Paul E. Carpenter */*/**** * North Slope
***************@*****.*** 732-***-**** (cell) Clinton, NJ 08809-1134
Career Summary, and Current Objective
I have an extensive military, security, engineering and technical background. I am currently looking for steady full-time technical or engineering work, in the New Jersey area.
Employment
6/12/20 - 5/5/24
Allied Universal, Raritan, NJ. Weekend Security Officer. Work at Johnson & Johnson ITS Building, monitoring building access, and performing regular building and ground rounds.
10/25/16 - 5/3/24
Precision Graphics Inc., Branchburg, NJ. Electronics Test Technician. Test and repair electronic products built by contract electronics design and manufacturing house. Started work for employer through Aerotek staffing, and was promoted to employee as of May 1, 2017.
7 /21/16 - 10/24/16 Various temporary and part-time contract positions.
5 /21/12 - 7 /20/16
Thales ASW, Piscataway, NJ. Avionics Technician. Repair of modular avionics instrumentation, with most to component level. Supervise lab product cells, and assistant manager for 10+ people.
2 / 2 /10 - 5/20/12 Various temporary and part-time contract positions while attending education/research endeavors.
10/17/07 - 2 / 2 /10
DSPCon Inc., Bridgewater, NJ. Electronics Lab Technician. Fabrication, component level diagnostics and repair of AnalogóDigital Computer Cards and Modules, and digital processing and support cards. Assisted in engineering design and research work, and testing applications.
3 /00 - 10/16/07 Various temporary and part-time contract positions while attending education/research endeavors.
2 /97 - 3 /00
Keystone Business Products, Bethlehem, PA. Field Service Technician. Preventative maintenance and component level diagnostics and repair of printers, copiers, and fax machines.
10/95 - 2 /97 Various temporary and part-time contract positions while attending education/research endeavors.
2 /91 - 10/95
Kyocera Electronics, Inc., Yashica Optical Division, Somerset, NJ. 35mm Camera Repair Technician, Assistant Camcorder Repair Technician. Component level diagnostics and repair of both Yashica cameras and camcorders, and high-end Contax camera brands.
Facilitated Service Department maintaining fiscal profitability for the first time in 20 years in 1995. Delegated repairs & rebuilt expensive parts in-house. Kyocera ceased all camcorder operation in the US in approximately 1994, and all camera operations in the US in 2005.
8 /90 - 2 /91 New Jersey Disability/Unemployment, recovery from severe no-fault automobile accident (head trauma, fractured left clavicle), Somerset Medical Center (RWJ), Somerville, NJ.
10/89 - 8 /90
Lytel, Inc., (now a division of AMP), Branchburg, NJ. Electronics Technician. Fabrication, component level diagnostics and repair of Fiber-Optic Transmission and Reception Modules.
6 /89 - 10/89 Various temporary and part-time contract positions while attending education/research endeavors.
1 /87 - 6 /89
U. S. Navy, Orlando, FL, Ballston Spa, NY, and Groton, CT. Nuclear Field Electronics Technician (MOS - NUC ET). Nuclear Reactor Operator, component level electronic diagnostics and repair of reactor subsystems, as well as shipboard radar systems.
Education
5 /11 - 5 /12
8 /00 - 2 /05
1 /96 - 8 /96
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Bachelors Electrical Engineering program. VA Chapter 31 Service Connected Veteran program recipient. Honor Society inductee, (GPA: 3.83/4).
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, PA. Baccalaureate Nuclear Engineering program, with post grad study/research offers. Member, Alpha Sigma Lambda, National Honor Society for Adult Learners. Member Dean’s List, (GPA: 3.51/4).
Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch, NJ. Associate Degree Program, Engineering Sciences. 14 credits transferred to Pennsylvania State University, for advanced standing.
4 /87 - 11/88
* * * Naval Nuclear Power Plant Operation on Prototype S8G, Nuclear Power Training Unit, Ballston Spa, NY. Trained on Naval prototype/experimental Nuclear Reactor, (GPA: 3.16/4).
* * * Naval Nuclear Power School, Naval Training Center, Orlando, FL. Studied math, college level physics, chemistry and nuclear science theory, without calculus application, (GPA: 3.34/4).
* * * Naval Nuclear Field ET “A” School, Naval Training Center, Orlando, FL. Studied college level electricity and electronics, without calculus application, theory & hands on, (GPA: 3.52/4).