VIC RICHARDSON

mARYSVILLE

wASHINGTON

VIC@INFINITESPECTRA.COM

(425) 610-7479

 

OBJECTIVE


Seeking a systems design engineering position in audio, video, power electronics or alternate energy markets.

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science                      September 1974 – August  1976

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

GPA 3.1/4.0

 

Studies focused on analog circuit design. President of UW Amateur Radio Club.

 

 

EXPERIENCE


Electrical Design Engineer, ACI, Inc
                                        Feb 2011 – Present

Audio Components, Inc., Rolling Hills Estates, CA

 

Principle electronics design Engineer for digital power amplifiers, DSP processing and technology evaluation. I do CAD design, prototype hardware evaluation and customer support for each design.

 

 

Senior Design Engineer, Sunfire.com                                        June 1998 – Feb 2011

Sunfire – division of Elan Home Systems, Snohomish, Washington

 

Designed series of Audio Video Receiver products with Dolby Digital decoding, HDMI switching, digital video format conversion, switchmode power amplifiers and bus-controlled remote touch panels. Experienced in Freescale and Cirrus DSP system implementation. Worked with software engineers in debugging and maintaining embedded C code. Experienced in getting products through CE and TUV safety approval process and Dolby / DTS / Sirius qualification. Designed high power switchmode amplifiers for consumer use. Laid out over a dozen complex circuit boards using Mentor Graphics PADS pcb layout software.

 

Systems Design Engineer                                                                     Jan 1980 – June 1998

Carver Corporation, Lynnwood, Washington

 

Designed innovative cost-competitive audio amplifier and signal processing products for the consumer  and pro-audio market, using switchmode technology and microprocessor control.  Co-inventor of dual diversity FM car radio antenna switcher. Did senior level planning and budgeting for 21 person engineering team. Saw projects through entire development process from inception onward including safety approvals and pilot / production engineering support.

 

Previous Employment                                            June 1973 – January 1980

 

Worked as broadcast TV switcher at KINY-TV in Juneau, Alaska.

Worked as broadcast technician at KIMA-TV in Yakima, Washington.

Worked as test and repair technician at WESMAR in Seattle, Washington.

Worked as test and repair technician at Proctor and Associates in Redmond, Washington.

Summer jobs in college:  Pacific NW Bell /  central office technician, TV repair shop technician.

 

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES

 

Designed, built and operated my own ham radio equipment from 1969 – 1991.

Designed and maintaining my own website, Infinitespectra.com, specializing in audio application test and measurement freeware that I wrote in Visual Basic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software Skills

 

Mentor Graphics PADS PowerLogic v5.0 Schematic Capture

 

Mentor Graphics PADS PCB Designer v5.0  Layout Software

 

MicroCap II Circuit Analysis

 

Intusoft iCap 4 Circuit Analysis

 

Autodesk AutoCAD 2003

 

Microsoft Word, Excel through 2007

 

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5

 

JASC Paint Shop Pro 8

 

Visual Basic 6.0

 

Visual Basic for Applications Programming for Audio Precision Test Systems

 

Embedded C Programming in Keil uVision 3 IDE

 

Equally skilled in Windows, Mac OS X, Linux operating systems