Test Technician Resume Santa Clara, CA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

4 years RMA experience - repairs, upgrades, customer interaction, databases, refinements
5 years experience troubleshooting systems and digital and analog PCB's to component level
5 years experience conducting thermal and in-process testing of electronic systems
5 years electro-mechanical system assembly and all testing - bringup, final test, environmental
4 years prototyping and test fixture builds
3 years clean room optical assembly and alignment
Authoring of BOM's, wiring diagrams and over 100 ISO 9001 test procedures
Proficient SMT soldering
5 years lab experience with oscilloscope, DMM, signal generator, supplies, optical equipment, spectrum and logic analyzers, basic hand tools
5 years experience configuring multiple Windows and Linux servers and workstations
5 years command line experience
5 years user/group account administration
1 year experience managing VirtualBox guests

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Systems: Thermometry, RF, Magnetometers, Flight hardware, Medical lasersPlatforms: Win7, XP, 2003, 2000, Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu, LinuxMint

Languages: MSDOS, shell scripting, Perl

Databases/SW: SAP, Fourth Shift, LabVIEW, Excel, VirtualBox

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Test Technician

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities:

Conducted high volume testing of Fiber Optic Thermometry PCB's. Performed 2nd load hand soldering, DAC calibration, firmware programming, burn-in and drift tests. Also validated components used in fiber optic thermal products designed for accurate temperature measurements. Characterization of thermal measurements, maintenance of fiber optics, and assisted in procedure cleanup and reducing process times.
Reduced documentation times by 66 %.
Improved test process resulting in 10 % increase in yields.
Tested 100 units per day and consistently met ship dates.

Senior RF Test Technician

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

Troubleshoot microwave 1-6 Ghz RF printed circuit boards to component level for systems designed to test multiple wireless devices simultaneously. Heavy use of LabVIEW, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, and DMM's.

RMA Test Technician

Confidential, Milpitas, CA

Responsibilities:

Repaired proton magnetometer customer returns, and related geophysics surveying equipment. Owned product line, conducted all troubleshooting, component replacement, and upgrades. Performed heavy digital troubleshooting with oscilloscope. Documented all repairs on Fourth Shift database.
Salvaged 75 scrap units to reclaim $150,000 in lost revenue.
Established pool of 20 refurbished boards to lower repair times by 50%
Implemented 4 checklists to ensure product reliability.
Designed burn-in test fixtures to reduce failures by 99%.

Test Technician

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

Rebuilt multifunctional black box displays for F-22 Raptor aircraft. Repaired circuit boards, performed system integration, firmware mod's, crt alignment, chassis and cable repairs. Recorded all repairs on SAP database.

Test Technician

Confidential, San Jose,CA

Responsibilities:

Developed metrology lab to perform thermal tests of Intel processors. Maintained secure inventory of Intel hardware and software computer equipment. Conducted shock and vibration, burn-in, and environmental tests on future consumer and government products.

R&D Engineering Technician/Laser Technician

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities:

Repaired customer return opthalmology lasers and produced new units. Evaluated and rebuilt optically pumped lasers. Performed all optic assembly and alignment in a clean room environment. Fixed electronic control boards, integrated lasers and boards into console, tested and calibrated final product.
Fabricated PCB prototypes for first green opthalmology laser.
Authored wiring diagrams, assembly drawings and Bill of Materials for new product.
Transitioned new product and test fixtures into manufacturing.
Created and maintained test fixtures for laser assembly.