Sam Lashgari

3 Edgar Rd. Billerica Ma 01821

Home: (978) 362-1842
Cell: (857) 205-3913
mailto:sl4e8006@westpost.net
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Seasoned Test Engineering professional with expertise in design and development
of test system hardware and software for
Medical, Telecom and Semiconductor industries. Implementation of quality systems
for yield improvement and transitioning
new products into manufacturing.
- In-depth knowledge of environmental, functional and system level test techniq
ues.
- Expertise in project management, supervision, and management of external contr
act manufacturers.
- Experienced in Assembly, C, LabWindows CVI, TestStand, Test Studio and LabView
graphical programming
language.
- Familiarity with SPC, applied TQM principles and FDA requirements.
- Experienced with commercial ATE systems and test fixture design.
Experience:
Jali Medical, Inc. Woburn Ma
March 2006 - Present Consulting Engineer
Jali Medical is the U.S distributor of magStim magnetic nerve stimulators.
- Design of experiments to measure magnetic field strength of the stimulating co
ils using various magnetic power
measurement equipment.
- Documentation of test procedures, processes and data to comply with FDA regula
tions.
- Troubleshooting of faulty hardware to board and component level.
- Construction of electro mechanical circuits to interface with Rapid series of
magnetic stimulators.
- Deployment of automated and manual test processes to support stimulator softwa
re upgrade.
- Use of in-circuit emulation tools to update on board CPLDs and FPGAs.
- Completed MagStim Rapid Stimulator training, Wales U.K
ZOLL Medical, Inc. Chelmsford Ma
December 2008 - April 2010 Sr. Test Development Engineer
- Project lead for introduction of Cardiac Defibrillator/Monitor product from c
oncept to manufacturing. Suite of tests
included board level test, CPLD/FPGA programming, safety and system level test
.
- Specification and design of test fixtures for use at board and system level te
st.
- Creation of test plans, validation plans and all related documentation for the
test process.
- Developed NPI project schedules to track and lead a small group of Engineers t
o meet project milestones.
- Defining ICT requirements and management of ICT development with third party d
evelopers.
- Sustaining of test processes at the contract manufacturer to include AOI, 5DX,
Boundary Scan, and ICT test processes.
- Defined manufacturing and service test requirements and worked with R&D on imp
lementation.
- Assistance to technicians on troubleshooting board and system level faults as
needed.
- Developed defect tracking matrix to capture failure information on prototype b
uilds and drive failures to root cause.

Sycamore Networks Chelmsford MA

March 2006 - September 2008 Sr. Test Engineer
- Development of functional test hardware and software for Sycamore's SN16K opti
cal routing switch using a VXI based ATE in LabView/TestStand environment.
- Support of functional test for current network management hardware using a Ter
adyne 8911 Spectrum in LabView/TestStudio environment.
- Developed BOM translations tool. An application tool designed to convert a dow
nloaded Agile BOM to a flattened BOM in Labview.
- Implementation of TRS (test requirement specification) to fulfill R&D test req
uirement and holding formal design reviews with R&D.
- Documentation of the TPS that included fixture BOM, fixture schematic, test pr
ocedures and design review documents.
- Conducting test system and software training for production and contract manuf
acturing staff.
- Creating project schedules to manage and track deliverables in MS Project.
sentitO Networks Acton MA
May 2005 - March 2006 Principal Test Engineer
- Development of functional test systems for newly developed VOIP products in La
bView.
- Incoming inspection of all products received from the CM for cosmetic, functio
nal and systems level tests.
- System integration and customization of IVG (Intelligent Voice Gateway) hardwa
re.
- Installation and support of in-circuit programming tools at the contract manuf
acturer.
- Introduction of new products into the contract manufacturing site.
- Interface with R&D on DFT, diagnostics and product quality related issues.
- Held weekly team meetings with the CM to review quality data and propose requi
red corrective actions.
- Served as manufacturing representative for customer readiness meetings.
Benchmark Electronics Hudson NH
March 2004 - May 2005 Principle Test Engineer/Group Leader
- Responsible for implementing functional and ESS test strategies to support new
ly developed optical and storage area networking products.
- Assistance to technical staff on troubleshooting of Microprocessor based produ
cts.
- Development of software tools to support manufacturing operation.
- Collaboration with external customer base on achieving yield, reliability and
testability goals.
- Other duties included test capacity planning, test time reduction and floor la
yout planning.
- Process training of all test personnel on newly transitioned products.
- Recruitment and assignment of technical staff on various tasks.
Philips Medical Systems. Andover MA
Feb 2002 - Jan 2004 Test Development Engineer
- Design and development of test systems software and hardware to support defibr
illator (HeartStart_MRx) and patient monitoring products in TestStand/LabView en
vironment.
- Specifying manufacturing test requirements and interface with R&D on DFT, diag
nostics and assist in resolving design related issues.
- Utilizing SPC tools to measure test system repeatability and performance.
- Documentation of all software, systems and fixturing to fulfill ISO-9000 requi
rement.
- Assisted R&D during the prototype phase of the project.

Teradyne Inc. Boston MA

Feb 2000 - Apr 2001 Applications Engineer
- Supporting internal and external customers on the Catalyst mixed signal test s
ystem for the Mass Storage and Datacom business group.
- Characterization of newly developed analog and high-speed digital instruments.
- Test development for Serdes at 3.2 Gbps. Tests include jitter measurement, pat
tern generation, detection and signal capture.
- Assistance to the Sales and Marketing group in trade shows, presentations and
competitive product evaluations.
Nortel Networks Billerica MA
1997 - Feb 2000 Senior Test Engineer
- Design of test strategies to support new products at external contract manufa
cturing sites.
- Development and deployment of turnkey systems for functional, environmental an
d debug test of BayStack 350 Ethernet Work Group Switch into external manufactu
ring sites.
- Lead NPI Engineer responsible for the launch of BFR (Bay Fast Router) comprisi
ng of POS and ATM line cards.
- Software development in LabView, C and LabWindows CVI.
- Project management, capacity analysis and interaction with internal developmen
t and external manufacturing groups.
Philips - Lifeline Cambridge MA
1988 - 1997 Test Instrumentation Engineer
- Management of all test engineering and manufacturing support activities.
- Design of electromechanical test fixtures and sub circuit design for ATE funct
ional test.
- Providing ATE test solutions for RF transmitters.
- Specification of Analog/Digital component selection in support of all NPI acti
vities.
- Developing device drivers for IEEE-488 based test systems in C/CVI.
- Troubleshooting down to component level in mixed signal environment.
- Product and test system training to the manufacturing and repair personnel.
- Served as chairman for the Zero Defects Committee (a TQM program).
Alcatel Transcom Portsmouth RI
1985 - 1988 Component Test Engineer
- Test program set development for linear and digital ICs on Analog Devices LTS-
2012 component test system.
- Test development for PCM codecs, filters, custom telecommunication ASICS and H
YBRIDS for central office switching systems using IEEE-488 based rack and stack
solution.
- Interfaced with external suppliers on resolving component and yield related is
sues.
IC Testing, Inc. Sudbury MA
1984 - 1985 ATE Engineer
Developed software test programs for general purpose ICs on a TERADYNE j384 test
system for parametric, functional and timing characterization.
Education:
Northeastern University - 2000 Certificate in Networking and Communications.
Boston University - 1998 M.S BA
Wentworth Institute of Technology - 1984 B.S EET