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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.
• 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.

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.

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.

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.
• 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.
• Created training program to cross train technicians in radio repair and RF propagation.
• Excellent track record meeting deadlines, and managing time across multiple projects.