Systems Engineer at Motorola
Providence, Rhode Island Area
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- Systems Engineer at Motorola
- Past
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- Director of Engineering and Manufacturing at BL Healthcare
- Consultant at Goldline Controls
- Senior Design Engineer at Zebra Technologies
- Sustaining Engineer at Network Engines
- Owner at Stillwater Electronics and Consulting, Inc.
- Design Engineer at Motorola
- Design Engineer at International Data Sciences
- Education
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- University of Rhode Island
- Bryant University
- Northeastern University
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Richard Boucher’s Summary
A versatile electronics design engineer with 25 years of experience in board and system level design of data communications, home networking and portable equipment for leading OEM manufacturers in the printing, telecommunications and data processing industries.
EXPERIENCE
Motorola
Home and Networks Mobility Sector, Marlborough, MA
2009 - Present Systems Engineer
BL Healthcare, Inc., Foxboro, Massachusetts
2007-2009Dir. Engineering and Manufacturing
(Part-time, Concurrent with Goldline)
Led a product design team to the completion of a medical monitoring product in a start-up environment. Supervised the purchase, contract manufacturing, final assembly, testing and shipping of first-run product quantities of new medical communications products.
Goldline Controls, North Kingstown, RI
2007-2008 Consulting Engineer
(Part-time, Concurrent with BL Healthcare)
Zebra Technologies, Inc., Warwick, RI
2004-2007 Design Engineer V
Stillwater Electronics and Consulting, Inc., Smithfield, RI
2002-2004
Principal Engineer & Managing Director
Client: Network Engines of Canton, Massachusetts. Makers of data storage servers. Senior sustaining engineering
Client: BL Software Systems of Franklin, Massachusetts. Designers of cable modems with added features for medical monitoring and home security. Design Engineer
Client: ChronoFish Corp of Cranston, Rhode Island. Provider of software services and web development to several small companies. Design Engineer
Motorola Broadband Communications Sector, Mansfield, MA 1987-2002
Home Networking Group (1998-2002) Staff Engineer
Modem Group (1992-1998) Senior Engineer
New Product Introduction Group (1987-1992)Engineer II
International Data Sciences, Inc., Lincoln, RI
1982-1987 Design Engineer, Specials Engineer
Richard Boucher’s Experience
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Systems Engineer
Motorola
(Public Company; MOT; Telecommunications industry)
February 2009 — Present (11 months)
Home and Networks Mobility group.
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Director of Engineering and Manufacturing
BL Healthcare
(Medical Devices industry)
May 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 10 months)
Led a product design team to the completion of a medical monitoring product in a start-up environment. Supervised the purchase, kitting, contract manufacturing, final assembly, testing and shipping of first-run product quantities of a newly released product.
• Created and maintained manufacturing plans including low-volume to high-volume transition plans for circuit board, plastics and final assembly and test, involving overseas and domestic contract manufacturers and suppliers.
• Created an in-house stock room to ease material control and year-end inventory and led the clean up of office areas.
• Developed an easy-to-deploy product system and auxiliary device shipping container.
• Fully documented existing products and shipping records to meet quality standards.
• Performed product demonstrations at customer sites and trade shows.
• Supervised National Institutes of Health funded product research trials in conjunction with local medical centers. -
Consultant
Goldline Controls
(Privately Held; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
May 2007 — February 2008 (10 months)
Created product documentation and board-level test procedures for new under-water illumination systems for an industry leading maker of pool pumps, filters, heaters, controls, lighting and chlorinators. Contributed to design reviews, executed test plans, performed pool and spa chemistry testing, and assisted in the debug and redesign of system controllers and power supplies.
• Reviewed schematics, made suggestions for improvement and changes, and created board-level circuit descriptions for LED based, multi-colored, under-water luminaires.
• Successfully tested pool and spa light prototypes, uncovering potential issues and improving the quality of the final product.
• Led the evaluation of power line networking modules to meet the manufacturer’s (Echelon) design rules. -
Senior Design Engineer
Zebra Technologies
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ZBRA; Computer Hardware industry)
September 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 5 months)
Designed a number of electro-mechanical products, including battery systems to power desktop printers. Performed sustaining activities for several portable printer lines for the largest specialty label printing company with sales of more than $700 million. Provided guidance and mentoring to junior engineers.
• Designed a lead-acid battery system, including a 60-watt charger that powered four desktop printers, and a print server system that facilitated remote operation without external AC power.
• Designed a multiphase boost converter module with an automatic output voltage selector, which gave the company the flexibility to sell print server systems with 20- or 24-volt printers.
• Devised a PIC microcontroller based telemetry system for a print server product that allowed the product to be queried and reprogrammed in the field. The PIC monitored charging states, battery voltage, output power and indicator LEDs, and integrated a power interlock with tilt-detect features. -
Sustaining Engineer
Network Engines
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; NENG; Computer Hardware industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year )
• Performed senior sustaining engineering duties, including new vendor qualification, failure analysis, and the creation of return and repair procedures in support of existing server product lines. Supported the client’s main customer on-site and debugged installed systems, eliminating test problems.
• Worked with vendors to correct quality problems and traveled to world-wide facilities to ensure process quality. Uncovered and corrected supply-chain issues. These efforts helped the client secure a major follow-on contract. -
Owner
Stillwater Electronics and Consulting, Inc.
(Computer Hardware industry)
July 2002 — December 2004 (2 years 6 months)
Provided electronics consulting services to technology companies, including design, process review and documentation, debugging, sustaining engineering, and failure analysis.
Client: BL Software Systems of Franklin, Massachusetts. Designers of cable modems with added features for medical monitoring and home security.
• Reviewed and redesigned a cable modem product that included interfaces for the LON power line carrier, Ethernet, USB, a low-speed RF link and PCMCIA, allowing the client to introduce a new product concept. Debugged a video server card and a RF transceiver board. Created demonstration units for an Internet-to-television product.
Client: ChronoFish Corp of Cranston, Rhode Island. Provider of software services and web development to several small companies.
• Designed a cost-constrained telephone system that allowed an end-user with limited mobility to call a sponsor with a single pushbutton. -
Design Engineer
Motorola
(Public Company; MOT; Telecommunications industry)
February 1987 — January 2002 (15 years )
Staff Engineer, Home Networking Group (1998-2002)
Provided hardware architecture and design for cable modems, home networking products, cable telephony devices and residential gateway devices for a world-class provider of cable head end and terminating equipment and developer of the Six Sigma quality system.
Senior Engineer, Modem Group (1992-1998)
Designed customer premises T1 and fractional-T1 equipment, switched-56 restoral devices and analog modems. Participated in Six Sigma continuous improvement teams to formalize the design process and eliminate costly design errors.
Engineer II, New Product Introduction Group, Modem Group (1987-1992)
Designed data communications equipment, including multiplexer port cards and digital service units. Designed test beds for the factory integration of new products. Provided input to the design team to ensure that each new product included test features. -
Design Engineer
International Data Sciences
(Computer Hardware industry)
June 1982 — January 1987 (4 years 8 months)
Design Engineer, Specials Engineer
Designed data communications test equipment, including bit-error-rate testers and interface breakout boxes. Created, built and tested audio frequency analog interface hardware. The company specialized in hand-held data communications test equipment and was the world leader in the use of pseudo-random bit patterns to detect bit stream errors.
• Designed breakout boxes for data line monitoring of EIA-232, EIA-485, V.35 and T1/E1 interfaces. These portable, battery-operated devices enabled technicians to quickly diagnose communication problems between data communication and data terminal equipment.
• Designed digital interface hardware for data communication equipment operating up to 1.544 Mbps that supported the company’s data communications test strategy.
Richard Boucher’s Education
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University of Rhode Island
BS , Electrical Engineering , 1977 — 1982
Studies included:
Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering- Activities and Societies:
- Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary),
Eta Kappa Nu (EE Honorary),
Lambda Chi Alpha (Social Fraternity)
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Bryant University
MBA incomplete , Business Administration
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Northeastern University
MS , Computer Engineering
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Richard Boucher’s Honors:
2002-2003 Honored Member – America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals
