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San Diego, California, United States

Worked in a two-man test team to validate firmware, hardware, and software; successfully releasing 10 products to market in 7 years. • Designed a test plan to verify the communication (I2C & SPI) between discrete chips.• Implemented self-hosted bug tracking software (Mantis) in lieu of the spreadsheet tracking.• Ensured compatibility with the major 3 OSes and a plethora of embedded systems.Repurposed production equipment into an invaluable development tool, halving development times and quartering the time it takes to run a validation of a potential production release of encrypted USB storage.• Used pure Python in an extremely limited environment to create a ‘modular’ API.• That API culminated in more complex and robust tests because of its modularity.• Worked with hardware team to design development boards that supported testing going forward.In a constant state of optimization, I reduced friction, rewrote work instructions to make processes faster, more consistent and easily repeatable and wrote bridge and security controller specifications from scratch.• Juggled responsibilities that ranged from development, production, RMA and customer support.• Relentlessly pushed for formal requirements from PM for years, opting to write them myself.• Implemented firmware versioning requirements in the absence of requirements.Not only adept in the way of hardware testing, but also firmware and software. Whether that require o-scope traces, logic analyzer traces, bus traces, or event logging; I have years of experience identifying issues, collecting receipts and documenting my findings in detail.• Expertly ensures specifications are met, while hunting for edge-cases and race conditions.• Never opened a bug without a corresponding log, trace, capture, or video evidence.• Can provide simultaneous feedback to firmware, hardware and software teams, i.e., multi-tasking.

San Diego, California, United States

As a production line Electronic Technician, the task was to test as many PCB assemblies as possible, as efficiently as possible. Commonly requiring the management of 4 different stations running short interval testing that would require the connection of voltmeters, o-scopes, and signal generators for each unit. The production line saw a marked jump in output with my hiring.

San Diego, California, United States

1 of 2 technicians in a warranty repair department tasked with repairing and returning damaged Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters totaling well over a $1 million dollars a year in invoicing. The job required diagnosis of the issue and testing to ensure the device is returned in working order. Output was in the ballpark of 30-40 units per week shipped back to customers, averaging around 1 hour per warranty repair claim.

San Diego, California, United States

Responsible for starting and maintaining semiconductor testing on ADC, PMIC and Bluetooth chips with little to no instruction from Engineers. The job had little to no supervision during the 12-hour shifts, often going over a week without seeing a supervisor.

Kodiak, Alaska, United States

Directly responsible for the repair of 72 radios ranging from MF to UHF in commercial and MILSPEC applications, and eager to learn quickly became qualified to repair and maintain the remaining electronics gear onboard CGC Munro (724) 6 RADARs, 6 GPS receivers, 4 depth sounders, and ships entertainment systems.• Maintains fault logs, shortening repair times, and increasing symptom recognition.• Debugged faulty test procedures to maintain testing of thousands of semiconductor devices per shift.• Over eight years working with troubleshooting equipment; o-scope, frequency gen, spec analyzer, multime-ter, etc.Planned and coordinated quarterly maintenance schedules; worked independent of supervisor direction to debug vital SATCOM systems, eliminating the need for SPAWAR contractors saving the Coast Guard over $120,000 an-nually.• Created training program to cross train technicians in radio repair and RF propagation.• Excellent track record meeting deadlines, and managing time across multiple projects.• Happy to work within a team or solo depending on departmental needs.Quickly obtained a duty electronics technician qualification in a 3 month span to independently troubleshoot, re-pair and procure parts for 88 different communications, navigation, and entertainment electronics equipment.• Repaired issues to component level when budgetary restrictions stifled the procurement of new parts.• High familiarity with warranty repair procedures; troubleshooting, repair, BOMs, requisitions, shipping, etc.• Responsible for maintenance program exceeding $500,000 in customer invoicing.