Senior Technical Lead Resume
OBJECTIVE:
Failure Investigation Technician
SUMMARY:
- Performed Component level debug of microprocessor based receivers, high visibility in Medical Device company. Analog, Digital and RF.
- Sustained highest rate of repair amongst technicians troubleshooting and repairing digital video systems, satellite receivers.
- Created layout drawings used for production of PCA's, Bills of Materials(BOM), internal company part numbers.
- Creation, testing of prototypes. Inspection of PCB samples.
- Documentation of prototypes through manufacturing release of product, covering production floor drawings and Purchasing department BOM's and PCA build instructions.
- Interface to PCA Board house, direct interface with vendors.
- Execute IQ(Initial Validation), OQ (Operational Qualification), and validation of complex test fixtures.
- Performed Circuit Design Verification Testing(CDVT) as part part of feasibility testing.
- Performed power on reset, data retention, power on and power down timing, voltage distribution evaluations. Established permanent records of signal characterization via use of Digitized Sampling Oscilloscope capture files.
- Identified source of failure in test fixture process.
- Eliminated redundant test procedures that resulted in a 2/3 reduction in test times.
- This saved 150 hours per month in ATE(Auto Test Equipment) test technicians time.
- Utilized Agile (oracle) database for submission of medical equipment documents.
- Wrote standard technical procedure documents, utilizing Microsoft Office. Visio and Word.
- Wrote monthly reports summarizing work of Field Failure return group, using Excel and VBA.
- Wrote Purchasing requests for entire group, Oracle database.
- Regulatory Asset Manager, Primary owner and Equipment expert. Executed calibration support for entire department,
- ESD group representative to metrology/calibration, responsible for ESD related issues in the laboratory, training, Maintenance, calibration scheduling.
EQUIPMENT PROFICIENCY
Possession of expertise on a variety of test equipment including: Digital Sampling Oscilloscopes,mixed mode osilloscopes. TEKMDO 4000, MDO3000, DSO2000. TEK TDS620, 644, 744A, also HP 54542A, DMM, Logic Analyzer (HP16500 & HP 1661), Spectrum Analyzer, Video Measurement test set (VM700), Frequency Counters, Signal Generators, Digital Transmission Analyzers (BERT testing, Firebird 4000). Power Meters. System Two Audio test station by Audio Precision, Cable up - converters.
Software skills: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word 2003, Visual basic, Open Office, VBA
Operating systems: DOS, OS/2, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Excel 2003,Windows 7.
EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
Senior Technical Lead
Responsibilities:
- LCD communication bus and control signals, as part part of feasibility testing.
- HALT Highly Accelerated Life Testing.
- Execute IQ,OQ, and validation.
- Developed Field Failure Analysis laboratory from 1 to 9 people that processes hundreds of technical investigations per month.
- Training in company and lab procedure documentation,schematics, theory of operation, inspection and reporting methods and company procedures.
- Regulatory Asset Manager, Primary owner. Execute PM and calibration support for entire department.
- ESD group representative to metrology/calibration, responsible for ESD related issues in the laboratory, training, Maintenance, calibration scheduling.
- Writes Purchasing requests for entire group, Oracle database.
- Utilized Agile database for submission of medical equipment documents.
- Wrote standard technical procedure documents.
- Writes monthly reports summarizing work of Field Failure return group.
- Investigated production floor product failures, identified root causes and recommended solutions.
- Performed high level debug, high visibility.
- Component level debug.
- Identified source of failure in test process
