JOSEPH OLORTEGUI   Sr. ELECTRONICS ENGINEER

(310) 530-1881,  1043 STONEBRYN DR., HARBOR CITY, CA 90710

e-mail: joe@joengineering.com

Contents

Qualifications Experience

1.
Avionics
2. Satellite
3. Medical
4. Instumentation
5. Automobile
6. Computer

Professional Experience
1. TRW
2. Leach Int\ Sunstrand
3. Northrup-Grumman
4. Hughes Power Prod.
5. Baxter-Edward
6. Sunstrand Power Sys
7. Honeywell
8. Hughes Aircraft Co.

Computer Skills
1. Hardware, Software &
    Languages


Education
1. Degree

Other Experiences
1. Engineering

Publications
1. List

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QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE

Experience in the design and development and system integration of electronic products (Avionics, Space, Medical and Commercial) from conceptual design to production stage on the following products:

 

 

AVIONICS:      ATR/VME and ARINC boxes. AC/DC Power Center, APU Start Cont., Secondary power Dist., Digital air data computers, control display unit, air data Instruments,cabin pressure controller, turbine engine controller, power interrupt. Flight Management System I/O software development. DC switching power supplies per NAVMAT P-4855, -1275. DC/DC, universal AC single phase with PFC to meet MIL-STD -704 and -461/462. Rescue Hoist for Helicopters.

 

SATELLITE:    Battery charger and discharger, dc-dc converters, power distribution unit, bus voltage limiter, switching power supply. NiCd battery signal conditioner circuit.

 

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MEDICAL:       Respiratory unit (a/d, d/a converter board). Cardio monitor. Power supplies evaluation and requirement.

 

INSTRUMENTATION: Mass flow controller, pressure sensor and temperature sensor circuitry.

 

AUTOMOBILE: AC and DC Power supply for a ballast to power High Intensity Devices bulbs. Power distribution, harness for MTA bus.

 

 

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COMPUTER: ATE for tape driver, motors, opto sensors and magnetic heads. Power supply & backplane design for VME/VXI. Design with Intel 180xxx.  

 

 

* Designed and developed switching power supplies (buck, boost, fly back and push-pull) up to 1K Watts and 250KHz, Universal AC single phase with Power Factor Correction. Designed and specified magnetic components. AC and DC input filters. Met MIL-STD-704, -461/462, DO-160C, IEC, UL and Medical requirements. Designed power supply using ac-dc and dc-dc modules.

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* Circuits design, analysis and development: analog and digital components, microprocessor (8086, -88 & -186, 87C196), PIC16C7X, servo drives, DACs and ADCs, instrumentation amplifiers, data acquisition board, signal conditioner for pressure transducers and temperature probes. Circuit design using linear (op-amps, amps) and Logic devices (CMOS, TTL, HCT, ACT, etc.), Intel peripherals, bipolar, power MOSFETS, IGBT. Used surface mount components. Developed FPGA, PIC, EPLD circuits. CAN xver PCA82C251.

 

* Assist in the supply of obsolete/hard to source pats. Advised on the most appropriate and cost effective solution to obsolence problems. Identified packaging options to meet design requirements.

 

* Designed and developed automated test equipment for high volume production. Used I8051. Written and implemented environmental test plans, acceptance test procedure for system integration, LRU and board level. Written unit validation & verification test procedures, MTP, ATP.

 

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* · Design, support and performed electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) analysis on satellite and avionic instruments. Understand aspects of proper EMC design including filtering, gasketing, board layout, connector design and housing design.

* Performed and written environmental requirements: MIL-STD-461/462, -704, -810, -202, DO-160D, IEC-555, FCC, GM9100, EMP, EMC/EMI, lightning and nuclear hardness. 

* Developed and enhanced software (PL/M-86 in a VAX/VMS environment) for the Flight Management System I/O bus (ARINC-429 and ASCB).

* Written proposals and price quotes, product specs. Earn value and circuit design review package.

* Experience with Certification & Validation: FAA (RTCA/DO-160C, DO-178A). Medical and Commercial product safety requirements: VDE, UL, CSA and IEC.

* Product enhancement: obsolence problems, cost reduction, quality and production improvements.

* · Instructor at California State University at Long Beach. Taught undergraduate courses on analog and digital circuit analysis, 8-bit microprocessor, and control systems.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Product Development Engineer, Sub-contractor

  TRW/Lucas Aerospace,           5/99 – Present

-          Design and development of a motor controller for a rescue Hoist helicopter (UH-1, CH-47).

-          Performed environmental test, MIL-STD-461D/462D and DO-160D.

 

  

Product Dev. Engineer, Sub-contractor

  Leach Int/Sundstrand, Buena Park,CA     3/96 to 4/99

-          Development of the second generation DC/AC power conversion unit for the Global Express Air. Used I80C160 microprocessor.

 

 

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Prod. Dev. Engineer, Sub-contractor

  Northrup-Grumman, El Segundo, CA           10/95 to 3/96

-          Design and development of the electrical system for a MTA bus: Electric heater, in/out lighting, alarm, communications, interface to VME bus,

 

 

 

Prod. Dev. Engineer, Sub-contractor

 Hughes Power Prod., Culver City, CA.          5/94 to 10/95

-    Development of  a ballast, switching power supply, for a HID unit to meet GM9100. Single phase AC/DC power supply with power factor conversion. Used surface mount components.

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Prod. Dev. Engineer, Sub-contractor

  Baxter-Edward, Irvine, CA                        10/93 to 5/94

-    Development of a Cardio monitor unit to meet European standards. Power supply evaluation.

 

 

Prod. Development Engineer, Sub-contractor

 Sundstrand Power Sys, San Diego, CA. 3/93 to 9/93

-     Designed and developed power interrupt circuit protector and switching power supply (100W, 250K Hz) to meet MIL-STD-704, -461 & D0-160C.  Used surface mount components.

-     Supported hardware development for new derivative Engine Sequence Unit.   

 

 

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Hardware/Software Product Development Engineer, Sub-contractor                       3/90 to 2/93

Honeywell, Business & Commuter Aviation Systems Division, Phoenix, AZ.

-     Developed real time airborne navigation software and test simulation for the Flight Management System, analog I/O and ARINC-429. Coded PL/M-86 on VAX, IBM PC and main frame hosts using VMS /MS-DOS.

-     Developed ATR hardware for new derivatives Digital Air Data Computer from concept to production. These met FAA requirements (DO‑160C and DO-178A).

-     Designed a program to reduce product rejection rate to 5%, saving $180K/month.

-     Prepared documents for FAA approval, QA and Production. Prepared test spec. and test procedure (MATEL language).

-     Designed and implemented Low Airspeed Awareness (LAA) circuitry.

-     Written and performed V&V test procedures (hardware/software, ASCB bus and ARINC-429 bus) to be used in an ATE. 

 

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Staff Engineer, Power Supply  

 Hughes Aircraft Co., SCG, L.A, CA                 1/86 to 8/89

-     Avionics: Analyzed & developed linear regulator hybrid module, 150 Watts, multi output,  low drop, low noise.

-     Satellite: Designed and developed a Battery Charge Controller (buck regulator, 28V, 6A) from conceptual design to production stage. Saved 5 months of development time (HS-111). Developed battery discharge unit using a buck regulator. Power distribution unit from conceptual design to production stage.

-     Written acceptance and qualification test procedures to meet space vehicle requirements (MIL‑STD‑1540B, MIL-STD-461, –462, and -704).

-          Performed worst case circuit error analysis, thermal analysis, and nuclear hardening.

 

 

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COMPUTER SKILLS

Hardware: IBM compatible PC and UNIX, Workstations Sun and   
           
Mentor.

Software PC applications:  MS Office and related programs, AutoCAD-12. Circuit schematic capturing and simulation with  Mentor 6.0, Cadence: Concept and Packager, OrCAD 9.1. PSpice modeling and Microcap.

Languages: Turbo C, PL/M-86, FORTRAN, BASIC, UNIX and 
              MATEL
(Honeywell).

 

 

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EDUCATION

M.S.E.E. and B.S.E.E., California State University at Long Beach.

  

 

OTHER EXPERIENCES

 

Sr. Test Engineer

 Archive Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA                   10/84 to 1/86

-     Designed test equipment for incoming inspection to test stepper motors, brushless motors, opto sensors and magnetic heads. RFI circuit design (1M Hz).

-     Increased production yield of opto sensor subassemblies from 62% to 95%.

  

Electronic Circuit Design Engineer 

 Puritan Bennett, L.A., CA                                     9/83 to 10/84

-     Designed data acquisition board (a/d and d/a circuits) and memory board to interface microprocessor I8088 for a Ventilator unit.

 

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Electronic System Development Engineer

 Garrett AIR (Allied Signal), Torrance, CA  10/78 to 9/83

-     Designed and developed analog/digital circuit and microprocessor controllers (8086/8). Used op amps, bipolar, MOSFETS, TTLs, CMOS and 8086/8 peripherals. Designed Data Acquisition Unit. These circuits were used in the following units: air data computer, cabin pressure controller, control display unit and turbine engine controller.

-     Designed switching power supplies (push‑pull, 50K Hz, 60 watts). Redesigned ferroresonant power supply. These power supplies met MIL‑STD‑704 and 461.

-     Performed worst case error analysis and stress analysis. Selected components to meet Military specifications.

-     Written unit acceptance and qualification test procedures to meet Military environment requirements.

  

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Test Engineer

  Tylan Corporation, Torrance, CA                      9/75 to 10/78

-     Performed quality and acceptance test procedure of the gas flow meter to be used in the Space Shuttle, met MIL-STD-1540.

 

 

 

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PUBLICATIONS

 

A design method for directly converting Thevenin amplifier filters into Norton amplifier filters. Presented at the 14th Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems and Computers (IEEE).

 

Three Phase power supply with power factor correction. This power supply will meet most of the IEC-555 requirements and reduce power losses similar to the single phase. This project is in progress and most of the theory has been covered. The next step is to build the hardware and test.

 

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