Robert Reed

Current

Digital Designer at Motorola

Past

Senior Electrical Engineer at Motorola Mobile Devices
Senior Electrical Engineer at Motorola Mobile Devices
Electrical Engineer at Motorola Mobile Devices

Assistant Manager at Waldensoftware
Computer Technical User Support at Purdue University Calumet

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Education

Purdue University Calumet
Cornell University

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Industry

Consumer Electronics

Websites

My Company

Robert Reed’s Summary

Ushered display modules from prototype development to mass production for the following cellular telephones: v.8160/v.8162, v.70, V120x/V120e, V710, E815, E725, V3c (MOTORAZR, CDMA version), V3m (MOTORAZR, CDMA multimedia version), other unannounced products.

Robert Reed’s Specialties:

Schematic capture, writing complex electrical specifications and test procedures for display modules, baseband (logic) circuit validation and failure analysis, optical testing of small liquid crystal displays.

Robert Reed’s Experience

Digital Designer

Motorola

(Public Company; MOT; Telecommunications industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Senior Electrical Engineer

Motorola Mobile Devices

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Telecommunications industry)

March 2006 — March 2007 (1 year 1 month)

• Mentored a new development team in flip test, display test, and display qualification procedures while introducing a second-source vendor for MOTORAZR V3c/m cellular phone main display glass and a second-source display module.

• Validated circuit design, performed logic and optical testing, reviewed vendor qualification data, and wrote electrical specifications for cost-reduced MOTORAZR V3c/m and revised E815 cellular phone display modules.

• Assisted with display and imager failure analysis of CDMA phones returned to Product Support Engineering.
Senior Electrical Engineer

Motorola Mobile Devices

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Telecommunications industry)

April 2000 — March 2006 (6 years)

• Validated circuit design, performed logic and optical testing, reviewed vendor qualification data, and wrote electrical specifications and vendor test procedures for display modules, flip- and slider subassemblies of the CDMA cellular phones.

• Worked closely with imager-, RF- and layout engineers, and display vendors to correctly interface flip components to baseband processor general-purpose input/outputs (GPIOs) and data buses, and to minimize electromagnetic interference (EMI) during development of display, imager, and flip subassemblies.

• Worked with software engineers to optimize display appearance and flip power management.

• Performed display and imager failure analysis of phones during product development and new product introduction. Occasionally analyzed power-up and low RF output power failures.

• Submitted products to Accelerated Lifetime Testing (ALT) and Prototype Certification.

• Performed electrostatic discharge (ESD) testing and accessory testing.
Electrical Engineer

Motorola Mobile Devices

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Telecommunications industry)

May 1999 — March 2000 (11 months)

• Assisted with CDMA cell phone hardware development.

• Validated circuit designs, performed failure analysis

• Became familiar with the functional electrical blocks of cell phones.
Assistant Manager

Waldensoftware

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GME; Retail industry)

October 1989 — May 1999 (9 years 8 months)

• Assisted store manager with hiring of new employees.
• Made nightly bank deposit of day's revenue, entered weekly payroll.
• Maintained store appearance according to corporate planogram.
• Updated stock levels, placed stock orders daily prior to implementation of full-loop inventory system.
• Waldensoftware was originally part of Waldenbooks, a division of Borders Group, Inc. It was eventually sold to Electronics Boutique, which later merged with GameStop.
Computer Technical User Support

Purdue University Calumet

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1987 — 1988 (1 year)

Robert Reed’s Education

Purdue University Calumet

MS , Interdisciplinary Engineering , 1995 — 1998

Degree covered a mix of graduate-level electrical engineering courses with other courses in networks and speech analysis.
Cornell University

BS , Computer Science , 1983 — 1987

Minor in applied physics.

Activities and Societies:

Dean's List, Chimesmasters

Additional Information

Robert Reed’s Websites:

My Company

Robert Reed’s Interests:

Reading science fiction-, fantasy-, and occasional science or engineering history novels. Science fiction, science, and engineering films & television shows. New technology, especially personal technology ("gadgets").