Dan Culbertson Email & Phone Number

Irvine, CA, US

Geneva, Switzerland, CH

End of contract

Schwalbach, Hessen, DE

• Medical device experience by current projects: Onyx, Buffalo, Tone, Tama, Fuji. Prior projects: R940, P10, Torrey Pines, Mars, Platform Development, Heart Valve stent Pump / Display unit for Edwards.
• Worked with robotics, optics, fluidics, pneumatics, temperature control and sensor circuits.
• Assist in generating and refining of system documentation (Schematic Design, work instructions)
• Designed module features such as system cabling diagram and crash detect sensor PCBA in Onyx.
• Build up prototypes, complex systems wire harnesses, test fixtures and adapters for proofing circuits.
• Excellent at troubleshooting, debugging prototypes using various lab test & measurement equipment.

Pasadena, CA, US

• Supervise and performed Tests in Repair Labs; coordinate Manufacturing and Repair departments with Production and Engineering to ensure operational efficiencies. Test and Repair IFE product line.
• Lead and train production assembly and test technicians on in-flight entertainment system units.
• Setup Rack cabling to System Hardware, install Software and test for validation in Integration Labs.
• Expand functionality of workstations in Flight Systems area through desktop software installations.
• Contribute to test system and product improvements by assisting Engineers with assembly and Build of SMT electronic circuit card assemblies and components. Rework and solder per IPC / EIA J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610..
• Research manufacture website for alternate parts. Search of Oracle system database for stock parts.

• Managed FAA Repair Center, ensuring successful repair of GPS maps, VideoFile airborne en-route information systems, AudioFile fileservers, media data loaders, and aircraft remote control units.
• Provided onsite support at local airports on American Airline media data loaders and AudioFile.
• Repaired line replaceable units for commercial aircraft products through testing, troubleshooting, reading blueprints and electrical schematics.
• Performed audits and inspections, including 8130 airworthiness inspections for return to service.
• Assisted in design and build of prototype electronics for video, audio, and RF communications using linear, Op Amp, and Data acquisition circuits.
• Installed and troubleshoot Single Board Computers to component level. CPU and BDA and rework.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US

• Built RF and analog prototype surface mount and perforated through hole board circuits.
• Provided assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and cabling to card assemblies.
• Integrated cabling and surface mount circuit boards to allow equipment to communicate over IEEE 488, RS232, network, and telephone lines. Created Bills of material from parts list, sketches and schematic drawings.
• Managed construction and support of twelve 2-bay rack mount Automatic Test Equipment systems for testing Audio Video units. Manufactured for worldwide FAA test centers.
• Supported Boeing 767/747 group in Omni 2000 and ATEZ test station functions of two products called Local Area Controller and Passenger Services Controller.
• Repaired RF, digital, analog, and microprocessor based boards through testing, evaluating, troubleshooting, to component level.

Meudon, Île-de-France, FR

• Provided prototyping, construction, and debugging of assembly based boards.
• Built FAA-compliant cables and test fixtures. Troubleshoot to board and component level.
• Designed test equipment for line replaceable unit Cabin System Control Panel, as well as video, audio, and RS485 circuitry in Video Extender Unit.
• Conducted EMI tests on CSCP and VEU, and utilized simulation software for communications and cabin control. Learned pre EMI screening and testing at onsite facility.
• Achieved product and installation expertise through fieldwork at area airports, including: Seattle Boeing field for Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400, Seattle Everett field for United Airlines, Goodrich Tramco Boeing 767.
• Gained key knowledge on aircraft layouts, including forward and aft galley and crown areas, on electrical wiring and all related IFE and Boeing schematic wiring diagrams.

• Contributed to design and manufacture of products for Aerospace and Military, Relay and Sensor, Satellite Power Supplies, and Display Products divisions.
• Provided diverse engineering assistance for development of breadboard circuitry, DC motor controls analog and digital prototypes for electronic sensors and high reliability switching power supplies.
• Built Labview base test equipment, computers, and peripherals.
• Strong R&D and prototyping for the Aerospace Sensor and relay division. Voltage, current, frequency, phase detection, timers and control. DC and AC applications.
• Test, troubleshoot, and successfully repaired SMT and optic-electronic analog and digital circuitry.
• Constructed lab vibration and temperature equipment setups for technical environmental tests.

• Designed and created various complex breadboard circuitry, prototypes, and PCB layouts for Aerospace, Military and Commercial sensors, timers, lamp controls, and industrial control systems.
• Build and test prototype limit and motion sensor for the Space Shuttle mechanical Arm.
• Build and test prototype high DC current weld controller for large tire rims at Firestone.
• Build and test electronic version prototype for lamp control for Cal Tran's arrow road signs.
• Build and test electronic version prototype for lamp control for Superior electric light chaser signs.
• Repaired malfunctioning analog and digital gate circuitry through in-depth testing and troubleshooting.