Mr. Hong Zhou
2208 Greenwood Road
Glenview IL 60026
847-877-5382
hongzhou2208@hotmail.com
Qualifications:
MSEE. Sr. Electrical Engineer in the USA for many years. Developed many electronic and electron-mechanic
products for government (DEA, US Postal Service, NSA, dispatch centers), industries (Teradyne, Kimball, Baxter,
Motorola, US Robotics, Colonial Data Tech, Altec Lansing, Phi Tech), and electronic/consumer products (Biotech,
medical electro-mechanics, automotive, audio electronics, caller ID, telephony, cell phone, telecom, household
electronics). Designed schematics, PCB layout, JTAG, CPLD, VHDL(Altera and Lattice Semi), C, and assembly.
Experienced with analog, digital circuits with uP, uC, CPLD, FPGA, MOSFET, PWM solenoid drivers, peripheral
devices, analog/switching power supplies, bipolar semiconductors, and discrete components. Wrote document for
APQP, PPAP, FMEA, and CAR. Designed electronic products with Cadence, Mentor Graphics, P-CAD, ViewLogic, Protel, OrCAD, and other software tools packages.
Employment and Work Experiences:
 Principal Staff Engineer
August 2005 – April 2006
Ingenient Technologies
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Developed electronic systems with TI Video/DSP processors TMS320DM340, SDRAM, DDR2, color LCD, 10/100
Base T Ethernet, USB 2.0, switching power supplies, and BOM. Designed schematics with ORCAD. Worked on
PCB layout with PCB design engineers. Coordinate manufacture processes in Far East.
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Sr. Electrical Consultant Engineer
June 2005 – August 2005
at Diehl Controls
Naperville, IL 60563
Developed electronic circuits with micro-controllers, step motors, solenoid drivers, voltage sensors, IR transceivers,
and LED drivers for home appliance electronics. Troubleshoot existing products for defect devices and boards. Reengineered products to optimize previous designs, improve performances, and reduce the production costs. Wrote
firmware for 8051. Wrote technical specifications.
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Sr. Electrical Consultant Engineer
August 2004 – June 2005
at Teradyne Inc
Deerfield, IL 60015
Developed telecom test equipment and products with DSP (TMS320C6713), SDRAM, Flash memory, analog/digital
converters, 10/100 Base-T Ethernet interface, FPGA, SW power supplies, and discrete devices. Troubleshoot
electronic products at system, unit, board, device, and pin levels. Designed schematics with Cadence. Wrote
technical specifications. Contacted customers and vendors for technical related issues and part procurement.
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Sr. Electrical Consultant Engineer
October 2003 – August 2004
at Kimball Electronics Group
Jasper, IN 47546
Developed automotive electronic products for GM with microprocessors, flash memories, analog/digital sensors,
power semiconductor devices, solenoid/motor drivers, CAN and Class-II interface, ASIC, and discrete devices.
Troubleshoot electronic products at system, unit, board, device, and pin levels. Worked PCB up to six layers. Wrote
technical specification, proposals, and root cause failure analysis reports, CAR, and 8D reports. Worked on CV, DV,
and PV process and document. Contacted customers, clients, and vendors for technical related issues.
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Sr. Electrical Consultant Engineer
October 2002 – Sept. 2003
at Baxter International
Round Lake, IL 60073
Developed medical and healthcare electron-mechanic products. Designed electronic circuits with micro-controllers,
I/O interface IC, instrumentation amplifiers, OP-Amps, RS-485, RS-232, ADC, DAC, solenoid drivers, PWM
drivers, DC motor drivers, power MOSFET, bi-polar transistors, switching and linear power supplies, AVHDL
(MAX PLUS II), C (Keil51) and assembly (Keil51) codes, schematic(OrCAD), and PCB layout (six layers) for
medical equipment. Wrote technical specifications and FMEA. Contacted venders for parts, spec, and supplies.
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International Business Consultant
Red Hill Dec A Plaque
June 2002 – Dec. 2002
Keota, Oklahoma, 74941
Developed consumer electronic products that manufactured in China and marketed in the USA. Duties include to
develop product specifications, quality control requirements, price negotiate, purchase orders process, payment
arrangement, and delivery schedules. Duties also include locating manufactures in China, communications between
Chinese and US companies, arrange ocean/inland/air shipping arrangement with forwarding companies, preparing
documents for US and Chinese Customs, and coordinating between USA customers and Chinese manufactures.
Checked US and Chinese government or special agencies for safety and other regulations.
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Senior Electrical Engineer
November 1998 --- July 2002
TMP Worldwide, Inc
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Senior consultant hardware engineer for electronic system development.
Major clients are CGISS, Motorola, AIEG Motorola, and Northwestern Hospital in Chicago.
CGISS: (Security Design Center and Control Centers, Mar. 2000 to June 30, 2002)
Designed JTAG system for MPC8260, DSP, and Crypto Engines based cPCI and PCI communication products.
Designed a JTAG controller for the multiple JTAG (IEEE-1149) operations in a system for boundary scan and
system emulation applications. Developed several complete systems and test fixtures for JTAG boundary scan
applications with about 25 JTAG devices, mostly are BGA’s on 12 layer boards. Developed Abel codes for CLPD’s.
Also designed circuits for 10/100 BaseT Ethernet, SDRAM, DPRAM, RS-232, Flash EEPROM, power suppliers,
and digital logic. Developed software for JTAG boundary scan applications. Duties included schematic design
(Mentor Graphics), PCB layout (12 layers), engineering and manufacture document development, system integration,
troubleshooting at system, board, component, net, and pin level. Helped manufacture lines and test engineering
groups for product development and troubleshoot.
AIEG: (Honda and Cummins Engine Controller Products, Mar. 1999 to Mar. 2000)
Designed automobile engine controller modules (ECM,ECU) for gasoline and diesel engines for Motorola
Automotive Sector. Duties included schematics design (Mentor Graphics), PCB design, layout, and improvement,
worst case and thermal analysis for power MOSFET drivers, system integration, writing technical documentation
(Theory of Operations, Troubleshoot Guide, and various research/test reports), development MC68332 C and
assembly codes for RTC, troubleshoot ECM’s, and improvement of EMI and noise performance.
Y2K Readiness Team, Northwestern Hospital (Nov. 1998 to Mar. 1999)
Defined, checked, and verified Y2K readiness for electronic equipment. Developed documents about Y2K problems
and solutions. Developed test codes with C and Visual Basic.
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Staff Engineer
March 1997 ---- November 1998
Motorola Inc
Libertyville,
IL 60048
Designed and developed dual mode (CDMA/AMPS) cellular phones based on IS-95 and IS-98 specifications.
Duties included electronic design for schematics (Mentor Graphics), audio circuit (specification, audio level
alignment, noise and THD reduction, and sound level calibration), system integration, troubleshoot, and production
support.
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Senior Hardware Engineer
March 1996 ---- March 1997
US Robotics,
Skokie, IL 60077
Designed and developed TI DSP 320C5X based tele-communication products. Duties included system hardware
structure planning and configuration, electronic schematic design (ViewLogic), PCB development, product
definition, proposal, and specification development, and system integration.
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Senior Electrical Engineer
August 1995 ---- March 1996
Colonial Data Technologies,
New Milford, CT 06776
Designed and developed tele-communication products, primarily in caller ID products that based on the low power
battery operated micro-controllers by Mitsubish and Samsung. Duties included product system development,
schematics and PCB design/layout (Protel), system integration, product management, and firmware development.
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Project Engineer
August 1993 ---- August 1995
Altec Lansing Corp (Mark IV Audio Inc), Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Designed and developed microprocessor (68000, 68HC11, 87C51) based systems for audio signal processing, and
management, digital audio record and playback, audio announcement assembler, DTMF telephone interface,
temperature sensor and control, nonvolatile memories, DAC/ADC converters, electro-optical fiber communication
devices, RS-485 repeater, and RS-485 Hubs. Designed and emphasized in hardware, electronic systems, schematics
(P-CAD), PCB’s (P-CAD), BOM’s, test procedures, network configurations, and new product proposals and
specifications. Developed and debugged codes (ASM, C). Troubleshoot at system, board, and component levels.
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Electrical Engineer
June 1988 ---- January 1993
Phi Technologies,
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Designed and developed special audio and telephone line recording systems based on different uP’s and uC’s (8086,
80188, 80186, 8085, 8080, 8751, 8749, 8741A, and 38P75), with multi-channel audio electronics, digital time code
encoder-decoder, analog amplifiers, active filters, and tele-communication devices (RS-232 and IEEE-488). Duties
included circuit schematic design, PCB design and layout (P-CAD), and the development of firmware and system
software with assembly and other programming languages (ASM, C, PASCAL).
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Computer Programmer (Part Time)
May 1986 ---- May 1988
Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS 66045
Developed software to analyze surface and underground water database for scientific research. Developed a
spreadsheet (DGCALC) for Data General 20,000 computer with FORTRAN. Worked with data acquisition,
translation, and conversion management.
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Teaching Assistant (Part Time) August 1985 ---- May 1986
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
Taught physics classes and provided students with direct assistance. Graded student papers and reports.
Educational Background:
 M.S.E.E., May 1988, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
 B.S. Physics, February, 1982, Wuhan Teacher College (Hubei University), Wuhan, China
Award: “Commemorative Award” by Motorola, May 1998 for CDMA contribution and development.
“Monster Achievement” by TMP Worldwide, Inc, August, 2001.
Publication:
“A New Automatic Light Switch”, ELECTRONIC NEWS PAPER, China, August 12, 1984, p2 Volume 32.
Professional References: Available upon request