On- Demand Engineering Services that can supplement your Operations
Engineering Assistance
My experience can help leverage your company’s offerings to your clients by adding valuable services including: Circuit Design and Software Development Mechanical design assistance Test and test fixture design Laboratory interface Part second sourcing and substitution assistance Root-cause failure and failure mode analysis Reliability analysis and testing Circuit Design and Software Development
I am a degreed engineer with over thirty-five years of electronic product design experience at the component-level. My background includes analog, digital, embedded micro-controller and radio- frequency design capabilities. These skills have found profitable applications in commercial, industrial, automotive, aerospace and military marketplaces. I can supply either turn-key product development, existing product enhancement or limited assistance as required. In either case all services are performed timely, professionally at a reasonable cost.
Mechanical design assistance I routinely contribute design efforts in developing mechanical designs. I have worked successfully on many challenging enclosure designs capable of immersion in hostile and intrinsically unsafe environments. These design have been tested and proven in automotive, gas and oil, mining and military applications. If I can’t help you with your mechanical designs I regularly network with mechanical engineers that may be able to assist you further.
Test and test fixture design I can create new test plans or implement existing test plans that will provide my customers with the assurance that their product is dependable. I can also review designs for testability (DFT) by working with your engineering team. Identifying testability issues early will allow my customers to make changes to the design to enhance the test plan allowing the product to be tested properly with 100% coverage on the selected test equipment. After the test plan is established, I can design and implement test fixturing based on “bed of nails” or custom connections to the unit under test. Test operations can be directed by operators using a fully or partially automated format. Most of my test fixture designs have included the development of a Windows™ -based graphical user interface which directs each step of the test operation, and provides the operator with feedback during the test and clear results at the conclusion of the test.
Laboratory interface It’s been my privilege to introduce many products to various test labs that perform reliability and compliance testing. These labs include Underwriters laboratories, Intertek and ETL. I’ve accompanied many designs into labs to prove their compliance to FDA, FCC and Industry Canada regulations. Is this something I can help you with?
Part second sourcing and substitution assistance Electronic parts often go end-of-life or, otherwise, become obsolete. I can help to locate substitute or second-source parts to get your product moving through production again quickly.
Root-cause failure and failure mode analysis When designs fail there usually a single-point weakness that’s caused it. Finding that flaw can be difficult and tedious. Here’s where I can help. I can take a fresh look at the design and possibly see a problem overlooked by engineers that may be overly attached to their designs. This technique has found valuable application in many instances and has save many man-hours and prevented annoyed end-customers.
Reliability analysis and testing I am well-steeped in reliability analysis and routinely use stress-based analysis to pin-point weaknesses in electrical designs. This method can be extended to provide data inputs to perform a mean time before failure (MTBF) analysis using a MIL-HDBK-217 method. This technique finds ready application in military and aerospace designs.
Past Clients I’ve enjoyed working this a long list of clients over the past 35 years. I have many return calls from them and they are my best advertisement. I would be happy to provide a list of these clients and references for your consideration. A number of these companies are listed on my Linked-In account at: