GARY EIKLOR

Elgin, IL

SUMMARY

Engineering professional with 30+ years of experience in the areas of embedded digital/analog hardware circuit

design, embedded firmware development, Bluetooth wireless integration, regulatory product compliance testing,

diagnostic/QC software generation, and technical documentation creation. Experienced in the application of both

engineering, and administrative skills to the successful completion of a variety of technical projects. Demonstrated

ability to successfully work as an integral member of an engineering team, as well as on an independent basis as

necessary.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

  · Experienced C and Visual Basic programmer.

  · Experienced user of IDE tool suites: Atmel AVR Studio, MS Visual Studio, and Eclipse.

  · GitHub, and Sablime software management experience.

  · Experienced multilayer PCB designer using Mentor Graphics PADS Logic/Layout CAD tools.

  · FPGA/PLD HDL design tools experience (CUPL, PALASM, ABEL, Mach/Altera, Xilinx ISE).

  · Bluetooth wireless design integration experience.

  · Windows application software proficiency: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe tools.

  · Operating system proficiency with: UNIX (System V / Solaris), Linux (Ubuntu), MS Windows (XP/Vista/7/8).

  · Regulatory, and telecommunication standards product compliance test experience

(i.e. FCC Parts 15 and 68 , CE - EU EMC and LVD Directives, CSA, NEBS GR-63/GR-1089, UL-1950, etc.).

  · Experienced user of I2C devices, JTAG debugging, along with SPI, RS-232, RS-485, and USB interfaces as well.

  · Experienced user of diagnostic test equipment for embedded hardware and firmware design debugging during

development, including the use of oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, logic probes/analyzers, audio/RF spectrum

analyzers, audio testers, and telecom interface testers as well.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

February 2004 – October 2015: JK Audio, Inc., Sandwich, IL

Senior Design Engineer

  · Responsible for the embedded electronic circuit design for multiple telecom audio interface products, including

a talk show system, Bluetooth audio adapters, telephone digital hybrids, remote field mixers, and VoIP interface.

  · Mentor Graphics PADS Logic/Layout experience for schematic design capture, and PCB layout/routing.

  · Bluetooth wireless design integration experience.

  · C application firmware programming experience for Atmel (Mega/Xmega) and Freescale (Coldfire) line of

microcontrollers, using the Atmel AVR Studio, MS Visual Studio, and Eclipse IDE tool suites.

  · VoIP design integration experience.

  · Ability to write low level device drivers if needed for project applications.

  · FPGA/PLD device implementation for product designs (using Xilinx, Altera, Lattice, and Atmel devices).

  · MS Visual Basic programming experience for creating semi-automated QC production tests.

  · Web GUI (back end) development experience for remote product control, over IP network.

  · CAD component library management experience.

  · Experience generating files required for PCB fabrication, and automated SMD assembly, including gerber files,

component centroid data, Bill of Materials, PCB array drawings, and assembly instructions.

  · Power over Ethernet design experience.

  · Coordinated FCC/CE regulatory product compliance testing, through external certification lab facility.

Mobile: 630.448.2112

gary.eiklor@yahoo.com

GARY EIKLOR

Résumé

Mobile: 630.448.2112

gary.eiklor@yahoo.com

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September 1996 – July 2002: Lucent Technologies, Naperville, IL

Senior Technical Associate (Lucent Speech Solutions [LSS])

  · Responsible for the hardware circuit design, and manufacture of the LSS 64 channel echo canceler board.

  · Wrote hardware diagnostic program (in C/curses/assembly) for LSS CompactPCI speech processing board.

  · Performed VoiceXML v1.0/2.0 compliance testing, and script creation for the LSS speech server.

  · Coordinated FCC/CE regulatory compliance and NEBS testing for the LSS speech server product line.

  · Responsible for thermal design management for the LSS speech server.

  · Wrote product documentation for the LSS CompactPCI speech processing board, and VoiceXML user manual.

  · Load building administration for UNIX (Solaris, and UnixWare) compiler, and cross-compiler based tools.

  · Source code management administration for the Lucent Speech Solutions software development team.

December 1983 – September 1996: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL

Senior Technical Associate (1987 – 1996)

  · Performed the hardware circuit design for the time division multiplexed bus interface for AT&T’s

2nd generation multi-channel Automatic Speech Recognition board.

  · Lead hardware circuit designer, and manufacturing coordinator for AT&T’s first real-time multi-channel

Text-to-Speech product offering.

  · Responsible for initial prototype circuit designs for Text-to-Speech multiwire concept boards.

  · Coordinated and performed equipment installations for various AT&T customer service trials.

Technical Associate (1984 – 1987)

  · Assisted in the circuit design, assembly, and evaluation of numerous forward looking work product

concepts related to data, and network speech driven services for AT&T.

  · General lab support, and component procurement responsibilities.

Contractor with Butler Service Group at AT&T (Dec. 1983 – Feb. 1984)

  · Performed VLSI ASIC chip design verification, using automated software tools. Found flaw in verification

software during testing, prior to chip fab, which saved project $100K+, and which led to direct employment

opportunity with AT&T.

FORMAL EDUCATION

June 2003: Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology.

DeVry University - Addison, IL

G.P.A. 3.78/4.00 - Graduated Magna Cum Laude

May 1983: Associate of Applied Science Degree in Electronics Technology.

Elgin Community College - Elgin, IL

G.P.A. 3.72/4.00 - Graduated with High Honors

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member of IEEE.

Member of Illinois Gamma Chapter of Tau Alpha Pi (National Honor Society for Engineering Technology).