Steve John Campbell
Home: (562) 599-9058 Email: dreamhobbies@charter.net
Updated January 2011
Currently I am working as an Electronics Engineer Designer for Miyachi-Unitek, which manufactures equipment and automation for advanced manufacturing. From February 2009 to November 2009, I worked as an Engineering Tech Contractor for Source Scientific Inc., which is a Medical Device Company in Irvine, CA. Previously from 1997 to 2004 I worked as an Electronics Engineer in the Technology Development department at Diagnostic Products Corporation. Diagnostic Products Corporation (now Seimens Diagnostics) manufacturers Diagnostic Medical Instruments.
During my career in the military from 1989 to 1996, I worked as a Technician repairing the TOW2 missile system.
As a previous business owner in remote controlled aircraft from 2004 to 2008; I have experience in sales, product support and troubleshooting, advertising, managing employees, accounting, computer maintenance and networking, and webpage design.
My passion is in electronics, as I have been a hobbyist in electronics since high school (1988).
Objective To grow as an Electronics Engineer with a growing company.
Experience
Experience in design, assembly, and troubleshooting of the following: Motion control systems, Data Acquisition, Thermal control systems, Lasers, Opto-electronics, Linear circuits, FPGA’s, Digital Circuits, PLD’s, Microprocessors, PCB design using Orcad, Cadence, and Altium, and utilization of various test equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Digital Multimeters, Data Acquisition, Logic Analyzers, AP Instruments Frequency Analyzer, Environmental Chambers. Soldering surface mount and fine pitch (ie. 0.5mm and 0603) components, and rework.
Experience in various computer software and operating systems including installations, include: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Altium, OrCad, Cadence, Electronics Workbench, CircuitMaker, Xilinx ISE, MPLAB, Word, Excel, Powerpoint,Access, Quickbooks, Frontpage, Photoshop, MASM, Visual C++, Visual Basic.
Experience in Computer networking, maintenance, troubleshooting, and upgrade include: Cabled and wireless router setup/security, Client for Microsoft Networks, setting up workgroups and user access levels, file and printer sharing, PC maintenance using Disk Defrag, Disk Cleanup, System Backup/Restore, backed up email files (.pst for outlook, or .mbx/.toc for Eudora), backed up files on ftp server, Adaware, and various Anti-Virus programs. Troubleshooting with msconfig, task manager, device manager, and event log. Familiar with Ghost imaging software such as Norton Ghost, and Symantec Ghost Solution Suite for cloning, and file backup over a network. Upgraded or replaced the most common hardware items such as harddrive, memory, video card, sound card, cpu, motherboard, power supply, CD drive, fans, and other peripheral devices.
Experience in business and marketing include: Advertising, webpage design, purchasing, procurement, inventory control, product research, product testing, customer service.
Educational Background
August
1997
Engineering Technology (Electronics Option)
Member of the CSULB Solar Car Project, IEEE, and IMAPS.
The Solar Car project enabled me to gain experience in stringing solar cells together,
Power trackers, power monitoring, and electronics integration.
May
1995
May 1993 Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts
May 1989 Redstone Arsenal Alabama - Certified Tow 2 missile system repairman
Work Experience
Jan.
2011 to Present Miyachi-Unitek –
Electronics Design / Test Engineer
Experience includes: Developing a
low force weld head product. This
involves a 32-bit processor, linear motion control using an Analog PID
controller, positional sensors, accelerometers, and force feedback control. Electronics design software includes Altium Integrated Electronics Design Software. Hourly
Contract Rate is $42 per hour.
Feb. 2009 to Nov. 2009 Source Scientific Inc. – Engineering Tech
Contractor
Experience included: Supported the design, assembly, testing, troubleshooting and repair of Medical/Laboratory Devices. The products I helped develop were contracted by medical device companies to be developed by Source Scientific. This involved embedded processors such as the Coldfire, ARM, and HC12. Supporting electronics included: Various sensors (ie. Flow, pressure, optical, temperature), motion control, lasers, data acquisition, input and display technologies, digital I/O, electrical and mechanical assembly, cable design, PCB soldering and re-work with surface mount components. Supporting design tools included Altium Integrated Electronics Design Software. Salary was $65,000/year
Dec. 2000 to 2009 Dreamhobbies (Owner) – Retail Store / Ecommerce
Experience included: Sales of Electric Remote-Controlled Aircraft, parts, and accessories, customer service, product market research, website development and search engine optimization techniques, B2B relationship building, Distributor and wholesale supplier searches, Quickbooks Accounting software, PC maintenance, repair, upgrade, and basic PC networking. Income was approximately $60,000/year
June 97 to May 2004 Diagnostic Products Corporation – Electrical Engineer
Experience included: Development, Design, assembly, and troubleshooting of a Surface Plasmon Resonance Fluorescence medical laboratory instrument. This instrument was fully automated with a pipettor, vacutainer handling, cartridge handling, barcode scanners, whole blood filtration, PC windows user interface, and door safety interlocks, my responsibilities involved the following: Designed Analog and Digital Circuits using Orcad/Cadence computer Schematic capture software, breadboards, protoboards, printed circuit board design using Orcad/Cadence PCB software, PC to Hardware interfaces, Digital I/O, Digital to Analog and Analog to Digital Conversion, wire and cabling, Control Systems for (thermal electric cooling, heating, and DC motors), Data Acquisition, Stepper Motor Control Systems, Optical Detection Systems, Laser Systems, Designing for (UL safety standards, FDA, and CDRH), Designing for manufacturability, materials and electronic components procurement, bill of materials, cost analysis, documentation, PC hardware specifications, PC hardware implementation, PC operating system and software setup. Assembly of electrical as well as mechanical assemblies. To sum it up, our department was responsible for taking a product from a concept, to breadboard, to prototype, and finally to a finished product ready for production. Salary was $55,000/year
June 1990 to May 1992 Cal-South Industrial Scales
Experience included: Calibration and refurbishing of industrial electronic and hydraulic scales, welding, industrial painting, and facilities maintenance.
May
88 to May 96
Rank: E-5 Sergeant
Experience included: Troubleshooting and repair of the TOW missile system to the
Board level.
References
I have a large list of references which I can make available upon request.