Technician Engineering

David Valenzuela G.

**** * **** * *.

National City, CA. 91950

Cell: 619-***-****

Email: ****************@*****.***

Objective: To obtain a position that will enable me to use my strong organizational skills,

educational background, and ability to work well with people.

Q ualifications: M ore than 10 years in the Engineering Technician field testing different

t ypes of prototypes and overt and covert concealments for law enforcement agencies and

w ith experience in Broadcast and Cable Television that also includes video broadcast

equipment, studio equipment and engineering news gathering (ENG).

WORK EXPER IENCE

Knucledragger Design I nc. Spring Valley, CA.

2013-2014

E ngineering Technician, working with covert concealments testing them electrically and

p rogramming the routers, encoders, cameras, reset boards and adjusting mechanical

pedestals providing feedback to engineering on hardware or software problems and final

test for full operation and performance.

NSM Surveillance - Spring Valley, CA. 2000 –

2013 Engineering Technician working with power meters, video, audio generators,

analyzers such as spectrum analyzers and others along with signal generators to test

surveillance concealments containing microwave t ransmit ters, receivers, Low Noise

A mplifiers (LNA) and power amplifiers. Tested video and infrared cameras and PTZ

pedestals controlled by RS232 or via IP. Performed QA on equipment prototypes

received by Engineering providing feedback on found software and hardware bugs as

well as possible solutions to improve performance or fix the issues encountered by

submitting the analysis and diagnostics to a t icketing t racking system.

Televisa – Channel 12 Tijuana, Mexico 1985 -

1999

M anager, Technical Department – Directly managed an Engineering group by leading a

m ission critical operation of a Broadcast Television company. Daily duties included

Supervising the maintenance and support of a 30kw VHF Television broadcast

t ransmit ter, the stability of the Engineering News Gathering (ENG) equipment that

i ncluded audio consoles, video equipment and studio cameras. Responsible of managing

asset acquisition for the different areas supervised. Lead the migration and upgrade of

t he tube broadcast system to a Solid State t ransmitter System, successfully deploying

t he new system with no vendor support.

XHAS – C hannel 33 Tijuana, Mexico

1980 - 1984

Broadcast Technician – Supported and supervised the technical operation of a local

Television channel repeating the signal of a National TV channel. Maintained a 10kw

television broadcast t ransmit ter, including point to point microwave links. Worked and

lead the initial setup and deployment of the Broadcast Antenna (UHF) as well as

building up the initial technical operations of this repeater channel.

Cablevision – Tijuana, Mexico

1976.-.1979 Deployment Technician – Responsible for the deployment of a Regional

Cable TV system. Responsibilit ies included the installation of the various drops and the

t runk line. Deployed a headend master facility for receiving Television signals for

p rocessing and distribution over the cable system.

E DUCAT ION

Instituto Tecnologico - Tijuana, Mexico 1973 -

1976

o Technician’s Degree in Electronics and Electricity

Certified IPC-A-610 Specialist November 2012

SKILLS

Fluent in English and Spanish

Very analytical, proven ability to provide problem resolution

Technical process writ ing

Performed many “from scratch” A/V and Transmitting complex installations

Assisted various vendor provided t raining courses for product specialization

certifications

Participated in Company sponsored Management Training

Public speaking skills

References

Given upon request

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