Nicholas S. Spartana Jr.

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West Valley City UT 84119

443-***-****

ad1r9b@r.postjobfree.com

R&D Engineering Technician

Technical Training

Course School Attended Year

Optical repair and alignment US Navy “A” school Great Lakes IL 1987

Principals of Navel Engineering US Navy self paced 1990

Physical and Optical Metrology US Navy “C” school Pensacola FL 1991

ANSI Y.14 GD&T Rexroth Pneumatics 1998

Failure Modes & Effect analysis Rexroth Pneumatics 1998

Tribology Level I&II CSI Knoxville TN 2002

Machine Lube Analysis Noria Indianapolis IN 2003

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS

Aligned Rhomboid device to less than one arc second in each axis.

Managed US Navy optical repair shop with twelve technicians for two years.

Awarded Navy Achievement Medal for establishing night vision repair facility, provide training and logistics, to reduce costs and expedite repairs.

Established ISO 9001 status for Advanced Hydraulic Systems Inc. through tailoring standard operating procedures, and final audit.

Rebuilt compressed air system at Rexroth to conform to ISO 8573-1 (class 0,1,0).

Connected and routed 110K optical data channels to single photon counters in proton/antiproton collision detector at Fermilab. Fabricated Carbon fiber composite parts for assorted components on Silicon Vertex detector as well as Central Fiber Tracker. Assembled composites for a wide variety of needs including critical positioning/latching fixtures.

Built and qualified comparative calorimeter to characterize optical absorption in PPM at University of Dayton Research Institute.

Fabricated and assembled specialty fiber optic laser probe tips to measure high temp operations in joint strike force engine developments at General Electric Aircraft Engines.

Can establish and monitor computer data acquisition systems, able to set up optical breadboard with at least ten elements, co-align lasers, operate and maintain laser systems. Prototype tools with machine tools, mill, lathe, etc. Set up mechanical testing lab, design, build, monitor and evaluate tests. Manage motivate and train teams of technicians. Keeps up to date on new technology in assorted testing disciplines. Adapts to myriad technologies with solid background in mechanics and metrology. Loves to learn and grow professionally by seeking and accepting challenges.

HARDWARE PC, scanners, printers, hard drives, I/O boards, upgrades.

SOFTWARE MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Zemax, Photoshop, DOS, Windows(All), Linux, DAQ, LabView

SIGNIFICANT EQUIPMENT:

Vacuum forming systems for composites, Theodolites, autocollimators, laser tracker, alignment telescope, transits, optical micrometer, Interferometer, Spectrophotometer, Optical tooling, DMM, CMM, Oscilloscope, DAQ, sensors (assorted), hydraulics, pneumatics, composites, lathe, milling, physical metrology.

SPECIFIC WORK/TASK EXPERIENCE

Flex Inc.

Aug 2022 – present

Senior test tech.

Debug computer servers and set up testing for components. Root cause analysis of issues

Bolt Fielding

Mar 2022 – July 2022

Gather and enter data for engineering new optical fiber installation in Salt Lake basin.

BD Medical devices

Mar 2021 – Feb 2022

Senior R&D Engineering Technician

Worked on Medical device remediation for new Europe requirements, developed testing procedures for compliance.

Stryker Neurovascular division

Jul 2019 – May 2020

R&D Engineering Technician

Working with guide wire technology testing. All aspects of construction, materials, and most things I am not allowed to talk about. Also collaborating on assorted catheter technology, also not allowed to disclose.

GE Surgery Salt Lake City

Oct 2018 – Mar 2019

Engineering tech III

Performed system calibration and configuration of “C” arm X-Ray systems per work instructions. Trouble shoot errors and assorted system issues, performed repairs and rework then placed in next queue.

Tetra-Tech Rio Tinto

Aug 2018 – Oct 2018

Consultant/Inspector

Walked down smelter plant using provided inspection documents for the purpose of advising system repairs, adjustments, safety issues, and anything that is noticed for potential issues of any type affecting people or production.

Tokyo Electron Lehi IMFlash

May 2018 – August 2018

Field Service Engineer

Serviced vapor deposition tools in cleanroom environment. Cleaned, repaired, commissioned/decommissioned tools of assorted use. Trouble shoot myriad system failure modes, worked with customer to ensure production quotas met.

Sterling Research Salt Lake City

Oct 2016 – Mar 2017

R&D Engineering technician

Worked with design Engineer building prototypes and refining design to perform as optimal. Testing and fabrication of parts and systems for assorted markets including medical applications and consumer goods.

SGT Goddard Space Flight Center NASA

Sept 2013 – Oct 2016 Radar R&D Technician

Worked in developing specialized RF systems n regard to building, installing, testing and fixing issues with service of said systems. Controlling thermal issues with innovative approaches assuring even temperature across 32 channels and amps. Working mechanical support with RADAR systems in developmental use in P-3 Orion for transition to flight projects.

SGT Goddard Space Flight Center NASA

May 2010 – Sept 2013 R&D Instrument technician

Work with X-Ray optics, design and build pick and place machine to assemble X-Ray optical cell for sounding rocket experiment in polarimetry. Assist in design and fabrication of miniature digital X-Ray source (Patent pending) for scientist for use in assorted applications. Build 20” Dobsonian carbon fiber telescope as beam expander to align three 8” X-Ray cells in plane. Work with interns and co-ops teaching them and learning from them while they play.

Mantech International, Goddard Space Flight Center NASA

September 2004 to May 2010 Engineering Technician IV

Perform optical metrology on spacecraft components, assemblies and complete systems. Alignment using optical cubes and autocollomating theodolites, spacial systems and laser trackers. Interferometry on optics under cryogenic test cycles. Breadboard design and setup.

Belcan contracting for General Electric Aircraft Engines (Laser probe Group)

July 2004 – Sept 2004 Engineering Technician

Built circuit boards, installed and characterized lasers, set up servers and hosts for DAQ. Fabricated miniature parts for light probe tips. Installed instrumentation in engines.

Noria contracting for Cargill

Oct 2002 – June 2003 Machinery Lubrication Technician/Analyst

Contamination control, training, asset/program management, consulting, lube analysis and trending. Manage sampling routes, provide detailed reports. Setup new dispensing system with pre-filtering and contamination control measures. Consolidate lubes, wear debris and root cause analysis.

University of Dayton Research Institute

April 2002 – Sept 2004 Senior Electro-Optics Technician T-3

Calorimetric testing of coatings and substrates for Air born Laser System. Design, build, and qualify calorimeters including thermopiles. Align breadboard optics, co-align visible laser with IR laser. Run DAQ system to record and analyze test. Communicate with customers and vendors to optimize throughput. Maintain and upgrade YAG laser system. Run ground penetrating radar to map high mass arresting beds at a number airports as well as taking other data points to monitor moisture content.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

July 1999 – Oct 2001 Senior Technical Aide

Upgrade D0 Collision detector, Central Fiber Tracker. Lay-up scintillating fiber ribbons (256 channels each) connectorize, polish, inspect, and mount on nesting cylinders. Assemble cylinders in nested array. Installed tracker in detector, connected transmission wave guides from tracker to single photon counters. Connected and routed total of 300K data channels. Rotating shift as operations tech for detector, monitor and control, cryogenic, compressor, cooling water, alarm, and magnet systems.

Rexroth-Mecmann Pneumatics

April 1997 – Feb 1999 Engineering Lab Technician

Conduct testing of existing, modified and developing products. Designed, ordered components, built and conducted high temp air over oil test for Allison transmission. Refined lab air system to conform to ISO8573 0.1.0 standards for ultra clean air standards. Conducted myriad testing for new large bore pneumatic rail car cylinders including NDT and DT batteries. Set up modern lab test benches, tested and modified assembly benches. Calibrated all lab instrumentation, flow, pressure, temp, RH. Worked with engineers to develop test standards for proprietary products.

Advanced Hydraulic Systems Inc.

June 1995 – April 1997 Quality manager

ISO 9001 Developer/Auditor. Wrote SOPs for ISO 9001, conducted internal audits, vendor surveys, monitored external audits. Wrote training procedures, conducted training sessions. Performed receiving inspection, assembly and final inspections. Designed, built, conducted and verified various customer requested tests. First Article inspection, receiving and final inspection.

Exotic Materials Inc.

June 1994 – June 1995 QC Inspector

Physical and optical inspection of IR Optics. Scratch and dig, radius of curvature, wave front (Interferometer, Zygo). Coating testing, salt fog, thermal cycling, temp, humidity, adhesion, abrasion, reflection, transmission, receiving and final inspection.

US Navy

July 1984 – April 1994

Optical repair shop manager. Manage twelve repair technicians, supplies, QC/QA, safety, training. Repair and align handheld binoculars, ships binoculars, alidade, sextant, gun sights, rangefinders, night vision, telescopes, bearing circles. Machine shop operations, milling machine, lathe, drill press, grinder.

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