Ronald Fox

Principal Electrical Engineer at • ALung Technologies, now a part of LivaNova
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Credentials

  • Risk Management Specialized Credential
    ASQ - World Headquarters
    Feb, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials
    Coursera
    Oct, 2018
    - Nov, 2024
  • Budgeting and Scheduling Projects
    Coursera Verified Certificates
    Jun, 2015
    - Nov, 2024
  • Initiating and Planning Projects
    Coursera Verified Certificates
    Jun, 2015
    - Nov, 2024
  • Managing Project Risks and Changes
    Coursera Verified Certificates
    Jun, 2015
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • United States
    • Medical Device
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Principal Electrical Engineer
      • Feb 2010 - Present

      Direct the Electrical Engineering and Risk Management activities for all life cycle phases of medical device product development for the Hemolung Respiratory Assist System. * Develop system, hardware, and software requirements * Overall system design and detailed hardware design and development * Manage outside hardware and software consultants * Hardware/Software/System integration * Drive compliance testing: IEC/EN/ES 60601-1, EMC, environmental * Develop and perform formal system and software verification tests * Post development life cycle support: Non-conforming materials, failure analysis, complaint investigations, corrective and preventive actions. Generate and maintain product risk manage file: * Risk management plan * Top level hazard analysis * FMEAs * Fault Tree Analysis * Usability risk assessment * Software risk analysis * Trace matrix * Risk management report Show less

  • Renal Solutions Inc
    • Cranberry, PA
    • Lead Electrical Engineer
      • 2003 - Jan 2010

      Direct the Electrical Engineering activities in all phases of the product life cycle for medical device new product development for the Allient home dialysis systems and accessory modules for the Fresenius 2008K dialysis system. * Develop system and hardware requirements and specifications. * Design, test, troubleshoot hardware and software systems. * Hardware/Software/System integration. * Manage outside hardware and software consultants. * Drive compliance testing: IEC/EN/ES 60601-1, EMC, environmental. * Write and perform formal verification tests * Post development life cycle support: Transfer to manufacturing, develop functional tests, failure analysis, review non-conforming materials, complaint investigations, corrective and preventive actions. Show less

    • United States
    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Senior Electronic Product Development Engineer
      • 1987 - 2003

      Project management and product development for products and manufacturing equipment for the precision tool and die industry: * System and embedded software development for precision multi-axis motion control systems for proprietary grinding and machining processes. Developed complex motion control algorithms for 5 axis surface grinder control as well as OD, ID and jig grinders. Developed the control systems that performed the motion control. * System and embedded software development for industrial control systems and monitoring equipment. - Instrumental in the development of the Oberg "LDC" series of lamination die controllers for transformer and motor core manufacturing. Systems utilized material thickness measurement and high speed positioning of one to four rotating die chambers for operations up to 600 strokes per minute. - As a member of a small team developed an intelligent die protection system embedded into dies to monitor proper operation. - Developed electro-mechanical control systems for programmable punch progressive dies for the manufacture of a variety of grid strap configurations for the nuclear fuel industry. - Developed a series of high speed networked analog and digital input / output devices. - Received three patents for high speed, masterless, networked control systems. Medical Device Development: * Product development for a liver dialysis system - cost reduction and technological advancement of an existing device. - System design, hardware and embedded software development. - Write system, hardware and software requirements. - Participate as a team member in developing the top level hazard analysis and dFMEA. Show less

  • M.E. Cunningham
    • Franklin Park, PA
    • Design Engineer
      • 1985 - 1987

      Hardware and software design and development for industrial marking systems. Hardware and software design and development for industrial marking systems.

    • Nuclear Electric Power Generation
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Control Systems Engineer
      • 1980 - 1985

      * Embedded software development for Westinghouse nuclear protection system, nuclear core flux mapping system, and industrial control systems. * Application engineering for WDPF distributed processing systems. * Embedded software development for Westinghouse nuclear protection system, nuclear core flux mapping system, and industrial control systems. * Application engineering for WDPF distributed processing systems.

Education

  • Carnegie Mellon University
    BSEE, Electrical Engineering
    1976 - 1980
  • UC Irvine, Extension
    Medical Product Development Certificate Program
    2014 - 2015

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