Clyde L. Manning has over 40 years of experience in power electronics, analog circuit design, reliability analysis, and project management. He has worked for several aerospace and technology companies, specializing in worst case analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, and designing reliable power systems. Manning has a BSEE from the University of Kentucky and graduate studies from the University of Colorado and Colorado State University. He is a life member of the IEEE and has mentored junior engineers.
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1. CLYDE L. MANNING
12272 Meadowlark Lane
Broomfield, CO 80021-4192
Phone: (H) (303) 424-7073 (M) (303) 641-9654 email:
manningclyde@comcast.net
SKILLS SUMMARY
Power Electronics, Stress Analysis, Worst Case Design, FM(C)EA and Analysis, Analog Circuit Design, EMI/EMC,
Reliability Prediction, Failure Modes Effects Analysis, Limited Life Analysis, PSpice, LTSpice, MathCad, Microsoft
Products (Excel, Word Visio, Project). Functional knowledge of German.
EXPERIENCE
Performed Worst-Case Analysis and Parts Stress Analysis to assess circuit performance due to part parameter tolerance
and degradation due to aging, temperature, radiation, voltage, current and power.
Utilized PSpice, MathCad, and MS Excel in support of design, worst-case analysis (Extreme Value and Monte Carlo), and
parts stress analysis.
Calculated and measured circuit component stresses in support of reliability goals
Calculated mission reliability predictions (parts stress and parts count) using Microsoft Excel and Relex reliability software.
Performed Reliability Prediction, FMECA, Limited Life Analysis
Performed failure analysis at the system and piece part levels.
Served on Material Review and Failure Review Boards.
Discovered circuit design issues in the process of analysis, and recommended potential design alternatives to the
Responsible Engineers.
Designed AC-DC power supplies for use in the telecommunications, server and industrial markets.
Designed AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies for use in high reliability Disk and Tape library systems.
Performed Sustaining Engineering and Failure Analysis on power supplies in production. Resolved a long-standing problem
with a unit that had numerous failures in the field, eliminating field failures due to this issue.
Mentored less experienced coworkers in PSpice, Power Electronics, Design for Reliability, and EMI/EMC.
Designed power supplies for use in high-quality, high- reliability Aerospace applications
· Utilized MS Excel to generate part parameter degradation data and provided documentation utilizing MS Word.
· Designed EMI filters and surge suppression circuitry.
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Developed power electronics systems, quotes and cost estimates based on modular AC-DC and DC-DC converters.
Designed additional circuitry as necessary to meet the customers’ requirements.
· EMI filters, Current sense/sharing, Over-voltage, Power fail
· Supervised PWB development, mechanical design and parts acquisition.
Provided Sustaining Engineering support to manufacturing, solving test and circuit design problems in power and analog
circuits. This resulted in a 10% reduction in unplanned parts usage and a 9 day reduction in manufacturing span time.
· Performed worst case analysis to determine potential for test parameter modification.
· Performed failure analysis to determine root cause for failed components, circuits and subsystems.
· Utilized PSpice to analyze circuits and assist in arriving at solutions to manufacturing test problems.
Served as Lead Engineer in a Power Electronics Group, supervising power systems specification, acquisition and
qualification.
· Developed a N+1, distributed power system for a new disk drive array storage product.
· Solved EMI problems as they related to the power systems.
· Evaluated and selected candidate power supply vendors and developed request-for-quote packages
· Conducted progress reviews of the vendors’ development work and provided assistance and guidance as
needed.
Designed Analog Circuits for various printer and facsimile programs.
· Amplifiers, Analog to Digital Converter, Analog Signal Processing for facsimile CCD image sensor.
Defined overall power architecture for high end printing systems and designed DC-DC switch-mode power supplies.
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Ball Aerospace, Boulder, CO. November 2011 to October
2013 Contract Reliability Engineer
Ball Aerospace, Boulder, CO. (Retired October 2011) January 2003 to October
2011 Principal Reliability Engineer
OnLine Power Supply, Centennial, CO. January 2002 to August
2002 Senior Electrical/Reliability Engineer
StorageTek, Louisville, CO. 1997 to 2001
Senior Power Electronics Engineer
LOCKHEED MARTIN, Denver, CO 1996 to 1997
Senior Satellite Power Engineer 1994 to 1995
COLORADO POWER SYSTEMS 1995 to 1996
Director of Engineering
LITTON DATA SYSTEMS, Colorado Springs, CO 1992 to 1994
Principal Analog/Power Sustaining Engineer
INTELLISTOR, INC., Longmont, CO 1990 to 1992
Senior Power Electronics Engineer
IBM, Boulder, CO 1973 to 1990
Senior Associate Engineer
Analog and Power Electronics Design
EDUCATION
BSEE - University of Kentucky
Graduate Studies - University of Colorado and Colorado State University
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Member of Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) and IEEE (Life Member)