Isola Vicentina, Veneto, Italy
I am German by birth but grew up in New Zealand. In 2016, I relocated to Vicenza, Italy, where I have continued advancing my career as an R&D engineer since 2017. I am fluent in English, have embraced the Italian language, and still maintain enough German proficiency to converse confidently. I bring extensive expertise in PCB development (DFM), leveraging tools like Altium Designer and SolidWorks PCB. Additionally, I have completed SolidWorks training courses, which enabled me to design and deliver a plastic injection-molded cover for a retrofit product introduced to the European market. In New Zealand, I worked as a test engineer, frequently traveling to China and Mexico to provide production support and implement automated test systems optimized for high-efficiency and high-yield production lines. Production test systems were developed using National Instruments LabVIEW and TestStand, and I continue to leverage these platforms to deliver test APIs and production test solutions for EAS S.p.A and EAS Engineering S.r.l.
I am part of the Electronic Engineering Research and product Development team. We provide a product development service starting from the feasability analysis (proof of concept) right through to comercialisation (mass production). My role in the team is to use Altium Designer / Solidworks PCB develop the PCB and optimise the layout. Working within mechanical constraints imposed from existing modelled enclosures or other external constraints. I work directly with the customer to optimise component placements, and make use of the ECAD and MCAD collaboration features extensively. In addition to the PCB development I focus on the design for manufacturability and automated test requirements. Delivering a test API for an external test team to use as a building block for production testing, if the automated test sequence is not developed by me (which has been the case for all internal projects developed within the R&D team and produced inhouse at EAS S.p.A). On occasion I have also provided mechanical design solutions modeled within Solidworks (productionised by external thrid parties). Plastic parts to be plastic injection moulded in mass production. Skills: Advanced / High complexity RF PCB development (impedance control, differential pairs, up to and including 8layer designs, power electronics and motor control) - Altium Designer - Solidworks PCB - CAM350 Mechanical Development (ECAD <-> MCAD, plastic injection moulded parts which have been comercialised) - Solidworks - 3D printing - Assembly studies - Fluid dynamic flow studies (basics only) Automated test systems for mass production implimented within a common platform developed in Labview. Used as the building blocks for all other test systems with database and html reporting for data analysis. - National Instruments Labview - Python - JSON
Design, build and commission PCBA (test pin fixtures) and functional (external stimulus) test systems for local and international production companies Managed the Test Engineering group (2 - 4 people depending on the project) Working with the electronic design team to introduce design for test principles Project budget proposals Test engineering production issue and weekly project reporting National Instruments Labview / Teststand programming (5 years experience) o Production test system user interfaces o Modular test sequences (labview libraries) o Built the Teststand template for all current and future test systems o Network file transfer applications o SQL database management of test results (production and management reporting) o Universal Robot (UR3/UR5) automated production o RS232 drivers for automated production measurements (Keysight, Agilent, GWinstek, NI, Tektronix, SMC) o Automated computer measurements (RS232 / USB / CAN) using, ▪ DAQ (multi function data acquisition modules) ▪ DMM (digial multimeters) ▪ Oscilloscopes ▪ Pressure regulators ▪ Pressure switches C++ and Python programming language competency Altium circuit board design and layout (test pin fixtures) PLC control - automated life cycle testing Solid works 2015 (training course) o 3D printing of test pin fixtures, rapid prototypes and temporary production replacements Support PCBA production companies, o TruTest (Auckland, NZ) o Quick Circuit (Auckland, NZ) o Nautech (Auckland, NZ) o Leader (China) o NewTec (China) o Uchen (China) SQA (Software Quality Assurance) o Writing test instructions for checking new product firmware releases • 6S and CI (continuous improvement) site leader for 6months
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