Test Engineer at California Instruments
Greater San Diego Area
- Past
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- Test Engineer at California Instruments
- Engineering Contractor at Motorola
- Event coordinator (Self-employed)
- Test Engineer at Copper Mountain Networks
- DJ and lighting technician (Self-employed)
- Test Engineer at TV/COM
- Engineering technician/Associate engineer at Systems Engineering & Management Co.
- Engineering technician/Electronic assembler at General Dynamics Electronics Division
- Education
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- Southwestern Community College
- Coronado High School
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Martin Fredrickson’s Summary
I am a test engineer with a large variety of experience on a wide range of product types. I am currently searching for a new position as a test engineer or software engineer because my current assignment is involuntarily coming to an end.
Martin Fredrickson’s Specialties:
C and C++ Programming
Labwindows/CVI
Networking test
RF test
Power test
Excellent communication skills
In-circuit test and manufacturing defect analysis
Familiar with Design for Testability and high-volume manufacturing test
Ruby on Rails
Perl
PHP
Linux system administration
Apache web server
MySQL
Martin Fredrickson’s Experience
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Test Engineer
California Instruments
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
January 2005 — August 2008 (3 years 8 months)
Design, build and program automated test systems for high-power AC and DC switching power sources and converters. Coordinate ordering of ICT test fixtures and program ICT test system. Maintain legacy test systems.
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Engineering Contractor
Motorola
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Telecommunications industry)
August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)
Write manufacturing functional test code for gigabit Ethernet and QAM digital video products. Updated some test code and JTAG test vectors for hardware I originally worked on with Copper Mountain Networks (acquired by Motorola via Tut Systems).
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Event coordinator
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)
August 2004 — April 2005 (9 months)
I led a volunteer committee to present a three-day music and cutural festival in San Diego in April of 2005.
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Test Engineer
Copper Mountain Networks
(Public Company; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
May 1997 — January 2005 (7 years 9 months)
Design, build and program automated test systems for high-speed networking and DSL products. Liaison with contract manufacturer, coordinated ordering of ICT fixtures and test programs. Worked with design team to ensure testability of hardware.
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DJ and lighting technician
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)
1993 — 2004 (11 years )
Worked as an independent contractor at various club nights in the San Diego area as a DJ and lighting technician.
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Test Engineer
TV/COM
(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
September 1996 — April 1997 (8 months)
Wrote functional test code for a QPSK digital video satellite uplink modulator. Performed design verification testing and environmental testing of the modulator system.
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Engineering technician/Associate engineer
Systems Engineering & Management Co.
(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
June 1993 — September 1996 (3 years 4 months)
Modified a mobile telemetry van for an Air Force satellite program, performed telemetry capture and analysis on satellite data. Designed PC-ISA and VME interface boards for two telemetry receiver designs (one FM, the other BPSK). Wrote MS-DOS based application software to control the receiver product. Designed receiver housings in AutoCAD and manufactured prototypes using a milling machine. Modified a robotic system to use a two-way wireless control system.
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Engineering technician/Electronic assembler
General Dynamics Electronics Division
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)
August 1983 — September 1992 (9 years 2 months)
Started as an electronic assembler building cable and harness assemblies for a variety of shipboard, ground and airborne systems. Promoted to electronic technician working on ground support automated test systems for several Air Force aircraft programs. Test experience involved power supplies (AC and DC), signal generators, digital processors, analog video systems, RF and microwave systems and optical systems. Wrote special troubleshooting routines to aid in diagnosing problems on the test systems, performed system calibration.
Martin Fredrickson’s Education
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Southwestern Community College
AS , Computer Science , 1986 — 1991
Graduated with Honors.
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Coronado High School
General, college prep, advanced placement 1980 — 1983
Awarded Bank of Coronado Scholarship
- Activities and Societies:
- Marching band
Literary magazine
CSF Seal Bearer
Additional Information
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Martin Fredrickson’s Interests:
Woodworking, pottery, cooking, medieval re-enactment. Music, trains.
Martin Fredrickson’s Groups:
Society for Creative Anachronism, Kingdom of Caid, Barony of Calafia
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Society for Creative Anachronism
Martin Fredrickson’s Contact Settings
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