Experience

Borg Indak

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Laboratory Electronics Technician

  • Oct 2021 - Present



Sub-Zero Group, Inc.

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electronic Controls Engineer

  • Mar 2020 - Oct 2020



Culver's Restaurants

• United States
• Restaurants
• 700 & Above Employee

• Crew Member

  • Dec 2006 - Mar 2020

  Part time job while studying CS at UW Madison Part time job while studying CS at UW Madison



Electronic Theatre Controls

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Assurance Specialist (EMC Test Engineering)

  • Jul 2015 - May 2018

  -Tested new product designs for EMC regulatory precompliance in-house to FCC 47 CFR 15 and multiple BS EN family standards to prevent waste of resources sending non-compliant designs to accredited labs-Troubleshot failures and recommended design changes based on thorough understanding of electromagnetism and high-speed design-Discovered source of broadband noise that historically plagued radiated emissions testing of LED fixture product lines and recommended solutions which have now been implemented-Reviewed designs prior to PCB fabrication to find potential EMC issues (emissions AND immunity)-Traveled to accredited labs in the USA and England to assist with fully-compliant testing-Familiar with safety testing standards (UL, CE & others)-Kept up to date with constantly evolving web of domestic/international EMC directives-Added several new testing capabilities, including ground-up design of 2 test systems automated by robust, modular LabVIEW programs (FSM-architecture) for calibration and precompliance testing of radiated (simulated through BCI) and conducted RF immunity-Designed and built CDN from scratch for EN61000-4-3 conducted RF immunity testing-Attended EMC conferences, seminars, and classes to reaffirm knowledge gained through personal research-Prepared concise EMC test reports ----Debugged/repaired production PCBs that failed final testing using knowledge of electronics and ability to interpret schematics to quickly identify likely candidates for defective components and assembly/fabrication errors-Became familiar with circuitry and function of large variety of products, such as dimmers, wireless repeaters, LED fixtures, consoles, networking products, and more-Proficiency with difficult tasks e.g. repairing lifted pads, stitching traces, manually attaching BGAs-Wrote software tools to automate debug tasks, e.g. generating valid configuration spaces for wireless chips after corrupted/lost



bb7 product development

• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Electronics Technician (Engineering Intern/Co-Op)

  • Aug 2014 - May 2015

  I applied my extensive knowledge of electronics, software and firmware fundamentals to assist with design (PCB schematics/layout), testing and prototyping at a globally-respected product development firm, working alongside senior engineers with decades of experience in a variety of disciplines, coordinating efforts between marketing, industrial design, business development, sales and management to effectively bring new products to market. I applied my extensive knowledge of electronics, software and firmware fundamentals to assist with design (PCB schematics/layout), testing and prototyping at a globally-respected product development firm, working alongside senior engineers with decades of experience in a variety of disciplines, coordinating efforts between marketing, industrial design, business development, sales and management to effectively bring new products to market.



Precision Devices, Inc.

• Electronics Technician

  • Dec 2013 - May 2014

  -Solder, assemble, tune, troubleshoot LC filters-Run temperature tests for variety of CXOs, TCXOs, VCXOs, OCXOs etc.-Recommend tweaks to crystal oscillator circuits to improve frequency control-Work closely with engineers-Train and supervise employees to use test equipment-Started in Quality Assurance -Solder, assemble, tune, troubleshoot LC filters-Run temperature tests for variety of CXOs, TCXOs, VCXOs, OCXOs etc.-Recommend tweaks to crystal oscillator circuits to improve frequency control-Work closely with engineers-Train and supervise employees to use test equipment-Started in Quality Assurance



Road Ranger

• United States
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Cashier

  • Jul 2012 - Oct 2012

  -General Cashier/Maintenance Duties-Often ran store independently as the only employee on site, in charge of closing/locking up-Continued to develop friendly customer service and problem-solving skills -General Cashier/Maintenance Duties-Often ran store independently as the only employee on site, in charge of closing/locking up-Continued to develop friendly customer service and problem-solving skills



Madison Area Technical College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Peer Tutor

  • Oct 2008 - May 2009

  -Gained leadership and communication skills tutoring students in math and science-Independent 1-on-1 tutoring in addition to unsupervised drop-in tutoring services -Gained leadership and communication skills tutoring students in math and science-Independent 1-on-1 tutoring in addition to unsupervised drop-in tutoring services