Site Electronics Engineer

• Feb 2023 - Present

Electronics Technician, Site Operation Group

• Jan 2018 - Feb 2023

Responsible for leading the maintenance, operation, troubleshooting, and upgrades of the environmental monitoring systems at the GMT site.Responsible for supporting the design, procurement, installation, maintenance, operation, troubleshooting, upgrades, and documentation of electronics and electrical systems at the GMT site.Additional duties include:1. Support the document control and systems engineering for the Site Operation group.2. Collaborate with other GMT project elements such as: the Enclosure element, and the Primary Mirror sub-system element.2.1 The scope of the collaboration for the Enclosure element includes the provision of design requirements for the: IT IDF rooms, Audio and Video systems, Access Control system, Building Automation system, Environmental Monitoring system for the enclosure building.2.2 The scope of the collaboration for the Primary Mirror sub-subsytem element includes the design & engineering, procurement and implementation of the electrical & comms bulkhead panel, and support the electronics part of the M1 test cell. Show less

Electronics Technician, Wavefront Sensing and Control Group

• Oct 2016 - Jan 2018

Responsible for supporting the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrades, and documentation of environmental monitoring systems: Weather sensors (Vaisala WXT536), dust sensors (MetOne 212-1), network PTZ video cameras and accessories, scintillometer experiment (based-on Scintillometer SLS40-A). Reponsible for supporting the design, procurement, assembly, installation, internal verification, testing, deployment and documentation of the Turbulence Profiler system based-on a 12" MEADE telescope, a ASTELCO NTM-500 mount, a ASTELCO foldable enclosure, a 6m tower, and the MASS-DIMM instruments. Show less

Assistant Electronics Engineer

• Feb 2014 - Oct 2016

Part of the Base Facility Operations Project at Gemini North and Gemini South. Responsible for leading and supporting the design, procurement, installation, internal verification, testing, deployment, and documentation of the: 1. Environmental Monitoring Work-Package for Gemini South which includes weather sensors (rain, snow, and ice detectors, also include temperature and humidity sensors). 2. Cloud Sensing Work-Package for Gemini South and Gemini North. 3. Audio & Video Work-Package for Gemini South which includes cameras, microphones, public address system (based-on AXIS Communications products). Responsible for setting up, installing and testing the Transponder-Based Aircraft Detector (TBAD). TBAD is a system that passively listens to transmissions from aircraft transponders to determine if an aircraft is near the direction of laser propagation, or is too close to the telescope to operate safely. Show less

Maintenance Technician

• Feb 2011 - Mar 2011

In charge of the design, purchase, installation, and testing of a nurse call system based-on a Siemens S7-200 PLC (Ladder programming) with STEP7 Software. In charge of the design, purchase, installation, and testing of a nurse call system based-on a Siemens S7-200 PLC (Ladder programming) with STEP7 Software.