Son Pham

Westminster, CA

714-***-****

ac2f32@r.postjobfree.com

Experience

Mission Critical Electronics 6/2017 – Present

Huntington Beach, CA

Electronic Test Technician

Testing Various Power Devices for On Board Marine and Commercial Applications

High Power AC Sources/DC-DC Converters/DC-AC Inverters/DC UPS/Power Metering/Power Control/Low Voltage Disconnects

3 Phase Battery Chargers/ Isolators

Wavestream Corp

San Dimas, CA

Quality Compliance Technician 9/2016 – 4/2017 (Contract)

IFL Satellite KA Radio Frequency Up / Down converter for on board aircraft WIFI units

Monitor & Control Status performance of units per RTCA DO-160 Compliance Standard Testing. Setting up test for Environmental & Vibration Screening/ EMI & EMC Testing

EMC Criteria Testing include Conducted Emission / Conducted Immunity / Radiated Emission / Radiated Susceptibility / Lightning / Abnormal Surge Voltage & Frequencies Transients / Momentary under Voltage

Conform EMC/EMI Test Setup in Accordance with Boeing & Honeywell DO-160 Standard Testing

Troubleshoot Common Mode & Differential Noises

Monitor Product performance during test: TX&RX Gain/Phase Noise/Phase Error/Modulation Error ratio, IMDs, Output Power, Linearity Gain, ect…

Meggitt Aerospace & Defense

Irvine, CA 5/2015 - 2/2016 (Contract)

Bench Test Technician

RF/ Microwave communication Subsystems, Filters, Antennas, Coaxial Cables & Accelerometer Sensor

Assemble & Testing Accelerometer Sensor in accordance with Aerospace ATP

System Test, Sub-System test & Troubleshoot down to the component level for different type of Pulse-Doppler Radar Systems

Perform Environmental Testing to ensure frequencies do not drift

Test & Troubleshoot Bulkhead Launcher system using Hall effect Sensor

Tune Dipole Antennas and checking for Return Loss S11 & S22 Parameters

Measure Insertion Loss for different type RF cables

Resolve Benches Correlation issues

Setup & Configured Wireless Aircraft Modems for Tow Target Systems

Direct TV 7/2014 - 5/2015 (Contract)

El Segundo, CA

RF Test Engineer

Testing/Characterization/Verification/Validation/Acceptance Test Direct TV LNB products for Latin America, European and new 4K High Resolution Video Transmission

Satellite Downlink Transmission Simulation using Ka & Ku band DDSS (Direct TV Digital Synthesizer), NI RF Matrix Switches, Rhode & Schwarz Spectrum Analyzer, Vector Network Analyzer

Test Criteria: MER (8PSK & QPSK Modulation Error Rate), AGC Automatic Gain Control, In Band Spur, IMDs 3rd & 2rd Order, Anti Alias Filter Rejection, Image Rejection, Local Oscillator Phase Noise, X-Cross Channel Isolation, ect…

Chroma Systems Solutions 9/2011 - 7/2014

Foothill Ranch, CA

Application Support Engineer

Assist Customers to resolve Application Issues as an Application Support Engineer

Answer Technical Related Post-Sale questions (Software/Hardware) per Chroma Power System stand alone Equipments

Duplicating Customer problems in the Lab.

Support Embedded Software (LabView Instrument Drivers / LabWindow CVI / Chroma propriety Soft Panels)

Hardware Support ( AC&DC Sources / AC&DC LED Programmable Electronic Loads / SAS (Solar Array Simulator) / Safety Analyzer / Programmable Power Meter / Data Logger

Familiarization of RTCA DO-160D / Mil-Std-704F(400Hz) / Mil-Std-704F(360-800Hz) / ABDO 100(115V/ 360-800Hz) / ABDO 100(115V / 400Hz) Aerospace Transient Wave Forms Test Standard.

Resolve Equipment Communication Protocol Issues such as: GPIB / RS232 / USB RS485 ETHERNET connection.

Using WebEx Conference Tool to Remote Access customer PC for Troubleshooting

Generate RMA Repair Incidents and Assist Customers to Knowledge Base Website

Modify and Develop App Notes when a new problem is found

Assist Customer How to Remote Networking their Equipment

Federal Custom Cable 5/2010 - 8/2011

Irvine, CA

RF Technician

Perform Maintenance on lab test instruments.

Implement FIRST ARTICLE INSPECTION phase.

Measured VSWR, insertion loss, group delays and phase matching on RF Cables & Antennas

Analyzed previous failures and Issued Corrective Action.

Power Wave Technologies 5/1999 - 2/2004

Irvine, CA

RF Engineering Tech III

Set up test station benches for Test Technicians.

RMA Repair Single Channel 2.5G RF Amplifiers

Resolved power correlation issues between test station benches.

Worked closely with designed engineers on Closed Loop Feed forward System.

Worked closely with Reliability Engineers to Developed Test Matrixes for Qualification Test.

Performed Reliability Testing and Characterized HALT, HASS for QC Engineer

STM Satellite Technology Management Wireless 4/1996 - 4/1999

Irvine, CA

RF Technician

Video, Voice Fax & Data Transmission for 3rd world Military & Commercial Industry

Test and Troubleshoot Wireless Satellite Modems from system to component level.

Send data packets test over the satellite to ensure reliability of the system realizing CDMA & TDMA protocols

Test voice over mesh topology communication network by up converting RF to Microwave in the C & KU band

Down Converting from Microwave to RF band

Perform TX & RX Local Loop Test before Live Test

Education:

Southern California Institute of Technology 9/2004 -6/ 2007

Bachelor Science Electronic Engineering of Technology

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