Tracy Behrens Cit/Cis Email & Phone Number

Colorado, United States

Iowa City, Iowa

Manage all aspects of electronics assembly service lab for Physics and Astronomy.Worked with physicist and engineers on the electronic design and assembly of numerous spaceflight hardware and ground support equipment projects.Worked directly from Eagle and Altrium software to build electronic assemblies.Performed high reliability soldering and assembly to IPC / NASA spaceflight standards.Trained Engineering staff and students on proper soldering and assembly techniques.Hand build and rework of fine pitch surface mount PCB assemblies, Coax, Wire harness and Ground support Equipment.Developed multiple assembly technologies for new instruments using exotic solder, materials and techniques.Maintained/used Dry box storage, solder paste stencils, reflow oven, rework station and all lab tools and equipment.Maintained relevant certifications (NASA / IPC) ESA/NASA/JPL projects : Tracers, Halo, Chimera, Europa Clipper, Magic,Trice-2, Caboom, Aces-2, Viper, Plasmic, Caper and Matisse.

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Adjust, repair, or replace electrical or electronic component parts to correct defects and to ensure conformance to specifications.Read and interpret schematic drawings, diagrams, blueprints, specifications, work orders, or reports to determine materials requirements or assembly instructions.Confer with supervisors or engineers to plan or review work activities or to resolve production problems.Train new workers in assembly procedures or techniques.Perform high reliability soldering of ball grid array integrated circuits. Rework, install, or replace fine pitch surface mount electronic parts.Inspect all work to Honeywell Aerospace workmanship standards (in house IPC -001). Perform X-Ray inspection of ball grid array solder workmanship and multi-layer printed circuit boards.Perform polymeric coating of circuit boards and assemblies. Environmental testing of printed circuit board assemblies including high altitude and vibration testing while unit was under operation.

Wichita Kansas

Manufactured wire harness assemblies under a short term contract.Modified instrument panels.

Wichita Kansas

Manufactured surface mount and thru hole electronic assemblies.Performed Quality Assurance inspection on printed circuit board assemblies.Performed rework of fine pitch surface mount electronic assemblies.

Wichita Kansas

Repaired, Modified and Inspected wire harness assemblies for Boeing 787 Dreamliner.Terminated high reliability fiber optics in wire harness bundles .Performed modification of wire harness bundles per custom engineer change specifications and methods.

Wichita Kansas

High reliability surface mount assembly of cabin and flight deck controls.Programming and setup of of surface mount robotic placement machines.

Wichita Kansas

Manufactured cockpit and flight deck assemblies.Performed installation, repair and modification of wire harness assemblies per custom engineering orders.

Wichita Kansas

Varied job responsibilities in all aspects of commercial and military electronic equipment. Mil-Std / IPC standard soldering of both hand built thru hole and surface mount printed circuit boards.Screen printing, Robotic part placement, wave solder, IR reflow and hand placement of fine pitch integrated circuits.Functional testing of assemblies using test equipment such as digital voltmeters, oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers.