OBJECTIVE: Electronics / Embedded Software Engineering Manager or Team Leader
SKILLS:
MANAGEMENT / LEADERSHIP; My most valuable skill is the ability to manage complex technology. I understand how to get the best out of engineers and programmers, and I have a proven track record of bringing in projects on time and under budget.
HARDWARE DESIGN; My engineering experience is mostly in the area of electronics hardware design, including analog, digital, microcontroller, high-power, low-power, high volume, aerospace and consumer electronics. I am not a mechanical engineer, but I am experienced in managing MEs. I am not a software engineer, but I am experienced in managing MEs.
EMBEDDED SOFTWARE DESIGN; I have extensive experience managing embedded software projects and prgrammers who use C, C++ and assembly, and I am a fairly good microcontroller assembly-language programmer. Having managed the creation of many software-based products, I am very much aware of the common pitfalls that cause projects to fail and how to avoid them.
PCs AND LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; I have reasonably good skills administering small (departmental level) Local Area Networks and am an expert at networking robotic systems and test racks. While I am not seeking a network administrator position, I am a good choice for a small company that requires someone to manage product development and to administer the network. I have also made it my business to be an expert on viruses, malware and antispam measures.
INTERNET; I have been involved in the technical standards side of the Internet since it was created, I am the moderator of a Usenet newsgroup devoted to the business side of product development, a Wikipedia editor for various electronics-related topics, and I have a lot of experience optimizing websites for high search engine ranking -- as can be seen by searching Google for [ Electrical Engineer Resume ] and seeing which resume comes out on top.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Note: it has come to my attention that some recruiters and Human Resource departments assume that if someone is currently working as a consultant he is not interested in a job as a captive employee. This is not true in my case; I like both.
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT: Various clients - 07-2007 to 10-2007, 03-2008 to present; In the last few years I have been working full time as a consultant fixing broken engineering departments and helping newly created companies to form engineering departments. I am still open to captive employment, but it has to be the right job.
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING: PowerWise Group - 11-2007 to 03-2008; Chief Engineer and head of engineering department for manufacturer of energy conservation equipment. Hired by CEO to take over engineering department after previous management had missed several critical deadlines. Turned things around and shipped first product on time and within budget.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: Pacific Power Source - 11-2005 to 06-2007; Electrical Engineer for AC power source manufacturer. Working as one of the two Electrical Engineers in this small company, I wore many hats. I automated production testing, designed high-power circuits, assisted technicians with board testing, resolved software issues, designed replacements for aging LAN servers, cleaned out a nasty virus infection, and even did a bit of web authoring.
DESIGN ENGINEER: Various Clients - 07-2001 to 10-2005; Working as a consultant, I did contract work for Various Clients, including a Heart monitor for the ABC television network game show "The Chair", a 60V/60V split phase balanced power system for a a recording studio, and a cryptographic atomic-decay random number generator.
PROJECT ENGINEER/MANAGER: Mattel - 02-2000 to 07-2001; I was the project manager / engineer for Diva Starz, Mattel's best selling new toy for the year 2000. I managed a sixteen person, two city design team that brought the product from the original concept at high-volume manufacturing in China.
PROJECT MANAGER: Disc Manufacturing Inc. - 09-1997 to 02-2000; I was the project leader in charge of developing a rewritable DVD replication line, managing a team of six Electrical, Mechanical, Optical, and Software engineers.
ELECTRONIC PROJECT ENGINEER: SMC Pneumatics - 10-1995 to 08-1997; I was the senior EE for USA operations, and designed electronic controls for pneumatics, servos, chillers as well as a Internet-enabled remote diagnostic system. I spent over a year training engineers in Japan, teaching them how to develop microcontroller-based embedded systems.
CONSULTANT: Various clients - 01-1993 to 10-1995; I designed a gas analyzer/smog tester for Snap-on tools, Inc. that included a chemiluminescent nitric-oxide sensor and flame-ionization hydrocarbon sensor. I Supervised acceptance testing for the smog tester at the General Motors proving ground in Phoenix and at the State of California air-quality equipment test center in Sacramento.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: Parker Hannifin - 09-1986 to 01-1993; I designed automated electrohydraulic-actuator test systems digital load-curve generators, and other aerospace acceptance testing and qualification testing equipment.
EDUCATION:
EDUCATION: I am self taught; I started as an assembler and worked my way up to technician, then engineer. I do not have a degree, but I do have over twenty years of experience and a proven record of accomplishment in the area of product development.