Engineering Technician Resume
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Indiana, PA
SUMMARY
- Highly skilled and experienced Technician with a strong background in both mechanical and electrical assembly practices in the biomedical industry and research and development.
- Possesses strong expertise in biocompatible materials in a Class 1000 cleanroom environment.
- Self - directed and detail-oriented individual who is able to work well independently, as well within a team environment to meet business objectives and deadlines.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Implantable Lead Development and Fabrication
- Project management
- SolidWorks 2016 and AutoCAD
- Procedure Drafting and Development
- Manual and CNC Machining
- Prototype Breadboards from Schematics
- Mold and Jig Design and Machining
- PCB Population and Rework
- Metallic and Non-metallic Machining
- OSHA Compliance
- Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
- Inventory Fulfillment
- CAD / CAM Programming
- Quality Assurance (QA)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Indiana, PA
Engineering Technician
Responsibilities:
- Project management - Helped with training and instruction of associates for learning fabrication techniques required for fabricating various prototype electrode technologies used for neural modulation and muscle stimulation in a Class 10,000 clean room environment.
- Refined, developed, and fabricated prototype electrode technology used in sensory feedback control for amputees in a Class 10,000 clean room environment.
- Created work instructions, diagrams, and traveler sheets used for the fabrication of prototype electrode technologies.
- Designed templates using SolidWorks to aid in the precise and repeatable fabrication of prototype electrode technologies.
- Involved with vendor and customer relations to make sure that necessary changes in product and parts were correctly implemented.
- Created and revised 3D parts, assemblies, and drawings using SolidWorks 2016.
- QA experience inspecting various implantable leads, parts, and components used for neural modulation and muscle stimulation
- Kept inventory of all parts, materials, and components needed to complete fabrication of implantable leads and components.
Confidential, Cleveland, OH
Senior Electronics Technician
Responsibilities:
- Fabricated surface mount and thru-hole prototype breadboards according to schematic diagrams and drawings.
- Populated and reworked PCBs including removing, hand soldering, and skywiring SMT resistors and capacitors (as small as 0201s), connectors, crystals, diodes, ICs, QFNs, switches, and transistors, as well as the use of the Zephyrtronics® AirBath™, PCB Preheater and Hot AirPencil™, and EFD® Epoxy dispenser.
- Fabricated and built up jigs and test fixtures for circuit board testing.
- Fabricated needed cabling, including outfitting with various crimp and Molex connectors.
- Maintained Electronics Lab by ordering needed parts and supplies including components, wire, prototyping boards, soldering supplies, and tools.
- Developed and maintained the upkeep of the chemical inventory and MSDS notebooks of 240 individual chemicals.
Confidential, Cleveland, OH
Engineering Technician
Responsibilities:
- Fabricated and/or developed the Percutaneous, Epimysial, Intramuscular (IM), Myoelectric Signal (MES), and Intramuscular Myoelectric Signal (IM-MES) electrodes in a Class 1000 clean room environment
- Developed many types of enclosure designs, finger switches for use by patients with disabilities, surgical tools for an implantable joint angle transducer (IJAT), laser welding shroud, mold for a repair sleeve of implanted electrodes, and a wide variety of jigs and fixtures.
- Documented step-by-step protocols for the IM, MES, and IM-MES implantable electrodes used at the Cleveland FES Center.
- Designed and fabricated IJAT surgical tool prototypes and fabricated repair sleeves, connector sleeves, transmitting coils, and a 7-layer hybrid circuit.
- Maintained working knowledge of SolidWorks™ 2012, Autodesk AutoCAD® and Mechanical Desktop®.
- Developed CAD / CAM programming for CNC machining of enclosures and end panels for various electrical devices, finger switch housings used by patients with paraplegia, molds for an Interconnect repair sleeve and MES electrode, and a laser welding shroud.
- Performed machining of metallic and non-metallic materials including acrylic, aluminum (2024, 6061 & 7075), brass, copper, Delrin®, iron, Nylon, PTFE, PVC, stainless steel (304 & 316), steel, and titanium (Grade II).
- Involved with assisting and / or machining various student projects requiring the use of the following machines: metal band saw, drill press, lathe, diamond saw, CNC (Light Machines) and manual (EMCO) milling machines, YAG laser, screen printer, bead blaster, and soldering iron.
- Utilized video and digital photography of setups, processes, and devices, as well as creating SolidWorks™ sketches of fabrication procedures and incorporating them into documents, protocols, and presentations.
- Developed, implemented, and maintained the upkeep of the Chemical Hygiene Plan, chemical inventory, and MSDS notebooks of approximately 350 individual chemicals in compliance with OSHA.
- Maintained Class 1000 clean room and General Fabrication Lab DI-water systems, clean room air handler filters, and Machine Shop in compliance with OSHA and standard operating procedures.
- Cleaned, packaged, and prepared surgical kits for upper- and lower-extremity implant surgeries in a Class 1000 clean room environment.
- Designed and installed Swagelok® fitting setups for gas and compressed air needs.
Confidential, Cleveland, OH
Research Technician
Responsibilities:
- Fabricated the Percutaneous, Epimysial, and Intramuscular (IM) electrodes.
- Fabricated connector pin and springs, strain relief springs, 7-layer hybrid circuit, transmitting coils, and chest-mounted position switches.