Printed Circuit Board Designer Resume

Desired Industry: CAD/Drafting	SpiderID: 2100
Desired Job Location: Boston, Massachusetts	Date Posted: 3/15/2005
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 01-21-08
Desired Wage: 80,000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25%
Highest Degree Attained: Other	Willing to Relocate: No

Objective:
Utilize 16 years of computer-aided design and drafting experience to design printed circuit boards
and manage the electronic design, automation and inspection process.

Experience:
PCB Designer/Drafter
Under contract to Advanced Electron Beams, Wilmington , MA 2007
Electron Beam Emitters: Using Eagle 4.12 Professional, edited and corrected PCB artwork and created Printed Circuit Board fabrication and assembly drawings with SolidWorks DWGeditor 2007. Linked schematic capture symbols with correct PCB Footprints to build the AEB Corporate library. Processed final documentation into Omnify PLM for product lifecycle management. Researched and evaluated AEB current product and recommended steps for compliance with the European Union Environmental Directive (EUED) 2002/95/EC for (RoHS) and WEEE. Checked and corrected Bill of Materials for final development phase

Senior Electrical Designer
Under contract to Kollmorgen Electro Optical, Northampton, MA 2006-2007
Naval Submarine Electro-Optical Systems: Updated and revised wire, cable harness drawings, system interconnect designs, and chassis wiring diagrams in accordance with ANSI Y14.18. Checked PADS Printed Circuit Board artworks against ViewLogic Schematic Capture for electrical connectivity, component placement and orientation for form, fit and function per Military Standard J-STD-001D and IPC-2222 and 2221A . Supported PCB Design as the interface with PCB Design houses.
Processed Work requests and Release Orders in Eigner PLM to include Parts Lists and Bill of Materials.

EUED RoHS Compliance Manager
Under contract to Nortel,
Billerica MA 2006
R&D Hardware Engineering: Applied engineering training and experience in the analysis of existing product designs, electronic components, PCB sub-assemblies, final system assemblies, mechanical and cable drawings, specifications and finished product BOM structures, for the purpose of achieving European Union Environmental Directive (EUED) 2002/95/EC (RoHS) compliance. Interacted with Hardware Sustaining, Design Engineering, Component Engineering, Supplier Management and used Engineering Design and data administration tools and processes to identify component and material environmental compliance status. Researched non-compliant materials and contacted suppliers to identify possible alternatives and substitution solutions.

Electrical Designer
Under contract to Kollmorgen Electro Optical, Northampton, MA 2005-2006
Naval Submarine Electro-Optical Systems: Updated and revised wire, cable harness drawings, system interconnect designs, and chassis wiring diagrams in accordance with ANSI Y14.18. Checked PADS Printed Circuit Board artworks against ViewLogic Schematic Capture for electrical connectivity, component placement and orientation for form, fit and function per Military Standard J-STD-001D and IPC-2222 and 2221A . Supported PCB Design as the interface with PCB Design houses.
Processed Work requests and Release Orders in Eigner PLM to include Parts Lists and Bill of Materials.

Sr. Electrical Designer
Under contract to DCI Automation Systems and Services,
Worcester MA 2005
Process Control Equipment: Installed and evaluated EDA software and related programs necessary for Lead-Free PCB design, verification, fabrication and assembly. Using PADS for PCB Design and ViewLogic-DxDatabook for Schematic Capture with CAM350 for design verification and AutoCad LT 2004 for fabrication, created mixed signal, multilayer printed circuit boards for Process Control Equipment. Design activities included, fabrication, assembly and harness drawings, generation of schematics
and appropriate schematic symbols in ViewLogic, and creation of PCB layout footprints in PADS.

Printed Circuit Board Designer
Under contract to Analog Devices Inc, Wilmington MA 2004-2005
High Speed Converters: Using
Altium-PCAD 2004 created complex analog, digital and mixed signal printed circuit boards for production testing of High Speed ADC and integrated mixed signal chips for the HSC product line. Worked directly with design engineers
in the research and development laboratory to place, route, and optimize designs with particular attention to high speed, controlled impedance and signal integrity issues, which enabled rapid design of high performance PCB test platforms to test chip silicon and prove out the accuracy and quality of the high speed converters. Design activities included, fabrication and assembly drawings, generation of schematics and appropriate schematic symbols in ViewLogic, and creation of PCB layout footprints in PCAD using company and vendor part specifications.

Printed Circuit Board Designer
Under contract to Network Engines Inc, Canton MA 2003
Network Storage Systems: Installed CAD software and related programs necessary for PCB design, verification and documentation, including software for graphic artwork manipulation and creation. Using Pads PowerPCB 5.0, created PCB
stencil, gerber artwork and assembly documentation for CPU installation on printed circuit boards used in network storage systems. Manipulated and created graphic artwork in Adobe Illustrator and Autocad 2002 to document storage server front panel labels, logo labels, shipping container labels and safety compliance instructions. Processed documentation into Agile PDM for product data management. Assisted mechanical engineer using Solid Works 2003 and AutoCad 2002 in sheet metal and cable design documentation. Executed revisions on all approved ECOs requiring documentation changes.

Printed Circuit Board Designer
Under contract to Draper Laboratory, Cambridge MA 2001-2002
U.S. Naval Air Defense Systems: Complex high density PCB design containing ball grid arrays (BGAs), microBGAs, flat pack gate arrays (FPGAs), surface mounts with via-in-pad, blind, buried and microvias using PADS PowerPCB 5.0 with Blaze Autorouter for very dense, high-speed routing methodologies. Assisted Draper IPC Representative with PCB layer stack up and via matrix. Verified schematic entry and created detailed bills of materials using ViewLogic-ViewDraw EPD-DX Designer and Microsoft Excel. Fabrication and assembly documentation of multi-layer boards using AutoCAD 2001. Wire bond hybrids designed with CAM 350. Assisted in teamwork, troubleshooting and solving CAD software problems. Experience with signal integrity and impedance issues, current-carrying capabilities, matched trace length and layer stack up including FR4 lamination processes, plating and overcoating for high performance aerospace designs per DOD and IPC standards.

Lead Printed Circuit Board Designer
Sensormatic ACD, Lexington MA 2000-2001
Telecommunication Security Systems: Design for manufacture (DFM) and design for test (DFT) of open architecture multi-layer printed circuit boards for net-enabled security controller using PADS PowerPCB 3.5 and Blaze Autorouter. Developed intelligent schematic capture library parts and maintained master library of symbols and component outlines for Thru-Hole and fine pitch SMT Components including Flip Chip�s, using Cadence Orcad CIS 14.0. Fabrication and assembly drawings of multi-layer boards using AutoCAD LT 2000. ECO and ECN changes to older PCB data bases using PCAD Master Designer 8.5. Interfaced with compliance engineer to control and adhere to EMI/RFI, IPC specifications 2222, 2221, 6011, 6012, IPC-782A and PCB layout rules for UL, FCC and CE certification with rigorous failure analysis. Evaluated, recommended and installed CAD software and other programs necessary for PCB design, verification and documentation. Worked with outside vendors to resolve component and product design details and issues. Provided technical support during in-house and contract PCB fabrication and assembly.

Education:
Air Force Community College,
Maxwell AFB, AL
Associate in Applied Science, Allied Health Completed 63 of 64 course credits 2008

IPC PWB Designer Certification, Worcester, MA. PWB Design Principles Certificate No.11044 Awarded IPC Certificates in PWB Design for Manufacture with Surface Mount Technology and Best Practices in implementing RoHS and WEEE compliance for Lead Free Assembly, Westford MA.

Industrial Drafting and Design School, Houston, TX 1980
Diplomas: Drafting Technician and Pipe Drafting Technician

Affiliations:
IPC Designers Council Professional Member 2000-Present
The American Legion TSgt. USAFR Member 1997-Present
Air Force Sergeants Association TSgt. USAFR Member 1984-Present

Skills:
CERTIFICATIONS:
IPC PWB Designer Certification, Worcester, MA. PWB Design Principles Certificate No.11044
Awarded IPC Certificates in PWB Design for Manufacture with Surface Mount Technology and
Best Practices in implementing RoHS and WEEE compliance for Lead Free Assembly, Westford MA.

DESIGN TOOLS:
PADS PowerPCB 5.0, BlazeRouter, PowerBGA, Altium-PCAD 2004, Eagle 4.12 Professional, Cam 350, ViewLogic-ViewDraw EPD-DxDesigner, DxDatabook, Omnify PLM, Eigner PLM 5.0, Orcad CIS-PSD 14.0, SolidWorks DWGeditor 2007,
AutoCad 12-2002, LT 2004, Agile PDM, Adobe Illustrator 9.0, SolidWorks 2003, Sequoia-Excel EDA, Tango Pro, Cadkey V6, Racal-Redac Cadstar, Calay V5, Computervision CADDS 4X, PCB tape artwork, drafting and checking.

Additional Information:
I am a Technical Sergeant E-6, Air Force Reserve Medic with the 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Westover ARB MA. Previous active duty Air Force specialties are in Public Health and Bioenvironmental Engineering. I was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service. I currently hold an Active DOD Secret Security Clearance.

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Paul J. Fortin
Street:	Phone: 508-566-4565
City: Lunenburg	Fax: -
State: Massachusetts
Zip: 01462
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