Michael Mendez
Sunnyvale, CA *****
ad2upj@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging position as Engineering Technician that offers the opportunity to continue learning new disciplines and track emerging developments in the technical industry.
QUALIFICATIONS
Proven project management capability that promotes strong technical involvement and highly motivated productivity. Possess excellent troubleshooting skills in both hardware and software, with exceptional capability in network test environments. Deep familiarity with Electrical Protocols, Meters and Scopes .
Efficient in all aspects of PCB Rework and Wire Harness build and Testing .
WORK HISTORY Freelance Contractor, Self-Employed 2/2023 – 10/2023
Sunnyvale, CA
Electrical Installation in research lab environment, High attention to detail testing and commissioning of low/high voltage systems
R&D Lab Manager – 4/2017 -2/2023
Baidu Sunnyvale, CA
Responsible for electrical/mechanical assembly of GPU server rack fluid cooling systems, Set up tests and instrumentation for Excel data collection & reporting of Li-ion Battery cycling operations with Arbin/Maccor testers. Full Lab test setup, relocation and inventory asset ownership
UPS Field Service Technician -9/2013 – 3/2017
Mitsubishi Warrendale, PA
9900 Series Certification, Complete UPS Start Up /Maintenance.
CellWatch Certification, Complete Install and Maintenance UPS Battery Monitoring
UPS Field Service Technician – 06/2008 – 9/2013
Fakouri Electrical Engineering, Santa Margarita, CA
UPS Maintenance and Repair of various Liebert and Mitsubishi systems
Computer Technician – 03/2007 – 5/2008
DataNet IT, Mt. View, CA
Complete Server hardware system buildup and testing in an engineering environment.
Performed customer IT installations. Specializing in Linux Redhat Enterprise, Device Driver, RAID and Network configurations.
Electrician – 1/2002 – 1/2007
PG&E, San Jose, CA
Qualified in all phases of sub-station construction, Circuit build and testing of
solid state relay protection schemes used in controlling high voltage transformers and breakers.
Manager Test Engineering – 2/1997 –1/ 2002
ATP ELECTRONICS Inc. San Jose, CA
Managed a team of test engineers that qualified advanced memory products on numerous server platforms. Provided performance, signal, and timing analysis for the validation of new designs and specialized customer systems
Software Lab Supervisor – 03/1992 – 1/1997
SONY ELECTRONICS San Jose, CA
Software and Hardware support for SQA testing of PC multimedia products. Complete S/W and H/W install and testing during engineering production cycles.
Senior Engineering Technician – 2/1985 – 03/1992
3-COM CORPORATION Santa Clara, CA
Support of software device driver testing labs, Client /Server setup and installation, performed component level troubleshooting incorporating Digital Storage scopes
EDUCATION Heald College Technical Division, Santa Clara, California
Degree: Associate of Applied Science, Electronics Engineering 1986
Certified Journeyman Electrician, PG&E, 2005