Theodore Valdez Jr.

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

San Jose Ca. 95122

Cell 408-***-****

ad42xq@r.postjobfree.com

Equipment/Instrument Experience:

Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing. IPC certified, ESD certified. Surface plate set-up, height gages, micrometers (inside, O.D, thread, depth, etc.) Cadillac gage, dial indicators, Vernier instruments, jo blocks, angle plates, deltronic/gage pins, protractors, location thread gages (jo-plugs), Optical comparators, profilometers. Coordinate measuring machines; Zeiss (U-soft and calypso software), DEA, Mitutoyo (Geopack 500, 1000,2000,PC Demis & M cosmo), Brown and Sharpe and also two and three axis ram optical systems. Knowledge of ansi/asme y 14.5.

Employment History:

Mechanical Inspector

April 2017-Sept 2020 FM Industries, Fremont, Ca

I am responsible for all mechanical inspection for R & D & production. Loading programs, using M Cosmo software. Surface plate set-ups, using all inspection tools & initiating inspection reports.

Feb. 2016-Dec. 2016 Celestica inc., Fremont Ca. (Contractor)

Mechanical Inspector

Responsibilities: Included all 1st article inspections, support of inspection from production floor. Initiating inspection reports & interacting with all phases of management level for resolutions with regards to discrepant material. Also, training other inspectors.

August 2014-December 2015 L-3 Communications, Electron Devices San Carlos, CA

Mechanical Inspector

Inspect material for surface finish, parallelism, concentricity, hole locations, hardness, thread sizes and other dimensional & mechanical requirements. Mostly receiving inspection.

Visually check materials for fractures, foreign matter. Also check if parts, jigs & fixtures have been produced as indicated by the outline drawings. Accept or reject as necessary.

Operate various precision hand instruments to detect defects.

Record & document inspection results on proper forms & notify responsible person/s of rejected materials.

When inspection is completed, stamp off date & write in material review on inspection tag & delivery receipt.

Follow/implement all written procedures & specifications such as workman standards, military specifications, & engineering change orders.

Perform other inspection duties as assigned.

Maintain work area in clean & orderly manner.

Follow all security & safety instructions

Aug. 2010-March 2014

I have been self-employed in recycling. Working with production outlets. Basically, I buy n sell pallets and bales of fiber.

July 2007-Aug. 2010 Vanderbend Inc. Sunnyvale, CA

Mechanical Inspector

My responsibilities included inspection of machined parts and 1st articles. That required surface plate set-up, CMM inspection using a Zeiss CMM with Calypso software. Some programming. Also training of other Inspectors with minimal supervision. Writing inspection reports etc.

Aug. 2004 - May 2007 Ron Witherspoon Inc. Castroville, CA

Sr. Inspector

I was hired to inspect & be solely responsible for swing shift inspection. My responsibilities were to write programs for production parts using Zeiss CMM's (Contura & Eclipse CMM’s). Also performed all 1st article inspections.

Aug. 2001- March 2004 Goodman Ball INC. Menlo Park, CA

Sr. Inspector

At this defense contract compact my responsibility included receiving inspection of PCB's and machined part. In-process inspection, first article inspection and coordination with all personnel with regards to precision mechanical inspection. My duties also included calibration of all hand tools using calibrated standards and entering info into data base using excel and word within the guidelines of ISO 9001.

Oct. 1999-Jan. 2001 A & D Precision INCS. Fremont, CA

Sr. Inspector

Responsibilities included all the first article inspection using a Zeiss CMM with Calypso 2.2 software, (In-process and 100% written), receiving inspection, calibration and personnel, training employees and source inspection (ISO certified CO.)

May 1997-Oct. 1999 Tech Aid, Oakland, CA

Sr. Inspector

Duties included first article inspection and maintenance of close collaborations with research and development dept. I normally would work 4 to 6 month contracts. Mostly for machine shops.

March 1992-Feb. 1996 Unisurage, Inc. Cupertino, CA

Sr. Inspector

Established a receiving inspection department at this medical device venture start-up company. Duties included receiving inspection surface plate set-up and initiation of inspection reports. Performed first article inspection, source inspection, and interfaced with R and D. Maintained calibrated inspection and recall system for calibration.

June 1990- Feb. 1993 Westinghouse, Sunnyvale, CA

Receiving/Certification Inspector

Duties included first article inspection, surface plate set-up. Performed receiving inspection using MIL-STD specification and AQL sampling plans. Zeiss CMM operator (u-mass software).

Jan. 1987-April 1990 United Technologies, San Jose, CA

In process/Receiving Inspector

Responsibilities included inspection of manufactured PCB's. At this government defense contract company I attended and completed a 30 day training class for IPCB's. This class required me to solder components onto a PCB and inspect it using MIL STD's. I also was responsible for inspection of igniters that were assembled onto rocket boosters and machined parts using military standards. Fist article inspection, receiving inspection and metrology.

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