Rodger Hickey

9027 Pixie Ct
Fairfax, VA 22031
703-865-8276
rh10a0b6e@westpost.net
Objective: Engineering electrical tech position in a product development environ
ment,with concept, to production responsibility.
Summary: Experienced Electrical Hardware, PCB design and Test engineer with abi
lity to take product from drawing board to installation, to development. Designe
d, tested products working with high-speed digital and analog circuitry, in conj
unction with teams of software and hardware engineers. Over 15 year's electronic
design knowledge in the manufacturing, testing and design of PCB's for various
electronic circuits and applications.
Experience:
Technology Advancement Group
Dulles, VA
Sr Electrical Engineer May 2008-Oct 2010
a Designed with computer-assisted engineering software and equipment using softw
are tools such as Cadence 16.3 for layout of PCB's and ORCAD Capture (CIS) for s
chematic generation and development.
a Contributed successful installations of new equipment, for US NAVY Equipment,
while meeting such stringent requirements such as mil std 461 , mil std 810F, an
d mil std 1275 for mobile equipment and aircraft
a Researched and designed various DC/DC converters and AC/DC power supply circui
t boards for various 1U, 2U, and 4U stacked servers, using Intel motherboards an
d Micro D motherboards.
a Primarily designed 6 to 8 layer boards using Cadence Allegro and Orcad Capture
(CIS). Designs consisted of DC/DC converters at 100,150 and 200 watt power supp
lies for various applications for ruggedized computer systems.
a Design and development of various cable assemblies such as power harnesses and
LVDS high speed integrity cables for LCD panels, peripherals and modular comput
ers for end-use customers using software such as SolidWorks and Solid Edge.
a Wrote and drafted numerous engineering changes and test documentation for vari
ous products under development.
a Analyzed and procured first article products for production purposes from vari
ous outside contracting sources.
EIT
Sterling VA
Functional Test Manager\Tech 2005- 2008
a Writing and scheduling of test procedures for equipment associated with EIT an
d their customers.
a Supervision of in Circuit Test personnel (ICT) and associated ATE for various
products
a Designed with Lab view 8.5 and associated software for functional testing of p
roduct releases.
a Provided test functional verification of designs prior to release to productio
n.
a Coordinated testing activities within own functional area and communicated tes
t updates to Test Coordinators from various customers and their Project Managers
.
a Wrote and debugged testing programs for ICT and Flying Scorpion (ATE) machine
for products.
SI-International
Reston VA
Project Engineer 2004-2005
a Contributed successful installations of new equipment, for US Customs and Bord
er Patrol for DHS
a Procured and managed installations for Rail Vacis systems (Vehicle and Cargo I
nspection Systems for inclusion of radiation protection monitors for nation's se
aports and ports of entry.
a Fluent with Microsoft project manager, SAP procedures and associated software
programs.
a Helped coordinate installation of new security seals for freight containers, a
nd collection of data for
a Container Security Initiative for US Customs and Border Protection.
a Coordinated and managed budgets for Rail Vehicle Cargo Inspection Systems for
Southern and Northern Border Inspection systems for US Customs.
Ocular Networks\Tellabs
Ashburn VA
HW Design Electrical\Test Engineer 2000 - 2004
a Wrote and designed CPLD's Xilinx's 95288XL and Spartan II, FPGA's for inter- f
acing to SRAM, Intel Flash, and Peripheral Chips to communicate to a 64 bit micr
oprocessor (Motorola 8260) interface with (Verilog) using Xilinx's tools.
a Researched DS3, DS1 LIU 's to PMC Sonet Framers and developed Jitter specifica
tions and requirements for EXAR, TDK, and Mind speed for electrical interface co
nnections to DS3 facilities across OC-48, OC-12, Sonet Equipment and Adtran syst
ems to a DS1 Level.
a Designed and finalized High-Speed PCB board design (28 and 34 layer boards) fo
r DS3 which is made up of a PCB measuring 10x14.43 inches with over 4,000 compon
ents, as well as 5 FPGA 's interfacing and providing over 3-million gates to Son
et facilities and Telecom interface components.
a Designed with computer-assisted engineering software and equipment using Caden
ce for layout of schematics and generation of new library symbols from packaging
to exportation of PCB Layout, and analyzed signal integrity with new board layo
uts using Hyperlynx software.
a Supported the products from startup phase to daily operations of DS3 product l
ines from write ups of Engineering proposals, High Level Design specifications,
HW/SW docs, and process documentation, and taught production test personnel the
product and process of debug.
a Analyzed commercial chip components and DS3 product specifications as to end u
se performance issues to determine designs reliability to high yield repeatabili
ty to be produced by existing manufacturing methods.
a Designed and spearheaded both DS3EC1x8 and DS3STS1 which are IOB's designed to
setup cross connects on per STS basis, so that each STS can be individually con
figured for STS, DS3, DS1, or VT1.5 cross connect from a Optical carrier with up
to 224 tributaries providing STS-1 bit asynchronous VT1.5 mapping with ingress/
egress per tributary link monitoring.
a Ensured that manufacturing; construction, installation and development of oper
ational testing conformed to functional specifications to customer requirements.
a Trained manufacturing test and evaluation personnel and achieved significant i
mprovements in their productivity directed engineering personnel in methods of t
est control and debug methods.
a Well familiar with engineering and technical publications as to per GR253, Son
et Facilities, GR499 Electrical Facilities and GR1089 surge protection associate
d to product development.
Cornet Technology
Springfield, VA
HW Design and Sr Engineering Tech 1996 - 2000
a Designed in FPGA's (Altera's) into implementation of Low-speed Telecom product
s, A/B switch matrixes using RS232, V35, Token Ring, and T1 protocols.
a Facilitated designed of A/B fiber switch for High-speed communication Network.
a Developed operational tests for products associated with configuration of cust
omer requirements.
a Drafted engineering changes, proposals and alignment procedures for new equipm
ent developed.
a Repaired and testing of major Telecom switch matrixes as to most equipment pro
duced.
a Designed with Computer assisted design software such as Protel, Spectra, PADS,
and Altera.
Hiac Royco/Pacific Scientific
Silver Spring, MD
Senior Engineering Technician 1994 - 1996
aAlignment & Calibration of Optical Lasers for both air and water particle count
ing systems used in semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries
a Repaired and testing of major circuit boards as to most equipment produced.
a Drafted engineering changes and alignment procedures while consistently recogn
izable as able to accept additional responsibility, more than positions regularl
y demanded.
Military:Retired US Navy
Mayport, FL
Leading Chief Elect Tech\Supervisor 1994
a Researched and contracted for and installed new equipment, set up preventive m
aintenance, trained 170 personnel in equipment operation for computer management
of programs.
a Installed software and hardware upgrades to major computer mainframe for maint
enance applications and configuration management
a Performed preventive and corrective maintenance on carrier controlled approach
radar systems and maintenance of long-range radar systems and pc monitors.
Education:
University of New York Albany, NY
Associate of Science
Various Military Navy and Technical Schools:

Security:
Cleared for Secret and Top Secret
last BI completed
back in Nov 2005
with DHS
US Citizen