Larry Edgerton

ledgedes@gmail.com
Larry Edgerton
Sr. PCB Design Eng
Seeking a position in PCB Design, utilizing my numerous years of PCB Design with advanced CAD programs and technologies. Seeking either Permanent or Contract position with a company that aggressively challenges today’s technology.

360-566-7578
Redmond, WA 98053

Sr. PCB Design Eng Microsoft Redmond, WA
October 2013 to July 2015

Sr. PCB Designer 3Alitiy Technica Inc Burbank, CA
December 2012 to March 2013
Vista Clara Inc. Mukilteo, Washington
Sr. PCB Designer
June 25 to October 25 2012

Sr. PCB Designer Microsoft Redmond, WA
December 2011 to May 2012
Multiple Contract Customers:

Sr. Principal PCB Designer Orbital Science Corporation Dulles, VA
January 2009 to 2012
Sr. PCB Design Engineer

Sr. PCB Design Engineer KMW Communications, Inc Fullerton, CA
October 2008 to December 2008
Sr. PCB Design Engineer

Sr. PCB Designer Simple Tech Inc Santa Ana, CA
November 2007 to January 2008
Sr. PCB Designer

Sr. PCB Designer Intermec Everett, WA
August 2006 to November 2006
Everett, Washington Agilent Technologies San Jose, California
Sr. PCB Designer Sr. PCB Designer

SR PCB Designer Luminous Networks Inc Cupertino, CA
January 2005 to March 2006

Sr. PCB Designer Sierra Video Systems Nevada City, CA
November 2005 to January 2006
Sr. PCB Designer

Sr. PCB Designer, MTS HiSpeed Clocks
September 1999 to December 2002
Hectic pace of a Start-up. Very High-speed, 2.5Ghz to 10Ghz. Extremely dense 20 layers and up, numerous constraints, consisting of attributes assigned in schematic, Allegro and creative ‘do files’ within Specctra. Consistently scheduled for Heavy involvement in ‘Critical Projects’, HiSpeed Clocks, multiple Matched length Diff Pairs, Serdes chip, multiple fine pitch BGA’s, and SMD’s. Leading PCB Group in multiple tasks for completion of each board layout. All PCB’s were auto routed, using complex ‘Do’ files, along with Allegro Constraint Manager.
Software Used: Cadence Allegro 13.5 (Unix/NT based) 13.6, 14.2 (Win2000, WinXP Pro), Specctra 10.2, Valor 6, Agile

Sr. PCB Design Supervisor Praegitzer Design Lafayette, CO
February 1998 to May 1999
PCB Service Bureau, providing layouts to multiple customers across the country and in Colorado. Responsible for Technical Expertise, guidance and training of junior designers or engineers in layout tasks and efficient use of design tools. Review and analyze engineering design schematics and supporting documents to plan layout of PCB components and printed circuitry, dense, high-speed multilayer boards, incorporating controlled impedance, multiple clock lines, match delay lines, from schematic or netlist input through fabrication, assembly, and test output. Quoting, scheduling, and monitoring design projects. On occasion, coordinate the design efforts of multiple-board projects. Perform customer input processing and design database setup, creating and referencing library parts, placement and routing, and process and check all fabrication, assembly, test, and archive output. Interface with customer engineers and deal with customer requirements.

Sr. Engineer, PCB Designer Planar Systems, Inc Beaverton, OR
January 1997 to February 1998
Complete PCB design through final artwork and documentation packages, using multiple CAE/CAD/CAM software. Designing high volume, complex multi-layered production PCB’s. These PCB’s consist of combinations of analog, digital and RF, SMT and Thru-hole. All designs are for both ‘on-shore’ and ‘off-shore’ fabrication and assembly, using IPC standards. These designs ‘pushed’ today’s PCB CAD software to the limits of their capabilities. Conversion of existing CAD layouts to current CAD software packages. Gerber modifications and conversion of old layout data to current PCB CAD software used.

Owner LEDGE Design Services Littleton, CO
November 1989 to January 1997
PCB Service Bureau, providing layouts to multiple customers, throughout the US and Canada. Quick turn on layouts from customer data, using many of the current PCB CAD software packages. Established ‘over-night’ autorouting service, “Pro-Route”, using Cooper & Chyan. Conversion of CAD data, to current software used by customer. Gerber data modifications and generation from ‘AutoCad’ files. Generate product drawings from engineering specifications. Software Used: Pads PowerPCB, Cooper & Chyan Router, Pcad (multiple versions) Tango, Accel, Orcad (Schematic and PCB package), Redac Cadstar and Autocad

Design Services Manager Syndetic Images Monument, CO
May 1986 to November 1989
Hands-on design of PCB’s, final documentation and artwork packages. Provide quotes to customers, solicit new business. Developed process to integrate multiple CAE/CAD packages. Especially ‘AutoCad’ to Gerber.

PCB Business Development Manager CAE Systems/Tektronix Austin, TX
December 1984 to May 1986
Recommend and implement worldwide marketing/sales strategies for PCB products. Responsible for worldwide pre/post sales support, product line development, seminars, presentations and trade shows. Developed and presented sales/applications training course, corporate wide. Extensive travel throughout the U.S., Europe and the Far East, promoting PCB product line. Direct market development function for PCB business, including management of product forecast and distribution, product brochures, sales and technical literature.

Marketing Support Manager GenRad Santa Clara, CA
November 1982 to December 1984
Responsibilities included creation and staffing of worldwide pre/post-sales support group in Santa Clara and Uxbridge England. Developed customer training, product release, documentation and bug report/tracking system for the logic simulation package “HILO”. Assist sales management and staff in assessing potential applications of product to meet customer needs.

Applications Support Manager GE Calma Santa Clara, CA
October 1981 to November 1982
As the Applications Support Manager, my group was responsible for the pre/post-sales support of the “Tegas Station” product. Working with the sales and marketing groups in implementing technical assistance and product strategies. Responsible for product training, documentation and product release.

CAD Specialist IBM San Jose, CA
June 1978 to October 1981
Responsible for comparisons and evaluation of alternative methods of designing custom chip and PCB’s, using IBM’s internal design systems. Established new methodologies for existing CAD software. Spent last year designing experimental VLSI circuits, at Research and Development
Laboratory.

Senior PCB Designer Xerox El Segundo, CA
July 1977 to June 1978
Designed digital and analog PCB’s for new and existing products. Responsible for layout and checking of all boards, including final artwork packages and documentation. All boards were high density, multi-layer.

PCB Designer XEROX Dallas, TX
November 1972 to June 1977

Lead PCB Designer General Computer Systems Dallas, TX
September 1970 to November 1972
Designed PCB’s from concept to final artwork. Thoroughly trained and experienced in the use of the UNIVAC 1108 for CAD. Other duties included work scheduling, training and supervision of all drafting personnel.

PCB Designer Alpha Services Aurora, CO
March 1968 to July 1970
Design of PCB’s and substrates. Primary contractor for Bell Labs.

DeVry Institute of Technology
Dallas, TX
1976

Cadence Allegro, Orcad CIS, PCB Layout

Enthusiastic, entrepreneurial and highly innovative, can-do attitude, resourceful problem solver, comfortable in a fast-moving and highly dynamic environment. Able to work within a Team environment or independently and tackle challenging tasks, have strong interpersonal skills to apply to a team environment. Able to work efficiently as a part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary product development team. The ability to provide technical leadership, where needed, A quick and creative mind to develop solutions to problems, utilizing prior experience and judgment. Commitment to meeting tight deadlines and customer requirements. Able to multi-task between multiple boards in various stages of layout. Familiarity with PCB design and manufacturing standards such as IPC-7351, IPC-6011, IPC-6012, IPC-6013, IPC-2221, IPC – 2222. Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Layout of Production Consumer, R & D projects, RF Boards, High Speed Board Layout, DDR Memory, Network Cards, PCI, PCI-X. Flex and Rigid Flex pcb, Utilizing multiple constraints, Allegro 16.6 Very dense, 10-30 layers, small/large footprint, multiple fine pitch parts, including .35mm/.4mm BGA’s, Blind/Buried, stacked micro-vias, Combining multiple technologies, i.e. Blue Tooth, USB, GPS, CDMA, HDI. Working directly with ‘off shore’ vendors, defining process strategies and standards. Definitions for DFX, DFT and DFM standards across multiple vendors. Extensive work with SI, Engineers (Chip manufacture and local Design Engineers at facilities in Manufactures locations and our own SI Team) to accommodate correct signal integrity for distortion, noise and loss. Internal/external procedures and process development, Library Structure Implementation, TeamCenter utilization and Documentation. Orcad CIS/Cadence Allegro 16.6, Spectra Auto Router. PADs Layout 9.5, Conversion of PADS to and from Allegro. Valor, CAM350/BluePrint, Altium 15.0.7, SolidWorks, experience. Experienced with MakeCap (BornToRoute), Orcad Schematic Compare program.