Experience

Altasens

• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Hardware Engineer

  • Jul 2015 - Present

  Development of image sensor test hardware.Develop schematics, and library parts, from Cadence capture tools.Bring up new hardware and maintain old hardware including troubleshooting to component level. Manage relations with external vendors, for services and procurement of parts.Manage and maintain lab equipment in test labs, both calibration and repair.

• Hardware Technician / Engineering Technician

  • Mar 2014 - Jul 2015

  Build BOMS and procure parts for new builds. Make edit changes to hardware schematic design as needed. Maintain inventory of parts for repair or new PCBA builds. Experienced with Oscilloscopes, DMM and other pieces of test equipment. Superb hand soldering skills on surface mount and leaded components.



Semtech

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• FA Technician

  • Feb 2008 - Feb 2014

  Classified jobs by failure mode and enter them to the database for inventory or job tracking. Incoming and X-Ray inspection of customer returned parts. Generate failure analysis data to help determine the cause of the reported failure from customer. Participate in engineering meetings to analyze collected data of customer parts to determine it failure mode. Run Data sheet specs of No Problem Found Parts to determine that parts perform as specked. Created an inventory control system, to increase efficiency of locating control samples used for evaluation board testing. Operated FA equipment including; Curve tracer, Oscilloscopes, Optical and photon microscopes, X-Ray, sample preparation, wet bench, de-capsulation bench, plasma sputter and etch chambers. Active member of Emergency Response Team. .



Teledyne Technologies Incorporated

• United States
• Technology, Information and Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Technician

  • Aug 2006 - Feb 2008

  Assembled and tested PCBA’s and cables based off blue-prints and electrical diagrams meeting rigorous Rockwell specifications. Participated in the creation of a stock room and documentation to control inventory and supplies which generated a 37% reduction turnaround time in job completion allowing an increase of on-time deliveries from 73% to 92%. Tracked manufactured samples as used for Production, Engineering evaluation and Golden parts for comparative analysis. Performed debugging on failed parts and delivered Lessons Learned proposals to reduce/eliminate reoccurrence. Edited and controlled documentation that included Change Orders, Incoming orders, Shipment tracking, Assembly and Datasheet updates, Purchase requisitions Inventory control with Min-Max re-stocking requirements. Scheduled equipment calibration and periodic maintenance resulting in an unexpected Downtime below 8%.



Rockwell Scientific

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Technician

  • Oct 2001 - Jul 2006

  Rockwell Scientific was purchased by Teledyne. Rockwell Scientific was purchased by Teledyne.



Xircom

• Computer Networking Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Technician

  • Jun 2000 - Jul 2001

  Working directly with Hardware Engineering to debug or troubleshoot PCBAs. Build test circuits or test cables that would be used to testing beta builds. Setup and maintain network and telephony test setups for beta build testing. • Test and debug beta builds • Take test measurements to validate engineers design • Build and maintain test setups for network or telephony devices • Build test cables and test circuits for testing beta builds • Debug or trouble shoot to the component level • Able to use Oscilloscopes and other test equiment • Update and maintain lab asset database • Maintain in house parts storage • Control sign in/out sheet for lab equipment



Connected Systems

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Technician / Engineering Technician

  • Jan 1998 - Jun 2000

  Repaired PCB assembles from outside contractor. Debug or troubleshoot to the component level. Repaired RMA units from the field to current revision level. Support hardware engineering with building and testing of beta units. Test new software in beta form from Software Engineering for production to test, current and old products. Take inventory of all PCB from the outside contractor. Collect data from repairs done in house and supply it to management. • Debug or trouble shoot to the component level • Support hardware engineering with be building and testing beta units • Test software for engineering



Practical Peripherals / Hayes

• Engineering Technician / Lead Electronic Technician

  • Aug 1992 - Jan 1998

  The primary role of this position was to support the R & D development and sustaining Engineering in their efforts to debug exiting products and design new ones. This includes system configuration and test, prototyping, testing of firmware hardware modifications to products and test fixtures, compiling bill’s of materials for Engineering, component qualification and limited assistance with the agency Certification process. As lead Electronic Technician I worked as the lead for 15 other people in a RMA department. The responsibility was to insure that the customer would receive good product in return. The position of Engineering Technician open and I applied, this job would last till the company closed. This position had some fill in jobs; I took on the responsibility of maintaining the servers both Novell and NT. I maintained accounts and the cabling for the network and the phone system. • Repaired various modems to the component level • Worked as lead Technician in RMA department • Testing both hardware and firmware • Supported both network and phone issues • Back ground knowledge of Novell and other OS