This document is a resume for Ronald R. Reichard. It summarizes his education, including a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Villanova University, and experience as an RF engineer working with wireless technologies like 4G, 3G and 2G at companies including Microsoft, Sierra Wireless and Qualcomm. It also outlines his 20 years of experience in areas like RF testing, design verification, and applications engineering.

1. RONALD R. REICHARD
13409 Midland Road Apt 96
Poway, CA 92064
ronreichard333@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
 Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
o Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, May 1994 - GPA: 3.41 / 4.0
 Delaware County Community College, Media, Pennsylvania
o Major: Engineering, September 1990 - September 1991 - GPA 3.93 / 4.0
 United States Marine Corps
o Aviation Electronics Technician Training
CAREER OBJECTIVE:
RF Engineer with twenty (20) years of experience seeking to obtain a position in Test, Design or
Applications Engineering in the Wireless Industry
KNOWLEDGE AND CORE COMPETENCIES:
 In-depth knowledge of RF components, circuits, systems and solutions for the wireless
communications industry
 Well-versed in wireless technologies to include: 4G, 3G, 2G (LTE, WCDMA, CDMA, GPRS,
EDGE and WLAN)
 Experienced with a wide variety of RF Test Equipment including: Network Analyzers, RF
Communications Call Boxes (R&S CMW500, CMU200; Anritsu MT8820C; Agilent 8960),
Spectrum Analyzers, Signal Generators, Power Meters, DC Power Supplies, Temperature
Chambers and ATE Conformance Test Racks
 Automation Programs include: CMWrun, CMUgo, LabVIEW and Agilent Wireless Test
Manager
 Experienced in building test racks to test RF IC’s, components, circuits, systems and User
Equipment
 Skilled in designing test boards for RF and Analog circuits
 Veteran RF Applications Engineer in a customer facing role
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Microsoft, San Diego, California
Senior RF Test Engineer: Design Verification and R&D in the Connected Devices Group
(Tablets). March 2012 to September 2014.
 RF Test Engineering in the System Verification Team for R&D and Lab Entry Tablets.
Testing included manual and automated RF Conducted measurements for 4G, 3G, 2G
standards.
 Constructed ATE systems for collection of RF automated data using CMWrun, CMUgo and
LabVIEW
 Lead Engineer responsible for constructing a new $14 Million lab for the Connected Devices
Group. This hardware lab included the following test capabilities for Wireless Tablets: RF,
Antenna, Audio, Baseband and Environmental / Mechanical
Sierra Wireless, Carlsbad, California
Contractor: Radio Conformance / Design Verification Group. April 2011 to March 2012
 Conformance and Design Verification Test Engineering focused on technologies for LTE, IS-
95, IS2000, EVDO Rev 0 and EVDO Rev A.

2. Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, California
Senior Engineer, RF Components Engineering Group, August 2008 thru November 2010
 Components Engineer focused on RF Power Amplifiers. Work involved the support of
systems and design engineers to provide the best RF components for next generation
mobile phones, as well as provide solutions for current designs.
 Supported the entire RF phone sections in various designs, which involved work with filters,
duplexers, switches, antennas, LNAs, PAs and various passive and active components.
 Testing of RF Components: Set up an automated RF Lab Bench to take data on RF
components used in Qualcomm mobile phone reference designs.
RF MicroDevices, Greensboro, North Carolina
Senior Applications Engineer, June 1999 to May 2008
 Support of customers in the Wafer Sales Group for Power Amplifiers. Work involved
supporting the design, simulation, failure analysis and test of various Power Amplifier die.
 Wafer Sales Group support included being knowledgeable in: RF die probing, die layer
stack ups, wafer fabrication process, die level dc testing and various RFMD internal
processes.
 Support of customers for RFMD Power Amplifiers packaged die and modules. Traveled to
various global and domestic customer sites to support customers for development, design
and test of power amplifiers circuits as well as other RF circuits for mobile handsets.
 Design of Application and Evaluation Boards for RFMD power amplifiers.
 Failure Analysis Experience for Power Amplifiers.
American Meter Company, Scott Depot, West Virginia
RF Engineer, August 1998 to April 1999
 Design, layout, build, test and tuning of form factor board for a multilayer PCB at 900 MHz
(ISM Band) Frequency Hopping Receiver for an Automated Meter Reader / Interrogator.
 Design included LNA, Filters, Mixers, Oscillators, Amplifiers, Demodulator and various
analog circuits.
Northrop Grumman, Electronic Sensors and Systems Division, Baltimore,
Maryland
RF Engineer, September 1994 to August 1998
 Design, development, PCB layout, tuning and testing of Transmitter circuits for radar
applications from 130 MHz to 3 GHz.
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina
Integrated Weapons Systems Technician, Rank: Corporal (E-4), July 1984 to June 1989
 Aviation Electronics Technician on F/A-18 aircraft
 Collateral Duty Inspector qualified 1987
COMPUTER SKILLS
CMWRun, CMUgo, ADS, Agilent Wireless Test Manager, LabVIEW, Cadence (Allegro PCB
Editor), Mentor Graphics, Protel, AutoCad, Microsoft Office Programs, Eagleware, Linecalc,
ORCAD and various automated RF and DC test systems
HONORS / AWARDS / AFFILIATIONS
 Disabled American Veteran
 Honorable Discharge from United States Marine Corps: June 1989
 Tau Beta Pi, (National Engineering Honor Society, April 1993
 Eta Kappa Nu,  Electrical Engineering Honor Society, February 1993
 Dean’s List: 6 Semesters