Tom Sneddon |
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Engineering Skills
Circuit Design |
Extensive experience with analog power electronics. Experience with low noise analog, power electronics, high speed digital design and pcb layout techniques. Design of mixed analog/digital control, monitoring, and actuating systems. SPICE circuit simulation experience (Berkeley SPICE, P-SPICE) Experience with design of product thermal management systems. |
Schematic and PCB |
Schematic and PCB CAD design. EAGLE preferred, I also have experience with CADStar. Setup and configuration of PCB CAD systems using EAGLE. Custom scripts and user language programs. |
Programming |
C for embedded microcontrollers. |
Engineering Process |
Part and drawing numbering system creation. Engineering documentation, work instruction, and form template design. Experience working to ISO-9000 |
Computer and Web Site Skills
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Programming Languages |
C (embedded), Perl, JavaScript, Android (Java), bash shell, DOS batch, SQL |
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Markup languages |
HTML, CSS, XML, JSON, SSI |
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Server software |
VMWare Workstation/Player/Server, Apache (Perl, mod_perl, DAV, SVN), Squid (with custom blacklist/whitelist), Samba, Subversion, Zebedee secure tunnel |
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Web site design software |
Text: KWrite text editor, custom
intranet CMS |
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Graphics |
Graphics design, optimization of digital images, digital photography |
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Web site usability techniques |
Usability guidelines and techniques followed routinely |
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Knowledge of web browser compatibility issues |
Firefox/Mozilla, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, KDE Konqueror |
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Operating systems |
Linux (openSUSE preferred,
for servers and workstations) |
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Hardware |
x86 based PC's, Hardware RAID, good hardware troubleshooting skills. |
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Office software |
Microsoft Office, OpenOffice/LibreOffice |
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MRP software |
WinMAGI with custom web-based reporting |
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Sample web sites |
Professional Experience
Touchtronics, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana, 2003 – Present
Senior Design Engineer / Computer Systems Administrator, 2003 – Present
- Design of mixed analog/digital control, monitoring, and actuating systems.
- Schematic capture and PCB CAD layout.
- Android application development.
- Computer systems administration for Windows 2000/2003 and openSUSE Server, Windows 7/XP/2000 and SUSE Linux workstation network environment.
- Intranet design and maintenance including HTML/CSS, Perl, SQL, ODBC, Apache, Squid, svn.
- Design and maintenance of custom web-based MRP reporting tools. Reports include inventory partsbook, BOM/assembly documentation, item description query/edit, drawing viewer, etc. All reports dynamically generated from live data. Some reports generate spreadsheet output.
- Spearheaded technical implementation of new MRP software.
- Developed and implemented new drawing/part numbering system.
- Writing and maintaining ISO-9000 work instructions for engineering department and document control.
Independently Employed, 2001 – 2003
Electronics Design Engineer, 2001 – 2003
- Designing and developing very high power audio frequency power amplifiers and related system components for use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems.
- Designed peltier heater/cooler for semiconductor test fixture.
- Design of mixed analog/digital control systems.
- Schematic capture and PCB CAD layout.
Crown International Inc., Elkhart, Indiana 1984 – 2001
Product Engineer, 2000 – 2001
- Implemented development of six derivative products based on existing product lines.
- Designed and maintained specifications, drawings and bills of material for production amplifier lines.
- Improved quality and first pass yield of amplifiers in team effort with manufacturing engineers.
- Pursued innovative cost savings solutions for mature product lines.
- Maintained design integrity of 20+ models of audio power amplifiers.
Electronics Design Engineer, 1994 – 2000
- Designed and developed amplifiers and related system components in close coordination with both manufacturing and test engineers.
- Wrote product specifications in collaboration with customers.
- Coordinated amplifier prototype construction and testing.
- Designed and coordinated specialized electrical and/or thermal tests to verify product performance.
- Generated schematic diagrams and PCB artwork using schematic and PCB CAD tools.
- Performed circuit simulation and computer programming as required for circuit design and testing.
- Documented product design including bills of material, theory of operation, and performance data.
- Verified prototype systems performance in on-site field testing.
- Implemented intranet web server for disseminating engineering design information throughout plant.
- Worked with customers to resolve system performance issues.
- Lead market share of MRI gradient amplifiers.
Associate Electrical Design Engineer II, 1993 – 1994
Associate Engineer I, 1992 – 1993
Engineering Technician, 1985 – 1992
Production Technician, 1984 – 1985
Education
- ITT Technical Institute in Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Associate Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology - Indiana University, South Bend, Indiana
45 Credit hours toward BS Applied Mathematics