Jeff A.
Thomson
19
Island Way                                                                                                                                       (413) 569-5233 Home (413)
531-5775 Cell
Southwick,
MA 01077Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â mailto:jeff.thomson
Objective |
Provide consulting
services as a Software Programmer/Hardware Design Engineer within the
Connecticut/Massachusetts region. |
Summary of Qualifications |
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Automated
Test, Measurement and Machine Vision Inspection system design and programming. §
LabVIEW,
TestSatnd, LabVIEW Realtime and LabVIEW FPGA programming experience. §
Electrical and
Hardware design using AutoCAD and Visio. §
System
Integration, optimization and debug. §
Specification
and complete documentation package. |
Work Experience |
06/2001 â?“ Present    LabVIEW Technology                                                                         Southwick, MA Consultant § Develop automated test and measurement applications for aerospace, medical and product test industustries. § Electrical and hardware system level design. § Specification and documentation. 06/2003 â?“ Present   Â
Belcan AETD, Inc.                                                                                   Senior
Engineer - Contracted to Hamilton Sundstrand, Inc. § Develop automated test applications and simulators in TestStand, LabVIEW and HP VEE on WinXP and Linux with Real Time extensions for MIL-SPEC Digital Electronic Engine Controls (DEEC) and Prognostic Health Monitors (PHM) for F-15/16 and Joint Strike Force aerospace applications. § Design and implement LabVIEW Test Executive capable of executing scripted ad-hoc Engineering Validation tests in support of hardware/firmware development activities on 787 programs. § Develop LabVIEW Thermal Profile Test Execution/Editor to facilitate Design Validation testing. 09/2000 � 06/2003      CiDRA,
Inc                                                             Â
                 Senior
ATE Product Test Engineer / Software Analyst § Software architectural design of automated instrument control, data acquisition, analysis and archival programs related to the manufacture and final acceptance test of next generation Fiber Optic and Sensor components. § Develop test programs and operator interfaces in LabVIEW, TestStand and Visual Basic modern graphical integrated development environments. § Document comprehensive electrical and mechanical designs of automated test, measurement and in-process manufacturing cells using AutoCAD and Visio. § Design, develop, program, and qualify video capture and measurement systems for dimensional, geometric inspection and manufacturing verification utilized in the manufacture of glass fiber. § Integration of test and manufacturing data archival to Oracle and Access databases via ODBC. § Commission and qualify computer-based test, measurement and in-process equipment. § Generate test equipment and software specifications in accordance with component design specifications and established industry standards. § Integrate Visual Studio software version control to LabVIEW and TestStand development platforms. § In-house training instructor and mentor for engineering and technical staff in LabVIEW, TestStand and Visual Basic programming languages. § Labview site license administrator. |
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09/1999 � 09/2000      Telaxis Communications, Inc.                                                South Senior
ATE Product Test Engineer § Develop test programs and operator interfaces in modern graphical programming languages. § Automate aggregation of remote distributed test data and generate customer reports on demand. § Integrate test data archival to MS SQL Sever backend database and present data as HTML on the Internet. § Delegate and train technical staff in fabrication, maintenance and calibration of production test systems. §
Facilitate
engineering internâ?™s efforts on senior project assignment. 1991 - 1999Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â VDO
Control Systems, Inc.                                                                  ATE
Design Engineer § Project development of automated test equipment. §
Draft test
specification to ensure product performance compliance is properly evaluated. §
Review,
recommend modifications, and approve electrical and mechanical design
concepts. §
Schedule,
track and report project delivery status. Electronic
Equipment Design Engineer §
Extensive
hardware design involving conceptual design through production integration. §
Interpret
product test specifications relative to selection of test system components. §
Design and
documentation on AutoCAD workstations. 1990 -
1991 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NDT Consulting Contract
Consultant to Taiwan Power Company, 1989 -
1990Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â General Electric,
Nuclear Development Laboratory                             Contract
Consultant â?“Â Non-Destructive Test
Systems 1988 -
1989Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Amdata,
Inc.                                                                                           Contract
Employed to Chemical Systems Division,
1985 - 1988Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Combustion
Engineering, Inc.       |
Education |
1985                               University of Hartford                                                                 West Hartford, CT BS
Electrical Engineering emphasis in Computer Science 1981                           Ward Technical College                                                                West Hartford, CT AS
Electronic Engineering Technology 1975 - 1979               U.S. Air Force Technical Centers                          Biloxi, MS and San Antonio, TX Electronic Cryptographic Equipment Maintenance Flight
Facilities Navigation Equipment Maintenance |
Relevant Training |
04/2005                  Certified Associate LabVIEW Developer                           National Instruments 11/2001                  TestStand Test Executive Advanced                                   National Instruments 11/2001                  TestStand Test Executive                                                    National Instruments 01/2001                  LabVIEW Test Executive                                                     View Point Systems 03/2000                  VB6 Modern Programming         3                                       University of Connecticut 08/1999                  VB6 Modern Programming         2                                       University of Connecticut 03/1999                  VB6 Modern Programming 1                                                University of Connecticut 10/1998                  AutoCAD R14 Training Seminar                                                 At � A - Glance 08/1998                  IMAQ Machine Vision Acquisition                                     National Instruments 06/1998                  Windows 95 on a Network                                                           Compu-Master 03/1998                  LabVIEW Advanced Data Acquisition                              National Instruments 03/1998                  LabVIEW Data Acquisition                                                National Instruments 10/1996                   AutoCAD R13 Training Seminar                                                At � A � Glance 08/1996                  AutoCAD R12 Advanced Training                                                    Micro CAD 06/1996                  LabVIEW Training Seminar                                                National Instruments |