Equipment System Technician

KENNETH W. GAGNE

Nashua NH *****

***********@*****.***

Equipment System Technician

Performs scheduled work orders of all maintenance tasks relating to Optical & Semiconductor equipment.

PVD Deposition Equipment installation, upgrades & retrofits, electrical/electronic control repair, including electrical/mechanical/system troubleshooting. Calibration and servicing of low, high and ultrahigh vacuum equipment.

Maintained and improved existing inventory of spare parts.

Advanced electro-mechanical devices, PLC upgrade maintenance, PLC input and output troubleshooting including schematic interpretation, circuit diagnoses, and repair to the component level.

Hydraulic and pneumatic systems consisting of, valves regulators, pumps, fittings, using appropriate gauges.

Electrical knowledge of AC & DC circuits, single and three phase AC circuits, motor controls and relay logic.

Vacuum principles and measurement, of low, medium and high vacuum systems.

Repaired and integrated vacuum pumps, vacuum construction components, pneumatic valve actuator valves, controllers, vacuum measurement and vacuum leak detection.

Supported high vacuum furnace equipment including process SCR controllers, temperature controllers, thermo-couples, and low voltage-high current heating systems. Temperature profiling of vacuum box coating chamber.

Provided the necessary skills, written work reports, facilitated currant skills for interfacing with various departments and vendors as needed.

Work Experience

Certec Medical Corp. Lowell MA. Equipment Maintenance Technician (1/6/2020 – 6/5/2020)

PVD Deposition Equipment: Maintained load lock thin film coating sputter tools. Corrective maintenance on equipment located in the clean room fab. Repaired and calibration of electronic vacuum transducers. Vacuum leak detection trouble shooting. CEE 200X Spin coaters for photolithography, and Plasma ovens. Update and maintained (CMMS) maintenance program for manufacturing. Process requisitions for materials to complete repairs.

NESC Staffing / MKS Instruments - Methuen MA Engineering Tech 4 (6/1/2019 – 11/1/2019)

Provided technical support for electrical and mechanical assembly and testing of vacuum equipment. Completed vacuum bell jar 150 C bake-stands for mfg. Vacuum pneumatic valve actuators to control vacuum pressure from low vacuum to high vacuum.

Janos Technology Inc. Keene, NH (10/1/2012 – 3/19/2019)

Maintenance IV – PECVD & PVD Deposition Equipment: Maintained PECVD & PVD deposition equipment.

Performed and maintained (CMMS) maintenance program for manufacturing. Equipment support was applied to vacuum instruments, pneumatic valve actuator vacuum gate valves, gas, MFC’s, cryogenic pump, planetary for optical thin-film coatings, motor drives, EB electron beam guns, substrate heating systems and KRI ion sources.

Installed, and maintained PECVD & PVD coating vacuum deposition systems to specifications.

Preventative maintenance tasks on equipment including updating the CMMS Maintenance software database and supporting Inventory of spare parts.

Maintained and updated equipment records. Minimized equipment downtime through preventative maintenance procedures.

Provided training and assistance to other employees on equipment operation and maintenance.

Record process data, perform set-up, calibration, adjustments of the equipment controls.

Repaired and maintained the regeneration of vacuum cryopumps, overhaul and repairs.

Short term contractual (Projects) - Equipment Systems Technician

Agilent Technologies - Lexington MA Test Technician Vacuum Leak Detection 5/1/2012-6/9/2012

MKS Instruments - Andover MA Engineering Tech III Vacuum 8/2010-12/2010

American Science & Engineering - Billerica MA Test X-Ray equipment technician 12/2009-2/2010

American Superconductor-Fort Devens MA PVD Vacuum R&D Equipment Technician 11/2008-9/2009

GT Advanced Technologies - Merrimack, NH Equipment System Technician

November 2004 to December 2007

Complete the system debug of new crystallization vacuum furnaces in manufacturing. Prepare vacuum furnaces system for overnight bake out, testing of final equipment builds. Test of automated vacuum furnaces controls. Vacuum leak detection testing of chambers. Assist in the maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of vacuum systems in the R&D group.

Record process data, perform set-up, calibration, adjustments of the equipment controls and preventative maintenance tasks on equipment.

Work on assignments that are semi-routine in nature where ability to recognize deviation from accepted practice is required.

Contractual (Temporary) positions performed: Equipment Systems Technician

Whitney Systems - Chelmsford MA Electrical equipment technician 1/2004-9/2004

Nonstop Sales and Service Inc. – Bellingham MA Field service technician 9/2003-12/2003

Fugacity Corporation - Amherst NH Electrical Vacuum Technician 6/2002-8/2002

KMC Systems Inc. - Merrimack NH System Test Technician 1/2002-4/2002

Ferrotec Corporation - Bedford NH Electrical System Technician 1/2000-4/2001

Brooks Automation, Inc. - Chelmsford MA System Technician 8/2000-12/2000

Light Machine Corporation - Manchester NH Electrical Technician 2/1999-12/2000

Freudenberg NOK - Manchester NH Electrical Maintenance Technician 3/1998-6/1998

Balzers Process Systems, Inc. - Hudson, NH

June 1984 to Nov 1997

Field Service Engineer – PVD Physical Vapor Deposition

Vacuum coating tool maintenance/custom integrator for newly manufactured vacuum process systems.

Provided tool conversions/upgrades and support for refurbishments of older vacuum systems. Equipment startups. PLC Installation, maintenance, operations, and equipment decommissioning or relocation.

Received project materials, inspected parts, build subsystems, and supported equipment.

Worked with bills of material, mechanical drawings, electrical schematics.

Completed 10+ major installation projects for $I.5M+ process systems including Motorola, IBM Essex VT, Galileo, Chromerics, Karl Lambrecht, Exotic Materials, and Specialty Records.

Field Installations to optimize optical thin film vacuum deposition systems at Plasmaco, Inc., and the Marshall Space Center. Travel nationally as well as internationally.

Worked extensively on PVD physical vapor deposition thin film coating systems with precision vacuum instruments, vacuum valves, flow control devices, vacuum feed through, motor drives and ion sources.

Performed functional testing of rotary vane, roots, diffusion pumps, cryopumps, and turbo pumps packages.

Operated and repaired EB electron beam guns, substrate heating systems (closed loop).

Provided support to auxiliary sub-systems including LN2 systems for baffles, Meissonier traps, and Freon refrigeration systems.

Knowledge of low, medium, high, and ultra-high vacuum system. HMSLD Helium mass spectrometer leak detector and RGA residual gas analyzer.

Provided customer system training, technical support, help desk support, and field service engineering. Equipment down support / electrical troubleshooting of computer controls such as Vacuum and process controllers.

Company sponsored training included vacuum leak detection courses in 1996, Electronic beam gun repair and maintenance in 1988, High Vacuum Process for Producing Optical Thin Film in 1987, Digital (QBUS) PDP-11 PLC and VAX. BPU100/BPU431/BPU420 Controller Repair and Maintenance in 1986.

HMSLD Helium mass spectrometer leak detector in 1983. Company sponsored training for customer alert and escalation system.

Updated spare parts documentation and assisted customer base of new service contracts to provide continued support plans and requirements.

Pfeiffer Vacuum Inc. - Nashua, NH

June 1983 to June 1984

Electrical Technician

Provided technical support for electrical and mechanical assembly and testing of vacuum equipment.

Assembled, upgraded, and inspected incoming shipments from Europe, for distribution throughout North America.

Solar Power Corp. (subsidiary of Exxon Corp.) - Woburn, MA

September 1977 to June 1983

R&D Equipment Support Technician 2nd Shift - Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)

R&D Equipment support for Photovoltaics module manufacturing and post-lamination manufacturing process automation for PV modules.

Repaired and maintained. Diffusion furnaces, wet lab equipment, edge grinding equipment, and CVD chemical vapor deposition equipment.

Provided support for preventative maintenance programs in house equipment.

United States Navy - On-board USS White Plains AFS4

June 1973 to April 1977

US Navy - Electrician's Mate

Electrician's Mate for electrical and electronic shipboard systems.

Performed daily generator of the “Watch” for ships power generation.

Running wiring for lighting and other equipment.

Maintaining operating efficiency of electric motors and winches.

Repairing electrical equipment and appliances.

Inspecting, maintaining, testing and repairing electric power equipment.

Maintenance and repair of shipboard elevator systems.

Interpreting electrical, diagrams and system prints.

Maintenance and repair of various propulsion and auxiliary control consoles.

Connecting electric power machinery and electric power equipment.

Repaired and performed routine preventive maintenance schedules (3M/PMS), on electrical distribution switchboards systems, generators, lighting circuits, and motor control circuits, gyrocompass, shipboard degaussing control, motors, and cargo elevators.

Electronic repair and calibration of winches and auxiliary equipment for NV-1714-0088 Underway Replenishment (UNREP) electrical and electronic controls maintenance.

Standard Tensioned Replenishment Along-side Method (STREAM).

Performed electronic controls repair calibration of winches, and auxiliary equipment.

Education / Naval Training Center NTC

High School

Berlin High School Berlin, NH

1969 to 1973

Military Service

Service Country: United States

Branch: Navy (Honorable discharge) June 1973 to March 1977

Naval Training Center (NTC) Basic Electricity & Electronics Class "P" School Great Lakes ILL.

August 1973: Introduction to Matter, Energy, and Direct Current, history of electricity and electronics and proceeds into the characteristics of matter, energy, and direct current (dc). Alternating current (ac) transformers, including basic theory, and fundamentals of electromagnetism, inductance, capacitance, impedance. Electrical theory of circuit protection, and electrical control devices. Theory of circuit breakers, fuses, and current limiters used in circuit protection, as well as the theory and use of meters as electrical measuring devices. Introduction to electrical conductors, wiring techniques, and conductor usage. The insulation of wire covering, splicing, termination of wiring, soldering. Reading electrical wiring diagrams. The principle of rotating a conductor in a magnetic field to generate current is used in electrical generators. A generator converts mechanical energy (motion) into electrical energy. The principle of ac and dc motors, in the conversion of electrical and mechanical energies. Solid state devices and power supplies. Theory of amplifiers, wave generation, including wave shaping circuits. Wave propagation characteristics, power transmission lines, and antennas. Principles of microwave, oscillators, and wave guides. Number systems including logic circuits, Boolean algebra, pertaining to digital computers. Microelectronics technology and micro miniature circuit repair. Synchros, servo motors, and gyros principles, and functions. DVM test equipment and their applications. Fundamental safety of a radar systems.

NTC Naval Training Center: Electrician Mate Class “A” School Great Lakes ILL.

February 1974:

EM-4669 Electrician's Mates performed the operation, repair of test equipment, electrical installations, A-C power distribution systems, D-C power distribution systems, motor controllers, maintenance and repair of motors and generators, shipboard lighting, degaussing, electrical propulsion and controls, central operations system, basic electronic components and circuits, logic systems, electrical auxiliaries.

Naval Training Center NTC - UNREP Electrical Component Maintenance School.

June 1975: NEC EM 4668 UNREP Electrical-Electronics Control Maintenance

NV-1714-0088: Underway Replenishment (UNREP) Electrical and Electronic Controls Maintenance.

Standard Tensioned Replenishment Along-side Method (STREAM).

Electronic repair controls calibration of outhaul, inhaul winches and associated auxiliary equipment. Repairs circuits and control devices and perform systems test on UNREP systems.

Fire Fighting School-Com-fleet fleet, Sasebo, Japan USS White Plains (AFS-4) August 1975

Fire Fighting School-Com-fleet fleet Sasebo, Japan USS White Plains (AFS-4) August 1976

General damage control - USS White Plains (AFS-4) January 1977

Commendations:

National defense service metal

Meritorious unit commendation

Armed forces expeditionary metal - Operation Frequent Wind / Operation Eagle Pull

Certifications & Vendor Training

Arc Flash Training January 2016 to March 2019

Advanced vacuum leak detection - April 1996: HMSLD - Helium mass spectrometer leak detector. Theory and fundamentals of mass spectrometry, with the Operation and maintenance of helium mass spectrometer leak detectors. Vacuum leak detection testing equipment. Hands on experience using a helium mass spectrometer leak detector.

Electron beam gun maintenance repair - July 1988

Basic and advanced vacuum LD leak detection - July 1984: HMSLD Helium mass spectrometer leak detector

Electrician Diploma - February 1975 while at sea: International Correspondence Schools ICS / Penn Foster Career School Scranton, PA 18505.

Computer Skills: Microsoft Windows, MS Office + Visio, and CAD readers.

Industrial Skills

Electrical and electronics troubleshooting to the component levels. 0-600 VAC and 12 KV DC electrical repairs.

Knowledge of AC Power, 3 phases, domestic, European, and Asian voltages.

Electrical and mechanical Preventive Maintenance Schedules (PMS).

CMMS Maintenance software to manage equipment assets, a proactive approach to maintenance.

Knowledge of medium, high, to high vacuums systems. PECVD and PVD thin film coating processes, and recipe creation. Electronic beam gun, repair and maintenance. Cryogenic pumps, Diffusion pumps, and Turbo Pumps Vacuum systems. HMSLD Helium mass spectrometer leak detector troubleshooting.

Repair and maintenance PLC microprocessor-based Controllers.

Digital (QBUS), and PDP-11 PLC / Vacuum and Process Controller.

Electrical CAD software MS Visio Open Source - DesignSpark Electrical

PLC I/O control trouble system boards.

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