dditional kinds of skills and accomplishments, see also my Non-Electronic Employment , Volunteer Work/Activities , and my Achievements in life. SUMMARY of General Employed Experience and Skills
Expertise in prototyping, design debugging, documentation, testing and repair of analog/digital/RF electronic equipment and systems.
Unique ability to innovate unconventional solutions to resolve immediate and/or long-term technical problems.
Knowledge of Macintosh, as well as IBM compatible operating systems; familiar with word processing; basics of website design and schematic CAD.
Co-authored a patent involving Phase Lock Loop Circuitry (U.S. Patent #4,055,814)
In support of a non-job-related interest, conceived, authored and presented innovative technical papers at space manufacturing conferences.
Museum work, primarily assisting in marine biology research and curatorial assistant duties.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UCSD Geosciences, work performed at LACMNH, Los Angeles, California Jan-Apr 2003
Curiatorial Assistant
Temporary employment as curiatorial assistant at museum facilities. Primarily preparation of thin sections of fossils, using diamond saws, grinders, polishing, gluing, and checking under microscope, logging them into computer database, etc. Seiving of bulk samples. Also curiatorial duties re fossil specimens involving specimen labeling and data input to computers. Work performed at Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History facilities, done for UCSD.
Also related to unpaid volunteer work at LACMNH facilities, which additionally involved processing of alcohol-preserved small marine specimens, digital photography of small marine specimens, microscope picking of marine specimens out of bulk samples, scanning figures and graphic preparation for use in museum marine research databases. Used both Macintosh and IBM-compatible computers at times for these activities.
ORBITAL SCIENCES SENSOR SYSTEMS / HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SENSOR SYSTEMS DIVISION, Pomona, California 1998 to 2001
Senior Electronics Technician
Constructed test equipment, including SMD and through-hole components; collaborated in debugging and performed modifications where necessary.
Prepared formal documentation of test fixtures, incorporated engineer's changes into formal production test procedure documents and prepared related ECN's.
Evaluated, using formal ISO 9000 test, complex pre-production electronic circuit card assemblies and associated test procedures.
Supv: John Hagey, Billy Lau, Mark McMillan
CASC-LANDTEC, Colton, California 1997 to 1998
A company providing service to landfill operators nationwide.
Electronics Technician
Calibrated, tested and repaired infrared absorption landfill gas analyzers utilizing optical, analog and digital circuitry, ensuring functionality and accuracy.
Setup automated temperature calibration for gas analyzers (CH4, CO2, 02).
Supv: Jerry Rutherford
PLEXCOM, INC., Simi Valley, California 1996
A company manufacturing 12-port ethernet assemblies for the banking industry.
Electronics Technician
Used computerized test equipment for testing, troubleshooting to component level, and repaired early production complex SMD analog/digital circuit card assemblies.
Supv: Erma Munoz
VEHICLE SECURITY ELECTRONICS, INC., Chatsworth, California 1986 to 1995
A small company manufacturing and servicing high-end vehicle security systems.
Engineering Technician (1987 to 1995)
Engineering-production interface, in support of production electronics test and repair of analog/digital/RF circuitry.
Prepared engineering change documentation using Ventura Publisher word processing, and EE Designer II CAD to draw and modify schematics for documents.
Designed and built test fixtures including a multiple-frequency/amplitude auto-sequenced integral-cycle sinewave burst generator.
Evaluated discrete components for production use.
Developed and wrote test procedures.
Electronics Test Technician (1986 to 1987)
Calibrated, tested and repaired analog, digital and RF circuitry for manufacturing assembly line.
Supv's: Ed Ordokhanian, Mike England, Lee Fleishman, Dale Curtis
SHUGART CORPORATION, Division of Xerox, Sunnyvale, California 1978 to 1984
A large corporation manufacturing floppy and hard disc drives for the computer industry.
Design/Development Electronics Engineer (1981 to 1984)
Designed, built, tested, debugged and operated computer automated test system for R&D on recording media including learning HPIB-BASIC to program computerized testing.
Designed and conducted early experiments in read/write/servo circuitry, demonstrated working model and wrote part of associated report.
Supv: Alastair Heaslett
Senior Engineering Technician, Technology Development Department (1978 to 1981)
Built breadboards, evaluated functionality and characterized experimental and prototype analog/digital electronic circuits.
Supv's: Dr. Yoshi Narahara, Dr. Shrikant Desai
A medium sized corporation manufacturing peripherals for the computer industry.
Senior Engineering Technician
Breadboarding, debugging, and performance characterization of experimental and prototype analog electronic circuits.
Supv: Tom Bidar
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Federal Aviation Agency Academy, Oklahoma City, OK
Certificates: Communication Equipment, VHF Omnirange, and TACAN
New Mexico State University, State College, New Mexico
Job Co-op Program with White Sands Missile Range
Coursework: Physics; Psychology; 2 Years
Associations: The Planetary Society; International Society for Systems Sciences (Los Angeles Chapter.)
References available upon request.
For additional kinds of skills and accomplishments, see also my Non-Electronic Employment , Volunteer Work/Activities , and my Achievements in life.
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