John A. Saldana
**** ******** **., *** ****, CA *5132
Home 408-***-****, Cell 408-***-**** E-mail ****.***@*******.***
OBJECTIVE : Seeking a Senior Electrical/Mechanical R&D Manufacturing/or Senior Technician, Maintenance,
Equipment Development/Sr. Equipment/Manufacturing Technician where qualifications and experience
will be fully utilized.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Experienced technical professional involved in progressively more responsible
positions requiring electrical/mechanical aptitude, research and development, good communication &
training techniques
• Competent, attention to detail and pride in generating quality achievements
• Troubleshoot mechanical failures and electrical problems to the component level
• Read schematics, blueprints, and wiring diagrams
• Extensive knowledge of various electrical and mechanical tools and equipment
• Independent worker and effective team leader
• Successful in coordinating activities to increase team performance and motivation
• Well organized and able to manage time efficiently to exceed production goals
• Adept in managing stressful, sensitive issues in diverse environments
• Maintains detailed documentation through all phases of development, testing and
analysis
• Computer literate/Scada, RTU systems
• PLC Allen Bradley Micrologix 1200-1500
• Wiring the control box with pneumatic, calibration, airline/ oxygen/ water/ digital
pressure read out
• Laser/ optic alignment technician/ lasag laser/ power supply (pm) (CDRH) Center For Devices of
Radiologic Health. An arm of the FDA and (ANSI) American National Standards. Synrad Laser/Chiller set
up.
• Calibrate coherent power meter/beam position/DPSS Lasers- (Diode-pumped Solid-State-X-Y-Z tooling-
cleaning optics/ Q-switched laser/ safety classes given by (LSO)
• 35 KV Transformers
• Supervisor/Lead Experience/ Field Service Technician/ Installation of all capital
equipment
• Electronics degree completed
• Installations of all capital equipment/medical equipment
• Forklift knowledge
• HVAC Welding Certificate
• OSHA Safety
• GMP environment
• Wire harness/various cables/all types of wire gauges/various crimpers and tools/various sizes of
male/female pins/Assemble various Mechanical and Electrical complex Capital Equipment
• (FDA) (ISO) (GMP) (MSDS) (DHR) (QSR)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• Recognized for loyalty & skill in completing projects on-time and under budget at Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center
• Received commendation for meeting all commitments in an extremely demanding quarter
• C3-ILEX Systems, RTU/Maintained HVAC, Welding in all in-house maintenance
• Field service, supply feedback to manufacturing engineers along with R&D for system performance as
well as customer feedback, keeping production up and running Guidant, Santa Clara, Temecula, CA.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Depot Service Technican, Zonare,Mountain View,CA Jan 2014-March-2014
• Provided Technical/test/repairs of all Ultrasound systems and upgrades to customers request and needs
consisting of: uploading the new version of software, troubleshooting and rebuilding electro-mechanical and
machined components, bearings, gas shocksand printed circuit boards cabling shielding.
• Operated system software-using automated test equipment to test and debugged PWA’s to meet all service
repairs.
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• Diagnosed mechanical, hardware, software and system failures.
• Communicated with field technicians by phone and emails and assisted them by analyzing problems, finding
solutions and guiding them through repairs.
• Worked along side of engineering department and Depot team to resolve any problems.
• Maintained data and input test results into Excel and Siebel.
Depot Service Technician, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA July 2008 – April 2013
Field Service to customers sites and out the U.S. and Europe/Asia. Service to clients in providing laboratory automation
solutions for drug and a range of other scientific research and development applications.
• Working in lab and repaired machines returned to Agilent for repair or preventative
maintenance
• Automated liquid handling devices. 384ST head 10uL 96LT 200uL head
• Mechanical, electrical, and software support
• Alignment / calibration/wet lab testing for all heads and syringe pipettes put all results
and data in Siebel or Excel.
• Wide range of subjects including servo controls & stepper motors, electronics,
pneumatics, optical sensors, and control software using windows operating systems.
• Updates to service and client database.
• Vertical pipetting (V-Prep)station for high accuracy, pipette heads for dispensing from
100nL to250uL
• Knowledge of all tools/test equipment/Robot arm/Bravos/Plate locs/Vcodes/Vstacks.
Technical Field Support Representative, NDS Surgical Imaging, San Jose, CA January 2008 – June 2008
• Provided phone and e-mail support to troubleshoot issues quickly and effectively to key customers of NDS
products.
Able to competently and quickly determine problem resolution using available tools and own knowledge of various inputs
and updated bios, and provide the highest level of customer satisfaction. Also able to clearly document and reproduce all
steps of problem resolution. Work closely with Quality and Engineering departments to improve product quality and
performance and assign RMA’s and coordinate incoming units with customers.
Process Solutions, Inc., Campbell, CA (contract work) October 2007 – Dec. 2007
Sr. Equipment/Manufacturing Technician
Build hydroxyl ion fog odor control systems and purifying water systems for various companies. Read and interpret
assembly and schematics, and diagram drawings, using current documentation procedures, build all anode/cathode cells
according to verbal and written instructions and by following drawings and diagrams, Bom’s, GMP. Wiring all electrical
boxes for each system an preparing all sub-assemblies, operate hand tools and power tools, final test on all systems with
current paper work and serial numbers to all systems.
Morgan Royce, Sunnyvale, CA (contract work) December 2006 – Aug. 2007
Electro-Mechanical/Equipment Technician
Build and test complex medical devices and motion equipment from schematics/engineering drawings such as
mechanical, pneumatic, PLC-1200-1500 Allen Bradley, point to point wiring. Electrical integration, build proto types, using
power tools and test equipment.
Facilities Tech Loral Space Systems March 2006 – Nov. 2006
Palo alto.CA.
• Perform work in many maintenance trades including carpentry, plumbing, machine and equipment repair, electrical,
sheet metal fabrication/welding and HVAC.
• Responsible for making routine, periodic or special inspections to determine repair and maintenance work necessary
to prevent breakdowns of facilities, machinery and equipment.
• Schedule approved maintenance, repairs and new construction.
• Tests, inspects, troubleshoots and repairs machines and equipment.
• Interpret blueprints, sketches, layouts, wiring diagrams, drawings and specifications. Respond to emergency
situations during off hours and weekends.
• Set-up and operate all tools and equipment necessary to perform assigned work.
• Perform preventative electrical lighting maintenance duties,support manufacturing labs,all offices,parking lots,street
lights,trouble shoot repairs as switches,sensors,lighting controls,wiring ballast and light fixtures,install new light fixture
also operate manual lift for those high repair lights and parking lamps.
Guidant, Santa Clara, CA Aug. 1999 – Oct. 2005
Senior Electrical/Mechanical R&D Technician, Maintenance, Equipment Development
Fabricated three different types of stent cutting lasers. Worked with engineering groups including process and design.
Assembled, tested from Electrical to Mechanical to loading the program from Laptop to (PLC) and setting the dipswitches.
Powering the system and troubleshooting if needed. Using all various electrical tools, to all sizes of hand tools from
standard to Metric and using Multimeter (fluke) for troubleshooting. Aligning optics on balloon laser welders supporting
laser department. Following all (FDA) standards from testing and qualifying all systems with detailed documentation
through all phases of development testing and analyzes data and write reports. Also travel to Temecula to lend technical
support to their equipment development group and maintenance group.
C3-ILEX Systems, Milpitas, CA 1994 – 1999
Senior Remote Terminal Unit Technician/Facilities Technician onsite
Responsibilities included building prototypes of (SCADA) Supervisory Control Analog Data Acquisition systems from
ECOs, verbal instructions, and wiring diagrams. Interfaced closely with Engineering/R&D to assist in designing electrical
and mechanical products. Provided customer service and training to ensure customer specifications were met. Reviewed,
evaluated, and determined quality of products prior to shipment. Developed and maintained an effective system to ensure
quality control. Trained and supervised new technicians as necessary. Also HVAC, maintain all maintenance of all building
maintenance complies with OSHA safety policies and regulations.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, CA 1986 – 1994
Electrical/Mechanical Technician
Provided technical support by working directly from rough sketches and verbal instructions to upgrade various changes on
modulators to meet specifications and completion dates. Interacted continuously with Engineers to resolve critical issues.
Performed wiring and mechanical duties from conception to completion. Ordered all necessary electrical and mechanical
materials to maintain high quality standards. Maintenance of DC power supply 260 – 600 V, 60 CPS.
EDUCATION
Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA Electronics Degree Completed
Computer Business College Electronic Technician, San Jose, CA Electronics Technician Certificate
San Jose City College, San Jose, CA Electronics and Technical Management Courses
Completed Laser Safety Course, Knowledge of Class I, II, III
HVAC Certificate.