Paul Kawula 408-***-****

E-mail: PJKawula****@ att.net

Objective: Seeking a position as an Engineering Technician within the

technology or life science field.

Qualifications/Skills Summary:

. Worked 10 years in the photonics, electronics, laser, and LED fields

for scientific & medical applications.

. Work experience and knowledge of test equipment including but not

limited to Network Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Spectrum Analyzers,

Signal Generators and Power Meters.

. Data acquisition and extraction usage to Excel spreadsheets on

Yokogawa MW100 for setting-up 60 channel input voltages or

Thermocouple Temperatures on selected LED electronic driver

components, inside HASTEST environmental heat chambers.

. Troubleshoot circuit driver boards for LED Luminaires, Laser and CCD

camera systems from released schematics.

. Prototyped circuit boards, optical systems, mechanical fixtures

relating to medical devices.

. Rudimentary usage of solid works CAD system (own individual license)

and milling and lathe machining equipment.

. Created and released assorted MPI's and STM's regarding product

testing within a Quality and/or product development environment.

. Ran queries for cross-functional groups (Mfg., Marketing, Engineering)

incorporating MS Access and excel spread sheets for trending issues.

Education

A.S. Degree in General Science (with an emphasis in electronics and

microwave)

Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA

Professional Experience:

Job Searching, Sunnyvale, CA Jan 2014 - Present

End of Contract, Layoff - Actively looking for employment.

SWITCH (contract ATR), San Jose, CA May 2013 -

Jan 2014

Electrical Engineering Technician

. Debug failed electronic driver circuits and Silicone filled

glass/plastic globes.

. Use of test equipment such as multi-meters, oscilloscopes and

temperature chambers.

. Prototyped circuit boards which included soldering and wire crimping

. Work with cross-functional groups, engineering, regulatory and

manufacturing to coordinate reliability test criteria and timelines.

. Data acquisition knowledge:

o Data acquisition and extraction usage to Excel spreadsheets on

Yokogawa MW100 for setting-up 60 channel input voltages or

Thermocouple Temperatures on selected LED electronic driver

components, inside HASTEST environmental heat chambers.

Job Searching, Sunnyvale, CA Jun 2012 - May

2013

End of Contract, Layoff - Actively looking for employment.

Loral Space System (contract Albin Engineering), Palo Alto, CA June

2010-June 2012

RF / Microwave Systems Technician

. Testing of high powered RF and microwave waveguides and coaxial cable

systems on communications satellites.

. Thorough knowledge of test equipment including but not limited to

Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers, waveguide components, Signal

Generators and Power Meters.

. Ran software for commanding of satellite during simulated test flight

protocol.

Job Searching, Sunnyvale, CA Dec 2009 - June 2010

. Company Layoff - Actively looking for employment.

MAQUET Cardiovascular/Boston Scientific, San Jose, CA 1999 - Dec

2009

Failure Analysis engineer

. Failure analysis responsibilities included:

o Electrical, mechanical and Optical testing of various field

failures to released specifications for product.

o Ran SEM machine for specific field failures related to plastics,

ceramic and metal components. SEM usage on material with

biological emphasis.

. Ran queries for cross-functional groups (Mfg, Marketing, Engineering)

incorporating MS Access and excel spread sheets for trending issues.

. Quality System Documentation:

o Created and released assorted MPI's and STM's regarding product

testing within a Quality and/or product development environment.

READ-RITE Inc., San Jose, CA 1997- 1999

R&D Engineer, Data Storage

. Responsible for test station design and validation for feasibility of

near-field SIL in optical recording.

. Created receiving inspection program at Read-Rite for optical fiber

and aspheric lens components.

. Developed a process station to measure coupling efficiency and beam

profile measurements of a wafer-based wave-guide incorporating fiber

or single lens focusing scheme.

CARDIOGENESIS CORP., Santa Clara, CA 1994 - 1997

Engineering Specialist

Quality Control:

. Responsible for lot release and validation testing of Intra-operative

probe to ensure that product met statistical criteria.

. Record retention of LHRs for clinical build.

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