Calgary, Alberta
Test Engineer
- Provided new product introduction support on-site at contract manufacturer in Guadalajara, Mexico. Product introduced to manufacturing before Novatel's competitors had a working prototype of a similar product.
- Doubled production capacity by reducing test time by 50%.
- Provided production support for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) PC-card modem test maintaining greater than 99% test uptime.
- Developed and implemented test methods to ensure greater than 90% test yield.
- Provided training to contract manufacturer's test engineers to promote self sufficiency of the contract manufacturer's test process.
- Programmed production support tools and utilities required in the manufacture and configuration of the GPRS PC-card modem.
- Planned and implemented test software improvements to minimize test time while maintaining thorough test coverage.
Nortel Networks October, 1999 – March, 2001
Broadband Wireless Access
Calgary, Alberta
Test Engineer
- Provided production support for Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) modem test.
- Developed and implemented test methods to significantly reduce cycle time.
- Updated documentation for test processes to adhere to ISO standards.
- Planned test facilities to address requirements of future production projections.
Nortel Networks September, 1998 – October, 1999
Access Solutions
Calgary, Alberta
Test Engineer
- Completed development of Universal system testers for Consumer Products.
- Planned and implemented the deployment of the system testers to the production facility in Monterrey, Mexico.
- Provided technical support for New Product Introduction in Calgary and the Monterrey production facility.
- Developed applications in C++ for the testing and configuring of Access Solutions terminals.
Siecor March, 1994 – September, 1998
Canadian Cable Plant
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Electrical Engineer
Developed software and assembled test systems for the testing of experimental and production optical fiber cables.
Developed data access tools and subroutines to integrate our optical fiber test stations with the Cable Shop Information System (CSIS - see Northern Telecom section)
Developed windows applications for use in the testing of optical fiber cables
Used FactoryLink ECS Man – Machine Interface software to create user interfaces for production line operator control stations
Consulted on electrical/control issues of various projects related to optical fiber test technology
Participated in a team that converted the legacy manufacturing systems to IBM AS/400 based manufacturing system, updated the systems, removed redundancy and obsolete functionality.
Northern Telecom Canada Limited May, 1989 – March, 1994
Optical Cable Plant
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Project Engineer
- Created embedded application programs for Northern Telecom's Mobile Optical Test Instrument for Fiber (MOTIF)
- Co-created a software development system to program an embedded controller in C
- Performed system startup and system administration of a HP9000 Unix based server including installation of Oracle 7 database software
- Designed, implemented, and administered an Oracle database for the storage of optical fiber test data
- Developed data access tools for the Oracle optical fiber test data database
- Debugged instrument problems and formulated issue resolution strategies
- Scheduled, developed, and implemented computer control systems for machinery associated with the manufacture of fiber optic cable
- Administered LAN for Computerized Maintenance Management System
- Provided interdepartmental computer support for a fileserver, personal computers, and Unix based CAD stations
Education
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Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering |
1984 - 1989 |
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Bachelor of Science in Computer Science |
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College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Oracle Data Modeling |
June 1993 |
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Administer the Oracle 7 Database I |
May 1994 |
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Administer the Oracle 7 Database II |
July 1995 |
Oracle Corporation Education Services
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Object Oriented Programming with C++ Level I |
April 1999 |
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
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LabView Basics I & II |
December 1999 |
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TestStand Development |
October 2000 |
National Instruments
Technical Skills
- Programming Languages: C++, C, LabView, LabWindows/CVI, TestStand, Visual Basic, HTML, Java, Pascal, Assembly Language, Fortran
- Software Packages: Oracle, Microsoft Access, Netscape, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office, Visio, AutoCAD, HP ME-10 CAD, Tango PCB CAD
- Operating Systems: Windows 2000, 9x, & NT, UNIX, VxWorks, VAX/VMS, and Macintosh
- LAN Software: Microsoft, Novell
- Man Machine Interfaces: FactoryLink ECS MMI development system
- Experience programming Allen-Bradley and GE Fanuc industrial programmable logic controllers
- Familiar with Intel microprocessors and embedded controllers