Experience

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  Tektronix

  • Senior Hardware Design Engineer

    • Nov 1998 - Apr 2008

    Proposes and implements architectures for high-value, mid-range, state-of-the-art oscilloscopes.Meets with major electronics industry leaders to determine their future needs for Test and Measurement products.Proposes and implements design automation tools for new oscilloscope product lines, and t...

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  TEKTRONIX, INC

  • Senior Hardware Design Engineer

    • Sep 1976 - Apr 2008

    World leader in creating test, measurement, and monitoring equipment, with $1.5 billion in annual revenue

  • Senior Hardware Design Emgineer

    • 1976 - 2007

    Facilitated annual divisional gross sales of $300 million by playing a major role in designing and creating circuitry for many of the company's best-selling Test and Measurement devices. Reduced projected manufacturing costs by $2 million by designing an Altera CMOS digital FPGA for a new oscilloscope product that incorporates a video system, DDR2 memory controller, and proprietary circuits to save $100 per unit over off-the-shelf solutions. Designed ASIC circuitry and created models implementing industry-first features in a new oscilloscope that generates gross annual revenues in the $50,000,000 range.Reduced NRE costs by $5 million in the past 8 years by leading, championing, and facilitating incorporation of new automated tools into the ASIC design and circuit board design processes that shortened time-to-market and eliminated two prototype turns for oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other Test and Measurement products. Decreased annual manufacturing costs by $1 million by developing an environmentally-friendly, proprietary conformal coating and the process for applying the coating on a selected area of a circuit board to prevent humidity problems with battery, backed-up CMOS memory.

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  Tektronix, Inc.

  • Senior Hardware Design Engineer

    • 1976 - 2007