Thomas Kaufman is an electrical engineer with over twenty years of increasing responsibilities in management of new prod...
THOMAS H. KAUFMAN 214-986-8996
Bartonville, Texas 76226
[email protected]
OBJECTIVE:
Challenging and responsible position in product design management, dedicated to bringing high quality customer driven products to market.
SUMMARY:
Over twenty years of increasing responsibilities in management of new products including high speed circuit designs, quality assurance, testing and product design and manufacturing for consumer, commercial and military/aerospace products.
MANAGEMENT: Founder of Circuit Techniques Inc. a company dedicated to custom products per customer’s needs. Managed several technical design, support, drafting, test, production, and quality groups. DESIGN:
Designed numerous products per customer requirements. Over 450 project designs in both analog and digital designs from commercial to military aircraft applications. Responsibilities included product specification, part/vendor selection, power supply design, circuit design, schematic capture, board layout, debug, testability, manufacture, document and certify.
PRODUCTION: Responsible for design projects from specification to final production, including UL, CSA, DO-160 and FCC certification. Directly responsible for overseas quality and adherence to regulatory standards. FINANCIAL:
Prepared project budgets, monthly and quarterly reports. Presented, reviewed, defended budgets, forecasts and production schedules.
MARKETING: Performed customer studies for project specifications and proposals. Interfaced with customers and sales staff, designed and manufactured prototype products to customer specifications. TECHNICAL SKILLS: Schematic capture, circuit design, PCB layout and simulation using multiple software platforms. Failure analysis and fault detection for circuits including solar/battery systems, power and emergency power systems. WORK EXPERIENCE: 02/11-2014 Senior Electrical Engineer Luminator Plano, Texas Design and manage power / lighting projects for interior/exterior for fixed and rotary aircraft, validate per requirements and codes, certify aircraft lighting to DO-160. Responsible for part/supplier selection, cost, schedule, time, project documentation and ECOs. Supported production floor on both new and legacy products. Worked with vendors to implement quality improvements by adding in line test and select at test calibration programs. Supported Quality with debugging and root cause analysis.
12/09-01/11 Director LED Designs AC Electronics Arlington, Texas Design short and long term product/business plans for best ROI. Design power/LED lighting products for interior / exterior / emergency applications to implement business plan. Validate products per requirements and codes, certify lighting per FCC and UL codes. Responsible for part/supplier selection, cost, schedule, time, project documentation and ECO’s. Additionally responsible for product quality by statically sampling production lots, root cause failure analysis and customer support. Traveled to customer sites for onsite evaluations and consultations. 8/06-10/09 Engineering Department Head IDC (Westinghouse Solar) Roanoke, Texas Responsible for product quality and life cycle. Identify and design new products for customer’s needs or to meet market trends. Designed, staffed and equipped incoming inspection lab for company with statically sampled inspection programs. Supervised in house testing lab personnel and equipment calibration for
quality control, part acceptance and failure analysis. Conducted onsite inspection and qualification of overseas vendors. Supported Sales and Marketing with samples, prototype products and presentation strategies. Supported customer service with replacements for obsolete products/parts. 2/85- 8/06 President Circuit Techniques, Inc. Dallas, Texas Contract manufacturing of circuits and circuit assemblies per customer requirements. Projects included next generation electronics for F-16 and communications for diplomatic aircraft for Rockwell-Collins. 4/84-2/85 Senior Electrical Engineer Mostek, Carrollton, Texas Responsible for design and manufacturing of test equipment for overseas production facilities. 2/83-3/84 Circuit Design Engineer; Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas Responsible for the design and layout of 2nd generation GPS semiconductors 7/80-2/83 Test Engineer, Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas Responsible for design of test equipment and test programs for military IC’s including HARM and PAVWAY programs. Managed test floor 2nd shift. Responsible for on time delivery of production. 6/77-9/80 Engineering Technician, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Responsible for field maintenance of long range weather radar and remote communications. EDUCATION: 1980-1982
1976-1980
Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Dec 1982 Semiconductor design, Control systems. Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne Florida Bachelor of Science with Honors in Electrical Engineering, June 1980 Circuit design, Materials Engineering and Structures.
MEMBERSHIP IPC Designers Council President, 1979-1980 Zeta Epsilon Chapter Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honor Society) Florida Institute of Technology References and Transcripts available upon request.
