EDWIN E. ESCOBAR

**** ********** *****

626-***-****

Duarte, CA 91010

acd372@r.postjobfree.com

Over twenty years experience in engineering environment in testing,

maintenance, repair, improvements, design and development in the high-tech

manufacturing industry. At Suncore, supported staff Scientist, Engineers

and production manager in all phases in engineering on reliability testing,

improvements and design of commercial solar module product. During my

tenure at Xerox, member of engineering team that performed testing of

customer application, designed, documented, assembled and delivered 10 new

solutions of components and assemblies enabling high-speed digital printing

systems modification to process "out-of-spec" media. Strong mechanical

aptitude and knowledge in sheet metal design. At TRW, started a position of

production associate then promoted to production technician and promoted as

a member of electro-mechanical environmental testing team pioneering the

single-point electronic air bag crash sensors product.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

. Microsoft Office for writing test reports, procedure and data

collection.

. Experience with Environmental Thermotron chambers program set-up,

testing, repair and maintenance.

. Knowledge of electro-mechanical test procedures, test equipment

repair, trouble shooting and calibration.

. Toad query for data collection of solar performance.

. Knowledge with cad software (Inventor, Solidworks), mechanical design.

AutoCAD 2D wire harness drawing. Knowledge of engineering drawing

practices and release process.

. Experience in a full range of manual assembly processes from base prep

to packout, including hand tool, pluming set up, wood carpentry,

calibrating, gluing, welding, wiring, cleaning, potting and measuring

instruments.

. Experience with Xerox Printer software, hardware and also Xerox

certified vendor paper handling systems (I.E. CP Bourg, LaserMax Roll

Systems, and Plockmatic).

. Knowledge of quality measuring tool, CMM system.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Suncore Photovoltaics, Irwindale bought Emcore, Alhambra bought Soliant

Energy, Monrovia

Reliability Test Technician (4/2010 - 9/20/13)

Direct involvement in reliability testing of solar module product in

providing design improvements, failure analysis and solutions. Generated

engineering test reports through data collection, compilation and

graphing. Main overall responsibilities maintain Thermotron chamber and

test equipments in performing repair and calibration. Oversees and

monitor solar module assembly on sun exposure outdoor testing measurement

and data collection. Assisted and provide support with Test Scientist,

Production manager and Engineers on all aspect of testing in mechanical,

electrical, compiles data, various graph and test report. Used various

test equipments to measure module performance and inspection. Interface

with Vendors for technical issues and assist manufacturing departments as

needed to meet production goal. Maintain equipment PM, Repair, purchase

parts and also making arrangement for outside service maintenance.

Design, build test fixtures and wire harness to be use for special test.

Modified panel structure to withstand module capability in mechanical

load testing and design / build spray test fixture. At the new building

in Irwindale layout chamber location, electrical and complete pluming

work installation of DI water filter and pipe line use to supply chamber

humidity system and production humidity curing room.

Xerox Special Information Systems, Monrovia, CA

Mechanical design / drafting ENGINEERING (3/1997 - 3/2010)

Mechanical design engineer responsible for all functions of the

engineering process. Designed/engineered components and assemblies

enabling high-speed digital printing systems to process "out-of-spec"

media. Modified paper path transports to process lightweight paper and

envelope media by manipulating spring loads, coefficient of friction, and

guide materials. Developed vision systems to identify verify media and

data integrity. Provided on-site customer installation and

engineering/diagnostic support domestically and in Europe. Direct

Involvement in all levels of unique value added products solutions to

Xerox printer per customer requirements. Direct involvement and support

in all levels of development workflow: mechanical design, electrical

harness build and design, stock testing and validation, cost and schedule

estimating, maintenance, trouble shooting, support EMI testing, unit-

build assemblies, product demos and product delivery install.

. Designed, modified, assembled, tested, and installed Xerox Certified

third party finishing devices to process Lighter paper, CP Bourg

(Booklet Maker and Book Binder).

. Member of M.E. tiger team: Designed, modified, assembled, tested, and

installed Xerox's first production High Speed single pass color press,

IGen3, to print full large format transparencies for book publishing

industries.

. Member of M.E. tiger team: Designed, modified, assembled, tested, and

installed custom printers to accept roll-feed inputs to improve

production throughputs. These products are now deployed worldwide.

. Member of M.E. tiger team: Designed, modified, assembled, tested, and

installed a patented Cover Driven Workflow automated book publishing

solution using bar code data on the cover to control printing output.

This revolutionary technology automatically verifies the book body

content to the correct book cover.

TRW Inc., Transportation Electronics Division, Irwindale, CA

SENIOR TEST ENGINEERING TECH (10/1991 to 1/1997)

Direct involvement in reliability testing of production and design

validation testing of electro mechanical and single-point electronic air

bag crash sensors, baseline to final testing. Responsible in repair and

equipment maintenance, trouble shooting and scheduling of electrodynamics

shaker vibration systems (Unholtz dikie and Ling Dynamic Systems).

Performed reliability testing: vibration test, temperature vibration,

mechanical shock, tension compression, high/low temperature test, drop

test, salt fog chamber test.

Used various data acquisition systems to perform product test.

Operated and maintained test equipment such as vibration shakers and

environmental chambers, including temperature, temperature/humidity and

temperature shock.

Performed failure analysis of warranty/field, design, and production

defects using a wide range of test equipment.

Generated engineering test reports through data collection, compilation and

graphing.

LEAD PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN (4/1985 to 10/1991)

Led 3 Technicians and 20 productions associates in all levels of

production work flow for Honda automation department: scheduling,

materials orders, pre and post product testing, daily scrap report,

maintenance, troubleshooting, soldering and cable harness build. Selected

by manufacturing management to visit the Honda Factory, Japan to

participate in quality inspection process and resolution of a poor weld

problem saved 85% sensors products.

Designed air flow mechanism bracket and performed weld map process testing

for improvement at pinch weld station for stronger and reliable pinch

welding. This design improved overall production output.

Maintained, troubleshot and repaired a wide range of automated equipment's,

including pneumatics, programmable input/output (I/O) Cheyenne, computer-

controlled crash simulators and vacuum leak detectors.

Skilled in a full range of manual assembly processes from base prep to

packout, including calibrating, gluing, welding, wiring, cleaning, potting,

final test and packout.

EDUCATION AND SPECIAL TRAINING

Foreign college degree in Civil Engineering, University of the East,

Manila, Philippines.

Certificated, Autodesk product - training and yearly software update, 1997-

2010 (AutoCAD / Inventor).

Certificated, Amada School - RG LD Press Brake training course, 2008.

Lean Six Sigma (Yellow Belt), Xerox 2007.

Certificated, UGS - Ideas part design 3d cad, 2005.

Certificated, Advance Enterprise Solutions - Mechanical Desktop Part &

Assembly, 1998.

Certificated, Kepner Tregoe (Critical Thinking Skills), TRW-sponsored

training, 1994.

Certificated, Vibration Testing, TRW-sponsored training, 1992.

Certificated, Maintenance and Operation of Environmental Chambers, TRW-

sponsored training, 1992.

Certificated, Math Program (Phases 1 to 4), TRW-sponsored training, 1992.

Certificated, Resistance Welding Technology Seminar, Hughes Aircraft

Company, 1990.

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