Electrical Technician

Christopher J. Butterfield

**** ** ****, ****** ****, TX 78133 830-***-**** abgrkf@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 17 years of experience maintaining, operating, inspecting, and modifying electronic systems and ancillary

equipment focusing in controls, signal processing, and automation

• Building automation and operations controls, HVAC, security, and fire systems

• Experience with MATLAB, C, C+ +, FORTRAN

• Utilize schematics, functional diagrams, technical information, and testing equipment to identify and

correct malfunctions and verify program effectiveness

• Design testing procedures, coordinate and conduct tests, and document results

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Dec 2012

University of Texas San Antonio, Texas

Concentration in Controls and Automation

EXPERIENCE

Operations and Controls Technician II

University of Texas San Antonio, Texas Jun 2010 – Present

• Construction, installation, operation and maintenance of electronic, direct digital and pneumatic controls

associated with HVAC, fire, security and building automation systems for the entire campus.

• Apply electronic theory, principles of electrical circuits, electrical procedures, engineering, and

mathematics to lay-out, construct or assemble, install, troubleshoot, repair, modify, inspect and maintain

electronic, pneumatic and HVAC equipment with an emphasis on communications and component repairs

• Improved energy consumption over entire campus by coordinating existing hardware with Siemens

APOGEE software systems increasing overall energy efficiency and reducing costs by 13%

Building Automation Technician II

Siemens Building Technologies, San Antonio, Texas Mar 2005 –

May 2010

• Program HVAC, security, and fire systems using Siemens Powers Process Control Language and

APOGEE systems

• Building Automation, Distributed Digital Controls and Point Operations

• Design building graphics to monitor and control system alarms and operations information

• Manage building-automation-system data for validation compliance and management reporting

Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) Craftsman

US Air Force Feb 1997 – Dec 2004

• Perform all phases of maintenance on the AN/ALQ-131 Block II Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) pod,

AN/ALQ-184 (V-7) and (V-11) ECM attack pods valued at over $83.2 Million, and AN/ALM-233D

countermeasure test sets valued at $31.2 Million

• Install and remove internally and externally mounted Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS) equipment

• Assemble, connect, maintain and wire EWS receivers, radar warning receivers, jamming transmitters,

dispensers, signal analysis equipment, digital computer subsystems

• Remove and install major ECM pod components; troubleshoot and repair receiver/transmitter sections;

align and calibrate equipment to optimize performance; reconfigure pod mission tapes and operational

Christopher J. Butterfield

flight programs, Retrieve data and reprogram pods by using programmable loader verifiers, load mission

data matrices to meet electronic combat tasking

Staff Sergeant- E5

• Troubleshot and repaired ECM pod intermittent time-in fault by replacing a relay and returning unit

to fully operational in under 3 hours, saving mission critical sortie

• Repaired voltage controlled oscillator center conductor saving over $30,000 in replacement cost

• Interned with Air Force Engineering Technical Service representative to create training program for

newly assigned personnel

• Completed five pod return to service checks, increasing pod availability by 12% in only one shift

• Repaired voltage regulator causing CSTS failures, increased production by 33%

• Repaired improperly installed lowband connector saving $14,000 in replacement costs

• Certified in low band modification, retrofit six pods in 3 months; reduced programming time by 85%

• Shift Supervisor, implemented shift turnover policies resulting in shift change efficiency increase of

35 %

Senior Airman- E4

• Performed 60 generation line actions on 15 B-52H aircraft within 18 hours, exceeding ACC standards

by 20 percent

• Repaired shorted control indicator causing recurring AN/ALQ-172 overheat condition, saved $15,000

in replacement costs

• Shift Supervisor, instituted rapid paced training plan for EWS systems resulting in 67 percent flying

schedule effectiveness rate, exceeding ACC standard of 55 percent.

• Isolated and repaired multiple bit 1 malfunctions on ALQ 155 system returning unit to fully

operational

• Troubleshot and repaired recurring AN/ALR-46 no video indication by tracing fault to a preamp

connector and damaged wiring harness

Airman 1st Class- E3

• Rescued previously condemned pod by measuring an aft antenna horn voltage standing wave ratio

and pinpointing the frequency response fault to a collapsed dielectric in the waveguide adapter,

saving $13,000 in replacement costs

• Isolated and repaired recurring band 3 high voltage power supply fault originating at faulty

motherboard

• Calibrated pod 0583, eliminating recurring receiver processor sensitivity faults

• Isolated and repaired damaged band 4 aft antenna and radiation absorption materials

• Detected and replaced strained wiring harness in pod lifting assembly eliminating critical safely

hazard and returning unit to fully operational status

• Completed seven Interface Controller Core Memory Assembly modifications in 3.5 hours, 3 hours

ahead of schedule

• Contributed to 97 percent mission effectiveness rate for Operation DELIBERATE GUARD

• Maintained 112 ECM pods flown in 4,757 combat sorties in Operation ALLIED FORCE

REFRENCES

Available upon request

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