TODD P. LINEBACK

1161 Riviera Drive NE

Palm Bay, FL 32905

Home (321) 956-9932

Email:  barcoder@mpinet.net

 

 

OBJECTIVE                          A stable position that provides opportunity for growth.

 

                                                 

RELEVANT COURSES

 

Digital Logic                            Computer Design                    Microcomputer Systems                        Microelectronics    

Signals and Systems                Control Systems                     Electrooptic Devices                               Electrooptics Lab                     

Microwave Lab                       S-Parameters                           Electromagnetic Waves                           Antennas                                

                                                                                                               

Hardware: 

Logic Analyzer                       Klystron/Magnetron                               Spectrum Analyzer                 Double Stub Antenna Tuner

Network Analyzer                  Test Set Design and Implementation      GSM Base Station                  T-BERD BERR analyzer

Oscilloscope                           Signal Generator                                      RACAL                                  Bird Wattmeter                                                                                                      

Development Software:

Visual Studio                           BackOffice Small Business Server          Visual Basic                                            SQL Server 7.0

ASP                                         MTS                                                       VISIO                                                      AutoCAD

Smallworld                              IIS                                                           Windows NT Workstation/Server          Windows 2000 server

Agile                                        Continuus                                               Access                                                     Protel 99                                                                                

                               

EXPERIENCE                        Globe Wireless Communications

                                                January 9, 2003 to Present

                                                RF/Support Engineer

Test, Install, and Troubleshoot HF radios, modems, coupler antenna tuners, RF cabling, and associated equipment.

Assist in design upgrades on Globe Wireless modem incorporating OFDM and 4/8PSK modes

                                                Field work involving all of the above duties plus customer service/support.

                                                Assist in ship to shore upgrade from half duplex to a full duplex system using LAP protocol, burst detection

negating the need for searching/waiting for a free signal in HF.                             

               

Bils Technology, Inc.

                                                October 2002 to Present

                                                Design Engineer

                                                Design, layout, and capture IC boards using Protel 99 SE.

FPGA, CPLD and other ASIC components involved in designs. 

Main customer currently is GE Transportation.

 

Globe Wireless Communications

                                                February 2002 to October 2002

                                                RF Design/Test/Support Tech

Test, Install, and Troubleshoot HF radios, modems, coupler antenna tuners, RF cabling, and associated equipment.

Assist in design upgrades on Globe Wireless modem incorporating OFDM and 4/8PSK modes

                                                Field work involving all of the above duties plus customer service/support.

 

AirNet Communictions Corporation, April 2001 to June 2001

                                                RF and Board Test

                                                Tested defective DSP, GPS, T1/E1, and other wireless base station components using RACAL,

                                                Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, T-BERD BERR tester and other test equipment.

                                                Worked on GSM base stations on a system level, supporting field and prototype units

                                                Performed RCA (root cause analysis) on any boards or base stations returned from the field with

                                                AirNet component failure.  RCA’s were logged using Continuus and MS Access.

                                                ESD tested and certified, May 2001 

                                                 

GE Harris Railway Electronics, July 2000 to April 2001

                                                Pinpoint Plus Locomotive Tracking Test and Server Support

                                                Developed and maintain Active Server Pages (web) using Visual Studio Enterprise Edition.  This

                                                involved building an NT server using MS Small Business Server. 

Locomotive OBC’s sent binary GPS, fuel, and other important data via satellite Modem (ORBCOMM), which constantly updated a SQL Server 7.0 database.  

Developed and personally provided round the clock support for the PinPoint Data Center Server, GPS based with GIS Client and web interfaces for CSXT (customer). 

Designed and tested multimode communications structure, consisting of satellite, cell, and 802.11 radio modes of failover to provide uninterrupted data flow to and from locomotive and Pinpoint Data Center.  

Performed thermal, EMI and vibration testing on various RF, processing and on board systems.

                                                Tested and modified Norcom satellite modem for use in a rooftop assembly incorporating various

                                                other modes of communicating locomotive data.   Norcom provided Omni and Patch (steerable)

                                             versions of their satellite modem, and a test range was set up for efficency testing.    This involved an

understanding of line loss and satellite signaling.

Wrote and implemented test plans for prototype multimode communication system, involving

setting up and personally running thermal and vibration testing on prototype rooftop units.

                                                Performed RF coupling tests by constructing antenna farms consisting of  customer rooftop

                                             configurations, used an HP Network Analyzer to perform S11 and S21 field tests.

                                               

                               

GE Harris Railway Electronics, April 1999 to July 1999

                                Software Test for CAD  and Locomotive Tracking Teams

Created a track system relational database using Smallworld software, for use in a GIS for UP

Began design on a web server environment to control interactions between GE Harris data center, locomotives, and CSX locomotive manager server

   

Harris Electronics GASD, October 1997 to August 1998

Engineering Specialist

                                                Held various positions including hardware design, production, and design control engineer

                                                Designed initial hardware layout for ISC (Interim Systems Controller) for ISS (International Space

Station).  Timing Diagrammer was used for calculating digital timing for 20’ cabling delays intrinsic

with Space Station telemetry components.  

                                             Visio was used for initial drawings of wiring and ‘black boxes’, approved in department

meetings and then personally handed to drafting for AutoCAD drawings. 

Approved assemblies were personally followed through manufacturing, buzzed out and used in thermal and vibe tests.

                                                Participated in ATP for SSCR project, used Lab Windows programs to control thermal cycling tests.

                                                ESD and HI-REL tested and certified through February 2000

 

 

EDUCATION                        Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Honor

Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

                                                Graduated in the Summer of 1999         

 

 

 ACTIVITIES                        Officer in  IEEE Melbourne Professional Chapter,1999 to present

& AWARDS                          IEEE Representative to CCTS (Canaveral Council of Technical Societies) 1999-present

Leadership Award for successful Norfolk Southern Voice Over Radio Test 2000

Leadership Award for successfully designing and supporting Pinpoint Locomotive Tracking product for CSX Transportation 1999-2001

Secretary of IEEE Melbourne Professional Chapter, 1999 to 2000 

Voted Outstanding Student Leader at Florida Institute of Technology 1999

President of IEEE student chapter, Florida Tech, 1998 to 1999

 

 

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