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Altium Designer Engineering Design FreeCAD 2D and 3D part Design High-Speed Signal Design Schematic Capture

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Experience

  • Electrical Engineer Skyline Products · Full-time May 2025 – Jan 2026 8 mos Colorado Springs, CO, United States • Onboarded rapidly to Altium Designer for schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout, contributing to an estimated 50% productivity improvement
    • Performed functional testing and board-level validation of PCBs, including environmental stress testing
    • Authored procedural and test documentation, consolidating process instructions and yielding an estimated 10% reduction in cycle time
    • Developed Python test automation scripts using AI-assisted programming, improving test repeatability and reliability for Sense.io boards by an estimated 100%
    • Participated in design reviews with inputs on DFM, component selection, and design for test (DFT)
    • Maintained version-controlled schematic and layout archives; managed issue tracking via GitLab
    • Researched component and BOM data using Made2Manage ERP system
    • Designed and executed conformal coating selection experiments for PCB protection; logged results in GitHub
  • Sr. System Test Engineer Viking Enterprise Solutions (Div. of Sanmina) · Full-time Jan 2024 – May 2025 1 yrs 4 mos Colorado Springs, CO, United States • Defined and designed multilayer test PCBs to support factory manufacturing test coverage and DFT requirements
    • Identified, scoped, and documented test plans to prove design durability, functionality, and reliability
    • Authored automated test scripts for highly repeatable system validation across Sanmina international manufacturing sites
    • Troubleshot failing systems at board level to identify test coverage gaps and root causes; documented resolutions in Jira
    • Served as assistant ECAD administrator for the Cadence OrCAD schematic capture tool, including library management and design rule upkeep
    • Managed FPGA firmware revision control using SourceTree with BitBucket; coordinated on HDL-based design changes
    • Collaborated with Sanmina international manufacturing sites on DFM challenges, production test requirements, and manufacturing yield improvement
    • Participated in product cost reduction team, evaluating BOM and component alternatives
  • Electrical Hardware Engineer Viking Enterprise Solutions (Div. of Sanmina) · Full-time Dec 2016 – Jan 2024 7 yrs 1 mos Colorado Springs, CO, United States • Designed high-reliability, high-current switching buck power supply PCBs; performed PI simulations using Cadence Sigrity to validate PDN integrity and power structure, with attention to EMI/EMC layout best practices
    • Performed extensive board-level testing, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for new system designs
    • Saved company $30K+ by identifying off-the-shelf adapter solutions, eliminating the need for custom board design
    • Developed Bash system configuration script that reduced setup time by 50%
    • Modified FPGA HDL code to eliminate a damaging system code state, improving overall design reliability
    • Executed power structure analysis for high-current designs; verified compliance with documented design parameters
    • Designed, tested, and troubleshot I2C and SPI communication structures at the board level
    • Proficient in Cadence OrCAD schematic capture; experienced with Cadence Sigrity for PI simulation and PDN analysis
    • Designed and coded Python scripts for automated, repeatable system-level testing
    • Collaborated with international layout teams to meet DFM, DFT, and IPC design standards; reviewed designs for impedance control and stackup compliance
    • Prepared and submitted design packages (schematics, BOM, fabrication notes, Gerber files) into Agile PLM tracking system
    • Used ChipLink and Scrutiny SI on-chip SerDes diagnostic tools for signal integrity analysis and troubleshooting
  • Electrical Hardware Engineer Hewlett-Packard Enterprise · Full-time Sep 2012 – Sep 2015 3 yrs Colorado Springs, CO, United States • Led cross-site Cadence ECAD design standardization initiative, establishing schematic symbol library conventions and design rule standards
    • Owned schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout for Fibre Channel SerDes high-speed interfaces on storage server platforms, including impedance-controlled stackup coordination
    • Owned schematic capture and PCB layout for JTAG boundary scan structures on storage server platforms
    • Performed power analysis for low-voltage, medium-current power structures; verified PDN integrity against design specifications
    • Identified, troubleshot, and resolved first-article issues at the board and system level
    • Packaged Cadence hierarchical design for fabrication release, including Gerber/ODB++ output and BOM generation
    • Executed validation testing for assigned design sections; documented results against test plans
    • Designed, tested, and troubleshot I2C and SPI communication structures at the board level

Education

  • University of Colorado Colorado Springs Bachelor's of Science, Electrical Engineering, 3.15 2002 – 2011 Activities and Societies: * On the Dean's list a few times. Was a stay-at-home father while also completing home renovation projects and operating a small home improvement business while attending classes at UCCS.

Other experience

  • FreeCAD 2D & 3D Have created some 2D and 3D drawings in FreeCAD.

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