Joel Carroll

Experience

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  Handmark

  May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Quality Assurance Engineer Intern

  Tested cell phone applications and reported bugs to the application developers.

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  EaglePicher

  May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Manufacturing Engineering Intern

  Responsible for continual process improvement of the KeEper Medical Batteries production line. Automated a previously manual materials weighing processes to save $32,000/year. Designed tooling and fixtures using Autodesk Inventor to improve existing processes. Tested quality of weld penetration on battery welds through cross section analysis.Automated a laser welding system to optimize battery welding processes.Installed a piezoelectric buzzer alarm to notify dry room workers if a room was out of spec for working with raw lithium in open air. Show less

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  National Instruments

  May 2011 - Jul 2017

  Tech lead, architect, and developer for RF semiconductor test solutions.Mentor junior developersMap customer test plans and requirements to hardware specifications and softwareExtensive measurement knowledge from spectrum to demodulation for various wireless standards Supported Customers using National Instruments Modular Instruments, LabVIEW and DAQ products.Obtained Certified LabVIEW Developer certification.Recruited out of Applications Engineering for a 3 month relocation assignment to do development with NIs largest customer on a WLAN and BT test application. Taught weekly introductory LabVIEW classes at night to a class of 110 people.Enabled students to obtain the Certified LabVIEW Associates Developer (CLAD) Certification by hosting review sessions and administering the exam. RF Systems Engineering InternDeveloped an RF System Calibration application in LabVIEW to calibrate RX and TX pathloss.Presented the RF System Calibration application to NI partners and customers during NIWeek.Obtained the Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD) certification.

  • Staff RF Systems Engineer

    Mar 2013 - Jul 2017

  • Engineering Leadership Program Applications Engineer

    Jul 2012 - Mar 2013

  • LabVIEW Student Ambassador

    Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

  • Engineering Leadership Program Intern

    May 2011 - Aug 2011
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  NI (National Instruments)

  Sept 2017 - now

  Provide consulting to sales and field AEs on STS configurations based on DUT test requirementsSynthesize high level system roadmap requirements into standard hardware configurations based on various DUT types from mmWave and IoT MCUs to WLAN6Defined mmWave configurations for OSAT deploymentCompletion of hardware and software STS platform gapsCalled upon for must-win opportunities to complete challenging test plans on tight timelines (tiger team)Semiconductor Test System (STS) internal escalation point of contactResolve STS manufacturing support escalations Show less

  • Business Development Manager | NI Test & Measurement at Emerson

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Principal System Design Engineer

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Senior Semiconductor Systems R&D Engineer, RF and Communications

    Sept 2017 - Mar 2021