MICHAEL ALLEN
- 1. MICHAEL A. ALLEN 10 Hubbard Hill Road Derry, NH 03038 mallen6736@gmail.com 603-490-2978 SUMMARY Experienced electrical / systems engineer with specialty in product development, systems engineering and quality assurance with additional skills in analog, digital and mixed signal designs. Has written specifications and procedures from customer requirements to inform vendors of custom parts and engineering staff of design guidelines. Has worked in six companies in the electronics field with proven expertise in developing new products from customer requirements. Has performed Cost Account Management with scheduling of engineering staff to complete projects on time and budget. Has integrated components into large capital equipment projects. EXPERIENCE American Science & Engineering 2011 - 2015 Principal Engineer, Billerica, MA Designing and upgrading x-ray scanning equipment for border security functions. Suggesting improvements in these equipments to reduce cost and improve functionality. Supervised a team of engineers and technicians that were developing the cabling and harnessing for scanning equipment. Generated documentation for manufacturing to construct equipment. Designed analog, digital and mixed signal circuit boards that reduced the construction time of the scanning equipment using standard components and PSoC's. Scheduled inter-discipline engineering functions to complete tasks and developed new scheduling techniques for tracking work Defined new tasks for product / process improvement and developed an innovative tracking system Interfaced with manufacturing to improve workflow and reduce construction time Interfaced with supply chain and vendors to produce custom components and develop a reasonable delivery schedule and cost. Worked with mechanical engineering to develop custom panels and interfaces that would meet the system performance and met with vendors that would be fabricating these components. L-3 Insight Technology 2009 – 2011 Systems Engineer, Londonderry, NH
- 2. Coordinated with vendors, customers, sales reps and engineering staff to develop specifications and new components for use in precision ranging devices. • Performed detailed calculations to establish parameters and interconnects for laser range finder and IR imaging systems using in house MathCad, MatLab and NVESD simulators. • Generated specifications from customer requirements for distribution to engineering teams. • Evaluated performance of various subsystems in the advanced range finders including illuminators, digital magnetic compasses and aiming lasers. • Experienced scheduler using Microsoft Project BAE Systems 1998-2009 Principal Engineer Electro-optics, Merrimack, NH (2003 - 2009) Responsible for the design and implementation of mixed signal circuits for use in monitoring, driving and controlling laser systems both solid state and fiber. Design tools were primarily OrCad and LTSpice. • Instituted new processor architecture in order to speed designs and reduce part counts thereby reducing the PCB footprint • Designed test fixtures for newly designed processor and monitoring PCB’s • Developed new monitoring circuits to allow more accurate monitoring of system parameters • Received the President’s Award for Innovation for the development of a particular laser system. • Designed laser control systems using PC104 SBC's, custom PCB's and laser diode drivers • Employed system safety considerations during the laser design phase Principal Engineer Central Engineering (2000-2003) Responsible for meeting the needs of various departments that needed a particular skill set. • High Speed digital design and simulation in InP integrated circuits approaching 200GHz. • ASIC design and simulation using Cadence and Mentor. • Received President’s Award for Excellence for streamlining a manufacturing process that reduced assembly time from three days to one day and also reduced rework. Senior Engineer, Lexington (1998 – 2000)
- 3. Responsible for performing design, layout and simulation tasks on infrared imaging arrays for use by firefighters and military. • Developed a method of communicating designs between platforms and software packages. EDUCATION / SPECIALIZED TRAINING / SKILLS BSEE, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (Magna Cum Laude) Certificates of Completion; Synopsys, Mentor, Agilent, ADS, HFSS, PLC programming Seimens Proficient in OrCad, Mentor, Cardence, LTSpice Signal Integrity, BAE Systems MatLab and Simulink, BAE Systems SKILLS • Solid experience in product design and development Analog and Digital electronics design • Experienced with PCB layout tools Strong presentation skills • Expertise with scheduling tools Creative Problem Solving • Processor controlled system design OrCad Simulation