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MIKE KROON
Electronic Engineer
Hornsby Heights,NSW
Summary
Experienced senior engineer with over 30 years of experience in the Electronics design industry. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.
Started working career in test engineering and telecommunications electronics, to industrial and hostile environment product design.
Being exposed to a wide range of projects from varied clients has lead to a broad experience.
Working with multi faceted teams is a great way to investigate problems from different perspectives, presenting exposure to many challenges requiring innovative solutions to solve.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Engineer
Custom Circuit Solutions
Hornsby, NSW
01.2007 - Current
- Custom Circuit Solutions provides turnkey product design and engineering solutions for clients.
- Responsibilities:
◦ Kickoff meeting with clients
◦ Documenting initial concepts
◦ Circuit design and programming
◦ Component procurement
◦ Final prototypes and production
◦ Field trials
◦ Documentation - Specialist Skills:
• Altium Designer 21
◦ Multi layer (12 layers )
◦ Fine pitch small components 0402
◦ Interfacing with Industrial design and CAD
◦ BGAs
• Embedded Firmware in C and C++
• System Debugging – Hardware PCB
• System Debugging – Firmware
• Certified Microchip Design Partner
• Communication ( TCP, USB etc )
• Xilinx CPLDs - Products delivered not limited to
- • Linear Scale Reader (XYZ Quadrature decoder)
• Shine Solar Lamp
• Vacuum transport System (Commercial )
• Grain moisture and protein analyzer
• Ultrasonic industrial cleaner ( Industrial )
• Endoscope tracking System ( Hospital )
• Temperature logging and alarm system ( Food and Vaccines )
• Roof Controller ( Domestic )
Senior Design Engineer
Service Repair
01.1997 - 01.2007
- Reino International designs and manufactures parking meters for city councils. The Company has an engineering division that designs products and releases them for manufacturing with various subcontractors.
- Responsibilities:
- ◦ Design electronics for the parking meters withstanding environmental extremes and unattended hostile environment.
◦ Hardware Schematic design for regulatory compliance
◦ PCB design, placing components and laying out the circuit
◦ Verify the design by assembling prototypes
◦ Interface with the Mechanical CAD to get the correct board fitment and shape
◦ Software Design Software System Design
◦ Mechanical review Setup for manufacture Test requirements, and test fixtures
◦ Bills of materials
◦ Expert with H8, MSP430, AVR, 8051, PIC - Additional Roles
◦ Chairman OH&S Committee
◦ Senior First Aid
◦ Chief Unit Warden
Software Engineer Developer
Telkor
Johannesburg, South Africa
Project Engineer
South African Air Force
Pretoria, South Africa
Education
Master of Engineering - Electronic Engineering
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa 01.1992 - 12.1996
Higher National Diploma Electrical - Electronic Engineering
Vaal University of Technology
Vanderbijlpark, South AfricaNational Diploma - Electronic Engineering
Vanderbijlpark, South AfricaSkills
Altium Designer 21 Schematic and PCB
Embedded Firmware C
System Debugging – Hardware PCBCertified Microchip Design PartnerSoldering skills Excellent Pb and Lead Free
Create custom enclosures for prototypes3D modelling and printingProject Management
Strong analytical mind
Accomplishments
- I am an electronics engineer designing electronic systems and products since the 1988
- Being involved in telecom, railway signalling and roadside equipment have gained an appreciation of the rigours of the real world and attention to detail
- Starting out in designing test equipment for production, to test telecom systems
- Moving to Australia I headed a team developning parking equipment, prior to starting Custom Circuit Solutions
- At Custom Circuit Solutions, I manage the projects and engineering for a wide range of products for my varied clients
- From initial concepts, circuit design and programming, to final prototypes and production
- These products are designed and used in the Medical, Food, Industrial and Domestic Sectors
- My core areas of expertise and primary areas of experience include:
- Electronics circuit design
- Embedded software skills in a wide range of environmental
- Manage multi programmer programming teams
- Developing robust software that is maintainable
- Being able to grasp the concept of an idea to create a requirement and product specification
- PCB circuit layout ( Altium Designer )
- Special attention to regulatory compliance at the design stage ( EMC , Mechanical, etc)
- Analog electronic design with simulation in LTSpice
- Mechanical integration interfacing with Electronics (Altium and Solidworks / Inventor/ FreeCad )
- Version control using Subversion and Git
- Prototype assembly ,power up, testing and debugging
- Both hardware and software
- Hardware analysis and validation
- Customer Service and Support Management
- Projects that I have worked on include:
- Linear Scale Reader (XYZ Quadrature decoder)
- Shine Solar Lamp
- Vacuum transport System
- Grain moisture and protein analyser
- Ultrasonic industrial cleaner ( Industrial )
- Endoscope tracking System ( Hospital )
- Temperature logging and alarm system ( Food and Vaccines )
- Roof Controller ( Home )
Interests
Health and running
Timeline
Senior Engineer
Custom Circuit Solutions
01.2007 - Current
Senior Design Engineer
Service Repair
01.1997 - 01.2007
Master of Engineering - Electronic Engineering
University of Johannesburg
01.1992 - 12.1996
Software Engineer Developer
Telkor
Project Engineer
South African Air Force
Higher National Diploma Electrical - Electronic Engineering
Vaal University of Technology