Mr. Hong Zhou
SUMMARY
Developed many electronic and electron-mechanic products for government (DEA, US Postal Service, NSA, dispatch centers), industries
(Teradyne, Kimball, Baxter, Motorola, US Robotics, Colonial Data Tech, Altec Lansing, Phi Tech), and electronic/consumer products
(Biotech, medical electro-mechanics, automotive, audio electronics, caller ID, telephony, cell phone, telecom, household electronics).
Designed schematics, PCB layout, JTAG, CPLD, VHDL(Altera and Lattice Semi), C, and assembly.
Experienced with analog, digital circuits with uP, uC, CPLD, FPGA, MOSFET, PWM solenoid drivers, peripheral devices,
analog/switching power supplies, bipolar semiconductors, and discrete components. Wrote document for APQP, PPAP, FMEA, and CAR.
Designed electronic products with Cadence, Mentor Graphics, P-CAD, View-Logic, Protel, OrCAD, and other software tools packages.
EDUCATION:
Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS May 1988B.S. Physics Wuhan Teacher College (Hubei University), Wuhan, China 1982 Award: "Commemorative Award" by Motorola, May 1998 for CDMA contribution and development. "Monster Achievement" by TMP Worldwide, Inc, August, 2001. Publication: "A New Automatic Light Switch", ELECTRONIC NEWS PAPER, China, August 12, 1984, p2 Volume 32
EXPERIENCE:
Principal Staff Engineer August 2005 - April 2006 Ingenient Technologies Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Developed electronic systems with TI Video/DSP processors TMS320DM340, SDRAM, DDR2, color LCD, 10/100 Base T Ethernet,
USB 2.0, switching power supplies, and BOM. Designed schematics with ORCAD. Worked on PCB layout with PCB design engineers.
Coordinate manufacture processes in Far East.
Sr. Electrical Consultant Engineer June 2005 - August 2005 Diehl Controls Naperville, IL 60563
Developed electronic circuits with micro-controllers, step motors, solenoid drivers, voltage sensors, IR transceivers, and LED drivers for home
appliance electronics. Troubleshoot existing products for defect devices and boards. Re-engineered products to optimize previous designs,
improve performances, and reduce the production costs. Wrote firmware for 8051. Wrote technical specifications.
Sr. Electrical Consultant Engineer August 2004 - June 2005 Teradyne Inc Deerfield, IL 60015
Developed telecom test equipment and products with DSP (TMS320C6713), SDRAM, Flash memory, analog/digital converters, 10/100 Base-T
Ethernet interface, FPGA, SW power supplies, and discrete devices. Troubleshoot electronic products at system, unit, board, device, and pin levels.
Designed schematics with Cadence. Wrote technical specifications. Contacted customers and vendors for technical related issues and part procurement.
Sr. Electrical Consultant Engineer October 2003 - August 2004 Kimball Electronics Group Jasper, IN 47546
Developed automotive electronic products for GM with microprocessors, flash memories, analog/digital sensors, power semiconductor devices, solenoid/motor
drivers, CAN and Class-II interface, ASIC, and discrete devices. Troubleshoot electronic products at system, unit, board, device, and pin levels.
Worked PCB up to six layers. Wrote technical specification, proposals, and root cause failure analysis reports, CAR, and 8D reports. Worked on CV, DV, and
PV process and document. Contacted customers, clients, and vendors for technical related issues.
Sr. Electrical Consultant Engineer October 2002 - Sept. 2003 Baxter International Round Lake, IL 60073
Developed medical and healthcare electron-mechanic products. Designed electronic circuits with micro-controllers, I/O interface IC, instrumentation amplifiers,
OP-Amps, RS-485, RS-232, ADC, DAC, solenoid drivers, PWM drivers, DC motor drivers, power MOSFET, bi-polar transistors, switching and linear power supplies,
AVHDL (MAX PLUS II), C (Keil51) and assembly (Keil51) codes, schematic(OrCAD), and PCB layout (six layers) for medical equipment. Wrote technical specifications
and FMEA. Contacted venders for parts, spec, and supplies.
International Business Consultant June 2002 - Dec. 2002 Red Hill Dec A Plaque Keota, Oklahoma, 74941
Developed consumer electronic products that manufactured in China and marketed in the USA. Duties include to develop product specifications, quality control
requirements, price negotiate, purchase orders process, payment arrangement, and delivery schedules. Duties also include locating manufactures in China,
communications between Chinese and US companies, arrange ocean/inland/air shipping arrangement with forwarding companies, preparing documents for US
and Chinese Customs, and coordinating between USA customers and Chinese manufactures. Checked US and Chinese government or special agencies for safety
and other regulations.
Senior Electrical Engineer November 1998 --- July 2002 TMP Worldwide, Inc Oak Brook, IL 60523
Senior consultant hardware engineer for electronic system development.Major clients are CGISS, Motorola, AIEG Motorola, and Northwestern Hospital in Chicago.
CGISS: (Security Design Center and Control Centers, Mar. 2000 to June 30, 2002)
Designed JTAG system for MPC8260, DSP, and Crypto Engines based cPCI and PCI communication products. Designed a JTAG controller for the multiple JTAG (IEEE-1149)
operations in a system for boundary scan and system emulation applications. Developed several complete systems and test fixtures for JTAG boundary scan applications with
about 25 JTAG devices, mostly are BGA's on 12 layer boards. Developed Abel codes for CLPD's. Also designed circuits for 10/100 BaseT Ethernet, SDRAM, DPRAM,
RS-232, Flash EEPROM, power suppliers, and digital logic. Developed software for JTAG boundary scan applications. Duties included schematic design (Mentor Graphics),
PCB layout (12 layers), engineering and manufacture document development, system integration, troubleshooting at system, board, component, net, and pin level.
Helped manufacture lines and test engineering groups for product development and troubleshoot.
AIEG: (Honda and Cummins Engine Controller Products, Mar. 1999 to Mar. 2000)
Designed automobile engine controller modules (ECM,ECU) for gasoline and diesel engines for Motorola Automotive Sector. Duties included schematics design (Mentor Graphics),
PCB design, layout, and improvement, worst case and thermal analysis for power MOSFET drivers, system integration, writing technical documentation (Theory of Operations,
Troubleshoot Guide, and various research/test reports), development MC68332 C and assembly codes for RTC, troubleshoot ECM's, and improvement of EMI and noise performance.
Y2K Readiness Team, Northwestern Hospital (Nov. 1998 to Mar. 1999)
Defined, checked, and verified Y2K readiness for electronic equipment. Developed documents about Y2K problems and solutions. Developed test codes with C and Visual Basic.
Staff Engineer March 1997 ---- November 1998 Motorola Inc Libertyville, IL 60048
Designed and developed dual mode (CDMA/AMPS) cellular phones based on IS-95 and IS-98 specifications. Duties included electronic design for schematics (Mentor Graphics),
audio circuit (specification, audio level alignment, noise and THD reduction, and sound level calibration), system integration, troubleshoot, and production support.
Senior Hardware Engineer March 1996 ---- March 1997 US Robotics, Skokie, IL 60077
Designed and developed TI DSP 320C5X based tele-communication products. Duties included system hardware structure planning and configuration, electronic schematic design
(ViewLogic), PCB development, product definition, proposal, and specification development, and system integration.
Senior Electrical Engineer August 1995 ---- March 1996 Colonial Data Technologies, New Milford, CT 06776
Designed and developed tele-communication products, primarily in caller ID products that based on the low power battery operated micro-controllers by Mitsubish and Samsung.
Duties included product system development, schematics and PCB design/layout (Protel), system integration, product management, and firmware development.
Project Engineer August 1993 ---- August 1995 Altec Lansing Corp (Mark IV Audio Inc), Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Designed and developed microprocessor (68000, 68HC11, 87C51) based systems for audio signal processing, and management, digital audio record and playback, audio announcement assembler,
DTMF telephone interface, temperature sensor and control, nonvolatile memories, DAC/ADC converters, electro-optical fiber communication devices, RS-485 repeater, and RS-485 Hubs.
Designed and emphasized in hardware, electronic systems, schematics (P-CAD), PCB's (P-CAD), BOM's, test procedures, network configurations, and new product proposals and specifications.
Developed and debugged codes (ASM, C). Troubleshoot at system, board, and component levels.
Electrical Engineer June 1988 ---- January 1993 Phi Technologies, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Designed and developed special audio and telephone line recording systems based on different uP's and uC's (8086, 80188, 80186, 8085, 8080, 8751, 8749, 8741A, and 38P75), with multi-channel
audio electronics, digital time code encoder-decoder, analog amplifiers, active filters, and tele-communication devices (RS-232 and IEEE-488). Duties included circuit schematic design,
PCB design and layout (P-CAD), and the development of firmware and system software with assembly and other programming languages (ASM, C, PASCAL).
Computer Programmer (Part Time) May 1986 ---- May 1988 Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS 66045
Developed software to analyze surface and underground water database for scientific research. Developed a spreadsheet (DGCALC) for Data General 20,000 computer with FORTRAN.
Worked with data acquisition, translation, and conversion management.
Teaching Assistant (Part Time) August 1985 ---- May 1986 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
Taught physics classes and provided students with direct assistance. Graded student papers and reports. . Professional References: Available upon request