Doug Probstfeld's Experience:
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Manager, Corporate Product Regulations and Safety, Retired at Intel Corporation
July 1976 - July 2000 | Mountain View, CA; Hillsboro, OR; DuPont, WAMade sure non-semiconductor hardware products Intel sold and delivered were safe and complied with all regulations. This included regulations for safety (shock, fire, personal injury), electromagnetic interference, environmental/recycling, power connections, telephone line connections, ergonomic/human interface and any other requirement from a city, region or country around the world. Part of this job was to assure Intel met all of its product liability responsibilities by handling field incidents and if necessary, recalling products. A big part of this job was assisting product designers by getting the necessary requirements to them early in the design phase, in the form of accurate guidelines and checklists, and completing all testing and certifications promptly to avoid delays in releasing the latest technology.
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Product Safety Engineer at Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
July 1972 - July 1976 | Santa Clara, CAEvaluated and tested products from a variety of companies around the world to assure they were safe and complied with UL's requirements.
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Student Field Engineer at Bechtel Corporation
May 1971 - August 1971 | Centralia, WAAs a summer job during Junior year in college, Bechtel provided a valuable opportunity to work as a student engineer with a start-up team to bring a new steam electric power plant into operation.
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Electronic Communications and Cryptographic Systems Repairman at United States Air Force
July 1964 - July 1968A variety of assignments at several fascinating locations.