Production Engineer

• Sep 2016 - Present

Engineer

• Dec 2011 - Mar 2015

My key role was to diagnose, strip, clean, repair, rebuild and test to component level the faults on AC/DC inverter and servo drives ranging from 0.37kW to 350kW and a wide range of other industrial electronic products, with the highest level of quality and in a timely manner for customer satisfaction. This ranged from the use of standard workshop, repair, test and measurement equipment, to custom built test boxes, test pods and numerous software applications ranging from ABB to Yaskawa, to aide in checking communication problems, adjusting parameters to load test units on our test rig, showing the fault history/log and saving customer’s parameters as backup. Low voltage test of control boards to identify faults before complete unit power up and test. Build test boxes to aide in future repairs which incorporated wiring diagrams, and test procedures. Show less

Engineer

• Apr 1999 - Nov 2011

Microwave Oven Plant 2006-2011 My role was to setup an Endurance Laboratory within the Quality Assurance Department. To design, build and maintain an access database to log test results, write test procedures with the help from our Quality Control Audit, R&D department and customer. To build 40 automated endurance test bays, design the test laboratory layout, design control PCB schematics, build control PCB’s and program control IC's in C++, subsequently upgrading to industrial PC’s with digital I/O controllers and program in Visual Studio. Design, quantify and quotations for the test racks, pneumatic controls, metal extrusion, fixtures and fittings, raise purchase requisitions, order, build, install, wire and commission of the test bays, with the scope of future upgrades and adaptability. Service Centre 2003-2006 Hands on to component level repair and overseeing the repair of LCD and plasma televisions PCB’s, with a team of 2 technicians, I was responsible for booking in/out and invoicing of repaired PCB’s. Communicating with management and customers to prioritise allocation of work to team members, communicate with both our onsite R&D and Japan based R&D teams with technical queries/unknown phenomena. Implement, maintain and repair of test units, update the access database and component ordering. Service Centre 1999-2003 This role within the company was to diagnose and repair, to component level of Freeview boxes, skyboxes, free universal network boxes (FUN box) and digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) phones. This incorporated the use of automated test equipment, program flash and EPROM, software update, to write software to aid in the repair of DECT phones, diagnose component fault and repair, analyse and report of common faults to aid in the future development of the units. Show less

Technician

• Feb 1992 - Mar 1999

My role within the company was the manufacture and test to high specification of medical equipment. This role involved all aspects of production, test and calibration of ultrasound scanners, fetal heart monitors and hoist weighers with fully documented traceability. My role within the company was the manufacture and test to high specification of medical equipment. This role involved all aspects of production, test and calibration of ultrasound scanners, fetal heart monitors and hoist weighers with fully documented traceability.