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RESUME # 1727
US Citizen Salary Seeks $100K Relocation: Open
Objective
A challenging senior level RF Engineer working in product development to help a
company meet its bottom line objectives.
Summary
RF engineering and system integration professional with fifteen years on bench
engineering design experience in designing Antenna, LNA, PA and Synthesizers
where contribution to help a company meet it bottom line is critical.
Proven ability to work and lead effectively in engineering product development
and manufacturing engineering.
Experience
March 2009 to Present
* Consultant - Product design and development. Antenna design and performance
evaluation on new wireless training system (military/law enforcement training
product.)
March 2006 to February 2009
Sr. Project Engineer
* Managed and completed multiple military/law enforcement virtual army training
projects. In this role I worked closely with ten to fifteen engineers,
overseeing projects progress, status, and engineering support needs. Ensured
that all tasks are aligned to the needs of the project and that project
deliverables came with high levels of quality.
* Embedded antenna design for 2.4MHz Bluetooth applications.
* Completed COTS-2007 (commercial off the shelf product). Managed the product's
regulatory testing - FCC, CE and UL tests.
* Completed several R&D Blue-Fire (Bluetooth technology) weapon design and
development projects (R&D project).
* Completed live fire radio controlled SES (sound effect simulator) project.
July 2004 to Jan. 2006
Sr. Lead Engineer
* Embedded antenna design for GSM/GRPS handset product (reference solution) and
supported handsets to pass China IOT and FTA tests.
* Managed TDSCDMA (3G) handset engineering design and development projects
(using Spreadtrum BB ASIC product).
* Recruited, hired, trained and supervised more than ten engineers in forming a
new NPI (new product introduction) engineering department, we have successfully
shipped multiple GSM/GPRS, and TDSCDMA (3G) handset to the market.
* Designed and completed Tri-band antenna design for GSM/GPRS handset reference
design, effectively reduced cost and improved performance of the handset
product.
* Managed and worked with HW/SW engineering team in developing an FPGA design
project for a 3G Base-Band ASIC development.
July 2003 - July 2004
Sr. Lead Engineer
* Embedded antenna designing for a 360 degree rotating handset product (it was a
revolutionary design). Led a testing team to pass China FTA, CE tests.
* Recruited, hired, trained and supervised hardware engineering team in a design
house (start-up company) in designing handset and module projects. We shipped
competitive GSM/GPRS and CDMA handsets and modules product in a very short time
with excellent quality and lower cost.
* Worked and managed handset project design to transfer to manufacturing,
effectively worked with factory engineering in assembly line setting up, and
managing manufacturing quality control processes, ensured handset/module
production yielding requirements.
* Trained and supervised handset test engineer to complete Auto-Test project
(handset auto-test bay), effectively supported R&D engineering as well as the
handset production.
June 2002 - July 2003
Sr. engineering manager
* Recruited, trained, and supervised an engineering team (Shanghai, China) in
designing and developing GSM/GPRS handset using National Semiconductor's
reference design solution.
* Worked efficiently with three sites of engineering teams (Santa Clara, Sweden,
and China) in developing National Semiconductor's design reference board for
China customers.
Sept 2000 - Jun 2002
HW engineering Manager
* Antenna performance testing, and evaluating for CDMA handset product. Worked
closely with the antenna vendor in antenna designing for CDMA product.
* Responsible for managing the RF, Baseband/Logic, PCB layout and System testing
engineering groups including setting project schedules and milestones
* Worked closely with Program Manager, Software, Mechanical, Sales/Marketing,
Sourcing and Factory for CDMA/GSM modules design and development project for the
Chinese market
RF function Lead
* Led the RF System design for CDMA/GSM handsets
* Working closely with vendors in components selection and cost down analysis
for a CDMA handset design project.
* Supervised and led junior engineers in understanding engineering issues and
helped them develop engineering design skills
Sept. 1993 - Sept. 2000.
Senior RF engineer
* Successfully completed the Receiver and Synthesizer design for IS136 TDMA
handset projects
* Worked with multiple vendors for components verification, and cost reduction
of TDMA cell phone designs
* Completed system testing and evaluation of multiple TDMA handsets.
* Completed TDMA cell phone battery life improvement design task, effective
improvement of handset battery life.
* Worked closely with software, logic, and system testing engineering teams,
prepared detailed TDMA handset testing requirements and documentation for later
product mass production.
* Embedded loop antenna design for VHF/UHF/900 MHz pager product-line.
* Worked with Pager manufacture engineering, supported pager mass production in
engineering testing and documentations.
Dec 1991 to Sept. 1993
consulting engineer
* Successfully completed LAN testing instrument design. (completed both hardware
design and software coding using PIC16C5X micro controller).
* Completed Token ring test instrument design and development project.
* Field testing instrument evaluation, testing, and field engineering supporting
(Network and companies mainframe computers)
June 1990 - Dec 1991
RF engineer
* Completed R&D project for ACSB/FM VHF dual mode land mobile transceiver
product. (This radio was later in mass production for Police and Fire protection
department of Texas State government).
* Completed adding E-trunking system to ACSB/FM land mobile radio project.
* Completed FCC product type acceptance testing (FCC required acceptance test
for ACSB/FM dual mode radio).
May 1987 - June 1990
Engineer I
* Completed a Payphone design project (Z80 microprocessor hardware and software
designs and development).
* Successfully completed PCB design and layout (using Orcad and PADS).
Education
MSEE May 1986 - 1988
BSEE Aug 1981 - Dec 1985
RESUME # 1368
Security Clearance: TS/SCI Salary $90K Relocation: Open
EXPERIENCE
January 08 to Present Applied Imagery Scientist
* Synthetic Aperture Radar, Signal Processing, IMINT, MASINT, remote sensing, on the board of a panel of judges to evaluate contracts. Knowledge of foreign language Chinese.
October 04 to April 06 Senior Systems Engineer, Level II
* DBMS Defense Ballistic Missile System (FBX-T radar): Radar data analysis using MATLAB, PC and UNIX systems, digital signal processing Systems for RF communications, Radar, SIGINT, and surveillance applications, performance characterization both analytic and through simulation, algorithm development. Frequent travel to Vandenberg AFB California, working on Satellite and Missile data reduction and analysis, radar field data reduction and analysis.
April 03 to September 04 Systems Engineer
* AWACS Airborne Warning and Control Systems E-3 Surveillance Radar Systems, Avionic System Integration, Technical Description Document, System Integration and Testing, applying poly-phase and multi-rate signal processing methods, poly-phase channels, analysis/synthesis filter banks, beam-forming, stochastic signal processing, detection & estimation and adaptive signal processing. Infra Red sensing and detection analysis. teaching Radar Systems Engineering to all the employees
November 00 to March 03 Systems Engineer Staff
* Radar system upgrade program, Lead Electronic Warfare, radar-missile-jammer analysis, Inversed-SAR design, and Adaptive Antenna design, Cooperative Engagement Capability. Radar/SIGINT design and algorithm development, concept, simulation performance and prediction analysis, software development, and documentation of new and sensor systems. Invention Disclosure "A Full Function Passive Radar Sub-system" the Radar Instructor, Radar Systems Engineering to all the employees
Sept 97 to October 00 Systems Engineering Group Senior Radar Engineer
* AEGIS Weapon System Network Integration, Antenna Electromagnetic Interference. SPC Mark V radar design, Radar Cross-Section Measurement, Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar. Missile Guidance Systems, Radar tracking and Extended Kalman Filter, System Validation and Verification, Program management. AN/SPY-1, AN/SPQ-9 radar systems, Advanced Radar Signal Processing, Phased Array Antenna, Clutter Improvement Factor, Folded Clutter Analysis, IntraPulse Noise Reduction, Software Simulation using MATLAB and C/C++ platform.
July 88 to 2000 Senior Engineer (A-Level)
* Image processing on Feature Level Sensor Fusion and Multisensor, Target Acquisition: As the software leader for NCTR (Non-Cooperative Target Recognition) and MICAP (MineField Cueing Algorithm and Processor), in charge of software algorithm development. Also joining the LHX (Light Helicopter EXperimental software) and DMS (Dual Mode Seeker) Inverse SAR and Infra Red Sensors, developing software for image processing, target detection and pattern recognition on FLIR (Forward Looking Infra Red) and the B1-B Radar Imagery. High resolution SAR map and ground target identification. Using the UNIX and C on the MacIntosh and SUN workstations. As the technical leader and program manager, conducted the experiment and lead to the success of the world's first and only 360 degree panoramic Synthetic Aperture Radar. Specific achievements include: rebuilding the EAR radar high resolution mode which was in disrepair and hadn't been operated in several years; learning to control the EAR data/signal processors with very limited residual software document; adapting linear synthetic aperture processing theory and algorithms to a circular geometry; and developing software for non-real-time map correlation, coordinate conversion, display, and hard copy recording. Using FORTRAN and the VAXVMS system. This experiment has brought many U.S. Patent Awards to Westinghouse Electric Corporation. IRCM (Infra Red Counter Measure) Analysis of Electro Optics and geometric pattern recognition and digital image processing. Assembly language and embedded Digital Signal Processing software development. F-16 ,(APG-68) radar acquisition evaluation and signal processing. AMRAAM/AIM-7, (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) radar missile acquisition and control mechanization. ASPJ (Air-borne Self Protection Jammer), tracking and algorithm. GOES-SOCC (Geostatical Operational Environment Satellite - Satellite Operational Control Center) Multi-tasking Software for Satellite Command and Control in a telemetry system. Independent Research & Development on: Passive detection (FFT only signal processor) for ECM/ECCM; Coding Analysis (both time and frequency domains); Fault isolation (Artificial Intelligence); Phased Array Antenna design.
EDUCATION
9/96 - 5/99 M.B.A.
1/91 - 5/96 M.S.E.E.
RESUME # 1634
H-1 visa
Salary $76K
Relocation: Open
EXPERIENCE
01/2007-present
Senior Test Engineer
Performed manual and automated GSM/EDGE RFIC transceiver, load pull and source pull tests
Developed test plans, reviewed product test specification, troubleshot test software and
implemented RF test solutions to support design engineering
Generated devices performance plots and compliance reports in support of production
release
Utilized SAS JMP to correlate simulation and tester measurement and determine performance
limits
6/2006-12/2006
Intern
Performed 3GPP TS25.101 RF parametric, HSDPA HS-DSCH demodulation, CQI reporting, and
HS-SCCH detection tests and looked into performance delta between SPW and measured results
Executed and debugged test bench C/C++ code and programmed automation driver with LabView
04/2002-06/2005
RF Engineer
Designed GSM/CDMA/Bluetooth/WLAN internal antenna for cell phones
Evaluated electromagnetic commercial software (HFSS,FEKO,SEMCAD)
Designed test fixture for mass production tests and worked on reduction of test time
Simulated antenna characteristics (VSWR, Radiation Pattern) for cell phones with HFSS
Investigated the interaction of multi-RF-systems (GSM/WLAN) in throughput, BER, and
antenna
Designed matching circuits with Microwave Office to optimize EIRP and SAR performance
Developed auto-test programs for BER, FER, and harmonics measurement with Agilent VEE
Set up an RF anechoic chamber and SAR laboratory and performed daily maintenance duty and
developed calibration and measurement techniques for chamber and SAR operation
Performed 3GPP TS51.010 conducted RF parametric and radiated spurious tests
08/2000-04/2002
Technician & Decoder
Maintenance of switching machines; Translation of Morse code
EDUCATION
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, GPA 3.91, 9/2005~12/2006
B.S. in Communication Engineering, 9/1996~7/2000
Courses
RF & Microwave Engineering, Microwave Integration Circuit, Wireless Comm. Technique
& System, Wireless Personal Communication Systems, EM Radiation & Antenna, UHF
Propagation for wireless systems, Stochastic Process, Advanced Project, Wireless Systems
Lab
Proficiencies
Hardware Vector Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Generator, Oscilloscope,
Signal Source Analyzer, Power Meter, Power Supply, Base Station Tester (Agilent
8922/8960/8285A, R&S CMU200, Anritsu MT8820A), Base Station Emulator (Anritsu
MD8480C), Wireless Channel Emulator (Spirent SR5500), Automated Tuner System (Maury
Microwave)
Software Agilent VEE, NI LabView, Matlab, C/C++, Visual Basic, Microwave Office, HFSS,
IE3D, SAS JMP, Power PCB, Perforce, Clearcase, SEMCAD, Fortran
RESUME
#1262
Security
Clearance: Prior Secret
SUMMARY
* Twenty
five years of engineering experience in the design, test, qualification, manufacture, and
financial planning of microwave systems and sub-systems specializing in antenna
engineering. Majority of experience in RCS and Antenna measurements on systems developed
on the B-2 Stealth Bomber. Experience in far field, near field, and tapered anechoic
chambers. Antenna design knowledge from VHF to 18.0 GHz including planar,retractable,
internal, mobile, and array antennas.
ANTENNA
DESIGNS
* Designed
a high power slotted line antenna (Vivaldi) meeting extreme size constraints of customer.
An array of these antennas is used with a Microwave Power Module reducing aircraft
packaging design.
* Designed
a linear high power (250 Watts) short horn operating over a 1.5 Octave bandwidth for an
electronic countermeasures (ECM) system
* Designed
a microwave lens and corrugated side-walls for an E-plane sectoral horn costing $10,000 in
development that out performed the competitions phased antenna array which cost $500,000
each
* Designed
a UHF TACAN antenna for use on the Air Forces F-15E fighter aircraft.
* Designed
a Glide-slope antenna for use on the Air Forces B-2 Bomber fighter aircraft
* Designed
a UHF multi-element loop antenna for use on industrial water meters allowing mobile meter
reading via a microwave transmit-receive system
Centurion
International
* Designed
a multi-band (AMPS/GSM/PCS) external retractable antenna for the Modulous II phone
platform.
* Designed
a multi-band (AMPS/GSM/PCS/DCS) external fixed antenna for the QCP 1800/2400 wireless
phones
* Designed
a Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) antennas in the cellular, digital, and 2.4 Ghz
frequency bands to be used for mobile applications fed by coaxial cable with
interchangeable connectors (N, TNC,SMA)
* Designed
an internal diversity antenna system (2.4 Ghz) for a IBM laptop computer allowing the
creation of miniature cell sites within office environments
* Designed
a KPCS (1720-1890 MHz) external retractable
antenna for the Korean Tele-communications industry to be used on numerous cellular
antenna platforms
* Numerous
application dependent modifications to existing fixed (rubber Duck) antennas in the
VHF,UHF, and Cellular for Motorola, Kenwood, and Yaesa amateur radios
* Designed
a multi-band (AMPS/GSM/PCS) external fixed antenna for the Erricson Jane PDA. The antenna
was etched on a polyimide flex laminate and fed by micro-strip
* Designed
a multi-band (AMPS/PCS) external fixed antenna for the Erricson Pamela wireless phone.
* Designed
a multi-band (AMPS/PCS) external retractable and internal (PIFA) antenna for the Motorola
Blue Jay phone platform.
*
Re-engineered the entire antenna product line
making antennas more manufacturable Antennas (VHF,UHF, Cellular, and Digital) were used on
high power tower applications for police, fire, and small business.
* Designed
a 2.4 GHz Micro-strip antenna and
counter-poise on FR-4 for A scanner system used for inventory control. The antenna was 1x2
inches And replaced a rubber duck antenna that had breakage issues. The associated radome
was an injection molded ABS.
* Took
existing product and re-tuned for application for the Canadian Army to be used on Hummers
and Jeeps in battle situations. The antennas were electrical small and operated In the UHF
frequency range. The antennas were unique in that they were polarization Diversified which
helped overcome multi-pathing issues associated with varied terrain
* Designed
stand-alone and dual-mode GPS antennas for applications such as stolen vehicle location
and fleet tracking.
* Designed
first production internal GPS F-Antenna used in four wireless phones The antenna was
retro-fitted in two of the four applications without interfering with existing production
manufacturabity
* Designed
a multi-band (AMPS/GSM/PCS/DCS) external fixed antenna for a flip phone
* Designed
an internal (AMPS/PCS) antenna for a the iDEN division with produces all of walkie-talkie
featured phones
* Designed tri-band GSM900/GSM1800/GSM1900
for Mitac out of Taiwan and delivered 20,000 internal antennas for a Sagmen cellular phone
meeting both passive and active (TRP and TIS) specifications
* Designed
and delivered >100K Bluetooth internal
antennas for a printer platforms with contracts to integrated into future systems.
* Designed
internal GPS antennas for the iDEN group, which are know in production with quantities in
the tens of thousands.
EXPERIENCE
Senior
Antenna Design Engineer
February - 2008
* Sr
Antenna Design team member specializing in the more complex internal antenna designs.
Typical designs must operate in four frequency bands which could be GSM 800/900/1800/1900
or combinations of GSM800/1800/1900 with Blue Tooth, WLAN,GPS, etc. Extreme customer
involvement with international customers such as LG, Samsung, Compal, Mitac, and Ares
(DBTEL)
Senior RF
Engineer July 2001-May 2002
* Engineer
for the product development team specializing in external and internal antenna designs for
cell phone and computer manufacturers such as Motorola iDEN, Nokia, Palm, Compaq. Antenna
development was accomplished using a Satimo Stargate 64 Near field anechoic chamber.
Developed first internal GPS antenna for Motorola iDEN phone.
February
2000-June 2001
* Lead
Engineer in antenna design for OEM customers, improvement to existing antenna product
line, and provided manufacturing support for antennas in the VHF,UHF, Cellular, and
Digital frequency bands.
Senior RF
Engineer Sept 1998-May 2000
* Lead
engineer in the design and manufacture of antennas for cellular products including phones,
modems, and computers. Part of team that interfaced with customers to increase customer
database including companies such as Motorola, Qualcomm,
and Ericsson.
Lead
Electrical Engineer Jan 1996-Aug 1998
*
Supervisor of Electrical Engineering Product Development Department. Designed and
Implemented antenna designs from prototype through full production stages for Major OEM's
including Qualcomm, Motorola, Ericsson, Samsung, etc. Provided Interface between Quality
Assurance, Production Engineering, and Upper Management coordinating product development.
Engineering
Specialist Feb1995-Apr 1995
* Designed
a multi-element loop antenna for use on industrial water meters allowing mobile meter
reading via a microwave transmit-receive system
Engineer
to Engineering Specialist Sr. July 1979- Dec 1994
* Lead
team in the build, test, rework, and delivery of 15 ship-sets of a three element antenna
array used for threat avoidance on board fighter aircraft increasing division profit by
10% that year. Both antenna and RCS specifications complied to stringent government
specifications.
* Managed
13 Cost accounts in Special Projects valued at $500,000 and passed internal and government
audits with no discrepancies.
* Designed
a high power slotted line antenna (Vivaldi) meeting extreme size constraints of customer.
An array of these antennas is used with a Microwave Power Module reducing aircraft
packaging design.
*
Presented antenna performance data and antenna testing schedules in Critical Design
Reviews (CDR'S) and Technical Interface Meetings (TIM'S) addressing and resolving customer
concerns.
* Designed
a linear high power (250 Watts) short horn operating over a 1.5 Octave bandwidth for an
electronic countermeasures (ECM) system with 70 ship-sets delivered to the customer on
schedule.
* Designed
a microwave lens and corrugated side-walls for an E-plane sectoral horn costing $10,000 in
development that out performed the competitions phased antenna array which cost $500,000
each.
EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
B.S.,
Electrical Engineering
Computer
Design of Planar Antennas (ENSEMBLE)
Genesys
Eagleware Circuit Matching, MatLab 7.0 , CircuitCam, Pro-E Wildfire, EasyCad, BoardMaster
2000, Windows Word, Excel, Project, Access
Versions 3.1 thru NT 4.0
Memberships:
IEEE (MTT and AP-S)
Three antenna patents (Available on request)
RESUME #
1635
Clearance Secret
Ph.D. Theoretical Nuclear Physics -
Experience:
Systems
Engineer 6, GMD SE&I Systems Analysis & M&S
Coordinated
the track to track correlation and track fusion program for GMD SE&I. Familiar with
high fidelity simulations and associated tools such as RF/RF and IR/RF feature aided track
to track correlation, conventional and Advanced Algorithms for discrimination, target
scene analysis concepts for GMD integrated ground tests, EKV Dempster Shafer
discrimination.
April 1999
- March 2006
Developed
global multi-radar coverage detection, and tracking software to study the performance of
both conceptual and real sensors observing ballistic targets. Developed computer codes for
simulation and analysis of narrow-band and wide-band static and dynamic radar
cross-sections. Developed code to model the effects of multi-path, scan angle loss,
atmospheric lensing and atmospheric propagation losses on radar cross-sections. Developed
programs for prediction of missile plume RCS. Wrote programs to produce missile and cruise
missile models compatible with Xpatch and SEG RCS modeling program. Utilized Xpatch to RCS
model over 100 targets. Constructed theories for computing the propagation factor
(apparent RCS) that incorporates the multi-path effects of ducts and image-shine for low
flying missiles. Participated in the Independent Assessment of the NMD-LSI Test Program
for the purpose of determination of the program's ability to provide sufficient evidence
to support the NMD deployment decision, to determine the shortcomings of the test program
and to make recommendations to DOT&E for future tests (NWAS). Supported the Joint
Composite Tracking Network activities of SPARTA/Georgia Tech. Research Institute (BMDO).
Supported the study on Ballistic Missile Defense System Architecture Design and
Evaluation, Sensor Functional Performance Evaluation (search, track, discrimination, kill
assessment), battle management concepts (BMDO). Developed a Bayesian classifier for
discrimination of ballistic missiles systems.
March 1988
- April 1999
Work
experience is related to Ballistic Missile Defense.
Developed
a user friendly RCS modeling workstation that included model geometry generating codes,
codes for calculating radar cross sections in the resonance and high frequency regimes,
and codes for displaying the models and radar cross-sections. Constructed RCS models for
over 150 Soviet, Chinese, and N. Korean NMD and TMD reentry objects. Developed RCS codes
to help identify scattering mechanisms. Developed target model building programs for use
in conjunction with RCS codes. Developed computer programs for simulation of radar signals
corrupted by randomly time variant nuclear channels. Developed concepts and techniques for
the mitigation of environmentally corrupted radar signals. Developed RCS inversion and
imaging codes for extracting target shape and size from RCS data. Analyzed Cobra Judy
X-band RCS data. Developed fuzzy logic classification theory, schema, algorithm, and code
for classifying and discriminating reentry objects by using multi-sensor information.
Developed fuzzy logic control algorithms for control of radar functions and discrimination
schemas. Developed multi-sensor classification algorithms (data fusion). Wrote programs
for processing of AMOR laser radar facility data sets. Processed AMOR data sets with
emphasis on imaging, speckle analyses, and discrimination. Worked in the areas of neural
networks, imaging, motion dynamics, and kill assessment. Served as liaison to the Signal
and Image Processing Institute (SIPI). Wrote proposals and reports.
March 1987
- March 1988
Work
experience is related to R&D in computational electromagnetics.
Worked
with the RCS Low Observables Group. Made contributions to the development of K-space
frequency domain electromagnetic scattering theory and related RCS modeling programs in
the areas of tensor conductivity formulation of the scattering problem, Green's function
computation technique, iterative techniques, and scattering from thin films.
July 1981
- July 1986
Work
experience at company is related to oil exploration.
Developed
and published new theoretical scattering formalisms for solving the time domain initial
value forward problems related to acoustic modeling and implemented these modeling
techniques by code development. Evaluated and implemented the research results of the
Center for Wave Phenomena of Mines (the acoustic inverse problem), the University Oil
Exploration Projects, and the Triton project. Evaluated
industrial acoustic modeling computer programs. Produced
programs for geophysical data processing. Processed geophysical data. Performed R&D in
numerical computational methods.
Resume # 1618
US
Citizen
Salary $80K
Relocation: Fairly open
RF /
Electronics
·
20 + years of
hands on hardware experience in the 100MHz - 40
GHz RF circuit design, from conception to production of HPA, transmitters, and RF receiver assemblies.
·
Experienced
in large signal and low signal S-parameter approximations in bipolar HPA and low noise
GaAs FETs, MESFETs, Power Fets, InPHEMT, LDMOS and Monolithic Microwave Integrated
Circuits (MMIC) designs on SiC and GaAs
substrates and applications
·
Satellite
communication equipment integration in the Ku,
and C bands using QPSK, BPSK, TDMA, and ISO-95, IS95A/B, IS98A/C,
J-STD-008 interoperability tests, and PCS IS-2000 CDMA and IS-136 technologies
·
Budget link
software development for uplink and downlink HPA size and antenna aperture dimensions
·
Experienced
in GSM infrastructures and both TDMA and CDMA applications in satellite and CDMA 2000, GSM-1900, and TDMA (IS136) in the PCS industry
·
Experienced
in 802.11b/g 2.4 5GHz, 802.11a 5.0 GHz Wi-Fi protocols and 802.15.1
Bluetooth RF design
·
Familiarity
with FCC processes and regulations for ISM band products
·
Microwave design of point-to-point system
integration and path loss determination criteria
·
Experienced
in FCC, NAPA, FAA and SCT regulatory controls, applications and
procedures
·
Experienced
in both Microstrip and Stripline circuit designs (e.g. Filters, DROs, and
VCO)
·
Experienced
in antennas design (e.g. 900MHz
-24GHz), and analyzing equipment, (e.g. Network analyzers, etc) for 1-2 port
S-parameter characterization and RF analysis in both anechoic chambers and field environments
·
Experienced
in Optoelectronics design (HFC, and WDM, nomenclatures); experienced in DS3, OC-3/STM and
SONET OC-48/SDH-STM-16 rate of 2.488 GBps based services
·
Computer
/ IT & layout software
·
Computer
literate in: DOS, UNIX, Office 2003, WordPerfect, Excel, AutoCAD 14, Veribest, Workbench,
Visual C++, Visual Basic 6.0, Pascal, Windows 98/XP, MapInfo, Db Planner, Planet, OrCad,
Altium Designer 6, Protel, CIS, OrCad Layout, Visual Cad, Touchstone, Libra, MDS, Agilent
ADS 2008, RFCad, Ansoft Serenade, Ansoft Nexxim,Ansoft designer 3.5, Lab VIEW and other RF modeling
software including HFSS 10 High Frequency
modeling software and Genesis 2008 software.
·
Antenna PCB
models and RF circuits
using synthesis tools such as Agilent ADS, AWR
Microwave Office, MMICAD simulators, POSES and Semicad quantum and classical materials
simulators, Silvaco device simulators and Ansoft High Frequency HFSS applications to model HF and electromagnetic
performance
·
Signal Simulators, finite element and finite
difference time domain electromagnetic simulators.
Doctor of
Philosophy (PhD), in progress
Master of
Science, Social Science
Bachelor of
Science in Electrical Engineering
Principal RF Engineer
·
Charged with
the design of small signal developments such as
mixers, RF amplifiers, LNA's, down converters, VCO's, and oscillators
used in both commercial and RFID 800 MHz to 2.4 GHz and 5.8GHz
frequency ISM bands
·
Utilized
processes such as SiGe, HBT, GaAs, pHEMT, and BiCMOS.
·
Report
directly to a business VP and accountable for
product completion and achievement of revenue forecast.
·
Design a wide
range of RFID readers and remote RF products
supporting a broad array of tag and ISM protocols and frequencies. Work in close
cooperation with standards bodies and with the producers and suppliers of RFID tag products to facilitate interoperability
with both current and future devices. Achieve this flexibility through a modular
architecture which helps protect against premature obsolescence and excessive capital
investment.
·
Assume
leadership role in all phases of Microstrip patch antennas and PCB
antenna designs.
·
Conducted
PLanarEM analysis PCB matching networks
·
Direct RF
designs at the system and component-level characterization and responsible for
evaluating LDMOS low power amplifiers, RF low noise amplifiers,
filter, VCOs, synthesizers, class A,B, C,E and F power amplifiers design, and QPSK
modulators/demodulators up to 46 GHz.
·
Preformed Budget analysis to determine system responses
during system simulations (e.g., gain, power and
noise)
·
Determined
and resolved AM/AM, AM/PM, harmonic generation, intermodulation distortion, blocking,
cross modulation problems.
·
Determined
Load line selection , RF and power •,
Efficiency and PAE
·
Reviewed Smith Charts and Transmission Lines Matching Networks
·
Familiar with
Saleh Model , Abelmu'atta Model, and Wiener and Hammerstein Models
·
Utilized
various efficiency PA enhancements techniques: EER Techniques • Envelope tracking
• Adaptive biasing techniques Doherty, Chireix and Kahn.
·
Support other
design teams and design Monolithic RFIC/MMIC Chip-Set for TRX Module for military and
custom ASIC applications. Define and designed Library Models for RFIC/MMIC designs.
·
Presently,
designing a GaAs MMIC referred as a common leg
circuit (CLC) for our RFID products to incorporate both transmit and receive RF
paths and has a attenuator and many proprietary RF blocks.
·
Assist in the
preparation FCC testing and project schedules, design documentation, and acceptance test
plans, etc.
·
Performed Cpk
analysis and make recommendations for product cost reductions and departmental process
improvements and serving as a mentor for others.
·
Design the
majority of products using Ansoft HFSS tools
and Ansoft designer, and use various types of test equipment (e.g. spectrum analyzers and
network analyzers to optimize the performance (e.g. battery life, Re-range, etc) of our
products.
·
Provide
background support in RF circuit design, analog base band circuit design (op-amps, power distribution, etc),
and system-level analysis, including
linear/non-linear simulation, link analysis, noise figure, gain distribution, dynamic
range, and cost vs. performance tradeoffs.
·
Possess
in-depth knowledge of standards, FCC regulatory, interferences and EMI/EMC issues, specifications and solutions.
Posses a strong working knowledge of RF/MW layout consideration integrates with Digital circuits and RF circuits.
RF Engineer
May 2002 – December 2003
RF equipment
manufacturer & RF research and development
·
Work directly
for the VP of Engineering and assist in the design, development, fabrication, and
testing of low noise, broadband, medium power
microwave and RF amplifiers within the frequency spectrum of 20 MHz to 50 GHz, applying principles of good microwave amplifier design and fields and wave
studies in RF electronics and communication systems design.
·
Perform
s-parameter measurement, impedance matching, new designs for super wideband amplifiers,
attenuator, switch, microwave strip filters
and detectors, and characterization of devices and improving the noise figures of
amplifiers and performing load pull tests on power amplifiers. Applying knowledge of
microwave solid state devices characteristic and electromagnetic wave concept; supporting
production of company’s own designs as well as proposing and implementing design
changes, monitoring paperwork flow through document control, and the transition from
R&D to production.
·
Designed two MMIC chipsets for X-band utilizing GaAs MMIC chipset. Designed an LLNA MMIC used in radar applications to handle 10watts of output power.
·
Provided
support for an MMIC design team and helped
designed an X band F class power amplifier with a output power of 20 watts with PAE > 68%.
·
Manage BOMs
and part numbers in SYMIX.
Senior
RF Wireless Engineer February
2000 – May 2002
·
Evaluated
vendor products (e.g. antennas, test equipment, frequency planning software,
handsets, etc.)
·
I initiated
co-location circles for towers and antennas and followed EIA-222 standards for
limited states of design and verified wind , ice loading and other safety concerns during
normal conditions as outlined in the EIA and TIA manuals.
·
Held
responsible for design of the RF digital wireless network and for
ensuring that the network coverage, C/I, and blocking objectives were met.
·
Developed PN
planning; assisted in traffic, coverage, and capacity design and implementation upgrades
of both 3G1X and 1XRTT networks. Designed EVDO systems allowing Sprint to use one or
more IS-95 CDMA radio channels (with changes) to provide broadband high-speed WiFi
data, 802.11b/g, and 802.15.1 Bluetooth experience.
·
Developed
close working relationships with CDMA chipset
vendors; was able to support handset manufacturers (e.g. Qualcomm and Sprint) to an
even greater degree.
·
Alone,
determined optimal cell placement based on factors relating to zoning restrictions,
regulatory related issues, handoff status, path balance, RF interference,
coverage footprint, and capacity management. In addition, planned network capacity
improvements based on subscriber forecasts, market call models, and performance and
traffic trending data.
·
Implemented
network capacity improvements, such as multiple carrier overlays and cell splits. At
times took a leadership role as well as trained associate level engineers and optimization
specialists. Monitored network performance from switch data as well as used various
optimization drive test tools to collect and analyze data.
·
Mentored RF technicians
in the field in the test of base station systems and analysis of base station antennas.
·
Validated
both FCC compliance and antenna performance reports once installations were
completed.
·
Attended many
continuing education classes on CDMA, acquiring information on new developments in the
field.
·
Familiarity
with microwave, RF tower structures and facilities, FCC/FAA
regulatory issues.
·
Managed
regulatory compliance issues (e.g. NEPA signatures, E911, etc.) and additional company
concerns falling under SSEO1.003.09.003 and SSEO1.003.09.004 rules and regulations.
Engineer
October 1999 – February 2000
·
Oversaw frame
management/engineering and 3G1X upgrades for the PCS series II PCS CDMA base station.
·
Developed and
reviewed test procedures for Flexent base station technology, assisting in the design and
testing of the first K-CDMA special panel and
Omni antenna 2GHZ upgrade kits for Korea
based on 2nd and 3rd carrier configurations.
·
Managed
project costs and reviewed cost reductions with upper management during engineering
reviews and CFT meetings.
·
Wrote
summaries of change reports and performed CDMA
system integration tests on Mini Cell series II in factories in Columbus, OH and MT Olive,
NJ during 4-month tenure.
System Test
Engineer
·
Wrote test
procedures, preformed Cp and Cpk analysis, and directed the activities of technicians on
the PRISMA team.
·
Coordinated
PRISMA activities in plant manufacturing, engineering, and other departments and outside
vendors
·
System tested
and troubleshot both electrical and EMI shielding concerns.
·
Integrated
the PRISMA DT base band video analog modules and IF/RF
encoders and decoders modules.
·
Authored test
procedures for in-house personnel and customers.
·
Wrote code,
in Visual Basic 5, for ATE applications (e.g. GBIB, IEEE 488, and IEEE 802.5).
·
Took PRISMA
concept from development to manufacturing platforms, to product characterization, to ATE
correlation, to bench characterization, and qualification for product tests.
·
Supported
production release, product yield improvement, product cost reduction, and product test
and problem resolution through interaction with design engineering, system engineering,
suppliers, and customers.
·
Worked with
customers, bridging the gap between customer awareness of various mixtures of upgradeable
support for two-way DS3 and OC-3/STM-fiber based services.
·
Integrated
and tested the PRISMA DT high-speed SONET/SDH equipment consisting of AC and/or 24VDC
power supplies. The system consisted of two sets of five plug in modules: CCU, OTU,
ORU, DS3, and OC-3. The CCU provided full duplex SONET multiplexing and de-multiplexing of
16 data streams as well as monitoring and control of the system. The OTU is a diode
laser transmitter operating through 1310nm - 1550nm optical bands. The ORU is an Optical
receiver capable of processing the high-speed SONET video.
·
Completed
design changes, trouble shot power supplies and all analog and digital modules, and
participated in FCC EMI and acceptance testing.
·
Held
responsible for performing any tasks normally delegated to the Senior RF Engineer
or RF Engineer.
President /
Owner
·
Fostered and
maintained a positive teamwork-oriented environment within the workplace, both the RF
Engineering department and with all of the other departments and vendors
requiring interaction.
·
Worked
jointly with the other directors and managed all procedures required for interdepartmental
interaction.
·
Developed and
tracked the capital and expense budget for the RF department and company,
providing direction and guidance to Managers, Engineers, and Technicians.
·
Maintained a
balance of emphasis between system performance, construction costs, and meeting product
dead lines; and communicated the need to make concessions to the Vice President of
Engineering and Network Operations.
RF
Engineer
December 1995 – January 1997
·
Design,
development, manufacture, and testing of high
performance microwave systems for military, aerospace, and commercial applications
·
Monitored RF Design
Team efforts to ensure that system quality was a priority whenever realistically
possible as out lined in the Acceptance test plan (ATP) of the customer and according
TSB-88 best practices.
·
Solely
responsible for system performance and coverage throughout the El Paso Texas and Juarez
Mexico regions.
·
Acquired
outstanding skills and expertise in RF designs and system applications,
including antennas, RF systems, diode switches, and microwave
components.
Senior
RF Engineer / Program Manager
·
Directed and
managed design of microwave point-to-point and satellite communications systems (e.g. small
aperture earth terminals (VSAT), NTSC, and SDTV
TV specifications) and telecommunications networks.
·
Determined RF
horns, LNB, and AC or DC power distribution (e.g. photovoltaic,
cycloconverter, uninterruptible power supply UPS, and/or DC to DC converters) for Hubs and other distant
communication locations.
·
Wrote test
reports for new earth stations.
·
Designed 2.4m
- 15m earth station sites throughout the USA, Mexico, Central America, and South America.
·
Determined
appropriate RF parameters (e.g. VSWR,
gains), antenna types, heights power budgets, up-link/down-link path balance,
effective radiated power (ERP), antenna tilt, power, and requirements
·
Determined
channel capacity of wideband microwave site
feasibly in the USA and Mexico.
·
Evaluated and
designed 23 GHz microwave point-to-point
transmitters and receiver networks.
·
Designed and
maintained Amtrak’s VHF/UHF RF communication systems (e.g. transmitters, receivers, and antennas).
·
Bench tested
and trouble shot FM based stations and hand held radios; optimized
communication networks.
Resume
# 1480
Security
Clearance:
Prior TS (reactivated
with ease until July 08) Salary $90K+ Relocation: Open
SUMMARY
Experienced
Systems Analyst with specialization in the area of radar
target detection, ATR, and analysis.
Considerable background in developing new ideas and managing programs and projects at
various levels. M.S. degree in EE from U of
Illinois @ Urbana with course work completed for PhD degree
at Mississippi State where work on dissertation(missile ATR using low
resolution radar used at the “front” and applicable to boost phase of
missile trajectory ) is continuing. Will be able to finish off campus after May 08.
EXPERIENCE
PhD
Student
06-PRESENT
Thesis
written. Expected completion 5/2008
Engineer
Dec., 2005 to July 2006
Technical
Specialist Engineering Sr.
June, 2002 to Nov 2005
Managed
a 2.0 million dollar whole ship E3 analysis for
the new generation DDX program. Selected Lockheed Martin and Raytheon as subcontractors
gave assignments and supervised their activity. Analyzed effects of EMI on ship
subsystems.
University,
Electrical
Engineering
Aug 2000 to May 2002.
Worked
on a Ph.D. in signal processing. (ARMA, Wavelets, optimum receivers)
Senior
Development Engineer-Systems
Jan
1998 to June 2000
System
analyst for the ground based radar system of THAAD which is an anti-missile system.
Determined the best use of multiple beam search. Determined
that the split tracker used at that time was inefficient. Put together a radar
simulation suitable for critical design review. This simulation analyzed track
initiation, Kalman filter performance, track association, and false alarms and detection.
Looked for a way to reduce the clutter resulting from an interception of a RV by a kill
vehicle through the use of ARMA’s.
Technical
Specialist
Served
as technical lead and system analyst who coordinated the efforts of five companies and
research activities of individuals within McDonnell Douglas to support the development of
an Airborne Early Warning Radar. The project
involved analysis and design of phased arrays,
adaptive array processing, electronic counter measures, low probability of
exploitation signals and analysis of anti-radiation
missile threat. A phased array was produced and initial tests were
conducted and expected performance was achieved.
Senior
Engineer
April
1983 to March 1985
Lead Engineer
May 1981 to March 1983
Senior
Engineer
Aug 1979 to May 1981
Modeled
radar cross-section of radomes, inlets, antennas, and fuselage. Used technologies such as metallic radomes, radar-absorbing structures (RAS), radar absorbing materials (RAM), and shaping to
minimize backscatter. Made analytical improvements to prediction methods which were used
by aeronautical engineers in their design of future planes.
Lead
Antenna/Communications Engineer June
1977 to July 1979
Investigated
the feasibility of using various analytical techniques such as Geometrical Theory of
Diffraction (GTD), Method of Moments, and plane wave spectrum and
applied them to several situations including the following.
Development
of a user friendly multipurpose simulation package using GTD that could be used for a very wide variety of
situations like determining the effectiveness of adaptive
arrays where multi-paths over a bandwidth are present and determining the pattern of
an hourglass antenna.
Determination
by Method of Moments of the effect of ground
screen characteristics like wire size, wire length and wire density on patterns and antenna sensitivity for an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) detecting device.
Use
of plane wave spectrum to determine electromagnetic
interference (EMI) from antennas on the TDRSS building to the equipment
inside.
Also
participated in an effort to model pulse position chirp modems for PLSS. My contribution involved setting thresholds,
calculation of bit error rates, message error rates, probability of detection of signals
and determined the best algorithm for determining the time of arrival.
EDUCATION
BS
mathematics
BS
Electrical Engineering
MS
Electrical Engineering
Emphasis
areas: Electromagnetics and control systems
Resume #
1596
Security
Clearance: TS/SSBI Salary
$130K Relocation: CO,
West, SW, mountainous states
OBJECTIVE
To obtain
employment at a technological leader that will allow opportunities to lead and develop
expertise in engineering technology.
SUMMARY
* Low
Observable / RCS experience
* Design
of inlet and nozzle shapes and treatment schemes for LO technology.
* DOD Top
Secret SSBI / SAR Security Clearance / SCI with lifestyle polygraph completed in 2001
* Low
Observable Modeling and Simulation
* Low
Observable Engineering lead
* Radar
Absorbing Structures (RAS) and Radar Absorbing Materials (RAM)
CAD
Programs: ACAD, CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Pro/Engineer, PATRAN
Programming
Language: FORTRAN, C++, JAVA, HTML
RCS
Software: MM2D, MM3D, SIGLBC, X-PATCH, RBI, RTM, KNOWBELL, VISAGE, FASTSCAT, CARLOS 3D,
SAF, SWITCH, RAM2D
Microsoft
Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project
OS: UNIX,
LINUX, Windows
Other
Software: MATLAB, PSPICE
Radome
Principles
Synthetic
Aperture Radar Advanced
MSC/PATRAN
Computer-Based
Modeling for Design and Analysis
RCS
Signature Reduction
IR/Visible
Signature Reduction
XPATCH
EXPERIENCE
Lead, Low
Observable Programs Aug 03 – Present
*
Responsible for the capture, technical direction, management, and execution of all
observables R&D programs. Facilitate
technologies between all Northrop aircraft and ship programs: B-2, F-35, etc. Daily direct a team of 25 engineers to invent new
technologies, mature production processes, and document for future reference. Nationally recognized in antenna integration,
aircraft structures, materials, materials testing, radar cross section design, and
supportability. Provide inputs to defining
capital spending. Coordinate all R&D
activities with customers of most agencies.
Low
Observables IPT Lead Engineer
Nov 98 – Aug 03
* Low
Observables IPT Lead of large, highly-classified missile program (greater than 7,000
units). Successfully transitioned new missile
design to production. Responsible for
schedule, budget, and stealth performance. Derived
RCS budgets and flowed down specifications to antenna, airframe, and propulsion
subcontractors. Responsible for fielding
production hardware, tooling, and documentation. Oversaw
post-production sample acceptance testing. Prepared and ran electromagnetic and infrared
(IR) computer prediction codes, direct prototype hardware construction, and guided RCS
range testing.
Low
Observables Engineer
Apr 96 – Nov 98
* Planned
and directed all stealth verification testing (both flight testing and ground testing) of
F-117A stealth fighter fleet. Responsible for
generating a prioritized list of aircraft to deploy. Lead
engineer in fielding the first operational ground-based imaging radar system (called
“Diagnostic Imaging Radar”). Lead
engineer for the Government developing point inspection tools. Prioritized work for a team of 65 maintenance
crews. Created a 2 hour low observables class,
briefing it to over 100 maintainers and flight crew members.
Regularly briefed general officers, including SAF and COMACC.
Program
Manager, Captain, USAF
May 93 - Apr 96
* Actively
managed cost, schedule, and technical performance of several highly-classified structures
and materials programs collectively valued at over $15M.
Authored program requirements, established security guidelines, generated
all government acquisition documentation.
Technical
Intelligence Analyst Jul 89
- May 93
*
All-the-world’s transport, tanker, airborne warning and control systems (AWACS), and
special mission aircraft analyst. Analyzed
“all-sources” and authored first ever national-level assessment of all foreign
air refueling tankers and AWACS. Led a team of
30 nationally-recognized subsystem experts to reassess the capabilities of the Soviet
AWACS. Authored 35 classified publications,
most entered into National Intelligence Estimates.
EDUCATION
Master of
Business Administration 1995
Bachelor
of Science, Aeronautical Engineering 1989
MILITARY
EXPERIENCE (AF Reserves, 14 yrs, AFSC 62E3X)
USAFR
Flight Test Engineer, Major
* Research new F-117A tactics, coordinate conceptual
flight test scenarios, and post process operational flight tests. Created two new computer
codes to aid flight test data analysis. Lead
an effort to streamline new methods of assessing stealth performance. Sole instructor of low observables academics at AF
Weapons School.
USAFR
Lead
Engineer, Observables Maintenance, Major
Signature
Technology Office
*
Responsible for coordinating research and development dollars toward stealth maintenance. Lead government and contractor team to develop
ground-based radar measurements for pre-mission tactical assessment. Authored first-ever user’s manual to operate
an electromagnetic prediction code called “FastScat.” Evaluated one hundred technical proposals for the
“Software Protection Initiative” (SPI) program.
Helped select ten small “Small Business Innovation Research”
(SBIR) contracts valued at $1M. ($100K each).
Resume # 1576
Security Clearance:None,US Citizen Salary seeks $70K
Relocation: Fairly Open
Married
Renter
OBJECTIVE
· A permanent position as an Antenna Design Engineer working in a team
environment with significant opportunities for technical challenge and professional
development.
EDUCATION
MSEE, Concentration on Electro-Physics GPA 3.91
BSEE, Concentration on Electromagnetics GPA 3.90
EXPERIENCE
2007-Present Contract Antenna Engineer
· Designed aperture and feed network for a commercial aircraft Ku-band
satcom data link antenna
2001-2003 Antenna Engineer
· Designed novel space-fed Ka/Ku-band phased array using active
photonic bandgap waveguide sidewall phase shifters
· Designed a novel switched aperture feed network for a flatplate
waveguide slot array
· Designed a dual band circular polarizer at 20 and 44 GHz
· Designed and built a planar-polar near field range, including control
and analysis code.
· Performed far field, near field, and bench top measurements of
antennas and microwave components
Skills:
Ansoft HFSS vs10 Expert
ADS, NEC Intermediate
HP8510 Network Analyzer Intermediate
MATLAB Expert
C, C++, C#, Visual Basic Expert
Publications upon request
RESUME # 1407
Security Clearance: Prior Secret 1995
Salary: $90K
Relocation: Florida
SUMMARY
·Participated in the design of Active Phased Array
and T/R modules.
·Ground based and Airborne Multiband Radar system design
·Developed wideband multifunctional Radar systems.
·Radar system design
·Radar signal processing design and
implementation
·Design of long range surveillance Radar.
·Developed Antenna for X-band Radar.
·Designed video amplifier for Radar.
·Designed millimeter wave Radar seeker Antenna.
·Antenna design
·Antenna matching circuit design
·Target discrimination
·Microwave and millimeter wave component design
and test.
·RF and IF circuit design
·IF, video, RF and millimeter wave circuit design.
·Proficient in ORCAD, Autocad, Fortran, ADS, HFSS
Experience:
1999 to present Communications Company
Directed design to eliminate scan noise in radio transceiver.
Participated in the design of a new radio transceiver.
Simulation of RF circuits using ADS.
Measurement of radio transceiver characteristics in accordance with TIA/EIA manual.
Antenna simulation using HFSS. vs 10
1996 to 1999. Responsible for the design and testing of a microwave
miniature
direction finding receiver.
Participated in oscillator design up to 2.5 GHz and PLL design.
Designed microwave patch radiator antenna elements.
Developed a miniature VHF transmit antenna
to be hidden inside a small pager.
Evaluation of RF components.
Wrote antenna software in C language.
Measurement of radiation characteristics in accordance with FCC requirements.
1984 - 1995. Directed design and testing of
antennas in the VHF, UHF, and microwave range for military and civilian
aircraft from concept to factory introduction in
accordance with FAA and MIL/Spec requirements.
Responsible for design of RF and IF circuits
for radio transceivers and emergency locator transmitters.
Directed design and testing of PIN diode tunable couplers in the 30 to 400 MHz
range to MIL/SPEC requirements.
Directed the design and testing of a microwave integrated circuit 5.1 GHz low
noise amplifier.
Designed antenna matching networks.
Electronics.,1980-1984.
Responsible for radar system design
Directed team of engineers in requirements analysis and trade study analysis.
Participated in target discrimination studies.
Designed millimeter wave radar seeker antenna.
Responsible for system specification, design, and testing of millimeter
wave radar seeker. The design included IF, video, RF and millimeter wave
circuit
design.
Participated in the design and testing of a linearizer circuit for microwave Gunn diode
oscillator.
Wrote radome reverse ray tracing software.
Electronic Systems, 1979-1980.
Developed low backlobe microwave antennas for Navy
ships.
Performed scale model studies of S-band antenna at
X-band.
Participated in the design of circuitry for adaptive null steering of X-band phased array antenna.
Wrote GTD, ray tracing, and moment method software in Fortran.
Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station, Atlanta, GA., 1976-1979.
Responsible for ground based and airborne radar system
design
Developed microwave and millimeter wave radar systems.
Participated in the design of active phased array and T/R
modules.
Developed Fortran software for near-field/far-field correlation measurements.
Performed near field measurements to calculate far field of
microwave reflector antenna.
Responsible for design and testing of IF, RF, and microwave circuits.
Developed antenna for X-band radar.
Designed video amplifier for radar.
Developed IF amplifier using I and Q signal processing.
Education:
Birmingham Southern College, Freshman Math Award
Auburn University, BSEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta
Kappa Nu, Pi Mu Epsilon,
won Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Scholar Award.
Old Dominion University, MSEE
Took PhD level coursework in electrical engineering Georgia Tech
RESUME # 1547
Security Clearance: TS/SCI/SSBI current
2003 Salary:
$80K
Relocation: Mid
West, East Coast, then will explore
SUMMARY
-
Electrical Engineer with over nine years of progressive program
and personnel management experience in classified environments.
-
Systems and developmental engineer with expertise in the areas of radar, GPS, and
electronic intelligence collection and analysis.
-
Extensive project management experience.
-
Lead engineer on 3 classified RCS tests.
-
Intimately familiar with the pylon and turn-table (foam
column) methods of mounting targets and the trade offs between the two
methods.
-
Spearheaded outdoor test range improvement
efforts. Range grading suggestion led to
mitigation of radar return clutter during testing.
-
Gained some experience with bi-static radar imaging
while at NRTF. The system was being tested
and fine tuned two months before I moved.
- Attended RCS
reduction course at Georgia Institute of Technology in Oct 2000.
EDUCATION
B.S.
Electrical Engineering (May 1997)
EXPERIENCE
Electronic
Systems Engineer 2003 - Present
Responsible
for the evaluation of scientific and technical electronic intelligence data collected
worldwide by RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft. Analyze
technical capabilities of friendly and hostile radar systems to improve survivability of
U.S. aircraft. Develop equipment tests,
operational procedures, and processing techniques for state of the art intelligence
collection and processing systems valued in excess of $20 million. Manage a staff of over 45 electronic intelligence
analysts.
*
Deployed in support of over 45 RC-135 missions during Operation Enduring Freedom
*
Managed the design of a $200k overhaul to the digital signal processing network resulting
in a 20 percent reduction in processing time
*
Authored 12 technical signals analysis reports (TESARs)
GPS
Vulnerabilities Test Manager 2002 - 2003
Deputy
Element Chief responsible for directing ten engineers and technicians in testing
tri-service GPS user equipment. Responsible
for the development and negotiation of test plans, schedules, and funding requirements. Led the preparation and accomplishment of
laboratory, ground, and flight testing. Served
as test manager for the GPS Modernization Radio Frequency Compatibility (RFC), Flex Power
Testing, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency GPS Experiment (GPX) test programs.
*
Managed over $1 million in test programs involving 800 + tests on schedule and within
budget
*
Led 21 person DARPA team that conducted the first ever airborne pseudolite program
*
RFC Program Director responsible for meshing multi-service requirements for 300+ tests
Project
Manager
2000 - 2002
Interim
Deputy Program Manager for $80 million Operations and Management Contract. Assisted in the
development of a $9 million annual budget. Oversaw
71 personnel evaluating performance and testing in stealth technology. Procured classified
communication systems vital to operating the number one Department of Defense Radar
Cross-Section signature measurement facility.
Managed
contractor award fee process providing Squadron Commander with performance updates on
contractor operations and management of a $272 million facility.
*
Initiated and managed a contractor award fee process that resulted in a 20 percent
improvement in contractor performance
*
Assisted in conducting a $4 million facility upgrade to aid NRTF readiness in conducting
DoD low-observable programs
*
Successfully managed over 15 improvement and test support projects
National
Air Intelligence Center, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
Officer
in Charge, Electronic Intelligence Flight
Led
a flight of 15 electronic intelligence analysts. Authored,
reviewed and directed the production and publication of in-depth technical and operational
electronic intelligence analysis reports. Supervised
the use of over $20 million worth of state-of-the-art electronic signal receiving and
processing systems used to evaluate scientific and technical electronic intelligence. Responsible for maintaining software and databases
supporting the national electronic order of battle and the intelligence community.
*
Produced over 400 technical electronic intelligence reports fulfilling over 1000+ data
collection requirements
*
Supported the release of over 2,600 pieces of media for further processing at national
intelligence centers
*
Eliminated a two-year processing backlog through enhanced analyst training and process
improvement initiatives
MILITARY
EXPERIENCE
United
States Air Force
Electronic
Countermeasure Technician (E1 to E3)
Developmental
Engineer (O1 to O3)
COMPUTER
PROFICIENCY
Proficient
in multiple software programs and operating systems including UNIX, LINUX, Martes Signals
Analysis Suite, Matlab, and all programs within Microsoft Office (i.e., Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Access)
AWARDS/RECOGNITION
Test
Team of the Year, 2003
USAF
Commendation Medal (2 Awards)
RESUME # 1546
Security Clearance: Secret, Prior TS/EBI/SSBI/SBI/SCI 2005
Salary: $125K as consultant.
Seeks $110K +
Relocation: IN, MA, FL, CA, then fairly Open
SUMMARY
* Antenna Design , Radar Cross Section (RCS) reduction, EMI /
EMC, Infrared Signature Analysis
* Electronic engineer and physicist with circuit design, algorithm development and
simulation capability
* Analog design for narrowband radar and communications radio frequency and wideband fiber
optic data and imaging using frequency and time domain simulation for electromagnetics,
circuits and materials
* Antenna & feed design at 35 GHz (deformable aperture), 94 GHz (2D frequency scanned
array) & HF,VHF (wire)
* Experienced in practical RF and time domain test, measurement, & computer modeling
in C, Matlab
* Practical experience in commercial, telecommunications, and aerospace engineering using
advanced materials
* Proficient in designing circuits in bipolar, field effect, CMOS, SiGe, InP as
conventional and heterostructure devices
* Simulation expertise in modern antenna, circuit and system tools such as Agilent ADS,
AWR Microwave Office, MMICAD simulators, POSES and Semicad quantum and classical materials
simulators, Silvaco device simulators and Agilent and Ansoft High Frequency Signal
Simulators, finite element and finite difference time domain electromagnetic simulators.
Signature Analysis
* Training and practical experience in RCS reduction
* Knowledge of broadband antenna matching & electromagnetic modeling to enable or
defeat active and passive sensing
* Performed closed form analyses of electronic countermeasures signature ability to match
radar transfer function
* Performed lab computations of equivalent bit S/N for imaging systems to perform
detection, identification, track and ATR
* Prediction of IR, optical, RF sensor effectiveness from information theory,
computational modeling and lab work
* Extensive theoretical and practical experience in parametric and nonparametric
classification, Govt domain expert
* Determined limits of active and passive classification for antisubmarine R&D
initiatives
* Evaluated infrared, EO and RF ATR capabilities of land vehicles for battlefield
identifiability
* Determined S/N requirements for radar based systems based on entropy of sensor flow
* Pioneer in practical JEM
* Quantified effectiveness & determined resources to field practical system based on
classification theory
* Patent for 3D feature extraction
* Uses volumetric data from sensor to form a metric to determine physical characteristics
* Patent for feedforward drive of nonlinear devices
* Matching of device nonlinearities to pre-equalize data-dependent distortion in
excitation drive
* Determine actual slant ranges for sensor to perform ATR for missile air to surface &
air to air engagements
* Determine information flow rate from sensor to determine control range of semiactive
guidance in hostile environment
* Design of readout integrated circuitry to allow use of active laser transmissions to
interrogate targets in realtime
* Extensive design of low noise electronics for the detection of low cross section targets
Broadband Active Array Design
* Design of antenna patterns to meet Functional Requirements for sidelobe, gain, nulls and
adaptive control
* Design of T/R modules
* Design of phaseshifting and patterns
* Assessment of set-on times using adaptive control
* Design of 35 GHz & 94 GHz phased area antennas for 4 inch apertures
* Design of phaseshifting and antennas
* Design of active and passive beamsteering
* True time beamforming including photonic beamforming SBIR, and direct RF energy
production by smart gratings
* Experience in creating apertures to meet beampointing requirements
EMI/EMC
* Ability to provide closed form evaluation of vulnerability
* Nonstatistical evaluation of EA6B effectiveness against specific threats
* Experience in suppression and mitigation of interferers techniques
* Evaluation of advanced receiver designs for UAVs prior to IOC
* Designs for proposed future battlefield sensor systems to meet future requirements
* Ultrawideband experience
* Application of millimeter wave sensors for UAVS, bottom up from devices
* Application for use of millimeter wave sensors for active imaging, bottom up from
devices
* Domain expert in Electromagnetic and signal integrity simulation and modeling 2D and 3D
structures utilizing Ansoft HFSS & Ensemble, ADS Momentum and time domain
electromagnetic simulators
* Expertise with electromagnetic simulators to predict and characterize structures,
transmission lines and radiators
* Bottom Up Design of future jamming system architectures from circuit level
* Design of intercept receivers using a variety of architecture technologies, applied to
detection of non-cooperative targets
Design of Optimized Fiber optic, Satellite, and Microwave Electronic Systems
* Able to design with modern simulation techniques for electromagnetics, circuits and
devices
* Ability to design from Functional Requirements through Specification using advanced RF
design tools
* Multiyear experience in FEM, FDTD, BEM, MoM & TLM techniques including Ansoft &
HP HFSS, ADS & Momentum, Boulder Microwave & Microstripes, Sonnet, NEC, MEFiSTo
* Compensation of device nonlinearity and limitations through robust design of circuits
for systems
* Demonstrated capability to apply strategic RF and photonic research designs to create
new markets
* Adept at state-of-the art design, as well as creating designs requiring new materials
* Able to take designs to fabrication for multistage product for 10 Gbps telecomm market
* Able to design analog integrated circuits for communications, radar and imaging
* Able to design in a variety of technologies CMOS, MESFET, HEMT (Si, GaAs, InP) 0.1 to 10
micron processes using linear and nonlinear designs
* Capability in operational amplifiers, oscillators, filters, mixers, phase shifters
specialty circuits such as active gyrators, avalanche and pulsed circuitry
Design of Analog Circuit Design for System End-to-End Performance
* Expertise in bipolar & FET circuits
* Designing with SPICE (variants and installations), analog simulators such as ADS and
behavioral level technique, in low frequency and high frequency circuits, to create
transmitters and broadband receivers in aerospace and telecommunications, taking into
account nonlinear and transient behavior.
Circuit and System and Device Design
* Successful technical implementation of $6M SDIO/BMDO active/passive beamsteering program
* Conducted research and prototyped antenna, electronic beamsteering and transistor for
sensors
* Conducted LNA noise-bandwidth-dynamic range limit triple tradeoff study for antenna
support
* Design of state of the art filters for 0.6-20 GHz
* Circuit and transmission line designs to support 10Gbps vertical cavity laser diode
driver circuits
* Analysis and design of temperature dependence of phase lock loop circuits for power
control
* Navy Power HEMT Project Principal Investigator, developed new circuits & modeling
techniques
* Using materials, device, circuits and systems simulators (commercial &
self-developed)
* Designed Navy Ultra Wideband Transmit/Receive (T/R) Modules
Signal Processing
* Designed novel photonic methods of RF beamsteering, and processing of novel optical
signals
* Designed optimal transmission line match for wide bandwidth telecommunications at 3
& 10 Gbps
* Evaluated limits of No Cooperative Target Recognition by nonparametric classification
* Determined design limits of active classification signal processing capability for Navy
* Independently wrote Laboratory Plan for Development of Signal Classification
Electronic Warfare
* Investigated and wrote definitive study on Mutual Interference Effects in ECM
* Developed closed form methods to quantitatively evaluate electronic warfare
* Designed future onboard electronic countermeasures systems for future aircraft
* Assessed capability of radars, communications and sensors in Fleet Air Defense
Control Systems
* Provided device and circuit stabilization at level to allow use of ultrahigh bandwidth
transistors
* Wrote high speed 6DOF simulations in AD100 VHDL language for SIDEWINDER simulations
* Customized simulations which identified instabilities in Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM)
EDUCATION
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
1991 Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, 1971 MS, Physics
* Specialization Solid State Processing, Microwave & CMOS Circuits, Network Analyzers
* Switched capacitor circuits for control and amplification
* Microwave measurement circuits
EXPERIENCE
Director of Radar Technology Oct 2004 to Jan 2006
* Developing designs, staffing and design tool suites to allow company to attempt analog
integrated circuits
* Developing synthetic aperture receivers and transmitters & prototyping designs to
support SBIR work
* Establishing an RF laboratory to support advanced microwave receiver and transmitter
work
Coherent Technologies Jul 2004
ROIC Design Consultant
Developing laser transceiver using wideband detection and storage system in advanced
materials
(resulted in award of contract)
Chroma Energy Aug 2002 to May 2004
Principal Research Scientist
* Developing innovative pattern recognition technology for acoustic sensors
* Conduct applied research to develop classification algorithms to discriminate acoustic
sensor signals using multivariable features
* Creation of Intellectual Property resulting in patent
Dynamic Details Apr 2002 to July 2004
Principal Engineer & Director of Engineering
* Conducted advanced signal integrity investigations above 3 GHz
* Interfaced with industry to evaluate scope and difficulty of proposed work
* Created an advanced simulation laboratory capable of time domain and network analysis
using circuit and electromagnetic simulators to enable company to conduct advanced
technology aerospace work
Cielo Communications May 2000 to Jan 2002
Senior Microwave Design Engineer
* Company consultant on advanced circuit and systems design including simulation for
products from 3-10 GHz (3 patents).
* Designing transmission lines domain and characterization for optimized microwave feed of
laser diodes using ceramics/Duroid
* Designing broadband matching circuitry in both frequency and time domains
Lockheed Martin Astronautics
Apr 1997 to May 2000
Staff Engineer
* Providing novel designs of low noise amplifiers beyond present state-of-the-art
* Providing circuit implementation of Astrolink communications signal processing
* Designing lowloss analog filters and multiplexers to support sensors
NAWC China Lake Jul 1974 to Apr 1997
Physicist
* Providing technical and program advice for advanced technology in active/passive RF
beamsteering
* Optimizing advanced sensor systems through practical application of information theory
* Design of circuits for broadband T/R modules from 1984-1997
* Determining physical limits of signal processing and circuits for RF and electro optics
* Developing realtime simulations for control of missile flight
RESUME # 1544
RCS / Low Observable Engineer
Security Clearance: Secret
Salary:
seeks $80-95K Relocation:
Open
EXPERIENCE
Power & Control Technologies 08/05-04/06
Hardware Engineer
* Preparing and designing schematics, wiring diagrams, wiring and parts lists.
* Holding and participation of design reviews.
* Authoring field change documents and electrical cabinet level testing and
troubleshooting.
* Preparing Design report requirements.
* Develop requirements traceability database using DOORS.
* Conduct feasibility study for Engineered Safety Features System (ESFS).
* Authoring Design report for RPCP
* Authoring Quality Conformance Inspection Test Procedures for the switch connector
assemblies, which include an Operational (Cablescan) Test, a Visual Exam Test, a
Dielectric Test and an Insulation Resistance Test.
Science Application International Corporation 07/01-05/05
Radar Signature Reduction Engineer
* Provide technical expertise in radar cross section evaluation for air or ground systems
design.
* Conduct electromagnetic signature simulation, analysis and design optimization for
rotary-wing systems.
* Develop artificial dielectric analysis tools in C/MATLAB for material design
requirements determination.
* Coordinate and briefed signature analysis results and design enhancements to government
customers.
* Complete 2D/3D Moment Method electromagnetic simulations to address sub-component
signature estimates.
* Wrote and implemented multi-processor job control routines with Unix C-shell scripts and
C software utilities to facilitate continuous simulation activities on multi-processor
Silicon Graphics computers.
Innovative 12/00-07/01
Engineering Analyst
* Coordinate material research, and product design efforts on behalf of customer
* Requirements definition, modeling and evaluation
* Electrical design, modeling and development
* Materials performance assessment, diagnostic analysis, and refinement
* Material development and risk reduction test coordination
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering 2002-2005
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering 2001
A.S. Electrical Engineering Technology 1992
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Pascal, Visual Basic, Assembly, and Introduction to C, UNIX & C-shells, MATLAB.CAD
Systems (Catia, Patran, Unigraphics), MS Office Applications Xpatch 4.8, various 2D/3D
Moment Method solvers (SIGLBC, Maxwell).
Familiarity: Linux, Pspice, Lab View, NEC, Networking (Ethernet protocol/LAN), DOORS,
Microsoft Visio.
Resume # 1545
Security Clearance:
Secret
Salary $91K
Relocation: Open
Education
Thesis: “Analysis of Microstrip Antennas
on Substrates with High Permeability” (Thesis investigates
antenna miniaturization by way of novel materials for Wireless Integrated Microsystems.)
Experience
RSC 12/02-Present
Developed &
Executed test plans for specific aspects of CEM tools undergoing the V&V
process. Designed dozens of antenna and other EM
scenarios in order to analyze the capability and shortcomings of the software. Interpreted/Analyzed simulated data. Identified and communicated
solution accuracy and implementation problems to the software developers. Supported Navy Antenna Evaluation (those existing and under
development) efforts with Modeling and Simulation. Led weekly discussions with
software developers in order to direct their efforts and speed progress. Debugged and added capability to in-house
Propagation Loss software. Developed software to automate test equipment for various
experiments. Modeled/tested
antennas and performed Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) antenna research/evaluation
and recommendation. Responsible for COTS
antenna research in an effort to find a suitable replacement for two antennas currently
in service. This research included antenna-modeling simulation, meetings with vendors, and
testing of sample antennas. Successfully concluded research by writing a Branch report and
completing a presentation to the Sponsor as part of a successful effort to acquire funding
for more committed research.
Electromagnetic R&S Laboratory
Characterized
various antennas, including horns, monopoles, and patches. Evaluated
and altered microstrip antenna designs to tune antenna to different
housings. Operated Antenna Range for client companies.
5/00-8/00
Digital Hardware and Development Group
Supported development
and test activities in the Digital Hardware Development Group.
Characterized and debugged next generation CDMA base station communication cards.
5/99-8/99
Base Station Subsystems Group
Analyzed and tested
digital circuit cards, which utilized surface-mount technology. Developed portions of
hardware codes for FPGAs. Performed certification testing and documentation on next
generation CDMA, network interface digital circuit cards.
Software
HFSS, XFDTD,
Sonnet Antenna CAD, GNEC, MATLAB, Visual C/C++, Libra
Microwave Circuit CAD, ADS Microwave Circuit CAD, Microwave
Office RF Circuit CAD, Mentor Graphics Circuit CAD, Visual Basic, Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
RESUME # 1537
Security
Clearance: Secret
Salary $61K
OBJECTIVE
A Engineering position with an Avionics Company, where I have the opportunity to utilize
my formal education and work experience in the areas of Navigational systems, Radar,
Antenna Systems, Electronic Warfare (EW), Avionic Systems, and Test Program Set
Development. Enclosed for your review is a copy of my resume detailing my work experience
and educational background.
SUMMARY
Since 2002, I have served as a developer of automated test programs for the B2 aircraft
from 2000 to 2001 I served as senior system engineer supporting the MATSO project, for the
re-host of test programs from basic to Atlas for the E35 Automated Test Set, from 1996 to
1999 served as Software Development Engineer for the development of Test Program Sets
(TPS) for the B2 project. I have also served as a lead systems engineer providing
engineering support for the Defensive Avionics and Electronic Warfare Systems for the B-1B
and B52 aircraft. Additionally, I served for three years in the capacity of RF Systems
Engineer where my duties and responsibilities included reliability and maintainability
testing of antenna systems.
* ALQ - 172(V) 1 for this EW system I was task with the testing of ship sets for
interfacing of the system and the testing of the GTE horn antennas for the 3dB beamwidth ,
11.2dB to the first sidelobe over a frequency bandwidth of something close to x-band.
* ALQ - 172(V) 2 for this system I performed test of ship sets for the interfacing of all
the related LRU´s. I also perform full scale mock testing of the 16 element linear phased
array antenna system, wherein the antenna 3dB bandwidth and distance to the first sidelobe
were two of the characteristics measured.
* I also performed LRU testing on the system performing a battery of tests on the
different LRU´s utilizing the USM-603 tester. I was instrumental in the construction of a
automated anechoic chamber for the testing of the LRU8 linear phased array antenna. I was
also task with testing of Radomes for the LRU8 and testing of the ALQ - 172 transmit
antenna.
* On the ALQ -161 I was involve with the testing of the 1122 antenna and path loss testing
of the aft antennas.
EXPIERENCE
June 2003 to Present
Electronics Engineer
* Serve as Electronics Engineer for the purchase of new Signal Generators, Pulse
Generators, Function Generator, and etc.
* Served as Systems Engineer to manage maintenance contracts and development contracts for
new automated test equipment.
* Provide engineering support of the A-10 and E-3 aircraft testers for testing existing
line replaceable units and test program software. Provided engineering support for new
proof of concept contract for the development of Test Program Sets (TPS) to test the A-10
Central Air Data Computer (CADC) and related Source Replaceable Units (SRU´s) on the Atti
BRAT Tester.
Sept 2001 To May 2002
Senior Systems Engineer
Serve as Systems Engineer for re-hosting of Atlas programs for the RADATS Identification
Friend or Foe (IFF) Transponder test program to HP-VEE and L200 test languages for use on
the Teradyne RFAD and DIFA test stations.
March 2000 to June 2001
Senior Systems Engineer Served as Senior Systems Engineer with Anteon Corporation where, I
was tasked with the re-hosting of software for the E325 MATSO tester. The software was
re-hosted from HP BASIC to ATLAS and TPS´s sold off on the E35 Tester.
Electronics Engineer June 1996 to Sept 1999
* Served as a member of a Software Development Team for the development of Automated Test
Software for the B-2 aircraft for testing of analog and digital avionics systems, on the
Teradyne DIFA Set Tester and utilizing the L393 automated test language for development of
Line Replaceable Units (LRU) and Source Replaceable Units (SRU) software programs. Test
Program Sets (TPS) were created utilizing the Sun Micro Systems Sparc Workstation and
Digital Equipment´s Alpha Workstation, using UNIX and VMS operating systems. Analyzed
critical software/hardware problems affecting test strategy to meet Performance and
Diagnostic testing requirements. Developed Failure Mode Effect Analysis charts for analog
and digital circuit components.
* Applied test requirement documents, design specifications and automated programming
techniques for developing test programs using SABER/LASAR simulation. Develop0ed and
designed Interface Test Adapter (ITA) required for Units UnderTest (UUT)/ ATE integration.
Integrated Test Program Set with UUT, Power Supply Module and Teradyne ATE.
April 89 to June 96
Electronics Engineer
* Serve as lead systems engineer providing engineering support for two major Defensive
Avionics Systems, the AN/ALQ-161 peculiar to the B-1B and the AN/ALQ-172(V)2 applicable to
the B52 aircraft. Conducted testing of higher level assemblies and major components of
assigned electronic warfare systems to assess reliability and maintainability and to
determine appropriate engineering proposals to remedy operational deficiencies or upgrade
system performance.
* Evaluation of Test Program Software (TPS=s), Software Defiency Reports (SDR=s) changes
and effect modifications and enhancements required of the Units Under Test. Perform
special project assignments such as installation of the Automated Antenna Test Facility
for testing the LRU8 Linear Phased Array Antenna System for the AN/ALQ-172(V)2 Defensive
Avionics System.
* Operate, maintain and assess testing capability of Automated Test Stations such as
Honeywell=s USM-603, Honeywell=sDPS-6 Software Development Station, Watkins Johnson WJ1580
RF Automated Test Station.
* ALM-265 Antenna Module Tester, ALM-266 Antenna Range Test Facility; develop operational
capabilities of the ALM-266 Antenna Range Test Facility, through the use of Microwave
Holographic Techniques.
June 83 to May 88
RF Systems Engineer
* Performed tasks related to integration of transmission lines, antenna systems and
electromagnetic transducers to Defensive Avionics Systems for the purpose of installation
into aircraft structures.
* Conducted laboratory testing of transmission lines antenna systems for production units,
prepared test reports and testing documentation for the Department of Defense.
* Developed new antenna systems for integration with new defensive avionics system
requirements and related aircraft structures.
MILTARY SERVICE: Served in U.S. Air Force from Nov 1966 to Nov 1970 as Aircraft Instrument
Repairman engaged in the installation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft instrument
systems. Attained the rank of sergeant E4
EDUCATION
B. S Electrical Engineering
COURSES
* ANTENNA COURSES : Basic Antennas (Boeing Co.), Antenna Engineering (GA Tech), Far Field
and Near Field Anechoic Chamber Measurements (GA Tech), and Near Field Antenna
Measurements and Microwave Holograph (GA Tech).
* ELECTROMAGNETICS & RADAR COURSES : Electromagnetics and Radar Cross Section, Radar
Cross Section Measurements (Technical Services), Numerical Methods for Millimeter Wave and
Microwave Systems (George Washington University), Phased Array Radar Systems Design (GA
Tech).
* Many of the method dealt with Voltrie Equations and FFT´s.
* Near Field and Far Field Ranges and Microwave Holography.
RESUME # 1512
Security
Clearance: Secret
Salary $108k
OBJECTIVE
Senior-IEEE
member with 24-plus years microwave Antenna experience seeks Engineering/manager position in the field of RF
Antenna, radar system and communication satellite
EXPERIENCE
1998-Present
Leading a team of engineers, technicians in the development of compact and high
performance 7-inch
Square
Four-Element GPS Polarimetric Array. Principal investigator in the analyses and evaluation
of
various
Antenna configuration (blockage,coverage, and cosite interference) on the Lincoln Lab's
Paul
Revere
aircraft test-bed. Lead engineer in various complex projects e.g. small VHF vector sensors
on small
UAV
Platforms, quiet-zone evaluation of the New Compact Range at the Laboratory for Antenna
and RCS
measurement,
Millstone radar L-band Antenna systems upgrade.
1997-1998
Managing a team of electromagnetic &
mechanical engineers for the design of J-Hook balun printed
dipoles
IFF array for MERS ( Multifunction Electromagnetic Radiating System) application.
Principal
investigator on Antenna design for Arsenal ship and related programs.
1995-1997
Developed a new product line of advanced electromagnetic coupled microstrip panel Antennas
of
PCS(Personal
Communication Service). Refinement of reflector/feed products for point to point
communication.
1988-1994 Designed and analyzed metal space frames, wideband
sandwich radomes and microwave feed for radar and
communication
applications. Principal Investigator: the spherical near-field measurement for far-field
transformations;
the microwave holographic technique for reflector panel alignment; the multi-layer
radome
application with wire de-icing capability; the TDWR (Terminal Doppler Weather Radar) feed
system;
the radome electromagnetic scattering effect; and the advanced design technique for the
very large
Compact
Range Reflector.
1984-1988
Raytheon
Engaged
in the development of adaptive arrays, reflector Antennas, horns, couplers, phase
shifters, hybrids,
and
beam forming network for radar and satellite applications. Performed critical design
analysis for the
radar
system in the area of anti-jamming and high resolution imaging radar. Principal
Investigator on: the
adaptive
beam former for ROTHR Cruise Missile Detection System; preliminary feed/reflector assembly
design
for the NEXRAD(Next Generation Weather System); the slot array design for MLS(Microwave
Landing
System); Frequency-Jump-Burst waveforms design for GBR-X wideband imaging radar.
1980-1984
Designed and analyzed Antennas for geosynchronized satellite applications and
direct broadcasting
activities.
Principal Investigator on: the reflector thermal distortion RF performance for the Satcom,
Spacenet
Satellites; the design and hardware implementation of Ku-band offset Cassegrain Antennas
for
high
gain, low sidelobe multiple spot beams. IR &D- Offset Near Field Gregorian Antenna
Scanning Beam
Analysis .
EDUCATION
EE.
Syracuse University
1980
MSEE Northwestern University 1978
BSEE
University of Rochester 1976
RESUME
# 1511
U.S. CITIZEN
SALARY $85K as consultant SINGLE
OBJECTIVE:
Mechanical,
Electromechanical Engineering position with a company involved in complex and innovative
products or services.
*
Design and package complex electronic equipment including cardcage systems with
backplane/mid-plane configurations for both telco and computer room environments. Design
of "stand alone" electronic enclosures (design to NEMA, NEBS and MIL
requirements). Package power supply systems (AC/DC) and cooling devices
*
RF & Microwave communication equipment development experience includes slotted arrays
and parabolic antennas, microwave board assemblies, wave guides, LNA/LNBs, Beam Forming
Networks, Rotary Joints/Slip Rings and high frequency connections, test fixtures. Designed
"in motion" satellite tracking systems and space based components.
*
Thorough knowledge of environmental testing (safety, EMC, thermal, shock and vibration,
thermal vacuum), manufacturing processes, regulatory agency requirements (UL, FCC, NEBS
GR-1089 & 63, CE, CSA). Design for harsh environments (space based, marine, airborne,
outdoor)
*
Define electrical "interconnect" systems including hot swap sequential mate
interface for modular components and power distribution systems (harnesses, bus bar,
flex/ridged circuits)
*
Motion control experience in satellite tracking systems includes stepper motor, position
encoding, cogged belt, worm and spur gear drive actuation.
*
Design experience includes: machined parts, sheet metal, plastic parts (injection molded,
vacuum formed, Rapid Prototyping) PCB layout (SMT multi-layer/FR-4, Microwave), castings
(investment, die, sand) wiring harnesses and bus bars. switches and overlays
*
Manufacturing experience includes, CNC machining, stamping, EDM, Electro-Forming, dip
brazing, fine blanking, injection molding, vacuum forming,
*
Formulate and implement documentation policy, part numbering systems, ECN procedures,
revision control methodology and engineering archive structures. MIS program experience
includes Agile.
*
Maintain focus on company goals and manage people and resources effectively. Work closely
with manufacturing to ensure a successful outcome
*
Designed modular video surveillance and teleconferencing equipment.
*
CAD experience includes: AutoCAD 10 thru 2004, SolidWorks 2004,2005,Valid ALLEGRO (PCB
design Workstation), Gerber PC800 (PCB artwork generation system) OrCAD. Work in DOS,
Windows, and UNIX operating environments. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint),
Project.
EXPERIENCE
2004
– Present Mechanical Engineering
•
Designed and developed custom waveguides, feed horns, reject filters, flex-guides,
•
Evaluated and resolved complex manufacturing problems with high precision microwave
assemblies
•
Supervised the manufacture and assembly of space based microwave components
•
Conducted environmental testing of components for space launch and near earth orbit requirements.
•
CAD tools used: AutoCAD 2004, SolidWorks 2005
2000
- 2004
(Start-up
company involved in Satellite Communication Equipment)
Mechanical
Engineering Manager
•
Designed and developed low profile KU band 'in motion' Microwave Antenna systems;
•
Designed high precision slotted array antenna (12.5 GHz) and assembly fixturing;
•
Initiate company documentation and operations structure;
•
Managed company procurement activities;
•
Managed lab equipment and facilities.
•
CAD tools used: AutoCAD 2004, SolidWorks 2004
1997
- 2000
(Manufacture of
Telco Equipment, annual sales:$300M)
Sr.
Mechanical Engineer
•
Design Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievements - 1999;
•
Designed and developed NEBS compliant DSL Central Office equipment;
•
Responsible for environmental test and agency approvals;
•
Resolved manufacturing issues, monitored contract manufacturing activities.
•
CAD tools used: AutoCAD 2000, SolidWorks 2000
1995
- 1997
AVIDIA
SYSTEMS
(Start-up
company sold to PairGain Technologies)
Engineering
Service and Operations Manager
•
Designed and developed ATM network equipment;
•
Management of Contract Manufacturing;
•
Authored documentation control policy;
•
Supervised design engineers and lab technicians;
•
Managed purchasing department;
•
Managed company facilities and operations.
•
CAD tools used: AutoCAD 14
1989
- 1995 DATA SWITCH
(Manufacturer
of data communication equipment, annual sales: $120M)
Senior
Design Engineer
•
Designed complex enclosures and rack mounted systems for IBM mainframe network equipment
(Channel Extenders, Multiplexers, Switches) Cabinets, Cable Management systems and related
hardware;
•
Conducted on-site customer evaluation to determine computer room system requirements.
•
Managed documentation issues and solved manufacturing problems
•
CAD tools used: AutoCAD 13, Valid Allegro, OrCAD
1987
- 1988
BRISTOL
BABCOCK (Manufacturer of process control equipment for the petroleum industry)
Electromechanical
Designer
•
Designed chassis and related hardware for a microprocessor based control unit;
•
Developed fluid control unit for off-shore oil drilling platform.
1984 - 1985 PTC AEROSPACE
(Manufacturer
of aircraft seats and galleys)
Mechanical
Designer
•
Designed and developed power control module for B-52 retrofit program;
•
Modified aircraft seat for aft facing impact loads.
•
Sustaining engineering
Resume # 1508
RCS Low Observable engineer
Security Clearance: TS/SCI
Salary $63k
Relocation: HI, So-CA, warm climates
Single
Renter
OBJECTIVE
A long
term career in the Electromagnetic industry revolving around Low observables, Radar Cross
Section Reduction or Range Operations with a forward looking company that will recognize
my technical abilities and that promotes upward growth.
SUMMARY
* Lead Engineer on several
RCS and Antenna Pattern projects
* Reshaped conductive surfaces and
applied Radar Absorbing Materials (RAM) to reduce or alter phase-fronts
of Radar echos in both Test Chamber and Object Under Test applications.
* Performed rough calculations of
flight vehicle Radar Cross Sections (RCS's) at various aspect angles,
using geometric optics approximations, prior to testing in a real environment.
* Contributed to the analysis of
designs and test data to arrive at recommendations for improving RCS levels. The improvements have been tested and found
useful.
* Tested Radar Absorbing
Structures (RAS) in anechoic chambers and differentiated between passing and
failing builds, based on design specifications.
* Tested Antenna Patterns and
RCS contributions from various antenna builds. I have worked with customers to optimize antenna
Gain while maintaining a specified RCS performance, using techniques such as shaping and
application of Radar Absorbing Materials (RAM's) and/or Frequency Selective
Surfaces (FSS's).
EXPERIENCE
Weapon Company 2001-Present
RCS Engineer
Lead Engineer on several RCS and Antenna Pattern projects.
*
Extensive experience extracting RCS data, then analyzing
it in order to reduce the RCS in missile systems, UAV's, and air-frame
sections; as well as Antennas which were fixed on such platforms.
* I
have tested Antenna Patterns and RCS contributions from
various antenna builds and worked with customers to optimize antenna Gain while
maintaining a specified RCS performance, using techniques such as shaping
and application of Radar Absorbing Materials (RAM's) and/or Frequency Selective
Surfaces (FSSs).
* TS /
SCI clearance
RCS reduction
* I have made use of such materials
as metal tape, cardboard and transparency, mag and eRAM to reshape conductive surfaces and
reduce or alter phase-fronts of Radar echos in both our Anechoic
Chamber test structures and Object Under Test applications.
* I
have tested Radar Absorbing Structures (RAS) in anechoic chambers and
differentiated between passing and failing builds, based on design specifications.
Wrote RCS Range Manual
* I have begun to write a Range Book
or Range Manual, with help from junior engineers and a retired,
contractor for the Radar Reflectivity Lab at Point Mugu.
The Range Manual is structured and partially filled. Hardcopy reference material and range data has
been captured into softcopy file structures.
* Experience extracting RCS data,
then analyzing it in order to reduce the RCS in missile systems, UAV's,
and air-frame sections. Performed rough
calculations of flight vehicle RCS's at various aspect angles, using
geometric optics approximations, prior to testing in a real environment. Report/Brief composition
* Created Laser Maverick 5 DoF in
Fortran and Bomblet fly-out model
* Worked on the development project
for simulating UV signature of Missile plumes
Office of Naval Intelligence
1999 -2001
Optical Domain Sensors and
Countermeasures Analyst TS / SCI clearance
* Optical Domain Countermeasures
Handbook co-author (JWICS)
* Two Maritime Intelligence Reports
(MIRs)
* Collection Tasking
* Foreign Material Sales Technology
Release review
* Member of the Intelligence
Community EO working group
* Foreign Optical Domain sensors
information collection/presentation
EDUCATION
1997-2000 BS Electrical Engineering
Resume # 1476
Security
Clearance: Prior TS 9/1998
Relocation: Fairly
Open
OBJECTIVE
Experienced
Engineer looking for an aggressive company that recognizes a proven ability in RCS, Electromagnetics, Test and
Measurements, Applied Modeling and Simulation of Electromagnetic
effects and scientific software development.
SUMMARY
*
Antenna / RCS measurement Expert
*
Radome Development
*
Applied Computational Electromagnetics Intermediate
*
Developing, maintaining and modifying software expert
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Experience, using state of the art techniques, analyzing and measuring the effects of antenna/radome
interactions and electromagnetic scattering is directly applicable to
such diverse tasks as antenna site design, Range development,
path-propagation and field distribution.
ENGINEERING:
Twenty years experience solving electromagnetic scattering problems using a variety of
computational tools based on Method-of-Moments, GTD/UTD and Physical Optics. Includes
development and modification of existing tools to perform analysis of antenna, structural
and radome interactions. Near-field, far-field and RCS measurement range experience.
MANAGEMENT:
Managed department and operations budgets with full authority to determine needs, perform
resource allocation, purchase supplies and equipment, and contract for outside services.
Wrote detailed annual projections of expenses and revenues, which were included in
corporate budget. The projections were used for future planning and determining recovery
rates for resource utilization.
INSTRUCTION:
Trained customers in the effective use of ourantenna measurement and analysis software for
their applications. Mentored junior engineers and interns teaching them how to apply their
skills towards solving complex problems in real world situations. Trained technical and
administrative staffs to use computer operating systems, programming methods, languages,
and applications.
COMPUTER
SYSTEMS: Twenty years experience with a wide variety of hardware & software
applications and environments. Including computer systems management, program analysis
& design, maintenance programming and modification, GUI development, and training.
Primary systems used are WIN-NT/95/98, VAX/VMS, UNIX/LINUX, C/C++, FORTRAN, and MATLAB,
LabView.
EXPERIENCE
Scientist
/ Engineer May-01 to Present
WROTE
system requirement specification for Near-Field position correction routines. To enhance
the accuracy of Near-Field antenna measurements, correction to probe location is required
during a test to account for mechanical inaccuracies.
TRAINED
our customers to use antenna measurement and data analysis programs. Training included
theoretical and practical aspects of Near-Field antenna measurement.
WROTE
custom Near-Field transform package for a customer so they could continue using their
existing data analysis routines. The customer had purchased a replacement to their antenna
measurement software. After the fact, we realized the customer was performing custom
analysis not supported by our software.
PERFORMED
modeling and simulation study of Near-Field to Far-Field transforms to validate operation
of the algorithms. The study compared measured data to simulated antenna data in both the
Near-Field and Far-Field.
PERFORMED
in-depth analysis of theoretical probe model commonly used in Near-Field antenna
applications to determine its valid limits of operation under all conditions and
variations of the model inputs.
DEVELOPED
software to integrate two different product lines. Wrote the Near-Field analysis package
in LabView, and an data format conversion routine is required for operation.
EVALUATE
and implement Near-Field to Far-Field transforms for Planar, Cylindrical and Spherical
antenna measurement techniques. Includes antenna performance metrics such as gain,
directivity, and efficiency.
PERFORM
precision Near-Field antenna measurements on wide variety antenna types to validate
operation of Near-Field to Far-Field transfoms.
IMPROVE
performance of a Near-Field measurement facility to provide higher quality data to
customers.
WROTE
document detailing a standard coordinate system definition relating antenna analysis and
measurement systems to improve methods for acquisition and analysis of the data.
CREATED
a radome performance analysis package. Included development of techniques to account for
imbalances in the antenna feed network which had a detrimental effects on the calculated
performance metrics.
Scientist
/ Engineer Apr-95 to Dec-00
ANALYZED
installed antenna performance issues for the AWACS airborne phased array antenna to
quantify degradation effects due to radome repair and structural scattering.
ANALYZED
the implementation of numerical techniques used within several computational
electromagnetic codes for source code validation. This validation provided the
understanding of how the programs operated resulting in better use of the programs for
analysis, improvement and optimization of computational efficiency and the addition of new
capabilities.
VALIDATED
computational accuracy of various computational electromagnetic codes versus measured
data. Resulting confidence in analysis improved recommendations to customers.
RESPONSIBLE
for testing and debugging data processing code used at an antenna measurement range,
ensuring correct operation of all processing routines and features. Processing code was
GUI- based.
MODIFIED
existing antenna analysis code based on Physical-Optics to improve computational
efficiency. Added near-field capability for simulation of short-range measurements using
mobile radar systems.
WROTE
GUI-based data analysis and presentation program greatly enhancing the ability to
determine antenna/radome performance and interactions with the surroundings.
WORKED
at RF Anechoic Chamber facility performing antenna and radar scattering measurements,
processing the data and developing enhanced data processing and imaging routines.
WORKED
with outside vendors to develop a Windows-based data processing program for anechoic range
measurement data.
INCORPORATED
new hardware and control software into existing real-time data collection system used for
performing EM-scattering measurements. Required understanding the internal organization of
the object-oriented software to know where and how to best add the new routines.
INVESTIGATED
alternative physics based methods for image generation using narrow and wide band data.
Includes singularity-extraction and statistical processing techniques for target ID.
INCORPORATED
seam tape diffraction effects into an analysis code used for designing compact range
reflectors. Based on work by OSU-ESL, I extended their techniques to account for all tape
diffraction points that would affect the quiet zone.
WROTE
programs to display model geometries used in analysis codes for verification of program
input.
MANAGED
networked departmental computer system running Windows-NT/95.
MENTORED
college senior design project, instructing the students on realities of actual engineering
projects. Project was for converting IGES models to facets for use in antenna analysis
codes.
Engineering
Specialist Jun-91 to Dec-93
DEVEOPED
analytical technique for frequency selective radomes incorporating resistive and
conductive patches to develop absorbing band-pass radome. Built and measured test panel
for proof of concept and verification of analytical technique.
DEVELOPED
optimization method to design low observable wing edges. Built and measured test article
confirming analytical results.
ADAPTED
analysis codes to optimize performance on CRAY computers and to maximize problem size
using out-of-core techniques.
RESEARCHED
FFT, Conjugate-Gradient and Block Matrix techniques for optimization of the computational
aspects of electromagnetic scattering codes.
INVOLVED
in the design, analysis and measurement of scattering from small surface features of test
fixtures used in antenna design and performance measurement.
Scientist
/ Engineer MR Feb-85 to Dec-90
ANALYZED
installed antenna performance issues for several large airborne phased array antennas to
quantify degradation effects caused by radomes and surrounding structures. These long-term
studies provided confidence in the antenna system operation.
ANALYZED
the implementation of numerical techniques used within several computational
electromagnetic codes for source code validation, providing the understanding of program
operation resulting in better analysis.
VALIDATED
computational accuracy of various computational electromagnetic codes versus measured
data. Resulting confidence improved recommendations to customers.
MODIFIED
antenna analysis programs incorporating techniques modeling radomes having embedded
frequency selective surfaces, for performance analysis and trade studies.
DEVELOPED
algorithms to model the focusing effects of curved dielectric shells, improving the
accuracy of electro-magnetic scattering calculations for radome design and performance
analysis.
DEVELOPED
algorithms to determine phase shift between elements of planar phased arrays, resulting in
a method to model phase steering of arrays in support of antenna analysis efforts.
WROTE
computer programs to display model geometries used in analysis codes for verification of
program input.
MANAGED
$100,000+ departmental budget with authority to determine needs, purchase supplies and
equipment, and contract for services.
WROTE
detailed projections of expenses and revenues for future planning and determining recovery
rates for resource utilization.
MANAGED
a VAX/VMS computer system, including hardware and software maintenace and installation,
performance tuning, file maintenance, network support, workstation and PC support.
INSTALLED
office computer systems, determining physical plant needs, equipment siting, cabling
requirements, and installation schedule.
DETERMINED
future hardware/software requirements, and their costs to upgrade and increase the
capabilities of the computer system.
PLANNED
hardware and software upgrade of local area network allowing for incremental installation
flexibility for future growth.
TRAINED
technical and administrative staffs in the use of operating systems, word processors,
spreadsheets and scientific applications.
AFB,
Jun-81 to Jan-85
ANALYZED
scattering from generic aircraft model using UTD/GTD methods. Compared results with
measured data confirming accuracy of numerical method.
ANALYZED
the implementation of numerical techniques used within several computational
electromagnetic codes for source code validation
DEVELOPED
control loop model to simulate tracking mode of Track-While-Scan radars.
RESEARCHED
and wrote internal report on pulse-doppler radar systems, and how the operate.
MANAGED
a VAX/VMS computer system, including user accounts, performance tuning, file maintenance
and other necessary chores.
Resume # 1476
Security
Clearance: Prior Secret 6/1999 Salary $100K Relocation:
VA OR then fairly Open Single
OBJECTIVE
Antenna
Design:
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Performed all aspects of design, prototype and test of antenna systems.
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Previous work experience includes: slot
antenna array (simulation and measurement), microstrip patch design, suspended strip line
cavity backed slots, W-Band horn fed Cassegrain, continuous transverse stub (CTS) arrays
for satellite applications, corporate feed networks, mono-pulse networks, ridge waveguide
phase shifters and waveguide RF chokes. Antenna
array pattern analysis and synthesis.
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System integration of antenna systems into conformal platforms. Design for
manufacturability. Project planning and
execution.
Antenna
measurement / lab experience:
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Installed two fully Anechoic chambers for antenna measurements; Experienced with
network analyzers and spectrum analyzers. Use
of near field scanner for EMC debug. These
installations have been used to measure embedded laptop, desktop and individual antenna
elements.
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I am currently managing two engineers. One is
dedicated to the design, measurement and prototyping of antenna elements. Current designs are focused on integrating
conformal antennas into notebook LCD screens for cost reduction. The other is dedicated to characterizing the
propagation effects of indoor radio channels and their effects on diversity and MIMO
architectures. I'm a member of our internal
patent review committee and assist in our Capital Investments evaluation of technology.
EM
CAD use and development:
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I have 10 years experience with Ansoft HFSS for designing antenna radiating elements,
electronic packaging interconnects, filters and matching networks. In addition, I am proficient with Ansoft
Designer's system, circuit and planar tools for the design of filters, hybrids and board
level transmission lines. I'm also
experienced with Ansoft SIWave for signal integrity and power delivery analysis. I have used other tools including Flomerics
Microstripes/FloEMC, Feko and CST. Finally, I
have been developing FDTD codes for the past 10 years.
I have also written method of moment (MoM) and finite element (FEM) codes. I regularly program in Fortran 95, C/C++, MFC and
VTK to develop solvers and user interfaces.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering
Master
of Science in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
EXPERIENCE
Antenna
RF engineer 6/99
- Present
1/02
- Present Senior RF Hardware Engineer
Responsible
for Wireless Products Division antenna engineering directly in support of a specific
program. Enabled over 30 antenna suppliers
worldwide to support our wireless LAN products. Installed
two fully Anechoic antenna chambers. Defined
antenna system specifications and customer support collateral's to support WLAN customers. Interfaced directly with customers overseas to
review and improve their integrated antenna performance.
Designed and built prototypes of active receive remote antenna modules and
array beam forming networks. Directed cross
site antenna product development activities.
6/99 - 1/02 Senior Packaging Engineer
Responsible
for reducing radiated emissions from chipset and microprocessor packages for mobile and
desktop systems. Developed methodologies for
simulation and measurement of radiated package emissions in both the time and frequency
domains. Experience in power delivery and I/O
signal integrity analysis. Mentored small
teams to the successful completion of key projects.
Member
of the Technical Staff, 7/95 - 5/99
Antenna
Design Engineer.
Performed
all aspects of design, prototype and test for missile seeker antenna systems. Work experience includes generation of sub-system
specifications, design, prototype and measurement. Projects
included the design of a W-Band horn fed Cassegrain antenna, corporate and mono-pulse
microwave networks, patch and slot radiators as well as development of software for the
analysis of measured antenna data. Extensive
use of CAD software including HFSS, LIBRA, SONNET and ENSEMBLE.
SKILLS
Extensive
UNIX experience including many aspects of system administration. Applications include UNIX shell scripts, parallel
programming, Fortran 95/77, C/C++, MFC.
Resume #1475
US
Citizen
Salary $100k
Relocation South East and East coast
Experience
April 2001- Present Antenna
Company
* Team
Leader / Principal Engineer for a base station antenna design/development group. Direct
reports include a mechanical engineer, two
CAD designers, and four RF technicians.
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Designed and released over 40 base station antenna products, including variable electric
downtilt antennas in both Cellular and PCS bands, dual polarization antennas ranging in
azimuth beamwidth from 33 to 90 deg, and high front-to-back log-periodic / yagi arrays.
November 1998- April 2001 SMT Wireless
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Designed a low-cost PCS vertical antenna with the radiating elements and the corporate
divider network integrated onto a single board
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Developed a line of four WCS, 2.30-2.36 GHz, dual-polarized antennas . Critical
requirements of 20 dB upper sidelobe suppression, and 30 dB front-to-back ratio over a +/-
45° sector were met. The program went from initial concept to high-volume production in
under four months.
January 1997 - November 1998 Wireless corporation
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Designed a family of 12 PCS / PCN
dual-polarized slant-45 antennas for operation in the 1710-1880 MHz and 1850-1990 MHz
band.
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Developed a back plane geometry to achieve 65 deg and 90 deg azimuth beamwidths, requiring
a changeout of only one part to switch between the two versions.
May 1992 - January 1997 Electrospace
Systems, Inc.
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Responsible for the development, testing, and qualification of three broadband
direction-finding antennas (IEWCS and MEWWS programs). The radiating assembly consisted of
a series of stacked Adcock dipole or loop arrays covering the HF, VHF, UHF and SHF bands.
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System engineer for the TROJAN 5.5m Cassegrain antenna program with responsibility for
meeting all certification requirements of the INTELSAT C- and Ku-band SATCOM systems.
January 1986 - May 1992
Dorne and Margolin, Inc.
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Antennas developed and added to product line included microstrip and stripline fed patch
antennas and arrays primarily operating at L- and C-band. Several of the designs
incorporated parasitic elements for increased bandwidth.
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Designed an electrically small VHF, 20-60 MHz, 12 in. monopole. Lossy elements were used
to obtain the necessary VSWR bandwidth.
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Conducted Moment Method and GTD studies of aircraft structural effects on antenna
performance. Verified results through scale modeling and mathematical analysis.
Skills HFSS 9.0, Ensemble, and
IE3D Electromagnetic Structure Simulators, EESOF Series IV Touchstone, HPADS and Eagleware
RF Circuit Analysis Software, NEC Method of Moments, Ohio State NECBCS2 (GTD Basic
Scattering Code) and NECREF (Parabolic Reflector code), CHAMPS (Corrugated Horn Design
Code), Mathcad 2000, Network Analyzer and Antenna Pattern measurements.
Education:
Polytechnic Institute of New York - M.S.E.E. (GPA 3.33/4)
Polytechnic
Institute of New York - B.S.E.E. (GPA 3.86/4)
Resume #1474
US Citizen. Prior Secret Clearance Salary $77K Relocation Fairly Open: Not NY NJ MA RI
SUMMARY
RF/Antenna Engineer
with 8+ year’s experience in microwave antenna design as well as range
design and automation.
EXPERIENCE
July 1998 - July 2004
Senior
Antenna/RF Design Engineer
A
global telecommunications company providing base station antennas and repeater
products to a worldwide audience.
Developed
commercial wireless base station array antenna designs
for industry wide use and customer specific applications, including a variety of vertical
and dual polarized antennas for the Cellular, PCS, PCN, and 3.5GHz.communication
bands.
· Performed
theoretical microstrip and airline feed network optimization using Ansoft
Designer. Designed dipole (narrow and broadband), microstrip patch,
and Yagi element radiating structures utilizing Ansoft HFSS and WIPL-D
modeling software. Fabricated prototype
elements using a T-Tech milling machine.
· Performed range justification study
· Performed range qualification
· Validated range accuracy
May 1993 - December
1995 Computer Sciences Co-op
Engineer
· Responsible for modifying and upgrading numerous aspects of an acquisition and tracking radar used in meteorological radiosondes, rocketsondes, and drones.
EDUCATION
Florida
Institute of Technology – B.S. Electrical Engineering with Honors December
1995
Skills:
Ansoft
Designer
and HFSS, WIPL-D, Hewlett Packard Advanced Design System, NEC, AutoCAD,
FORTRAN, Visual C++, LabWindows CVI, network analyzer and antenna
radiation pattern measurements, machining capabilities.
Affiliations: International Institute of Electrical Engineers, IEEE
Organizations:
U.S.
Government, Department of Defense Security Clearance
Acquired
DOD secret and SSBI security clearances
Resume #1407
Summary:
* Antenna design
* Antenna matching circuit design
* Microwave and millimeter wave component design and test.
* RF and IF circuit design
* Radar system design
* Analog circuit design
* Radar signal processing design and implementation
* Proficient in ORCAD, Autocad, Fortran, ADS, MathCad.
* Knowledgable in Pspice, PADDS, Eagle,C , HFSS, Visual C++, MATLAB.
Experience:
" Communications 1999 to present
Directed design to eliminate scan noise in radio transceiver.
Participated in the design of a new radio transceiver.
Simulation of RF circuits using ADS.
Measurement of radio transciever characteristics in accordance with TIA/EIA manual.
Antenna simulation using HFSS.
Audio Intelligence 1996 to 1999.
Responsible for the design and testing of a microwave miniature direction finding receiver.
Participated in oscillator design up to 2.5 GHz and PLL design.
Designed microwave patch radiator antenna elements.
Developed a miniature VHF transmit antenna to be hidden inside a small pager.
Evaluation of RF components.
Wrote antenna software in C language.
Measurement of radiation characteristics in accordance with FCC requirements.
" Antenna Company 1984 - 1995.
Directed design and testing of antennas in the VHF, UHF, and microwave range for military and civilian aircraft from concept to factory introduction in accordance with FAA and MIL/Spec requirements.
Responsible for design of RF and IF circuits for radio transcievers and emergency locator transmitters.
Directed design and testing of PIN diode tunable couplers in the 30 to 400 MHz
range to MIL/SPEC requirements.
Directed the design and testing of a microwave integrated circuit 5.1 GHz low noise amplifier.
Designed antenna matching networks.
Microwave Electronics group 1980-1984.
Responsible for radar system design
Directed team of engineers in requirements analysis and trade study analysis.
Participated in target discrimination studies.
Designed millimeter wave radar seeker antenna.
Responsible for system specification, design, and testing of millimeter wave radar seeker. The
design included IF, video, RF and millimeter wave circuit design.
Participated in the design and testing of a linearizer circuit for microwave Gunn diode oscillator.
Wrote radome reverse ray tracing software.
Harris Electronic Systems 1979-1980.
Developed low backlobe microwave antennas for Navy ships.
Performed scale model studies of S-band antenna at X-band.
Participated in the design of circuitry for adaptive null steering of X-band phased array antenna.
Wrote GTD, ray tracing, and moment method software in Fortran.
Georgia Tech 1976-1979.
Responsible for ground based and airborne radar system design
Developed microwave and millimeter wave radar systems.
Participated in the design of active phased array and T/R modules.
Developed Fortran software for near-field/far-field correlation measurements.
Performed near field measurements to calculate far field of microwave reflector antenna.
Responsible for design and testing of IF, RF, and microwave circuits.
Developed antenna for X-band radar.
Designed video amplifier for radar.
Developed IF amplifier using I and Q signal processing.
Education:
" University, BSEE
Old Dominion University, MSEE
Georgia Tech,, took PhD level coursework in electrical engineering
Resume #1416
Top Secret/SSBI clearance
Relocation: East Coast Only
EMPLOYMENT
2002 – Present PRINCIPAL ENGINEER:
Provided Radar Cross Section (RCS) analysis as needed for various programs. Carried out
RCS predictions, using various numeric codes, for the creation of an RCS Database.
Interface design, programming, and integration of our Radar Target Signature (RTS)
signature code into the Battlespace Environment and Signatures Toolkit using Java.
Assisted in general radar analysis and design.
2000 – 2002 SENIOR RADIATION SYSTEMS ENGINEER:
Responsible for RCS data analysis for threat cruise missiles in support of Navy programs.
Supported antenna analysis and development for current and future large naval phased
arrays.
Created CAD models for RCS prediction and carried out predictions with Xpatch 4.6 in
support of threat assessments.
1998 - 2000 Satellite Company
MAIN MISSION ANTENNA (MMA) ENGINEER: Responsible for the on-orbit performance of
Satellites - Main Mission Antennas (3 per vehicle) on 66 mission space vehicles (SV) and
on-orbit spares. Conducted daily monitoring of MMA State of Health for antenna lifetime
trending and anomaly resolution/prevention as well as routine system performance.
Specified and oversaw implementation of monitoring automation to significantly reduce the
required time for antenna monitoring as well as increased data capture reliability,
allowing for MMA engineer to expand into L-Band system support due to manpower shortages.
Maintained on-orbit configuration information related to failures and anomalies for input
to MMA adaptation data (operation configuration data) to optimize Quality of Service
(QoS). Authored and published Web based anomaly recovery plans/procedures for use by
operations personnel in recovery from identified MMA system faults. Led anomaly resolution
and service recovery actions as related to MMAs. Directed contractor (Raytheon) MMA
software changes to improve antenna performance and speed recovery time from antenna
faults. Interfaced with mission planners to coordinate the planning and execution of
on-orbit MMA tests. Planned and supervised on-orbit commissioning of spare vehicles MMAs.
Conducted research on worldwide licensing issues as related to Radio Astronomy
interference protection. Conducted Iridium L-Band (telephony and paging) system analysis
and anomaly resolution. Monitored end-to-end telephony system performance for isolation of
problems in all parts of the Iridium system.
1996 - 1998 LMCO
PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER: Cost Account Manager (CAM) responsible for F-22 Communication,
Navigation, and Identification (CNI) antenna engineering cost and schedule. Developed and
implemented budget and schedule for transition from development to production. Presented
current engineering cost and schedule performance to program and government
representatives biweekly. Conducted Radar Cross Section (RCS) testing at frequencies of
interest, and antenna pattern testing at VHF, UHF, and S-Band for F-22 CNI system
antennas. Designed RCS test fixtures for F-22 CNI antennas. Conducted test range
evaluation to determine possible error sources in test and calibration to ensure
specification compliance. Conducted test planning and coordination of array antenna
calibration activities. Conducted data analysis using MS Excel and MS Access to determine
antenna performance and conformance to specification requirements and performance
objectives. Authored and/or edited Acceptance Test Plans (ATP) and Specification
Verification and Validation (SV&V) Plans (Environmental and Electrical Qualification)
for F-22 CNI antennas. Conducted VHF Printed Circuit Board (PCB) antenna redesign to
improve VSWR. Executed Engineering Change Orders (ECO) for changes to Configuration
Controlled (CM) documents and drawings as needed.
1994 - 1996 MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF:
Lead engineer responsible for test planning and coordination of a government customer RCS
test program. Conducted RCS data reduction and analysis of single frequency and wideband
radar measurement data. Data reduction used Visual Numerics PV-WAVE, MS Visual Basic, and
Fortran. Wideband data was processed using digital signal processing (coded in PV-WAVE) to
yield 1 and 2 dimensional radar images for analysis. Responsible for system administration
of Windows-PC and Silicon Graphics Unix workstation network in secure environment.
Conducted Computer Aided Design (CAD) of radar targets as inputs to electromagnetic
scattering codes such as Xpatch and McPTD. Established capability to do threat assessment
using ALARM, RADGUNS, ESAMS, and SUPPRESSOR.
1988 - 1994 (USAF)
RADAR CROSS SECTION (RCS) ANALYST: Responsible for RCS data assessment and quality
assurance on various government test programs. Conducted requirement definition and
baseline system requirements for future Bistatic Radar Measurement System (BICOMS). BICOMS
requirement definition included customer contact to determine current and future
measurement requirements as well as de-evolution of overall system requirements to
determine potential technology limitations at the subsystem level. Subsystem level
allocations were made to determine baseline cost and schedule impacts. Conducted Computer
Aided Design (CAD) RCS test fixtures. Using CAD generated models, made RCS predictions
using Xpatch, McPTD, and CARLOS to determine approximate RCS levels of final build targets
and fixtures. Conducted propagation analysis using CAD tools and spreadsheets to optimize
target illumination and minimize clutter and multipath. Performed system administration
duties for multiple standalone SUN Microsystems SPARC-II UNIX workstations with SKY
numeric coprocessors. Established capability to do threat assessment using ALARM, RADGUNS,
and ESAMS as well as attending user meetings to provide RCS measurement perspective on
threat assessment activities.
ELECTRONICS ENGINEER: 1988 - 1991 Defined, designed, and supervised
implementation of customer instrumentation needs for vibration, temperature, pressure, and
strain measurements in seat ejection and hyper-velocity sled test programs. Designed FM-FM
and Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) telemetry systems for multiple radio frequency (RF)
carriers in accordance with Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) standards in the 900
MHz, 1.4 GHz and 2.2 GHz frequency ranges. Designed custom signal processing electronics
to meet specific customer data requirements. Conducted failure analysis and investigations
as required to determine cause and corrective action of telemetry system failures, both
signal processing and RF. Conducted propagation analysis as required to improve data
quality from test sleds and meet customer data requirements. Provided input to FCC and
World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) rule making as it impacted telemetry bands
used at the Test Track Division.
1987 - 1988 Aeronautical Systems
SENIOR ASSOCIATE ENGINEER: Supervised and conducted testing on indoor and outdoor RCS
ranges. Conducted design and development of RCS test fixtures and devices for component
level RCS testing. Conducted analysis of test data and input to design activity to
optimize desired RCS signature. Edited and wrote parts of an aircraft wiring CAD training
manual and course.
Computer System/Hardware Experience:
PC (Windows - 3.1, 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP)
LINUX - SuSE, RedHat
Silicon Graphics (SGI) (UNIX - IRIX System Administration)
Computer System Programming Languages:
Matlab
FORTRAN
Java
Specialty Programs:
Xpatch (RCS Prediction Code)
NRL-RTS (RCS Prediction Code)
ACAD (Computer Aided Design)
EMCC Code Suite (Electromagnetics Codes)
EDUCATION
June 1985 - MSEE, 1987
Aug. 1980 - BSEE, 1985