Engineer Service

JOHN T. RAINWATER, JR.

*** ********* **, #** . *** JOSE CA 95117 . PHONE: 408-***-****

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http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrainwater

WORK EXPERIENCE

Newport/Spectra-Physics Lasers (Mountain View, CA) - Service Support

Engineer, 2004 - 2010

Tier II Support Resource for pulsed YAG/OPO/Tunable Dye

Responsible Failure Analysis Engineer for 5 products

Revised and Managed the Failure Analysis (FA) process

Developed software applications

Taught product and process training classes

Managed and maintained the corporate Service Portal

Managed Field Service Bulletins

Maintained service and user manuals

Aligned, tested, characterized and repaired Q-switched YAG lasers and

tunable sources (OPO)

Conducted product, process and safety audits factory-wide (Certified Lead

Internal ISO:9001 auditor)

Achieved Internal FA cycle time of < 2 weeks for highest volume warranty

returns

Achieved RMA cycle time of < 30 working days for all product lines

Lightbit Corporation (Mountain View, CA) - Optical Packaging Engineer, 2000

-2001

Specified laser welding process and hardware to be used in an automated

pigtail alignment process

Evaluated and specified adhesives and attachment technologies

Designed models of hermetically sealed packages

Selected and specified optoelectronic package materials

Designed test fixtures to support automated laser welding

Developed alignment algorithms and user interfaces for laser welding

machines

Lightlogic (Santa Clara, CA) - Microassembly Engineer, 1999-2000

Managed laser welding equipment and optimized the laser welding process

Aligned and characterized the output from fiber coupled diode modules for

10 Gb/sec transponders

Optimized laser welding parameters for a high volume optoelectronic

packaging process

Specified training requirements for welding operators

Statistically analyzed welding data to minimize batch process variations

Conducted experiments to specify materials most suitable to the product

and process

Designed test fixtures to support laser welding and automation

Developed software interfaces to integrate laser welders with high

resolution motion control mechanics

Personally welded all modules to pass Telcordia standards

Equilasers (Santa Clara, CA) - Laser Engineer, 1997-1999

Responsible for QA, service support and customer support of Nd:YAG lasers

& laser welding robotics

Co-developed 5-axis semi-automated laser welding systems for 3 different

customer applications

Developed GUIs to operate semi-automated laser welding glove boxes and

laser welding robots

Designed test fixtures to support semi-automated laser welding

applications

Welded samples and optimized customer applications

Trained and supervised technicians and assemblers

The Alfred E. Mann Foundation (Valencia, CA) - Systems Consultant, 1999

Integrated, setup and qualified 5 semi-automated laser welding robots in

contained glove boxes

Developed laser welding software to support automated 5-axis welding of

various part geometries

Developed all technical documentation and operating manual

Continuum Electro-Optics (Santa Clara, CA) - Sr. Laser Tech, 1996-1997

Responsible for alignment, final test, characterization and service of

Nd:YAG lasers

Used beam measurement and diagnostics equipment to build and align pulsed

and harmonic lasers

Developed software

SOFTWARE SKILLS

SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD

Visual Basic, C, LABVIEW

MathCAD, MATLAB, JMP

SAP, Oracle

MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PPT, Project)

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills

Well developed electrical, mechanical and optical troubleshooting skills

Technical Writing Experience

EDUCATION

Western Kentucky University, B.S. Physics / Minor in Mathematics (2006)

Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), American Society for Quality (2006)

BYU - Dept of Physics: REU Appointee, Ultrafast Laser Research (high-

order harmonic generation)

Stanford University, Applied Physics Intern, Hansen Picosecond Free-

Electron Laser Group (1995)

Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering

(1989)

Congressional Nomination & Appointment to the United States Naval

Academy, Annapolis, MD (1987)

Taylor County High School, Campbellsville, KY - Advanced Science & Math

Honors Graduate (1987)

References Available Upon Request

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