Electronic Engineering

First-Hand Solutions Corp. 1J729. Incorporated March 1998, Home based, with competitive rates.

William (Bill) E. Smith

(750) 650-5981 billsm@fhscorp.com

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Objective

 

Electronic Engineering and Consulting.

Over 30 years experience in electronic design and troubleshooting.

Will Travel!

Have passport!

Functional experience summary

 

Management: President/CEO, Vice President, Program Manager, Quality manager, and Project Engineer.

Proud U.S. Navy Veteran: Now a civilian, I have spent the past 20 years doing work with the U. S. Navy designing and managing programs for the Radar Display and Distribution System (RADDS) AN/SPQ-12 and Advanced Sensor Distribution System (ASDS) AN/SPQ-14 systems.

Digital design: Microprocessor/microcontrollers, Xilinx FPGA devices, discrete IC’s, crypto systems, moderate TI 320 DSP experience. ATE (automatic test equipment). Radar Signal Data converters and switchboards.

Analog design: audio, video (including circuits up to 120 MHz), radar video and switching circuitry, IFF radar beacon video and switching circuitry, moderate RF design, modems.

Software: Assembly language, Quick Basic, moderate C++ and TI 320 DSP, AutoCAD, ViewLogic FPGA design, Visio Technical design, Printed circuit card layout packages.

Technical Manuals: Technical manual writing and validation.

Specifications: Most Military Standards, Specifications. ISO 9000.

Office Applications: Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Access, FoxPro, Power Point, Interleaf, and more.

Test Equipment: Experience with all test equipment.

Mechanical ability: Drove and maintained my own racecar (SCCA type road racing), including engine and suspension building. Electronic equipment cabinet/hardware specification, design and development.

Example of some portable (traveling) equipment on site:

 
  • Tektronics 200 MHz portable digital storage oscilloscope
  • Xilinx FPGA software tools
  • Schematic capture and layout software
  • Eprom / Serial Prom / PAL / Microcontroller device programmers
  • CDRom writer / rewriter
  • Portable (Laptop) computers
  • ZIP drive
  • Special radar test generators / analyzers
  • Other Stuff

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AVAILABLE

 

 

Engineering expertise on Radar, Radar Displays, Radar Switchboards, Radar Converters, Radar Azimuth Converters, Radar Video, Radar Beacon (IFF), Crypto Systems, Communications.

 

 

High Level Planning/Analysis

  • Project analysis
  • System analysis
  • Mission analysis/study
  • Program objectives study

 

Equipment/System Design

  • Conceptual development and requirements
  • Product design (Prototype Level)
  • Requirements and feasibility analysis
  • Specification development
  • Cost / Peformance analysis

 

Product Formalization

  • Formalize drawings to Level III
  • Develope first article unit
  • Simulation design/analysis
  • Configuration planning
  • System Integration

 

Systems Test and Evaluation Support

  • Test and Evaluation (IV & V)
  • Reverse engineering
  • First article/environmental testing
  • Quality assurance system safety and planning

 

Logistics Support

  • Reliability / human engineering
  • Logistics / obsolete parts replacement analysis
  • Procedure / Tech Manual review and development
  • Reliability / Maintainability analysis
  • Training requirements and plans

 

Life Cycle Support

  • Operational training and support
  • Maintenance support
  • Historical data collection and reliability analysis
  • Retrofit and equipment improvement analysis

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