Donald Hughes

Sr. Component Engineer at Vicor Corporation
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(386) 825-5501
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Center Barnstead, New Hampshire, United States, US

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Dan Principe

I told Don that I had a board design and layout that needed to be completed very quickly. I also asked that he manage the vendors involved from project start to the delivery of the finished prototypes. He completed all of this seamlessly, and met my agressive schedule. I am very pleased with his work, and recommend him highly.

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Experience

    • United States
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Sr. Component Engineer
      • Aug 2015 - Present

    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Electrical Engineer
      • Apr 2014 - Nov 2014

      • Product support liaison with offshore contract manufacturing to ensure consistent product quality and delivery. • Develop test equipment to validate new design specification compliance. • Product support liaison with offshore contract manufacturing to ensure consistent product quality and delivery. • Develop test equipment to validate new design specification compliance.

    • United States
    • Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Electrical Engineer
      • Aug 2010 - Apr 2014

      Responsible for Agency Compliance (CE, NFPA, UL), new (sub) system design, and troubleshooting Precitech's CNC product line. • Revamp existing machine designs to integrate many years of incremental upgrades and feature additions into new baseline machines. • Modify baseline machine designs to meet customer specific design requirements. • Support existing installed base of CNC machines. Responsible for Agency Compliance (CE, NFPA, UL), new (sub) system design, and troubleshooting Precitech's CNC product line. • Revamp existing machine designs to integrate many years of incremental upgrades and feature additions into new baseline machines. • Modify baseline machine designs to meet customer specific design requirements. • Support existing installed base of CNC machines.

    • Industrial Automation
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Sr Electrical Engineer
      • Aug 2008 - Aug 2010

      Responsible for developing and coordinating project design to support customer applications, testing and evaluating systems, sales support, and technical presentations. • Develop and coordinate project design including technical communication with customer, design conceptualization, design analysis, design detail and documentation. • Complete sales support and technical presentations including RFQ evaluation, design quotations, proposal drawings, and proposal technical backup. • Test and evaluate systems for compliance to customer specifications and Dover standards. • Concurrent design with Mechanical Engineers for several high precision, low cost, fast design-cycle, multi axis motion stages employing Elmo, Galil, Delta Tau, and/or proprietary motion controllers and drives. Show less

  • Self-Employed
    • Center Barnstead, NH
    • Independent Consultant
      • Sep 1999 - Aug 2010

      Specializing in PCB layout/design, provide engineering support in new product development, existing product support and product enhancement. • Provide expertise in layout and design of double-sided and multi-layer PCB designs for high-density thru-hole and surface-mount technologies using PowerPCB for customer-specific PCBs. • Custom system and circuit development for prototype equipment. Specializing in PCB layout/design, provide engineering support in new product development, existing product support and product enhancement. • Provide expertise in layout and design of double-sided and multi-layer PCB designs for high-density thru-hole and surface-mount technologies using PowerPCB for customer-specific PCBs. • Custom system and circuit development for prototype equipment.

    • Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Product Engineer
      • Sep 2006 - Dec 2007

      Accountable for the specification and implementation of various motion, control, sensor, and OEM electronic components. • Handle design and implementation of circuits, PCBS, and electrical sub-assemblies. • Facilitate and ensure industry relevant compliance of Laurier’s products (CE, CSA, SEMI). • Provide continuous improvement and cost-reduction redesign of existing electronic sub-assemblies for DS9000 product line. • Document assembly procedures, test procedures, and purchased product specifications. • Create and maintain bills of materials, detailed drawings, and revision histories. • Interface with manufacturing to ensure equipment conforms to engineering design and customer specification. Show less

    • United States
    • Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sr Electrical Engineer
      • May 1999 - Sep 2006

      Company-wide Electrical Lead for development of new products, product support, and special projects. • Leader of development effort for benchtop machining centers, (multi-axis stepper and servo systems), for domestic and European Community sale, meeting UL or CE criteria for industrial equipment. • Manage integration of custom designed hardware with off-the-shelf motion control cards, including Delta Tau PMAC and Baldor PC based motion-control products. • Handle ongoing cost-engineering redesign of existing electronic sub-assemblies for benchtop machining centers. • Design enhancements for increased performance, manufacturability and testability. • Assemble and tested system prototypes to verify design integrity and documentation accuracy. • Accountable for creation and maintenance of electrical documentation, including schematics, PCB layouts, ECOs, cable assembly drawings, process instructions, and system diagrams. Show less

  • atcomm
    • Manchester, NH
    • Hardware Design Engineer
      • 2000 - 2001

      Responsible for PWB design and maintenance for very-high-density hardware designs using PowerPCB. Responsible for PWB design and maintenance for very-high-density hardware designs using PowerPCB.

  • cadec
    • Londonderry, NH
    • Hardware Engineer
      • 1987 - 1999

      Design and develop circuitry and systems for prototype and production mobile computing equipment meeting SAE specifications for Class-8 vehicles. • Create double-sided and multi-layer PWB designs for high-density thru-hole and SMD technologies using PowerPCB and PCAD. • Produce electro-mechanical sub-assembly and piece-part designs using AutoCAD. • Engineer and produce process-development, assembly documentation, and test plans for new-product introductions. Design and develop circuitry and systems for prototype and production mobile computing equipment meeting SAE specifications for Class-8 vehicles. • Create double-sided and multi-layer PWB designs for high-density thru-hole and SMD technologies using PowerPCB and PCAD. • Produce electro-mechanical sub-assembly and piece-part designs using AutoCAD. • Engineer and produce process-development, assembly documentation, and test plans for new-product introductions.

  • Sprague Electric
    • Concord, NH
    • Sr. Engineering Technician
      • 1984 - 1987

      Develop hardware and software for unit, sample, and lot testing of tantalum capacitors. Develop hardware and software for unit, sample, and lot testing of tantalum capacitors.

Education

  • University of New Hampshire
    Engineering Technology
    1987 - 1993
  • NHTI, Concord's Community College
    ASEET
    1979 - 1981
  • Keene High School
    1976 - 1979

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