Michael Cecere   ▪    mcecere@thebotshed.com    ▪   http://thebotshed.com/mcecere

Morgan Hill, CA  ▪  (408) 776-6696

 

• 
  Electrical design work in Research and Development environments, analog and digital.
• 
  Embedded processor system development, hardware and software.
• 
  Prototype/Experiment equipment design and bring-up.
• 
  Innovation in design and user interface from Physics and Engineering background.

 

• 
  1993    M.S. in Applied Physics, Columbia University, NY
• 
  1988    M.S. in Electrical Engineering, SUNY – Buffalo, NY

 

• 
  US05840630     11/24/1998     FIB etching enhanced with 1,2 di-iodo-ethane
• 
  US05747818     05/05/1998     Thermoelectric cooling in gas-assisted FIB system
• 
  US05700526     12/23/1997     Insulator deposition using focused ion beam

 

September 2008 -- Present,

Contract Labor, San Jose, CA

~        Web Developer using Drupal 7, PHP, and HTML.

~        Part-time testing and assembly work for sub-contractor.

~        Part-time PC computer support, web development.

 

August 2005 – July 2008,

Controls Engineer, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA

~        Designed, developed, and deployed the microprocessor-based Toroid Beam Charge Measurement system. Measures the beam charge contained in each pulse from the accelerator.

~        Programmed microcontroller for real time, fail-safe operation under mission critical conditions.

 

May 2005 -- August 2005

Sr. Development Engineer, Perkin Elmer, San Jose, CA.

~        Introduced state-of-the-art Portable Solid State Medical X-Ray imager to manufacturing.

~        Developed Failure Analysis testing for the new product including HASP and accelerometer.

~        Developed product testing pipeline for optimal throughput.

 

Oct. 2002 – July 2004,

Sr. Electronics Engineer, Photon Dynamics Inc., San Jose, CA.

~        Developing technology for the Flat Panel Display Industry.

~        Developed and deployed microcomputer based control board to operate three very fast Pneumatic PID loops for exacting machine control.

·         Required modeling of pneumatic system for closed loop control.

June 2001 – August 2002,

Sr. Electronics Engineer, Picarro/Blueleaf Networks, CA.

~        Developed and demonstrated DSP based system of 10 tunable lasers for optical telecom.

~        Each control board consisted of a  40 MIPS TI DSP, programmed in C, with.

~        Entire system was controlled by a networked host PC computer.

~        Managed Electronics lab daily functioning with 3-4 technicians.

 

Nov. 1997 – May 2001,

Advisory Engineer, IBM Almaden Research Center, Recording Head Division, San Jose,CA.

~        Developing computer controlled experimentation and testing equipment for state of the art magnetic recording head technology.

~        Designing sensitive, low noise analog front end circuitry for custom experimentation needs and custom production testing equipment.

 

Nov. 1994 – August 1997,

Sr. Design Engineer, Schlumberger Technologies, ATE Division, San Jose, CA.

~        Improved and developed new capabilities for the P2X Focused Ion Beam semiconductor failure analysis and repair system.

~        Research, Design, and Prototype Development of such features as;

·         Insulator Deposition Process; USPO #US05700526

§  Determined chemical composition and delivery process.

§  Resulted in a critical patent to maintain a competitive edge.

·         Electron Flood Gun implementation;

§  To dynamically maintain surface charge control on difficult materials.

·         Thermoelectric Cooling; USPO #US05747818

§  Implementation of a thermoelectric cell allowed for more accurate, much safer chemical delivery system.

§  Resulted in a patent of competitive value.

·         Novel metal etchant compound; USPO #US05840630

§  Resulted in a patent of competitive value.

 

Aug. 1990 – 1994,

Research Scientist, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Applied Physics Department,

Columbia University, NY, NY.

~        Worked with Dr. T. C. Marshall on the Free Electron Laser project designing and executing experiments using the 800 Kilovolt pulse-line accelerator and a helical undulator to make radiation in millimeter wavelengths.

~        Instituted computer controlled data acquisition system using three oscilloscopes including an ultra-fast transient digitizer with a 4.5 GHz bandwidth.

 

Aug. 1988 - Aug. 1990,

Research Scientist, Deacon Research, Palo Alto, CA & Brookhaven, NY

~        Free Electron Laser, particle storage ring, and Ultra-High Vacuum technologies.

~        Worked for one year at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratories.

~        Designed hardware and software for experimental control of equipment; X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer, Argon Ion Gun, Deacon- Research Cavity Ringdown Lossmeter.

 

Memberships: APS; IEEE; International Neural Network Society; Amateur Radio Operator KF2NV.