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