Alvaro Pontaza
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Experience
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dB Control
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Engineer
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Feb 2009 - Present
Skillful and dynamic technical professional with demonstrated capacity to provide comprehensive support. • Proven track record of successfully liaising with program management, manufacturing, and other departments to accomplish project tasks and achieve organizational objectives. • Highly focused and results-oriented in supporting complex, deadline-driven operations; able to identify goals and priorities and resolve issues in initial stages. • Adept at developing and maintaining detailed specifications, and debugging, and diagnosing technical issues. Skilled in performing effective root cause analysis on failed product and implementing corrective actions to correct the discrepancy and prevent any recurrence. • Talents in instrumentation and test, specializing in circuit board and connector commodities, as well as compressed gas handling, delivery, and vacuum leak testing. • Expertise in performing integration, final validation testing, and troubleshooting of Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTA) and High Voltage Power Supply(HVPS) ranging from 2KV to 15KV. Additional experience in Radio Frequency(RF) testing on (TWT) and Solid State Amplifiers (SSA) 6GHz to 18GHz, CW and Pulse, 100W to 10KW. • Proficient in the utilization of RF Source Generator, Power Meter, Oscilloscope, Pulse Generator, Digital Volt Meter (DVM), and Variac. Dedicated experience with vibration tables, hall/hass chambers, altitude/ESS Chambers, Microcontrollers, Watlow (EZ-Zone Controller), and familiar with LabView. Show less
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Picarro, Inc.
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United States
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Environmental Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Test Engineer
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2008 - Feb 2009
Developed, qualified, and tested new product designs. Evaluated, reviewed, and approved work guidelines, specifications, and CAD models. Created manufacturing specifications. Built testers and fixtures to specification standards. Calibrated analyzers and subassemblies. Compiled and analyzed data; prepared detailed reports and presentations for management. Selected Contributions: • Implemented test processes, resulting in the successful fabrication of prototypes and long-term production of products. • Executed strategic plans to optimize costs and performance, with emphasis on improved capacity, lead-time, and compliance to regulatory requirements and quality standards. Show less
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Education
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DeVry University
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering