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Larry Fey Joins KIC as Principal Electrical Engineer
July 11, 2017 | KICEstimated reading time: 1 minute
KIC has appointed Larry Fey to the position of principal electrical engineer. Fey is an exceptionally skilled and accomplished electrical engineer with more than 27 years of hands-on design experience. He has been active in all phases of product development, including feasibility studies, planning, design, CAD, assembly, testing, field trials, production support and customer assistance.
Fey first started out in the industry in 1989 with Tollgrade Communications Inc. as principal engineer. He joined the company when it was a small start-up business and became an important member of the engineering department throughout its rise to a publicly traded company.
After 17 years with Tollgrade Communications, he transitioned to his role as hardware engineer at Sandel Avionics Inc. There, he was the main electrical engineer for hardware design, learning, and supporting legacy products as well as the design and development of new products for the past 10 years. Fey holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and is experienced with CAD design tools, including DxDesigner, PADS PCB, and Xilinx and Altera design tools.
About KIC
Based in San Diego, KIC is the industry leader in automated thermal process tools and systems for reflow, wave, curing and semiconductor thermal processes. The company pioneered the development of oven profilers and process optimization tools, and then worked to create the next generation of thermal systems to help manufacturers improve the thermal process quality while reducing cost.
KIC products include the KIC SPS, K2, X5, KICstart2, ProBot, 24/7 Wave and the KIC RPI. With the introduction of cutting edge tools, the company continues to stay on the leading edge of process optimization and automatic thermal process systems, and has won numerous industry awards.
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