Manufacturing Support Engineer

Manufacturing Support Engineer

Texas Instruments, Inc. — Austin, TX — 1979–1981

Responsibilities

  • Supported manufacturing of the DX990 mini‑computer line within the new Systems Integration Center.
  • Collaborated cross‑functionally with hardware design, software engineering, and QA teams to resolve production issues.
  • Developed test procedures and automation tools to streamline diagnostic verification.

Accomplishments

  • Specified and implemented automated test processes that reduced system test time by 40%.
  • Enhanced the DX990/5 ROM loader to support automated diagnostics.
  • Designed an internal RDBMS schema for system configuration tracking.
  • Supervised scripting for automated diagnostic testing and preventive maintenance.

Tool Set

DX990 mini computers, 990 Assembly, Rifle Pascal, Diagnostic Operating Control System

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