Electrical Engineer Power, AC/DC & DC/DC switch mode power supplies
Resume:
MICHAEL JUDE HEBERT
acqgfz@r.postjobfree.com
Position applied for: Electrical Engineer, Fulltime
Summary: Versatile and broadly experienced Electronics Engineer with design
experience in the following: AC/DC DC/DC switch mode power supplies, Low noise
analog, Digital circuits, Medical equipment, Unique test equipment & fixtures and cables,
Solar photovoltaic power systems, Hi-Res video projectors, Semiconductor equipment,
Radio frequency circuits, Motion controllers, Automated Test Equipment (LabView).
Qualifications: Assisted in the development of Brite*I LASER scanned microscope
and control electronics, redesigned PCB’s for low noise by adding ground planes.
Assembled, tested and calibrated 6 prototype systems to be validated at UC Berkeley.
20+ years hardware design, developing specifications, analog/digital circuitry,
schematic capture (OrCAD), layout PCB, validation, BOM, NPI to production
Analog and mixed signal designs, low noise/precision analog
Digital circuitry design CPLD, microcontrollers, memories, high speed interface
Sensor based circuitry and input conditioning
Electrical designs, AC/DC DC/DC power supplies, AC distribution, UPS, motors,
Motion control and safety systems
Technical project management and supervisor of Junior Electrical Engineers
Experience:
JAPAN STEREO COMPANY, Santa Cruz, CA Owner/Designer 11/11 – Present
Developed a low EMI stereo class D amplifier 100 W per channel
Laid out PCB for the above amplifier
Developed a low cost Bi-directional PWM DC motor controller
Laid out PCB for the above motor controller
Bench tested several different topologies of power supplies for motor controller
looking for motor starting current and regulation line/load performance
TOYOTA – ITC, Contract 09/11 – 10/11
Research and development center of northern California
Designed and fabricated DC power boxes with remote reset
Drove Transmit car for road tests, parked car at 6m, 50m, 100m from Receive car
driving by on a street that’s perpendicular to the Tx car
Drove Tx car on Hwy 101 with Rx car following at various speeds
Provided crew communications with Tx car in front of semi tractor trailer and
Rx car following on Hwy 101, Tx car at various speeds
Proving feasibility of radio system for collision avoidance
Volunteer driver for Grey Bears of California 02/10 – 08/11
E SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, Contract 12/09 – 01/10
A contract manufacturer for the Biotechnology industry
Modified design of piezoelectric motor controller changed resistors to 5%, PSPICE
Added opto isolators to control inputs to provide level shift and isolation
Developed Buck converter 48 Vin to 5 Vout at 5 Amps
Schematic capture with OrCAD and analog layout of motor controllers
Learned about PMBus and SPI interfaces
Private Customer, Santa Cruz, CA 10/09 – 10/09
Troubleshot 3 amplifiers to the component level, found 8 shorted power FETs
Procured components from NTE, soldered in replacement components
Tested amplifiers, one year warranty on all repairs
REVERSICA DESIGNS / PI SQUARED, Contract 06/05 – 08/09
PI Squared is a custom Electro-mechanical design house and manufacturing company
Designed analog & digital circuitry to UL specifications, mechanical assemblies, Bread boarded prototypes, OrCAD schematic capture and analog layout
Accomplishments:
Designed analog & digital circuitry for Bi-directional PWM H-Bridge DC motor controller, mechanical assembly for gear motor mount & lead screw actuator arm, cables
Designed analog circuitry for Infrared refrigerator condenser coil ice detector, open
collector output
Designed digital circuitry for Twin axis stepper motor controller, mechanical assembly for controller enclosure, cables for motors, validated AC/DC 100-240 VAC 12VDC 80 W
Fly-back switch mode power supply for stepper motors
ECO SYSTEMS, Contract 01/02 – 04/05
Eco Systems is a Solar power system design and installation company.
Designed analog circuitry & wiring harnesses UL/CSA specifications, mechanical assemblies, bread boarded prototypes, OrCAD schematic capture and analog layout
Accomplishments:
Designed analog circuitry for solar array simulator 0-96VDC 0-15AMPS, machined off the shelf modular enclosure
Designed solar DC/DC converters for PC server power supply to specifications
Designed analog circuitry for Precision voltage source 0-10VDC 0.1% fixture, for transducer testing
Electro-mechanical design of Metrology electronics enclosure, built prototype in 2 days
CALIPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Contract 05/01 – 11/01
Caliper the company that devised chemical assay "Lab on a Chip" system
Coordinated with outside safety labs for UL/CSA/FCC tests and consulted with TUV Rheinland for CE product certification requirements. Implemented the Machinery and Low Voltage Directives. Constructed CE Technical file for system. Completed project in 4 months
Accomplishments:
Unit failed FCC test, rented Spectrum analyzer with probe and found unshielded
Laser control cable, ECO’d new cable, returned to FCC lab unit passed.
Tested and troubleshot the tray handler robots, interfaced with manufacturer for
technical support and problem resolution, reduced failures from 30% to 7%
PHOTON DYNAMICS, INC., Contract 10/99 – 01/01
The leading technical innovator in the design and production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panel inspection machines (capitol equipment).
Designed analog & digital circuitry, signal level & DC power cables, prototyped, tested & troubleshot to the component level, BOM’s on ESI, ECO’s, OrCAD for schematic capture, AutoCAD for cable drawings, Final design review
Accomplishments:
Guided junior Electrical engineer in trouble shooting the power supply rack, suggested
he add remote sensing to the +5 V and +12 V outputs to compensate for line drop
System integration of LVDT sensors, cable & detector cards, Voltage controlled
proportional air pressure valves, CORECO image processor boards, 12 bit digital video
cables and DC power cable harnesses
Mentored 2 junior Electrical engineers on analog & high speed digital PCB design
Designed Op amp circuit to change the output range from 1.8V - 10V to 0V – 8V on
existing Versa Modula Europa (VME) boards
Devised portable fixture for the linear variable displacement transformer (LVDT)
conditioners that allowed for calibration without shutting the entire machine down
CONTRACT SUMMARY JSC Ltd.
ULTRA STEREO LABS San Luis Obispo, CA 04/99 – 10/99
Designed/fabricated precision optics calibration fixture
Modified DC/DC power supply to meet EMI/EMC specifications
Developed LASER diode illuminator to replace LED illuminator for analog optic
soundtrack reader
Calibrated Ultra Stereo encoder and decoder units for use in cinema
AmPro CORPORATION Mountain View, CA 01/97 – 12/98
Co-ordinated development of new 2kW power system at Canadian supplier all the
way through into production
Implemented Low Voltage Directive into all new LCLV video projectors in 4 months
Sustaining engineering interfaced with vendors for new and retrofit components
Provided technical support to Final Test Technicians
WATKINS JOHNSON SEG Scotts Valley, CA 12/95 - 10/96
Custom electro-mechanical equipment added to semiconductor furnaces
Procured retrofit DC motor controller in 2 days and wrote installation manual in 4 hours
Recommended CPI NFS-25 power supply to replace failing P/S in Thermo Guard unit
Discovered fault in primary system and secured repair of all units at no cost in 6 months
Performed SEMI-1 inspection of WJ1000 furnace and IEC-555-1 line harmonics test
Validated new power supplies, transformers, circuit breakers and enclosures
EDUCATION
Applied Automotive Technology, Wyo Tech, School closed no Diploma
Cabrillo College, Astronomy, Maya 6, AutoCAD 2006
De Anza College, Business Ethics and Morales
Com-power Corp., On the job training, R & D Technician and Test Engineer
Mount San Jacinto College, Mechanical Drafting, Economics, Computer Technology
Hong Kong International High School, A/V Assistant, Electronics I
Cupertino High School, Mechanical Drafting, Electronics I & II, TV Production
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