Ernest Santos
2679 Village Court
Union City, CA 94587
home:  [Send email to request phone number] 89-8155
mobile:  [Send email to request phone number] 76-0077

Experience

Intel Corporation (Emcore, 6/08) 2000-2008
Test Engineer 2006-2008
Engineering Technician 2000-2005
 * Decreased test time by 30% by programming a firmware and hardware test
station using LabVIEW to verify device under test performance. These tests
included optical, high speed, firmware and low speed electrical tests.
 * Executed manual and automated design validation tests for X2, Xenpak, XFP and
SFP+ optical transceivers. Tests included optical, electrical, and mechanical
test requirements called out in IEEE 802.3ae, SFF-8431, SFF-8472, industry MSA,
customer and internal specifications.
 * Documented Design Validation Testing reports for assigned projects using
Microsoft Word and Excel, for both internal and external customers.
 * Handled equipment evaluation, repair, and calibration and purchasing duties
for Design Validation Testing group.
 * Worked closely with engineers during the introduction of Xpak based
transceivers to test, fabricate, and re-work early prototypes from schematics and
assembly drawings.
 * Ensured tests were compliant to industry standards by fabricating
task-specific setups that are not available "off the shelf".
 * Worked with the manufacturing group in both the clean room and manufacturing
floor to document manufacturing processes, specify, order, build, and maintain
test benches and manufacturing equipment.

Underwriters Laboratories 1997-2000
Laboratory Technician
 * Worked in test labs to verify unit under test compliance with U.L.
standards.
 * Worked closely with project engineers to determine the proper test
methodology and test setup.
 * Tested a wide variety of products to include power distribution boxes,
electrical pumps and motors, transformers, relays, solid state devices, food
processing equipment and power tools.
 * Received Employee Recognition award for specifying and fabricating a setup to
reduce test time and increase measurement accuracy for motor armatures.

U.S. Geological Survey 1994-1996
Research Assistant
 * Automated data backup using a shell script for seismic data on several key
UNIX based systems.
 * Assisted research scientists with data collection and processing.
 * Deployed seismic equipment in several sites in California to monitor fault
line activity.

Education

Cogswell Polytechnical College Sunnyvale, CA
 * B.S. Electrical Engineering
 * Senior Project involved building a ballistic chronograph to measure
projectile speed using a PIC microcontroller.

Ohlone College Fremont, CA
 * A.S. Electronics Technology
 * Fabricated a digital circuit prototype tester, placed 3rd overall in the
California State fair in the electronics category.

Skills

LabVIEW; Microsoft Office: Excel, Power Point, Visio, Word
Lab test equipment: digital multimeters, optical spectrum analyzers, bit error
rate testers, network analyzers, Agilent and Tektronix high and low speed
oscilloscopes, function generators, network analyzers, digital acquisition units,
power supplies
Microscope and soldering experience for re-working PCBs down to the 0402
component level
Shop equipment: mill, lathe, drill press, finger brake, band saw