Six years experience as an RF/analog/mixed-signal IC test engineer and software programmer.

San Jose, CA

• Develop and debug ATE loadboards for Teradyne Catalyst RF tester for wireless products in the 2.4-5.8 GHz range. Design loadboard and generate schematics. Work with board houses to generate and review layouts.
• Develop ATE test programs on Teradyne Catalyst RF testers. Write production final test programs to screen device characteristics – BER, IP3, gain, NF, spurious emissions, image rejection, phase noise. Maintain released test programs and perform test time reduction.
• GUI software development in LabVIEW and Visual C#. Write applications used by chip design engineers to evaluate new silicon. Automate bench test setups for design verification testing. Write GUIs to accompany customer marketing product starter kits.
• Debug embedded firmware for customer product demo starter kits using MicroChip MPLAB ICD 2.
• Data correlation and yield analysis using SEDana to correlate ATE test results with bench measurements, correlate loadboards.

Micro Linear Corp.

San Jose, CA

• Debug and bring to production final test hardware and software for 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz DSSS cordless phone chip.

• Transfer final test and wafer sort production to offshore site in Singapore.

• Design and debug final test and wafer sort hardware and software for power and networking products.

• Perform system administration functions for TMT ASL-1000 and RFx testers such as releasing test programs to production, upgrading software, and configuring new testers.

• Transfer various products from Sentry S80 to TMT ASL-1000 testers by redesigning hardware and converting software to new format.

Software - LabVIEW, C, Visual C++, Visual C#, Visual Studio .NET, MicroChip MPLAB, TurboCad, Gerbtool, Word, Excel, Access, SEDana, Galaxy Audit

Tools - Teradyne Catalyst RF, TMT RFx, TMT ASL-1000, MicroChip ICD2, Oscilloscopes, Spectrum Analyzers

Besser Associates - Applied RF Techniques I, RF Testing for the Wireless Age (Lab)

UC Berkeley Extension – RF Fundamentals

Teradyne – Catalyst Mixed Signal Course, UW6000 Mixed-Signal Microwave Test Training Class