Ryan Schoelerman

Current

• Electronics / Hardware Engineer at Advanced Interactive Systems

Past

• Quality Control Manager at Technical & Assembly Services Corporation
• Adjunct Instructor at UC Irvine
• Assistant Facilities and Equipment Technician, Dept. of Media Studies at State University of New York at Buffalo

• Facilities Storage Clerk at State University of New York at Buffalo
• Carpenter/Plumber/Assembly Technician at Various Construction and Electronics Manufacturing
• Electronics Intelligence Operations at United States Marine Corps

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Education

• University of California, Irvine
• State University of New York at Buffalo

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Industry

Computer Hardware

Websites

• My Company

Ryan Schoelerman’s Summary

An accomplished Electronics & Embedded Systems Engineer/Technician experienced in full life cycle of design process including requirements definition, prototyping and proof of concept design, interface implementation, final production design, documentation, testing and maintenance.

I'm continually looking for new challenges, working to expand my experience and education as a hardware engineer and continuing the build on my robot army...

Ryan Schoelerman’s Specialties:

Analog/Digital Circuit Design, PCB Design, Software Development for embedded micro controllers, Solidworks 3D CAD, Macro Assembly (Microchip), C, C++, Java, National Instruments EWB Multisim/Ultiboard, Test Fixtures, Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer, DMM, Spectrum Analyzer, Soldering (fine pitch under microscope), De-soldering, ESD, EMC, EMI, A/D and D/A converters, SPI, I2C Bus, Embedded TCP/IP (Microchip), MPLAB, Visual Studio, CCS (C Compiler PIC), C18 C30 C32 (C compiler PIC).

Ryan Schoelerman’s Experience

• Electronics / Hardware Engineer

  Advanced Interactive Systems

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  July 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  • Conduct New Product Development of hardware peripheral products that work with broader virtual simulation training environment
  • Research and compile new product requirements definitions and establish product development time lines and budget requirements.
  • Conduct and Support the full life cycle design process including requirements definition, prototyping and proof of concept design, interface implementation, final production design, documentation, testing and maintenance updates of released product.
  • Embedded System, Analog & Digital Circuit design and SPICE simulation.
  • Schematic capture and PCB Board layout design.
  • Software Development for embedded micro controllers (Microchip MPLAB C18/C30/C32, CCS PCWHD for PIC12/16/18/24/dsPIC30, PIC32 and Keil C51 for 8051).
  • PCB assembly and soldering (thru-hole, fine pitch SMT, microscope).
  • Engineering Test and Debug with oscilloscope (analog and digital), logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, DMM and other test equipment.
  • Solidworks 3D CAD parts modeling, product packaging design and mechanical drawings for fabrication.
  • Oversee product prototype parts manufacturing with outside contract machine and fabrication shops.
  • Assemble product prototypes, cabling and box-build and conduct Engineering test.
  • Design and build test fixtures and production tools.
  • Perform technical writing of build and BOM documentation for production assembly.

• Quality Control Manager

  Technical & Assembly Services Corporation

  (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  September 2005 — June 2006 (10 months)

  • Conducted production quality control checks in accordance with IPC-A-610.
  • Performed circuit test procedures, troubleshooting component failure.
  • Conducted PCB Board re-work.
  • Communicated with client engineers regarding drawings and documentation, prototype reworks and production changes.
  • Performed thru-hole, SMT and flow soldering production, cable assemblies and box-builds.

• Adjunct Instructor

  UC Irvine

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2003 — October 2005 (2 years 2 months)

  • Instructed classes in Digital Arts (HTML, JavaScript, Music Synthesis).
  • Teaching Assistant in Electrical Engineering (Intro to ‘C’ programming).
  • Developed course syllabi, lectured, held office hours.

• Assistant Facilities and Equipment Technician, Dept. of Media Studies

  State University of New York at Buffalo

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2001 — June 2003 (1 year 11 months)

  • Supervised 15 employees in the performance of maintenance and technical/software upgrades to audio/video engineering recording studios and other levels of support to the Academic program.

• Facilities Storage Clerk

  State University of New York at Buffalo

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 1998 — June 2001 (3 years 6 months)

  • Responsible for shipping and receiving construction supplies for University Facilities.

• Carpenter/Plumber/Assembly Technician

  Various Construction and Electronics Manufacturing

  (Construction industry)

  July 1994 — June 1998 (4 years)

  • Electronics Assembly and PCB manufacturing positions.
  • Sole Proprietorship Construction business.

• Electronics Intelligence Operations

  United States Marine Corps

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USMC; Military industry)

  June 1990 — June 1994 (4 years 1 month)

  Electronic and Signals Intelligence Operations for Asian/Pacific theatre. Overseas operations through out Asia and Persian Gulf area.
  - Security Clearance: Top Secret, SCI/TK
  - Veteran of U.S. Military operations in Somalia.
  - Honorably Discharged in June, 1994 at rank of Corporal/E-4.

Ryan Schoelerman’s Education

• University of California, Irvine

  MA , Arts Computation Engineering , 2003 — 2005

  Studies and Research included analog/digital electronics applications, embedded systems, visual tracking, DSP, robotics, Motion Capture and 3D Studio Max, Game Culture research, Human Computer Interaction, Tactical Media and critical theory

  Activities and Societies:

  • Research Fellow: California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CalIT²)
  • Graduate Researcher: Game Culture and Technology Research Lab
  • Recipient, University of California Institute for Research in the Arts Grant Award.

• State University of New York at Buffalo

  BA , Media Study - Digital Arts & Robotics , 2001 — 2003

  Graduated Cum Laude

  Activities and Societies:

  • Audio/Video Recording Engineering, C/C++, Web and Graphic Design, Basic Electronics, Microcontrollers and Motor Control, Virtual Reality

Additional Information

Ryan Schoelerman’s Websites:

• My Company

Ryan Schoelerman’s Groups:

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•    Microchip Technology Inc. MASTERs Conference