Jay F. Ewer
PO Box ****
Branford, CT *****
Home- 203-***-****
Cell-203-***-****
******@*****.***
Objective- To secure my position as an Electronics Technician, or in
Engineering or Customer Support to achieve company goals.
• Making or changing test procedures on Mechanical and Electrical design
changes when working in R&D
• Digital imaging experience with medical X-Ray Equipment.
• Field service of medical and industrial X-Ray equipment, installation, repair and
R&D.
• Completed GE training school for X-Ray medical equipment
• Completed testing and trouble shooting of radiation or nuclear sensor detection
equipment .
• Have done trouble shooting of sub assemblies down to component level.
• Fiber optic communication and RF system integration and R&D with audio and
video.
• Testing, troubleshooting and modifying High and Low voltage power supplies.
• Wiring diagrams, Harnessing, Schematics, and soldering through hole and surface
mount. J10 soldering standards.
• Trouble shooting PC boards surface mount or through hole down to component
level including implementing engineering changes on RF boards and PLCs
• Interfacing with customers over field issues and submitting RMA and cost
assessments.
• Making or changing test procedures through proper documentation using SAP
• Basic computer skills including communication networks and programs, Excel
spread sheets, Orcad drawings, Power Point and Microsoft
Professional Experience
Goodrich Corporation
West Hartford, CT
Technical Engineering Support
(Contract)
January 2010-Present
• Technical support, testing and programming software for Fuel control systems
used in Avionics.
• Finding root causes for Engineering and making corrections to solve problems on
surface mount PC boards.
• Running environmental testing for customer approval of control systems.
• Continued testing and trouble shooting of product and continued documentation
to improve process for production.
Precision X-Ray Inc.
North Branford, CT
March 2009 – October 2009
Technical Support Engineer
• Have tested and or made modifications to X-Ray Equipment Industrial and
medical industry in house for medical research.
• Worked with customer and Engineers in making modifications for special
requirements needed by the customer.
• My position covered field service, fixing X-Ray Machines, performing
installations, set up and preventative maintenance in Hospitals and Research
Centers in the US.
• Interfacing with Customer in house or on site with any problems or maintenance
issues that would affect any experiments.
• Have been troubleshooting boards down to component level.
• Completed service training with GE on systems and power supplies for field
support.
• Worked with production floor staff in making changes to the product.
Trans-Lite, inc
Milford, CT
May 2008-NOV 2008
Electronics / Mechanical Engineering Technician
• Worked with Engineering and field service on data acquisition, field issues and
repairs for LED display signs for rail and bus transportation.
• Worked with prototype circuits and new firmware to prove out improved designs.
• Have done scheduling and working on the production floor with supervisors on
products.
• Repaired field returns and making Engineering changes and updates required.
• Making Mechanical changes due to customer requirements.
• Making changes to firmware or hardware to meet customer design changes.
Electronics Technician
• Tested and have done trouble shooting on power supply and microprocessor
boards used in transportation lighting.
• Worked with Engineering and customer on changes on product or procedures.
• Ran system tests on microprocessor controlled LED signs
• Tested and repaired Electro mechanical signs.
Canberra, Inc.
Sept 2006-April 2008
Meriden, CT
Senior Electronic Technician
•Tested and have done development of different customized prototype equipment
used in nuclear detection. Including improving quality through outside venders.
•Modified products and set up new test procedures for special customer demands
•Worked with Engineering to verify that changes to products are satisfactory with
customer needs in nuclear detection and plotting data for customer and the NRC
•Made changes to PC boards using red line schematics and layouts and proving out
designs.
•Training and use of SAP
Hologic (lorad)
Danbury, CT
August 2001 – February 2006
Senior Electronics Technician
•Tested and repaired Machines from the field, digital arrays and film.
•Tested and have done trouble shooting and data acquisitions of Mammography X-
ray machine products before and after product was released from engineering
including Validation.
•Involved with Engineering to resolve customer clinical issues including techniques
used.
•Worked with clinical applications in proving out the use of the digital
Mammography machine in solving selenium panel array, hardware and software
problems during initial stages of product development.
Dresser Industries
Newtown / Stratford, CT
January 1998 – July 2001
Electronics Technician
•Used to trouble shoot analog and digital and surface mount circuitry used in pressure
and detection measuring devices for gas, air and fluid including pressure and gas
sensors.
•Technical support for production floor, and customer service support of pressure
transducers and sensor plug in modules and surface mount microprocessor hand
held meters.
•Worked in Engineering to build prototype and validate circuits products using PLCs
•Supported customer by rebuilding and modifying equipment with redesigns
ADC Video Systems
Meriden, CT
July 1989 – January 1996
Senior QA and Electronics Technician
•Integrated and tested fiber optic RF analog and digital video transmission equipment
used in the broadcast industry (NTSC and PAL Standards) and for the FAA
•Established test procedures for fiber optic video and audio equipment for final
acceptance.
•Worked with design engineering, and customers to solve field problems and to
improve product performance with circuitry changes. Also have held customer-
training classes.
•Tested calibrated and have done trouble shooting and repair of video and audio PC
boards down to component level.
• Scopes, Spectrum analyzers, Audio analyzers, signal generators,
Multi meters, Video Signal analyzers, Audio and Video generators and power
Supplies were used.
• Also involved in ISO area compliance and by developing signed procedures for
final test.
Education
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT
Have taken classes for a BS in Electrical Engineering
Naugatuck Valley Community Technical College
Waterbury, CT
Graduated June 2002 with an AS in Electrical Engineering
Connecticut School of Electronics
New Haven / Branford CT.
Graduated-September 1981
Hobby / Other skills
Amateur Radio Operator (General Class).