Scott H. Coulter
Central Falls, RI. 02863
401-***-**** Email:**********@***.***
Career Objective:
Engineering Technician / Manufacturing Technician / Test Engineering Technician
Field Service Technician
Summary of Qualifications:
Professional, quick learning, self motivating individual experienced with, but not limited to, light design, development, qualification, test, and manufacturing of medium to high volume Commercial, Military and Medical electronic products. My years of experience has given me unique problem-solving capabilities to be utilized in any circumstance. I am experienced in managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Professional Experience:
Catapult-Archimedic, Waltham, MA 2017-Present
Heartware-Medtronics, Framingham, MA 2014-2017
Senior Engineering Technician / Engineering Lab Supervisor
Maintain Lab tools, supplies, instrumentation, calibration/records and perform preventive maintenance as required.
Work and collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineers to build medical prototype boards, electro-mechanical fixtures, and facilities. Perform tests, collect data and document, report findings.
Instrument or calibrate various hardware systems and collect data in support of research and failure analysis investigations.
Execute engineering test plans, log data and outcomes, and communicate them effectively within the team.
Ability to debug mechanical and electrical issues from system to component level on prototype hardware or instrumentation, develop solutions and implement fixes.
Ability to read and generate drawings SolidWorks, Altium and Visio. Organize and maintain accurate product architecture and assembly drawings and visual aids.
Perform component-product inspection, validation and verification of hardware in field or lab environments.
Solder certified for through hole and surface mount components. Capable of performing all surface mount repairs and modifications.
Fabrication and machining skills for tooling/fixturing creation.
Perform wiring for harnessing and cabling.
Kongsberg ITS, Bellport, NY 2009-2017
Senior Engineering Technician / Engineering Lab Supervisor
Manage Engineering Lab supplies and capabilities.
Perform design and development engineering assignments of electronic and mechanical designs including breadboard and debug (surface mount / through hole), testing, cabling and fabrication.
Responsible for design and development system testing including DVT, ESS and EMI testing.
Generate work instruction and test procedures.
Work directly with customers and suppliers at technical levels and support including field calls.
Tactronics Corporation (Acquired by Kongsberg ITS), Bellport, NY 2005-2009
Manufacturing Test Department Supervisor
Manage daily activities of a team of Test Technicians and department aspects including scheduling project timelines, budgeting and execution to plan.
Plan and execute tests, maintain test capabilities and test processes to validate and qualify production products including board level, system level and ESS testing.
Participate in root cause failure analysis to component level and implement and recommend changes necessary for product improvement and test practice and methods including field returns.
Implement formal mentoring and training of technical personnel.
UltraVolt Corporation, Bohemia, NY 1996-2005
Engineering Services Specialist
Responsible for all aspects of manufacturing and process improvement.
Develop cost effective electronic test fixturing and automated programming for core product line.
Create primary engineering documentation, work instructions, test procedures and PCB docs.
Breadboard and debug analog, digital designs for new product development.
Manage integration of projects from concept to finished release.
Act as liaison between engineering and production departments.
Symbol Technologies (Currently Zebra), Bohemia, NY 1993-1996
Manufacturing Engineering Associate
Generate work instruction and test procedures to ISO 9000 acceptance level.
Troubleshoot and debug to component level line and field returns for analysis.
Support new product qualifications and releases.
Interface with field associates and customer sites for failure analysis.
Breadboard and fabricate electrical / mechanical fixtures.
Solder certified for assembly and fine pitch rework operations.
Reuters Information Services, Hauppauge, NY 1991-1993
Senior LAN Technician
Support, troubleshoot and maintain internal 47 LAN Ten Base 5 Ethernet communication network and development labs.
Support 150 user development platforms consisting of Intel PC and VAX workstations.
Generate installation and retrofit procedures and documentation.
Apace / Algorex Corporation, Hauppauge, NY 1988-1991
Associate Test Engineer
Financial trading Technologies / STE Inc, Deer Park, NY 1986-1988
Senior Engineering Technician
Standard Telecommunications Inc, Deer Park, NY 1983-1985
Engineering Technician
Autonumerics, Hauppauge, NY 1981-1983
Production Technician
Ontel Corporation, Woodbury, NY 1980-1981
Production Technician
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Security:
Expired Security Clearance – Level is Secret.
Technical Skills:
Microsoft Office Suite, Publishing Suits-Visio, PageMaker, Altium, Solid Works. Qualified to IPC-A-610D Solder Certification.
Education:
Ohio Institute of Technology, Columbus Ohio
Completed two years of Associate program in Electrical Engineering Technology. 1977-1980
University of New York at Stony Brook and Suffolk Community College
Transferred, working toward completion of BSEE. 1997-2002
Cleveland Institute of Electronics
Associate in Applied Science in Electronics Engineering Technology 2006-2009
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