PROFILE

An inspiring Electronics Engineer with five years professional experience in development, testing, and manufacture. Proven technical ability to develop and validate new products and production processes. Results-driven and highly self-motivated in delivering and ensuring customer requirements and quality standards are met. An enthusiastic team player, equally effective as an independent worker.

Recently relocated to the UK from Australia on a two-year working holiday visa. I am seeking an engineering role in quality/customer technical support with the scope for technical and commercial challenges and career advancement.

Employment HISTORY

02/2004 - 01/2005 Electronics Design and Development Engineer

Crystalaid Group of Companies. Brisbane, Australia

Crystalaid Group of Companies activities encompass the design; development and manufacture of microelectronic, bionic and micro interconnect products, which are predominantly medical devices.

Undertook a technical quality role responsible for implementing new printed circuit board assemblies into production and developing process improvements.

Achievements:

· Developed and implemented process validation for the manufacture of Medical Class III devices, included improved quality procedures, training, participation in customer audits and company production reviews

· Managed product defects and provided technical support using Failure Reporting Analysis & Corrective Action System (FRACAS) and SPC methodologies

· Assessed product compliance with relevant medical and IPC standards

· Validated Surface Mount Technology and Through-Hole Technology soldering rework procedures in conjunction with the Queensland University of Technology SEM and EDX Analysis Facility

12/2002 - 02/2004 Travel

Casual Jobs

Took time to travel and see other parts of the world. Details available on request

01/1999 - 12/2002 Electronics and Software Engineer

Ventracor Limited. Sydney, Australia

Ventracor Ltd. is engaging an aggressive development schedule for a unique rotary blood pump - 'artificial heart' that addresses the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) market. It is intended for long-term, implantation to provide permanent left ventricular heart support in the case of congestive heart failure. First stage clinical trials are currently being undertaken.

Responsible for the firmware development, research projects and laboratory testing work relating to the Ventracor's Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) controller design.

Achievements:

· Designed and developed embedded C software for the senseless control and Graphical User Interface (GUI) serial protocol of Ventracor's LVAS controller using an Intel 16-bit microcontroller (Intel 80C196KC20)

· Assisted in acute animal trial experiments and exercise studies to develop and validate the control algorithm responsible for the LVAS speed, such that adequate perfusion is maintained given varying physiological conditions. Results contributed towards medical journal publications.

· Documented design processes included reports, functional specifications, software FMEA and various correspondence meeting FDA Good Laboratories Practices (GLPs) and Quality Management System (AS/NZS ISO 9001:2000) requirements.

Employment HISTORY

04/1998 - 01/1999 Graduate Research and Development Engineer

Macquarie Medical Systems (MMS). Sydney, Australia.

Macquarie Health Corporation, MMS division plays an important role in biomedical research and manufacture of health-related diagnostic technology, computer applications and services.

Responsible for the development of MMS medical products within the R&D team. Participated in general test and manufacture of R&D analogue and digital electronic circuits.

Achievements:

· Created schematics and PCB designs using Electronics Design Automation (EDA) Tool Protel

· Tested and verified prototyping designs of ECG (heart rate) monitoring device products

· Solid understanding of research and development, manufacturing, purchasing, servicing and customer assistance within the healthcare diagnostic industry

SKILL SUMMARY

Problem Solving and Analysis Skills

· Digital and Analogue Hardware: High-performance A/D converters, Serial communication interface, Signal processing with op-amps; Microcontrollers; Memory systems; PLDs; Faultfinding to component/board level; general soldering skills

· EDA Tools: Schematic and PCB layout (Protel)

· Communication protocols: Serial data (RS-232); System Management Bus (SMBus)

· Test Equipment: reflow profiler; digital voltmeter; digital-storage oscilloscope; spectrum analyser; function generator; power supplies; isolation transformer

Quality

· Improvement Techniques: Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMECA); Failure Reporting Analysis Corrective Action System (FRACAS); Statistical Process Control (SPC)

· Documentation: Process Validation Protocols and Implementation; Test Specifications; Manufacturing & Assembly Diagrams; Requirements Traceability; Change Requests; Concessions; Work Instructions

· Process: ISO 9001:2000; ISO 13485; FDA Good Laboratories Practices (GLPs); J-STD-001; IPC-A-610; ANSI/ESD S20.20

General Software

· Embedded Development: Nohau Intel 80C196 emulator & Tasking C196 Compiler Toolset (16-bit Intel 80C196 microcontroller); RICE17A emulator & Bytecraft C Compiler (8-bit PIC mcrocontroller) Toolset; Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Explorer

· Programming: Embedded C; Assembler

· Computer Skills: Microsoft Word; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Project; Visio; Netscape Navigator; MS Internet Explorer; MS Outlook; Novell

Project Management Skills

· Communication: Excellent writing and verbal communication skills and able to liaise effectively with clients/customers and colleagues at all levels;

· Management: Planning and prioritising personal and team workloads to meet individual and group deadlines; Controlling, managing and monitoring project tasks.

· Administration: Planning and managing quality and customer requirements; Maintaining project status; Preparing project forecasts and reports

Qualifications

Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Hons, 2.2) 1997

University of Queensland, St. Lucia Brisbane, QLD. AUSTRALIA

Project: "An Investigation in Rapid Prototyping of Mechatronic Systems" - developed a generalised model to improve the accuracy of a 3D Systems StereoLithography Apparatus (SLA).

Professional Development

August 2004 Being Confident - Being Assertive

2 day Course , University of Queensland, Australia

February 2004 Business Professional Etiquette

1 day Course , Russo Institute of Technology, Australia

June - November 2002 Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

Master of Business & Technology Program Subject , University of NSW, Australia

September 2002 Biosafety Training - Blood Handling Level 1

1½ hr In-house Training Course , Ventracor Pty. Ltd.

March 2002 Code Inspection

½ day Course , Software Engineering Australia

March 2002 Requirement Analysis: Using Joint Application Development (JAD)

½ day Course , Software Engineering Australia

August 2001Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs) for Non-Clinical Studies

2 day Course, SeerPharma

June 2000 End-to-End Software Testing

2 day Course, IV&V Australia