LEE PHILLIPS' 'Printable' RESUME

Lee Grant Phillips, II Phoenix, AZ

Tele: 480-705-4787 Work Tel: 480-226-5745 [email protected] Objective Eagerly seeking position in dealing with project negotiation, procurement, market analysis, and/or product development that will enable me to utilize my current MBA studies and my engineering experience. Employment National Semiconductor, Phoenix AZ 12/02 to Present Staff Product Engineer in Flat Panel Displays Technology. Senior engineer for RSDS product line. Assigned the role of Chief Liaison between National Semiconductor Column Driver Development Team and Assembly/Test Asian Subcontractor. Responsibilities are:

 Drive cost effective, quick, and efficient engineering solutions during development phase for packaging, wafer level testing, and package level testing

 Assure smooth transition from product development phase to production through proactive means

 Onsite troubleshooting, effective communication, negotiation of WIP resource allotment and assembly/test flow, and subcontractor qualification

4/01 to 12/02 ON Semiconductor, Phoenix, AZ

 Principle Product Engineer/Program Manager for Broadband Products and RF/Wireless Products. Responsible for technical and operational leadership in driving complex products from Phase 0 to production. Responsible for the integration of process development, package development, design kit development, die development, and probe/test development into a cost effective, robust, and manufacturable solution that is on schedule per customer requirements. Customer interface to drive specification, schedule, and ASP clarity. Use MS Project to create/manage project schedule to include resource loading, budget, and prioritization. Also responsible for regular reports on program/project status. Skilled in project negotiation.

 Received ON Semiconductor Corporate Project Management Training

 Projects worked on:

o 12 channel, 155 MGps to 2.488 GBps post amp with tight customer specs of low deterministic and random jitter, good eye diagrams, low overall power and current, controlled input sensitivity, and pico second rise and fall times.

o Discover origin and solution to cracked bond pads to avoid any warranty issues with customer returns after thermal and electrical stress in field applications. Involved process characterization/optimization, failure analysis, probe and test optimization, and assembly optimization. Resulted in design rule change and die probe optimization.

o Dual band, integrated, CDMA VCO. Kv, phase noise, current, and new package technologies are items of focus. This project is the platform that also driving RF platform development in process, design kit, and test/evaluation capabilities. 12/99 to 4/01

Lucent Technologies Microelectronics, Allentown and Reading, PA

 RF Design Product Engineer for Sirius Satellite Radio (Automotive Satellite Radio) and Ruby 802.11b wireless lan 'PC' card. Responsible for driving design, test, manufacturing, and management to produce a high yielding, reproducible, and robust product. Qualification planning/testing to meet customer requirements. Design tolerance experiments for device robustness. Logistical management of customer deliverables and device development deliverables. Worked with fabs to monitor process development and track technology process confidence. Both projects are .25um MBIC (BiCMOS) and manufactured on 8" Si wafers. Fabs located in US and Asia.

 Assist on test development using LTX Synchro ATE giving input for manufacturability. Worked with test engineers in writing Cadence software and designing test boards.

o Attended 1 month LTX Synchro Test Engineering Training at LTX

 Lucent Automotive Products Group (APG) Leadership team in developing QS9000 qualifications. Helped develop methodologies for Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), and Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA). 1/98 to 12/99 Raytheon Systems Company, Dallas, TX  RF Development Product Engineer for F22 radar program which involved device characterization (used h-blocks, carrier plates), statistical analysis, bench troubleshooting, manufacturing support, and limited design and test of TR mmics/modules. Familiar with s-parameters, TOI, cross modulation, Noise Figure, VSWR, Libra, and HP8510 VNA. Manual and autoprobing of transmit and receive mmics/modules. Test set software validations and assist on test plan development.

 Duties included rapid prototyping and analog/digital design. Programmed 16C65X microcontrollers and FPGAs, assisted on modem designs--FSK circuitry, matching circuitry, IF design, device characterization; Experienced with pcb and pwb layout and assembly.

 Recruiter for Raytheon Systems Company at University of Illinois, Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology Career Fairs, Technical/Behavioral Interviewing, Corporate/University Relations.

 Received several RF design/development training courses, EIT training, and bench/design training 8/96 to 12/97 NC Agricultural and Technical State University Department of Physics, Greensboro, NC, General Physics Laboratory Instructor 7/91 to 7/97 United States Marine Corps Reserve, Greensboro, NC, Platoon Staff Sergeant-E6

 Tech Shop manager and Platoon Sergeant on base and on deployment. Recommended promotion/demotion for subordinates. Counseled subordinates on proficiencies and deficiencies in dealing with professionalism and technical aptitude. Participated in executive staff meetings and helped develop training strategies.

 Bench and field repair of digital, analog, and RF electronics and circuitry for ground radio equipment. Worked with cryptographic technology. Graduated from federally recognized electronics school.

 Secret Security Clearance and Honorable Discharge Education University of Phoenix Candidate for Master of Business Administration (12/03 – present)

NC Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC Engineering Physics--Electrical Engineering Primary, Bachelor of Science, 3.6/4.0 GPA, 12/97

Awards &  Volunteer for the United States Naval Cadets (ages 10-13) program in Phoenix AZ. Activities Last Position Held: Executive Officer in charge of cadet development, training, and operations. 2001 Veteran's Day Parade

 IEEE Dallas MTTS Executive Board (while at Raytheon) (June 99 - Dec 99)

o Also designed first website

 Raytheon Diversity Team Executive Secretary and website designer

 USA Today All USA College Academic Team--Top 60 Students Nationwide (1997)

 NC A&T College of Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Student of the Year Merit Award (1996)

 National Society of Black Physicists Undergraduate of the Year (1995) Skills & Strong problem solving and strong leadership/management skills. Highly motivated and Capabilities eager learner. Proficient in varying electrical layout tools/software, statistical analysis, multi- tasking, Microsoft Project, customer/subontractor interface and technical presentation. Also skilled in bench validation/characterization working with digital/analog/RF bench equipment. Very results/detail oriented and capable of creative/abstract reasoning. Skilled in project negotiation. Research Purdue University, MARC/AIM Summer Program, Optics, Natural Dye Lasers, and 1997 Electronics  Designed and built pulse manipulation circuitry for cw and pulsed lasers using DOS drawing package. Created and fabricated 18 channel analog delay circuit.

 Also worked with optical transmission and transmission purity. 1995 Los Alamos National Laboratory Summer Internship, Superconductivity

 Developed and implemented module interfaces and conducted various I-V tests (filmed by CNN) of superconducting crystalline structures.

 Worked with cryogenic and magneto-susceptibility research utilizing the SQUID.

 Worked with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Group (NHMFL) performing susceptibility measurements on YBCOx crystals in a sustained 20T superconducting magnet system. Also cultured YBCOx crystals in controlled environment. Publications  "Silver Alloys for High-Temperature Superconducting Wire", Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 24, No. 12, 1995, p. 1869.

 HTS High Gradient Magnetic Separation System", IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 7, No. 2, June 1997, pp. 650-653.

 “ Physicists and Engineers-Hidden Physicists”, American Institute of Physics, The Industrial Physicist, June 1998, pg 52.