Engineering Test

Lead Qualification Test Engineer

Compliance/Test Engineering Professional with Hands-On direct working experience in Military Aerospace Defense Electronics Engineering/Manufacturing environment. Sought out for guidance regarding Qualification Test Process across all test platforms.

Areas of Expertise

Testing Equipment: Network and Spectrum Analyzers; Frequency Counters; Function Generators; Oscilloscopes; Digital Volt Meters; PSA E440Analyzer; Agilent 8564EC Spectrum Analyzer; Amritzu Power Meter; Altitude Chamber, Pressure Vessels, Computer Controlled Dataloggers, Chart Recorders, Vacuum Vessels, Explosion Chambers, Climatic/Dynamic /EMI Environmental Test Chambers.

Tests include: Temperature Chamber Testing, ESD, ESS Chamber Testing, I.C. Testing, Altitude Testing, Explosion Testing. Performed Light Vibration and Mechanical Shock Tests, Rapid Decompression Tests, Screening Tests such as Insulation Resistance, Dielectric Withstanding Voltage, Corona Effect, Radiated Immunity, Surge, ESD, EFT Burst, Radiated Emissions. Volumetric Measurements required for accreditation, Antenna calibration.

Affiliated with: IEEE, SWE

Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, VB..

Career Summary

Program Quality Engineer/ Quality and Performance Assurance, BAE Systems (Under contract for Hepco Inc.) 2015 –2016

ECS /LoTac Air EW Division Active Secret Clearance obtained

Interacted with Customer and DCMA for purposes of Build Book, Documentation Review, Configuration Verification, Non-Conformance Process.

Planned, documented and implemented the Process and Product Quality Assurance (PPQA) function.

Understanding of Programs and Related Processes - Contract Requirements / Flow Down / PO QA Codes

Non-Conformances and Root Cause and Corrective Actions

Quality Assurance Performance Test Engineer/ Reliability Engineering Tech/ Environmental Engineering Specialist, Flir Systems, (Under Contract for Total Technical Systems.) 2011 – 2015

Developed QTP’s and ATP’s and CDRL’s(for all platforms/ products).

Assisted Program Managers to insure proper Qualification Test requirements were met.

Created strategic alliances with test labs to ensure that budgets were met/cost cutting measures were carried out, and all available time slots were taken advantage of.

Responsible for conducting customer witness test programs for several electro-optical systems..

Lead the Environmental Test effort, and aided with negotiations with foreign national customers.

Assisted with proposal process to insure Compliance was feasible, and if considerations should be negotiated.

Developed an awareness to create a product indemnity form for all third-party contractors.

Developed Safety Procedure for Firing Class I to Class IV lasers, Sensor and System Functional testing for all third-party Test Labs.

Assisted with EMI test chamber construction/ researching/gathering test equipment, all while staying under budget.

Submitted SOWs for product qualification process including work hours, test lab costs, personnel/resources needed.

Conducted TRR meetings to ensure all stakeholders/customers concerns were addressed. ASSY inspection, Test Documentation reviews, Flow Down requirements.

Developed Qualification Procedure.

Planning documenting and implementing the Process and Product Quality Assurance function from conception throughout projects lifecycle.

Conducted all Verification and Validation Tests.

Provided input to project risk and opportunities process including identifying, documenting, and executing contingency plans.

Training

Attended Wayne Tustin Vibration Test Techniques Course.

Various webinars to stay current with company technologies i.e Display technologies, coating technologies, corrosion technologies.

Environmental Test Specifications.

Achieving Consistent Program Execution Excellence in Aerospace Industry through Verification Management.

Laser/Optics Technician, BAE Systems, Nashua, NH

(Under contract Technical Needs), 2010 – 2010

Optical testing of ATIRCM MBL project. Individually performed tests consisted of; Optical Power measurements, Angular alignments, Spectral distribution, orientation, vector tests.

Quality Compliance Engineering Technician/Lead ULTest Technician

Philips Color Kinetics, Burlington, MA 2008-2009

Assisted Compliance Engineering in achieving all proper testing, and documentation were submitted with the goal of gaining proper approbations for the appropriate countries.

Assisted RMA Engineering in researching probable causes in manufacturing and on field returns.

Assisted Systems Engineering with Internal D.V.T.P testing as well as assist in specifying test parameters for a myriad of lighting products.

Lead a team of junior test technicians to achieve test deadlines.

Project managing on all platforms, (Proto. Alpha, Beta) setting test deadlines, adhering to strict deadlines provided by notifying bodies, scheduling of witness testing.

Updating the safety lab to meet UL Requirements resulted in being accepted into UL’s Data Acceptance Program.

Created Standardized Test Templates.

Scheduled meetings with new notifying bodies, both in-house and at notifying bodies test sites, to enable a smooth business transaction.

Training

1.Attended the health effect of lighting on human behavior, moods.

2.Webinars pertaining to job function, humidity, temp profiling, EMC and a myriad of standards committee seminars.

3.Attended internal “lunch and learns” to keep current with current product issues and updates.

4.Attended “Light Fair”, New York, in order to gain marketing insight.

5.Attended quality webinars on corrosion and possible structural damage due to environmental effects.

Self-Initiated Side Projects

Cost reduction- Successful at winning a proposed business plan that would allow for a “Philips Family Integration” with a common goal of reducing EMI/Safety Test costs by 85%. Successful at incorporating a more streamline approach to submitting P. O’s between the two divisions. Demonstrated a 95% increase in product shipping survival yield.

CISPR 15 Project- Successful at winning a proposed business plan which allowed for P.M.S to become P.C.K’s “one stop shop” for the most crucial EMI testing required by the lighting industry. Successful at positioning P.M.S to become a” virtual lab” in case of increased work load and which allowed for greater equipment flexibility.

Research and Development Engineering Technician

Parker Hannifin, Pneutronics Division, (under contract for Entegee), 2007-2008

Documented and performed tests on actuators both inside and outside of valve designs. Tested for Blocked Force, Spring Rate, Gain, Linearity, Displacement Tests, Internal and External Leak Tests on normally open valves, Life Cycle Tests, Thermal Profiling, Flow vs. Voltage, Pressure vs. Flow, Back Pressure Testing, and Dimensional Variation Testing, Rise and Fall Response Time, tests performed under high voltage conditions (up to 600 volts).

Implemented innovations into test fixtures and design valve models.

Created Engineering Test Reports from compiled test data for both the actuator and valve assembly.

Environmental/EMI/Climatic/Dynamic Technician

SYPRIS TEST AND MEASUREMENT, Burlington, MA (under contract for Entegee), 2005- 2007

Provided compliance resolution related to test failures,

Created Test Programs for thermal chambers required for both Thermal/Shock, Temperature/Humidity, Vibration Chambers,

Demonstrated competency using Military/Medical/ITE customer-oriented specs.

Education

New England Institute of Technology, Warwick, R.I

Candidate for A. S in Electronics Engineering

Military Service

Combat Communications Specialist, Platoon Guide.

Received training and gained proficiency in LAN network wiring., TAC COMS, Lotus 123 and D-Base, operation and communication for both encryption and decryption. Scheduled duty rosters for 60 soldiers.

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