Experience

Rocky Mountain Embedded Design Inc. (RMED)

• Canada
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Test Engineer

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  - Develop manufacturing test plans for functional board level, module level and system level testing of electronics products. - Form test frameworks in LabVIEW to meet our customers needs, including data collection, GUI, test flow and troubleshooting. - Create automated manufacturing tests to ensure production parts meet customer requirements, while improving test cycle times, removing test operators from safety risks and eliminating false test results due to operator error. - Establish all documentation needed by the customer to take over support of the test setups, and to build and repair the fixtures. - Collaborate with customers and designers on the quoting process, test design, pilot build and test, acceptance testing and ongoing support.



SMART Technologies

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Systems Validation Engineer

  • Oct 2016 - Aug 2017



Pason

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Manager / Team Lead, Hardware Quality and Test Engineering

  • Jul 2012 - Mar 2016

  Promoted to oversee Test Engineering team; support team recruitment, hiring, training, and performance evaluations. Charged with developing strategies to manage quality and testing at contract manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers, both locally and abroad. Made key decisions on test platforms, and purchasing of software and equipment that will help improve product quality and data analysis.- Collaborated with engineering change request team on reviewing and approving all engineering change requests; ensured quality was not compromised due to engineering modifications and reviewed all test documentation before being released to contract manufacturers.- Contributed to contract manufacturer selection; helped ensure manufacturers were compatible with test systems and that products lined up with their core competencies.- Implemented increased one on one time with all team employees to ensure engagement levels stay high and Pason culture is well communicated.

• Senior Test Engineer

  • May 2005 - Jul 2012

  Took test procedures and processes from a basic, manual level to a highly automated system with high test coverage and remote test result data visibility. Designed an audit process that improved outgoing product quality, while encouraging collaboration with Pason quality technicians and manufacturers.- Designed automated testing for the Pason Gas Analyzer and its subcomponents- Developed test procedures for existing test processes in order to document and outsource testing to contract manufacturers- Performed quality audits and first piece evaluations on products- Managed outsourcing and setup of testing- Established the quality auditing system that is used at all contract manufacturers- Completed root cause analysis on a variety of failed products and relayed findings to the R&D team



Nortel Networks

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Test Engineer

  • 2001 - 2004