Jeff Thomson

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Jeff A. Thomson

 

19 Island Way                                                                                                                                         (413) 569-5233 Home (413) 531-5775 Cell

Southwick, MA 01077                                                                                                                                                                   mailto:jeff.thomson

 

 

 


Objective

Provide consulting services as a Software Programmer/Hardware Design Engineer within the Connecticut/Massachusetts region.

Summary of Qualifications

 

§     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 � 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 � Present     Belcan AETD, Inc.                                                                                     Windsor, CT

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                                                                                Wallingford, CT

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.

 

 

09/1999 � 09/2000       Telaxis Communications, Inc.                                                 South Deerfield, MA

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 - 1999                    VDO Control Systems, Inc.                                                                   Cheshire, CT

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                NDT Consulting Services                                                                Port St. Lucie, FL

Contract Consultant to Taiwan Power Company, Taiwan, R.O.C.

1989 - 1990                General Electric, Nuclear Development Laboratory                              San Jose, CA

Contract Consultant �  Non-Destructive Test Systems

 

1988 - 1989                Amdata, Inc.                                                                                            Windsor, CT

Contract Employed  to Chemical Systems Division, Cape Canaveral, FL

 

1985 - 1988                         Combustion Engineering, Inc.        Windsor, CT


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

 

 

 

 

 

 


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