1. MICHAEL J. MCGARITY
724 Shadowbrook Drive. Rock Hill, SC 29732 • (803) 493-8878
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
FreedomCAD Services, Inc. Nashua, NH
Senior Printed Circuit Board Designer
04/06 -02/16
• Work independently from a home office on 2nd
shift, supporting customers in the US, Canada and
abroad.
• Work also as a team with the FreedomCAD designers as support for large projects
• Act as lead designer and point of contact for customer’s engineering dept.
• Correlate all customer input schematics, product guidelines/specifications, and mechanical
requirements
• Quote projects and scope of work documents for customer PO approvals
• Create Printed Circuit Board design on CAD system, libraries, working daily with the lead
engineering team via teleconference as needed and daily status reports via email
• Complete all design phases to customer requirements and delivery of required manufacturing files
• Archive all data to company specifications for future work and as customer file backup
• Librarian creating PCB component footprints as needed when workload shifted.
• Follow all ISO9000 company requirements and account for all hours spent on the project
via Billquick so the customer always has a clear accounting of research/project dollars spent.
Software: Cadence Allegro V13.5 through V 16.6 , OrCAD schematic and PCB Design, Altium.
Solectron Technology, Inc./ Flextronics, Inc. Charlotte, NC
Senior Printed Circuit Board Designer
• One of a three person team of PCB Designers in-house .
• Act as a lead designer for in-house and external Solectron customers on 1st
shift
• Quote projects and scope of work documents for external customers
• Create and maintain customer footprint libraries to JEDEC standards and customer
specific mechanical/electrical components.
• Create printed Circuit Board design on CAD system to customer or in-house
specifications, working daily with lead engineers in person or via teleconference.
• Sending customer daily status emails on project as it progresses.
• Complete all post design processes, working with the Valor team to deliver a
buildable product on schedule and meeting all manufacturing specifications
• Archive all data to company specifications, follow all ISO9000 guidelines.
• ISO Coordinator last 3 years, writing ISO guidelines and working ISO Audits.
Software : Mentor Board Station 20%, OrCAD Design 30%, Cadence Allegro V14 50%
12/96 – 04/06
2. PowerTEC Industrial Corporation/ Rock Hill, SC
Pacific Scientific, Inc. Rock Hill, SC/Boston, MA
Printed Circuit Board Designer
04/87 – 12/96
• Single in-house Printed Circuit Board designer for internal company products
• Responsible for all phases of design from schematic/netlist input from engineer to PCB
layout and design, manufacturing files processing and delivery to board vendor
• Responsible for data management, archives and 4:1 Gerber file generation for all boards
• Placement and routing of approximately 25 separate component boards to support
PowerTEC’s patented 1st
, 2nd
and 3rd
Generation DC Motor Drives.
Software: Tango PCB
SKILLS
• Layout of complex multi-layer printed circuit boards containing analog, digital, power and RF
components
• Create and maintain PCB symbols and libraries of components
• Create and manage PCB documentation including fabrication and assembly drawings, Gerber
files. DXF files and 3D Models
• Work with PCB fabricators to resolve DFM or other manufacturing related issues
• Superior knowledge and experience with layout software
• Ability to interpret electrical designs with minimal instruction
• Knowledge of the latest multi-layer PCB fabrication techniques and specifications
• Knowledge of multi-layer PCB layout techniques and specifications
• Ability to work on projects from conception to production release
• Ability to work in a team environment with electrical and mechanical engineers
REFERENCES
Mr. Eddie Broyles CEO FreedomCAD Services and Solectron 18 years (704) 906-9029
Mr. Donald Duncan CTO FreedomCAD Services and Solectron 18 years (704) 222-1675
Mr. Gerry Meier, Program Manager, FreedomCAD Services 9 years (603) 864-1312
Mr. Matt Kornblum, Dir. Of Engineering, Lockheed Martin 29 years (941) 780-1753
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 1976-1978 Electrical Engineering
York Technical College, Rock Hill, SC 1978-1979 EET
3. Journeyman Electrician and Installer 5 years, DMP Corporation Industrial Wastewater Treatment 1983-
1987
Licensed SC Residential Homebuilder’s Association 1983-1985 Home Construction and renovation