Help me get back to Phoenix

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I am a long time LabVIEW guru. Many of you know me. Allen Hunsaker.

I am finishing a contract in Pennsylvania and would like to return to the Phoenix area. Preferably East Side close to Mesa... but anywhere there will do... even Tucson or Flagstaff... as long as I can get back. What do you think people?

[Nate_Moehring]

Resume?

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Current Position: General Electric Inspection Technology – LabVIEW, VXI

Principal Capabilities: Project Management - Leadership / Sr. Test Engineering / Architecture / LabVIEW (currently using LabVIEW 2011) / System Design and Analysis.

- General Years Test-Engineering Experience: 35
CLEARANCE: Secret - Active

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

·       Sr/Staff Test Engineer (16+ years)

·       Designing and developing test rigs/equipment for manual and automated testing of mechanical and electronic components and integrated systems including Integration of analog and digital data acquisition systems (26+ years)

·       Expertise includes 17+ years with LabVIEW, LabVIEW RT, LabVIEW FPGA, PDA, DataAcq, PXI, cRIO, SCXI  and more..

·       Additional expertise includes 20+ GPIB, RS232, USB, Ethernet, and many other comm protocols.

·       Moderate competency with C++, NI-Motion, NI-Vision.

·       Minimal exp with AutoCad, MathCad and other Cad.

·       Military/Aerospace: 6+ with Honeywell, Motorola, Parker Hannifin, Moog Aircraft, Northrop Grumman, ATK and the US Navy.

·       Highly knowledgeable of National Instruments products

·       Mentor and College instructor (11+ Years)

·       Technical Writer (28+ years)

·       National Instruments Certified Instructor in LabVIEW, DAQ (10+ years)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Some employment overlaps. I often had two jobs or contracts.

2012 – See Current position

2010 – 2012: Fluidic Energy; Scottsdale AZ – Sr Test Engineer Automated Test, LabVIEW, cRIO

2010 – 2012: Tel-Instruments Electronics, Carlstadt NJ – Sr Test Engineer Automated Test, LabVIEW PXI

2009 – 2010; ATK – Sr Test Engineer. Robotics for Carbon composite for Avionics, Rockets, Engines

2004 – 2010; NSWC Carderock  Bethesda MD – Sr. Test Engineer. Ship Trials Test System cRIO

2009 – 2009; Northrop Grumman – Sr. Test Engineer – Production of Laser Rangefinder.

2008 – 2009; Honeywell: Sr. Test Engineer. Contract. Test Engineering - multiple avionics.

2007 – 2008; Moog Aircraft – Sr. Test Engineer – contract: Salt Lake City UT

2002 – 2004; Input/Output Inc.- Staff Test Engineer / Test Engineering Manager: Stafford TX 
2000 – 2002, 2004; Sr. Test Engineer: Continental Disc Corp – Liberty MO / In-Phase Tech – Clarksburg NJ / Otis Elevator –Bristol CT div. UTC / Parker Hannafin – Kalamazoo MI / Sr. Test Engineer
1997 – 2001; Corning Inc – Sr. Test Engineer - contract; Corning NY
1996 – 1997; ATS, Inc. Mesa AZ / Sr Test Engineer - Consulting to Goodrich / Motorola / Rockford / Lucent  / Microchip / Intel / Exxon

1983 – 1996; Medtronic Inc / Product Test Engineering
1983 –1985, 1989 – 1993, 1999 – 2001; Phoenix Institute Technology - Phx AZ / High Tech Institute - Phx AZ / Central Arizona College - Mesa AZ/ Corning Community College NY / National Instruments: Instructor, Curriculum Development

DETAILED EXPERIENCE

Fluidic Energey: (LV 9.0 - 11.0 / NI-DAQ / cRIO / RT / RS232 / CAN / SPI / I2C)

·       Sr Test Engineer to create laboratory test ATE for experimentation with new battery cell technology. Went with a team to Indonesia for a 6-week demonstration of associated battery as cell tower support system. That demonstration resulted in first sale for this startup company.

Tel-Instruments: (LV 8.6 / NI-DAQ / PXI)

·       Lead SW/HW Sr. Test Engineer to bring in-house expertise. Responsible for test systems software. Duties include methods for source control, coding standards, and mentoring others to those standards. Test on Government, Commercial RF Equipment.

Alliant Techsystems (ATK): (LV 8.6 - 9.0 / NI-DAQ / NI-Motion)

·       Lead SW/HW Sr. Test Engineer to bring in-house expertise to ATK. Major robotics and motion control for manufacturing of carbon-composite structures for Aerospace projects. Also, Lead… for 400-channel DataAcq using PXI and Ethernet remote control for testing of rocket-motor cases. Mentor four Engineers in the best practices for LabVIEW coding, architecture and readability.

Northrup Grumman: (LabVIEW 8.5 / NI-DAQ / NI-IMAQ)

·       Lead SW/HW Sr. Test Engineer to review existing production software not working reliably. Backward Engineer SW/HW in LV 8.5. Flowchart entire system. Write Software Requirements Spec. Initiate Good Coding Practices. Find and Resolve System problems.

Honeywell: (LabVIEW 8.5 / NI-DAQ / GPIB)

·       Lead SW/HW Sr. Test Engineer to design software, hardware systems to test avionics. Write or rewrite device functional and final tests. Clarify existing procedures. Prepare for outsourcing.

Moog Aircraft: (LabVIEW 8.2 / NI-DAQ / PXI / cRIO / GPIB / Serial)

·       Lead SW/HW Sr. Test Engineer for Boeing 787 component endurance testing. Responsible for all phases of design and development of endurance testing of several components, ATS, GPIB, LabVIEW RT, LabVIEW FPGA, PXI, Serial, Hydraulics, V & V, drawings.

NSWC Carderock: (LabVIEW 7, 8.5 / cRIO / PXI / SCXI / NI-DAQ / PDA / GPIB / CLD / CLI)

·       Lead Sr. Test Engineer. Convert Code to LabVIEW

·       Establish coding practices and standards. Train/Mentor personnel to use standards

·       Solve difficult software problems. Provide the software solutions.

·       Lead SW Project Teams. Design SW/HW architecture

·       Systems analysis and recommendations. Design Reviews, Sea Trials

·       Used NI Daq, PDA, cRIO, PXI, RT, and multiple other technologies.

Input/ Output Inc: (LabVIEW 7 / NI-DAQ / GPIB / CLD / CLI)

·       Staff Test Engineer. Design proprietary test and field equipment: Design HW, SW. Documentation, drawings, procurement, team assignments, budget.

·       Manage staff of Engineers, Technicians, Tech Writers, and other support personnel.

·       Backward engineering and documentation of production processes.

·       Performed very difficult RIF.

·       Designed Environmental testing methods.

Otis Elevator: (LabVIEW 6, NI-DAQ / CANBUS / GPIB / CLD / CLI / Serial)

·       Sr. Test Engineer responsible for Environmental Testing.

·       Introduced standards and practices for code development, architecture, and methods

·       Mentor/Trainer to produce architecture, design, and documentation

·       Environmental testing

Corning, Inc: (LabVIEW 5, LabVIEW 6 / GPIB / NI-DAQ / CLD / CLI)

·       Sr Test Engineer

·       Design and create ATS for manufacturing of photonics devices

·       SW project lead

·       Establish procedures for PM, SW enhancements, and adapting to any product changes.

·       Interviewing and Qualify incoming personnel.

·       Participate with ad hoc troubleshooting teams to help solve critical problems

Continental Disc: (LabVIEW 6 / NI-DAQ / CLD / CLI)

·       Sr. Test Engineer - Define requirements for the test processes. Generate requirements documentation

·       Design the SW architecture.

·       Test/Debug the code. Code and System V&V and qualification.

ATS, Inc. (LabVIEW 5 / NI-DAQ / CLD / CLI / SCXI / GPIB / Serial)

·       Staff Engineer

·       Assisting the sales engineer in presenting and acquiring contracts for Test Engineering work

·       Complete SW/HW design documents and define project tasks.

·       Project lead to the conclusion of the project with implementation.

Medtronic: (LabVIEW 2, 3, 4, 5 / NI-DAQ / TestStand / GPIB / CLD / CLI / Serial)

·       Test Engineering. Develop ATS for manufacture and development of new products (Pacemakers)

·       Product Failure Analysis

·       Develop SW for operation of Lasers, Motion Control, GPIB, Pneumatics, Temp Chambers, Proprietary Interfaces, on processes throughout the production of pacemakers

·       Designed Chrome/Si resister array network and laser-trim process to fine tune resistance.