Technician Engineering

Sr. Technician

Current Location: Sunnyvale, CA Available to interview: 2 day notice Available to start: 1 week notice

Skills highlight:

Build, test & troubleshoot first article electrical/mechanical devices. Skilled in hand soldering of fine pitch SMT rework. Assembled platforms (Boards+CPU+RAM), flash bios & operating system. Supported engineering with the development, build, troubleshoot, repair & test of prototypes. Worked from net lists, schematics, data sheets & Alllegro tools. Able to perform basic hardware troubleshooting & assembly. Supervised & trained manufacturing employees to assist in the build or repair of electrical/mechanical devices. Familiar with business process management software: ERP/SAP, Quick-base (MS: Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio) Photo editing software: IrfanView.

Work Experience:

05/2015-present Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA (Certified RMA Technician 2)

Evaluate, troubleshoot, test, & repair customer returned product to component level. Read schematic diagrams & follow test procedures. Understand operational requirements, identify & correct problems or inconsistencies. Log data in SAP as repairs are being done. Support the engineering department as needed.

04/2014-05/2015 Suitable Technologies, Palo Alto, CA (Sr. Manufacturing Lead Technician)

Built, troubleshoot, repair & test remote presence devices. Worked with validation groups with motherboards. Debug through feedback circuit & measured VRM controllers to look for glitches. Assisted engineers to inspect, diagnose & troubleshoot PCBA failures. Worked with schematics & technical drawing files. Logged finished work in ERP.

2013-2014 NiTi Tubes, Fremont, CA (Manufacturing Lead Technician)

Built medical devices while supervising & training employees. Worked in quality control to make sure orders were precise to customer's specifications & logged finished work in computer data base.

2011-2013 Tesla Motors, Palo Alto, CA (Engineering Technician)

Worked in NPI with engineers to better develop new products. In R&D I worked on prototypes for the model S and its charging stations. Assisted engineers to diagnose, troubleshoot & test prototype failures. Logged finished work in quick-base. Used machines & various tools to fabricate fixtures for production.

2007-2011 MEC Dynamics, Santa Clara, CA (Engineering Technician)

Worked in R&D assisting engineers with prototype building, troubleshoot rework & testing. I also maintained machines using various hand tools & machine maintenance instructions. I also trained & supervised production workers as needed.

2004-2007 Lightwave Electronics, Mtn. view, CA (Manufacturing Technician 3)

Worked with engineers to build lasers for the navy's submarines, Sony & for laser eye surgery. Built, serviced, tested & troubleshoot lasers. Debug the feedback circuit over current & measure transient. Worked with schematics, technical drawings & work instructions.

2000-2004 Wave Optics, Mtn. view, CA (Manufacturing Optics Technician 2)

Built fiber optics for communication purposes & for fiber optic lasers that were used for eye surgery. Used optical probing tools, fiber optic hand tools & schematics.

Education:

2015 Certificate in RMA Repair (I.S.T.T.P. Sunnyvale, CA)

2011 Certificate in Electronics Technology (CCOC, San Jose, CA)

2001 Certificate in Laser Technology (San Jose City, San Jose, CA)

1998 Santa Clara Unified School District High School Diploma (Santa Clara, CA)

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