Bruce Honnigford
Senior Hardware Engineer
Minnetonka,MN
Summary
Solid background in electronic product development and a broad experience that spans many industries including Military Land Vehicles, Medical Imaging, Audio-Visual, Communications, HVAC, Security, Sporting goods and Industrial equipment industries. Proven track record of generating creative new designs, innovative problem solving techniques and excellent communication skills.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Electrical Engineer
Tactacam LLC
12.2022 - 05.2023
- Designed and developed Embedded systems for of cellular trail and security cameras, lithium-ion battery chargers and solar panels
- Converted Chinese electronics for US domestic production
- Sourced and specified electronic components
- Managed and configured Altium Designer Licenses
- Supervised junior engineers
- Researched and assessed new technologies.
Senior Electrical Engineer
IMRIS, Deerfield Imaging
01.2022 - 11.2022
- Performed continuation engineering for moving Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) control systems.
Principle Hardware Engineer
Diatom Engineering & Associates
08.2020 - 01.2022
- Designed Circuits and PCBs for innovative audio products
- Designed Dante networked audio amplifiers, high current POE power supplies and Bluetooth/Wifi connected microphones
- Designed analog and digital circuits for 32bit IoT embedded systems with STM32 and i.MX RT ARM MCUs.
Senior Hardware Engineer
Vaddio
09.2012 - 08.2020
- Developed embedded hardware for cutting edge Audio Visual products for conferencing and presentation
- Designed high speed analog and digital circuits for Xilinx SoCs and ARM MCUs
- Designed DC-DC POL circuits for embedded systems
- Designed and simulated analog and digital peripheral circuits
- Performed EMC Compliance analysis and testing
- Validated and reworked SMT multi-layer embedded microcontroller based electronic assemblies
- Designed mechanical parts and 3D printed prototypes of mechanical enclosures and components
- Developed concepts to market of electronic hardware including Powered Audio Speakers, PTZ Cameras, PTZ Camera Controllers, Audio/Visual processing gear
- Designed and built test fixtures for software development
- performed continuing engineering, cost reduction, part sourcing and redesign.
Senior Electrical Engineer
Tennant Company
09.2011 - 08.2012
- Designed and developed chemical free cleaning systems for Orbio subsidiary
- Designed embedded control system hardware for water based cleaning systems
- Documented chemical processes, system block diagrams and specifications
- Performed EMC design evaluation and testing.
Senior Electrical Engineer
Spartronics
12.2010 - 09.2011
- Applied engineering to solve existing problems for customers to optimize and increase business for electronics assembly house using Altium, Cadence and AutoCAD EDA software.
Senior Hardware Engineer
Rockwell Automation
06.2010 - 12.2010
- Designed Isolated CAN Bus and RS-422 SERCOS topologies interface hardware for Allen-Bradley industrial controllers using Mentor Design Architect
- Simulated DC-DC power supply circuits.
Senior Electrical Engineer
Stratasys
10.2009 - 04.2010
- Performed failure analysis for 3D printing machinery
- Specified and tested electronic components for obsolescence management
- Designed and built mechanical 3D printed parts and test fixtures for R & D using AutoCAD 3D.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology - Electronics Engineering
University of Minnesota, Duluth
Duluth, MN 09.1981 - 05.1986
Skills
Altium Designer
undefinedCertification
Embedded Systems Engineering - University of California
Timeline
Senior Electrical Engineer
Tactacam LLC
12.2022 - 05.2023
Senior Electrical Engineer
IMRIS, Deerfield Imaging
01.2022 - 11.2022
Principle Hardware Engineer
Diatom Engineering & Associates
08.2020 - 01.2022
Senior Hardware Engineer
Vaddio
09.2012 - 08.2020
Senior Electrical Engineer
Tennant Company
09.2011 - 08.2012
Senior Electrical Engineer
Spartronics
12.2010 - 09.2011
Senior Hardware Engineer
Rockwell Automation
06.2010 - 12.2010
Senior Electrical Engineer
Stratasys
10.2009 - 04.2010
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology - Electronics Engineering
University of Minnesota, Duluth
09.1981 - 05.1986
Embedded Systems Engineering - University of California
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