Engineer Technician

KEVIN RUTA

** ******** ***** 732-***-****

Clark, NJ 07066 *******@*******.***

Electrical Test Engineer

Progressive experience in developing test profiles, designing PC-based test

consoles for Acceptance Test and Environmental Stress Screening,

troubleshooting electronic systems, supporting production testing, and

reverse engineering legacy systems. Expertise includes actuation, power

distribution, stores management, and communication and navigation systems.

Interface with customer and transition testing of customer designs for

build-to-print programs. Establish manufacturing production cells and

train technicians on use of production test equipment.

Schematic Capture PCB Fabrication PLC Ladder Logic

Microsoft Office Microsoft Project Labview

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Smiths Aerospace - GE Actuation Systems, Whippany, NJ 2004 - 2009

Test Engineer

. Designed PC based and PLC test consoles to test linear and rotary

actuation systems.

. Design and fabricate PC boards.

. Provide technical support and troubleshooting for Production Test and

Qualification Test.

. Transitioned established build-to-print programs by Northrop Grumman

Unmanned Systems for production testing. Set up test consoles and

worked with the customer engineers to allow for a smooth transition in

producing the product and keeping scheduled delivery dates.

. Developed electronics assemblies Bed of Nails tester to screen for

product defects and eliminate rework on new hardware.

. Reverse engineered a legacy/obsolete program required to overhaul USAF

aircraft valve control actuator.

Smiths Aerospace, Florham Park, NJ 1981 - 2004

Test Engineer (1996 - 2004)

. Designed test interfaces to provide access to all signals during

system integration. Worked with vendor to ensure that the interfaces

were built to allow for ease in troubleshooting problems.

. Designed Automated Test consoles used to test Power Management System

at both ATP and ESS levels of test. Reduced test time on a system

from one day to one hour. Supplied training to off-site locations.

Electronics Technician (1981 - 1996)

. Lead Technician supporting test technicians in troubleshooting Weapon

Stores Management, Communication and Navigation Systems. Developed

test programs to do diagnostics on individual circuit cards to provide

component level troubleshooting with the use of In-circuit Emulation.

. Engineering Lab Technician supporting testing in the development of

new designs.

EDUCATION

A.A.S. Electronics Engineering Technology, DeVry Technical Institute,

Woodbridge, NJ

Diploma Network Engineering and Data Management, Chubb Institute, North

Brunswick, NJ

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