Tatiana S.

Laguna
Greater Atlanta Area, GA
Phone: 908 248-8581 Cell: 908 868 7716 E-mail: tlaguna27@gmail.com

CAREER SUMMARY
Lead Mechanical Design & Compliance Test Engineer with 25 years of experience in end to end hardware
development, apparatus and equipment physical design, hardware compliance, electronic assembly technology, new
product introduction and model to high volume manufacturing. Background includes: Telecom, Aerospace, Elevator
and Defense Industries. Good Romanian and some Spanish speaking skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Mechanical Design, Electro-mechanical Packaging, Sheet metal & Cable design.

Familiar in handling/using test equipment like: Signal Generator, PSA, VSA, MXA, MXG, Power Meter,
Attenuators and Anechoic Chamber.
Computer skills: MS Word, Excel, Power Point and Windows applications.
Experience using Pro/Engineer-Creo.
ANSI, Geometrical Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
Technical writing/ Specifications.
Project/ Product Management
Detail oriented, well organized with strong leadership and communication skills.
Excellent problem solving skills, ability to multi-task, with strong desire to produce results.
Ability to work independently or within a team environment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HCL America Inc., Murray Hill, NJ
Aug 2014 Present
Hardware Compliance Engineer at Alcatel-Lucent facility: Transitioned to HCL in 2014, onsite at ALU, ensuring
aggressive KT (knowledge transfer) and goals are met while still providing all deliverables to customer.
Planning and executing test strategies on Alcatel Lucent wide range of wireless base station products
Testing to strict regulatory and industry standards (FCC, CE Marking, NEBS GR-1089 and Industry
Canada)
Working with third and fourth generation technologies CDMA, UMTS and LTE.
Discontinued an ineffective weekly status process and instituted, executed and refined new strategy
initiative.
Introduced test grouping methodology that reduced project backlog 50%.
Conducted analysis of project durations; benchmarked project timelines; allowing determination of total
group throughput.
Alcatel- Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ
2009-2014
Hardware Compliance Engineer (MTS)
Delivered projects on time because I am at my best when working under pressure and take pride in being
someone you can rely on.
Lead the transfer of compliance lab. from Whippany to Murray Hill, NJ.
Lead the creation of a database for all the Lab equipment and the testing assets, for a better usage.
Ensure the approval of the testing documentation, E-project workflow and Traceability of the testing to the
System Requirements Documentation.
Managed document storage and loading process for testing documents to internal systemLiveLink
Knowledge on configuring and setting up the 2G/3G/4G CDMA, WCDMA, LTE equipment for EMC Testing:
o FCC/CE/GR-1089

Alcatel- Lucent, Lucent Technologies, Whippany, NJ

2003-2009
Lead Mechanical Design Engineer/ Project & Product Manager

Extensive experience in all aspects of physical design development for products in CDMA, W-CDMA and LTE,
from model to high volume manufacture, new product introduction and on-going support.

Realized over $10M savings, through redesign, competitive bidding, standardization, resourcing and qualification
of alternate components and materials.

Product Manager - LTE, W-CDMA, CDMA product offers

Excellent project management skills with ability to meet deadlines, manage priorities, establish project estimates
and oversight the budgets.

Experience with ISO 9001 requirements.

Lead Physical Engineer for all 4.0, 4.0B Korea Modcell and 450MHz CDMA applications.

Frame Physical Engineer for Compact Modcells (9216/9226/9224/9234 and RRH).

Created and developed: Engineering Rules & Guidelines and Ordering Items for wireless equipment.

Authored and updated physical design specification or documentation for new or existing equipment.
Lucent Technologies, Mount Olive, NJ
1998-2003
Physical Design Engineer (MTS)

Design specialist in Electro/ Mechanical Systems, component packaging technology, sheet metal and cable
designs.

Circuit Boards design, Power Supply Packaging design, Components and Hardware selection.

Working knowledge of engineering mechanics and materials, assembly drawings, mechanical and electrical detail
drawings, bill of materials, ANSI 14.5.

Responded to field issues through resolution, failure analysis, root cause and corrective actions.

Able to propose cost reduced, yield improved versions of current products.

Highly skilled in 3D CAD Modeling: Pro/E- Creo, Intralink, Pro/PDM, Pro/Mechanica, GD&T.
BF Goodrich Aerospace, Motion Control Division, Cedar Knolls, NJ
1996-1998
Lead MCAD Design Engineer

Experience with motion systems and components such as drive trains, gearboxes and control systems.

Knowledge Investment Castings, Tolerance Analyses, Components and Hardware selection.

Working knowledge of engineering mechanics and materials, assembly drawings, mechanical detail drawings, bill
of materials, MIL-STD-100/810.

Highly skilled in 3D CAD Modeling: Pro/E, Pro/PDM and Pro/Mechanica

Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ
1990-1996
MCAD Design Engineer
Design specialist in elevator and escalators systems, sheet metal, components and hardware selection.
Working knowledge of engineering mechanics and materials, assembly drawings, mechanical detail drawings,
bill of materials.
Benchmarked Pro/E software, conducted analysis of project durations, timelines of using different CAD tools.
3D CAD Modeling: Pro/E, ME3, AutoCAD
Mechanical Engineering Co., Orastie, Romania
1984-1986
Mechanical Engineer

Entry level mechanical engineer responsible for the quality control of the manufacturing parts and assemblies on
the shop floor of the factory.

EDUCATION
Lincoln Technical Institute, Union Twp, NJ
Diploma Electro-Mechanical Designer- AutoCAD computer skills

1989 1990

Polytechnic Institute of Technology Traian Vuia, Timisoara, Romania

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineer, Class of 1984

1979- 1984