Matthew Pallan

Flexible, analytical, result-driven and growth-oriented, works best in both individual and team-based settings with roles that require problem-solving, comprehensive analysis and interaction with various people types; can work under pressure and has high standards for personal performance.

A licensed Electronics and Communications Engineer with intensive training in major industries (Electronics Engineering Research and Development, information technology,

semiconductor, television network, energy & power distribution, and military) and academic qualifications from the home country’s reputable State Technological University.

Engineering skills has been refined through International Research and Development companies and multi-National Semiconductor Companies; gained an expertise in Probe

& Test Operations with a balanced knowledge on Equipment, Process, Product and Applications

Engineering.

ROMCO International Company LLC a subcontracting company for Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH

Combat Training Center – Al Hamra, Western Region, Abu Dhabi

October 01, 2020 - Present

Electronics Engineer

Rheinmetall Electronics - Tactical Engagement Simulation Laboratory

• Designs, maintains and repairs Tactical Engagement Simulation (TES) electronic equipment for Personnel & Vehicles of the UAE Army which includes LASER Receivers and Transmitters, GPS Equipment and Radio Equipment which operates on 385Mhz to 400Mhz at the TES Laboratory
• Procurement of components and equipments needed for design, repair and maintenance at TES Laboratory
• Troubleshoots Tactical Engagement Simulation equipment in the field
• Installs and tests Tactical Engagement Simulation Equipment
• Issues and receives Tactical Engagement Simulation Equipment

Amber & Waseem General Trading LLC

Warehouse No 10, Industrial Area No. 1, Jebel Ali - Dubai

July 15, 2018 – September 09, 2020

Electronics Research and Development Engineer

-Team Lead for High Voltage Team of the R&D Department

• Design Battery Management System for Supercapacitor - Batteries for High

Voltage Applications with Voltage, Current, and Temperature Monitoring.

• Designation includes designing Electronic Boards through Altium, kiCAD and programming microprocessor (e.g. AtMEGA328, AtMEGA2560) & ARM
• Design and Coordinate for Transnet - KERS (Kinetic Energy Reservation System)

ON Semiconductor SSMP Philippines, Inc. - Tarlac

LIP-SEPZ, San Miguel, Tarlac City, Tarlac, Philippines 2301

October 23, 2017 – May 2, 2018

Business Unit Product Engineer – Power Solutions Group

• Product Owner of Business Unit for Logic devices for uDFN, SOIC, and TSSOP packages driving and supporting both the Assembly and Final Test manufacturing
• Project Coordinator for product transfers from Carmona, Cavite & Seramban,

Malaysia to Tarlac City Site both Assembly and Final Test Site Manufacturing setting up conference call meetings and providing updates between project managers.

• Hold lots (pending lots waiting for Product Engineer disposition) support at

Carmona Cavite, evaluates failures and provide data analysis

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (Philippines), Inc. - Clark

Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines 2009

September 17, 2012 – October 16, 2017

TaskForce ETS364, Shift Lead (March 2017 – October 2017)

• A Special appointment to lead the Manufacturing, Equipment, Process, Product

& Applications Teams in attaining the desired level of Overall Equipment Efficiency of ETS364 setups through Repair and Maintenance.

• Identify the gaps and root cause of the problems, then provide short term and long term solutions

Probe Product Engineer (September 2015 – October 2017)

• Analog Signal Chain new device/offload Product Management (ETS364, iFLEX,

93K, uFLEX)

a. Ensures that new devices meets the requirements for manufacturability b. Aligns priorities with Manufacturing, Planning, and LBE (Test Engineer) offshore counterparts c. Assists the LBE in solving problems encountered during the checkout

• Secondary support for Embedded Processing & Digital devices a. Co-author of optimizing contact resistance for FFI-T11 card technology on

J750HD devices

• Solved Noise Bin Failure issue of a Medical High Reliability & Sensing device on

FusionMX tester with the LBE counterparts

• PE Metric Co-Owner: APU12 Hotswitching Cleanup, Small Signals, Open Issues

Database)

Probe Application Engineer (March 2015 – September 2015)

• Interface Applications Engineer (Probe Card and Load board)

a. Identify the top failing boards and provide short term and long term solutions b. Pioneered the Hotswitching Cleanup on ETS364 programs that causes interface and APU12 tester board mechanical relays damage

• Data Applications Engineer (Trackworks Admin). Extracts & creates automated reports
• Line Applications Engineer. Tester Hardware and Programming Debug

(VLCT,EAGLE Teradyne,iFLEX Teradyne,Fusion LTX)

Probe Card Shop Engineer (January 2013 – March 2015)

• Application engineering support for Interface Boards on high visibility high volume production devices, providing short term and long term solutions to problems a. Auto-Z Planarity Overdrive Optimization for Large Array cards for better contact.

b. Identifying the Mechanical Relays that have failure rate that are always subject of hotswitching and replacing them with equivalent SSR relays.

c. Co-author in providing long term solutions for planarity issues by having more rigid materials and technical approach in probe pin replacements through cherry picking method.

• Clean-up of Engineering Issues Interface Boards, identifying root cause and providing solutions to the most difficult problems encountered by the board repair team
• Shift Lead Engineer, providing dispositions on immediate operations issues encountered by the Engineering, Repair and Issuance team.
• TrackWorks Admin (a database and tracking software application for Probe

Equipments)

a. Co-author in creating a web-based automated reporting system.

b. Provides training for probe new hires about TrackWorks Overview

Probe Applications Engineer (September 2012 – January 2013)

• Debug (Software & Hardware) any tester issue encountered in Production

(VLCT,EAGLE Teradyne,iFLEX Teradyne,Fusion LTX)

• Probe Card/Interface Technologies Board Level hardware Debug

Bachelor of Science in Electronics & Communications Engineering

Technological University of the Philippines - Visayas, 2005 – 2010

Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines