Quality Control Lead

• Oct 2021 - Present

Job duties center around inspecting flight-critical electronics, with a focus on repairs and planning for shipments. Train other quality control inspectors, answer quality questions from production, coordinate inspections based on production and shipment needs, receive and inspect repairs, do in-process inspections on conformal coating and inspect final product before shipment, do customer audits on inspections, communicate with production and repair leads about quality issues, submit suggestions for process improvement to engineering. Show less

Quality Control Inspector

• Apr 2020 - Oct 2021

Job duties center around inspecting flight-critical aircraft electronics. Current job duties include inspecting solder joints of finished electronics to IPC standards, inspecting electronics prior to masking and after conformal coating, inspecting crimp connections, logging production records, issuing sub-assemblies, receiving repairs, and communicating quality control issues to the production managers as needed.

Electronics Assembly Technician

• Apr 2019 - Apr 2020

Job duties included cutting, stripping, and soldering wires, washing PCBs, operating the selective solder machine, and inspecting work for other Assembly Technicians.

Seasonal Fish Hatchery Worker

• Mar 2019 - Apr 2019

Plumbing apprentice

• Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

Worked on seven commercial construction projects in the Manhattan, Kansas area. Job duties include installing water pipe (copper sweat and ProPress, expansion PEX), installing waste and vent pipe (PVC and cast iron), installing roof drains, threading and installing gas pipe, installing air pipe, installing flush valves, toilets, lavatories, urinals, shower valves and shower trim, going on plumbing and HVAC service calls, sealing ductwork, and installing water heater flues Worked on seven commercial construction projects in the Manhattan, Kansas area. Job duties include installing water pipe (copper sweat and ProPress, expansion PEX), installing waste and vent pipe (PVC and cast iron), installing roof drains, threading and installing gas pipe, installing air pipe, installing flush valves, toilets, lavatories, urinals, shower valves and shower trim, going on plumbing and HVAC service calls, sealing ductwork, and installing water heater flues

Research Assistant

• Nov 2017 - Dec 2017

Worked in a research lab identifying aquatic insects under a microscope for the last sample year of an 8-year research project on how aquatic insect populations in the Gila River of New Mexico respond to drought, wildfire, and seasonal flooding. Job duties include preparing samples, counting, measuring, and identifying aquatic insects, and recording data using Microsoft Excel. Worked in a research lab identifying aquatic insects under a microscope for the last sample year of an 8-year research project on how aquatic insect populations in the Gila River of New Mexico respond to drought, wildfire, and seasonal flooding. Job duties include preparing samples, counting, measuring, and identifying aquatic insects, and recording data using Microsoft Excel.

Seasonal Fish Hatchery Worker

• Mar 2017 - Nov 2017

Main technician on the first year of an intensive Walleye program. Raised Walleye from fry to 100mm fingerlings with a 62.1% survival rate. Job duties for this program involved calibrating fish feeders, cleaning tanks, and performing disease treatments. Other job duties with the hatchery involved feeding fish, cleaning raceways, installing light fixtures, operating a forklift, mowing the grounds, vehicle maintainance, cleaning and repairing hatching jars, 2-day and 8-day egg counts, checking gill samples of Walleye fingerlings for parasites, installing light fixtures, replacing filter gaskets, and other tasks as needed. Show less

Research Assistant

• Jun 2014 - Sep 2015

Job duties included mowing, weeding, and watering research plots for the summers of 2014 and 2015. Also ran lab equipment for a research project on the nitrous-oxide emissions of Zoysia grass in response to slow and fast-release nitrogen fertilizers during the summer and early fall of 2015. Job duties included mowing, weeding, and watering research plots for the summers of 2014 and 2015. Also ran lab equipment for a research project on the nitrous-oxide emissions of Zoysia grass in response to slow and fast-release nitrogen fertilizers during the summer and early fall of 2015.