PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD DESIGNER – Six years of combined experience in board design, manufacturing support, and testing in high performance multi-platform environments. Analytical problem solver; skilled in creating project plans, troubleshooting technical problems, providing project support, and conducting research, circuit assessments, and competitive analyses.

• Board Design / Hardware Engineering: Able to execute board design and validation through all stages.
• Cost Control: Committed to continuous process improvement and cost-effective circuit board design. Able to analyze existing board designs, recommend lower cost alternatives, and select cost-effective replacement parts from alternate vendors.
• Customer Interface / Outsourced Design: Accustomed to functioning as technical liaison and working with outsourced teams on specification, layout, and validation issues.
• Tools / Applications: DMM, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, communication analyzers, frequency counters, Cadence OrCAD capture tool, Allegro, MS Word, and Excel.

EXPERIENCE

AMERCO DESIGN CORP. – San Antonio, Texas
Custom embedded PC R&D and manufacturing for industrial applications
Hardware Design Engineer (6/06-Present)
Create product specifications based on customer requirements. Investigate and resolve end-of-life component issues and oversee RoHS compliance and PLD/FPGA code updates.

• Function as customer interface and respond to customer inquiries.
• Create schematics and schematic components used by test engineering, debug technicians, and customers.
• Develop verification plans to ensure that products meet customer requirements.
• Coordinate design schedule and human resource requirements for new projects.

Hardware Design Intern (12/02-6/06)
Assisted hardware design engineers and acquired experience in all aspects of circuit board design.

• Prepared and updated engineering work estimates.
• Assumed full responsibility for documentation control functions.

EDUCATION

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY – Houston, Texas
B.S. Computer Engineering (2004)
Dean's List / GPA: 4.0

AFFILIATIONS

National Association of Computer Engineers
Big Brothers of America

CONTACT ME

Patrick McNamara:

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Telephone: 555-555-5670