduced assembly time, improved quality and decreased manufacturing costs. Special emphasis was placed on North America, EU and Canada certifications. Reason for leaving: engineering function was moved to Stamford, Connecticut.
3M-Visual Systems Group, Austin, TX - 09/05 to 08/07
Electronics Engineering Technician
Tested and repaired component level analog, digital and embedded systems using QA test scripts and video generation equipment; designed and fabricated a non-invasive test system that monitored system functionality; assisted in facilities reconfiguration to improve thru-put in the testing of advanced interactive medial display systems. Reason for leaving: two-year contract ended.
Pemstar, Austin, TX - 07/02 to 08/05
Customer Service Technician
Tested and installed customer requested engineering changes to system components; reverse engineered systems to ascertain the feasibility of manufacturing the assembly in-house; Repaired or upgraded Applied Materials Ion Implanters, Main Controllers, 200/300 mm chambers, and ancillary AC distribution sub-systems. Reason for leaving: company layoff.
Sulzer/Carbomedics, Austin, TX - 10/01 to 06/02
Flow Lab Technician
Tested prosthetic heart valve flow and survivability characteristics; photographically documented valve wear; collected data and prepared reports on valve durability and performance per FDA Guidelines. Reason for leaving: company layoff.
SYMTX, Austin, TX – 7/99 to 6/01
Associate Engineer
Designed harnesses and interconnects using AutoCad 2000; assisted in the manufacturing release of electrical interconnect harnesses and subassemblies; worked one-on-one with customers to troubleshoot and resolve design-related issues. Reason for leaving: company layoff.
SOLECTRON, Austin, TX - 7/1999 - 7/2000
Sr. Engineering Test Technician
Tested, troubleshot, repaired, tracked and reported consistent problems related to network router cards and other pcba’s for Cisco Systems, Inc. Trained junior technician’s in proper troubleshooting procedures and fault isolation Wrote test procedures and general documentation generation, using Excel and Word. Reason for leaving: Resigned
LaCoste & Romberg, Austin, TX - 8/1998 - 8/1999
Senior Associate Engineer
Setup and equipped a general use R&D laboratory. Collaborated on the topology and design of a switching power supply. Conceived, designed and built a intelligent heater controller circuit and PCBA. Conceived, designed, procured and setup a data acquisition system (National Instruments-based) for metallurgical analysis in a spring annealing test chamber(s). Designed and built a power supply test chamber, load fixture and heater control board test fixtures. Built a vacuum annealing chamber. Troubleshot and repaired pcb assemblies (thru hole and SMD) to the component level. Reason for leaving: company layoff.
Hybrid Microsystems, Cedar Park, TX - 3/1995 - 6/1998
Design Engineer
Conceived, designed, documented and implemented control systems (programmable logic controllers, relay ladder logic assemblies and embedded controllers (Motorola MC68332 )) used to manage material flow thru a cleaning system. Setup an engineering lab and library. Purchased, hired, trained and managed resources critical to the projects success. Designed and built test fixtures for pneumatic, hydraulic, and electronic sub-assembly test. Reason for leaving: company went out of business.
OptoMed, Inc., Austin, TX - 6/1993 - 3/1995
Design Engineer
Re-designed the OptoDerm’s cpu to survive in an electrically hostile environment. Designed the primary electrical distribution system of the medical laser and dermal cooling system to meet electrical standards ( for UL, CSA, and VDE) for medical equipment. A full documentation package (per FDA guidelines) for the Laser and Dermal Cooling System was created. Assembled and tested medical laser systems. Setup beta systems at physician sites. Reason for leaving: company went out of business.
Biometric Imaging, Mountain View, Calif. - 4/1992 - 11/1992
Associate Engineer
Setup and equipped two engineering laboratories (one was electro-mechanical, the other was electro-optical). Purchased of all components and built five beta test blood analyzers. Designed a hardware and software user interface to a high-voltage power supply used in the blood analyzer’s electrophoretic process. Reason for leaving: company layoff.
Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif. - 6/1989 - 3/1992
Electronic Engineer 1
Debugged and redesigned a prototype fluorescence detector (used in a capillary electrophoresis system). Designed and built a multi-axis autosampler controller. Designed and built a 4 channel PMT controller for a new type of DNA scanner. All three of these projects required a documentation package. Reason for leaving: company layoff.
Sielox Systems Inc. Sunnyvale, Calif. - 2/1984 - 6/1989
R&D Technician
Test fixture development. Component level troubleshooting and repair of pcba’s. Installed new computer systems. Inspected and corrected faults in system installations at customer sites. Reason for leaving: Resigned
Repair Technician
Convergent Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif. - 4/1981 - 2/1984
Repair Technician
Tested and repaired CPU, disk I/O, video monitor printed circuit board assemblies to the component level. Reason for leaving: Resigned.
Education
Associate Degree
Heald Engineering College, San Francisco, CA
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