Engineering Technician
Resume:
Yvonne M Vuong
San Diego, CA 92128-4560
Phone : 858-***-****
E-mail address: acs6sg@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVES:
Utilize my extensive skills as a Senior Electronics Technician in an environment where business and personal growth are emphasized.
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
EQUIPMENT SUMMARY:
Network analyzer and Spectrum analyzer, Logic analyzer, DMVs, Digital oscilloscopes and Power meters. iMac and Windows PCs, including Office, Excel, Lab-VIEW, PADS and various ATE software. Heat Guns, Soldering and De-soldering Stations, Hand Tools and Microscopes.
EXPERIENCE
October 2015 – Present
Test Technician, Kontron of America, San Diego
Perform a variety of tasks including assembling and testing Embedded mother boards and
Computer -on - Module .
December 2008 – February 2015
Engineering Lab Technician, Tachyon Networks, Inc., San Diego.
Job summary: Provide hand-on technical support to Engineering for RF testing and analysis; pre-production prototyping, electronics trouble-shooting and failure analysis, manufacturing, final assembly and testing of various Tachyon products and solutions.
Essential duties & responsibilities: Utilize various RF and electronic test equipment and software to perform a wide range of automated and manual test procedures.
Primary role in all Engineering/Manufacturing soldering tasks required for prototyping and production, as well as RMA Miniature/Micro-miniature (2M) repair.
Primary role in Engineering/Manufacturing electronic electrical and mechanical assembly.
Assist Engineering in electronic trouble-shooting and fault analysis of all products.
Monitor and inventory Engineering Lab required materials and equipment.
Interaction: interact primarily within the Engineering and Operations departments.
Work with team members on a daily basis.
Knowledge of basic electronics principles and experience applying to RF digital and analog power supply circuits.
Knowledge and experience in electronic circuit trouble-shooting and repair methods.
Experience in operating a wide range of Electronic Lab Test equipment such as Network and Spectrum Analyzer, Oscilloscope and Multi-meter, Frequency counter.
Ability to read/ interpret electrical and electronic schematics and mechanical drawings.
Provide feedback to Engineering.
Work environment: The work environment is mostly indoors in a comfortable temperature controlled Engineering/Manufacturing Lab.
2008 – Engineering Test Technician, Qualcomm, QCT, Power Consumption Group, San Diego.
Work experiences: Responsible for measuring, reporting, analyzing and debugging power consumption of cell phones at battery and component levels under GSM, WCDMA and HSDPA wireless environments. The power measurements are collected under scenarios that cause high activity on modems and application blocks of the hardware.
2006 – 2008
Senior Technician (RF Electronics) Nuera Communications Inc., San Diego.
Test and trouble-shoot high-density VoIP media gateways that provide interworking between a packed cable managed IP Network and Public switched telephone network.
2003 – 2006
Senior Technician (RF Electronics) Wireless Data Service Inc., San Diego.
Test and trouble-shoot all modules of the Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) base station system utilizing Cell Site Test Sets (HP 8921A) and PC controlled Automatic Test Equipment (ATE).
Use portable and laboratory test equipment to trouble-shoot to the component level and repair or replace using thru-hole and SMT soldering techniques.
Final test and certification of modem transceivers including transmitter, receiver, RF synthesizer and digital controller modules.
Recommend and prove Engineering Revisions and Fault Isolation Procedures.
1998 – 2003
Engineering Technician IBM Microelectronics Division, Encinitas.
In the Wireless and RFIC Department developing multiband GSM and CDMA handset chipsets for high volume production. Team deliverables include chipsets, systems designs, test data, bill of materials, and schematics.
Implement Engineering Change Orders. Provide design verification testing and product qualification support for RF analog integral circuits.
RF prototype circuit layout and fabrication using Power PCB and Quick Circuit milling machine.
Tune voltage controlled oscillators (local oscillators, frequency references), modify transmit power ramp profiles, debug transmit and receive signal chains.
Perform various linearity and intermodulation distortion test, implement test procedures for screening of transceiver chips (mixers, amplifiers, dividers, synthesizers). Implement test procedures for screening handsets and new IC. Perform measurement for gain, bit error rates, frequency error, S-Parameters, VCO tuning rang and slope, Noise figure, 1db compression and IP3.
Use base-station emulators (R&S, CMD 55, HP 8922).
1993 – 1997
RF Technician, ADC Wireless Systems (Formerly PCSI), San Diego.
See duties above: Wireless Data Services.
Work with engineering staff to test and debug prototype units.
Analyze Field Tests and provide data for Forensic Electronic Failure Analysis.
1985 – 1992
Engineering Technician,Loral Conic, San Diego.
Bread-boarding, testing (environmental and stress), trouble-shooting of analog and digital circuits of Transmitters, Receivers, Encoders, A/D Converters, Multiplexers, and Power Supplies for modules and components used in the Defense, Avionics and Communications industry.
EDUCATION
Associate of Science Degree in Electronics Mesa College, San Diego, CA.
Ongoing in-house product, ESD and safety classes.
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