System Test Senior Technical

Objective: Seeking a full or Part time position in a Manufacturing or Engineering environment where my Engineering knowledge and Manufacturing experience would be utilized.

Special Skills & Abilities

Test and integration of 802.11a/b/g Wireless LANs, MMDS, LMDS, systems

Sub-system and System test of Spectrum Monitoring and DF Systems

Familiar with Wireless / RF / Microwave test equipment and their associated tests

Component to System level troubleshooting of analog and digital circuitry

Prototype Design, Bring-up & Evaluation, Visio, Agile, Oracle Microsoft Office Products

Creation of Manufacturing and Production Test Plans, Installation Manuals, SCD's, ATP's, ECOs etc.

Management experience in both a Manufacturing and Engineering environment

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Employment History

Manufacturing Test Supervisor TCI, an SPX Company 9/19/11 – 9/29/25

Supervision of Senior RF Electronic Technicians and Engineers in the manufacture of Spectrum Monitoring & DF Systems, Baluns, Antennas, electrical and electro-mechanical assemblies and related electronic equipment. Responsibilities include scheduling of tasks and personnel, equipment procurement, maintenance of test equipment, management and use of ATE systems running on LabView. Hands-On testing. Other responsibilities include management of the RMA process where RMA Turnaround time was reduced by more than 50% since my arrival and has improved beyond that point since that time. Introduced a training process allowing senior technical staff to share expertise to further the knowledge of Production technicians receiving a company award for innovation.

Senior Hardware Engineer Martone Radio Technology 3/22/07 – 9/12/11

System test and integration of GSM, UMTS, CDMA and WiFi systems. Sub-contractor management, Product definition and improvement. Managed Shipping / Receiving, Established an RMA Process, and a purchasing procedure reporting directly to the CEO

Technical Assistant II M/A-COM (Tyco) 8/18/03 – 3/21/07

System test and debug of Ka Band Integrated Microwave Assemblies

ECO generation, creation of system test documentation. RMA Processing, Sustaining engineering, Component engineering

Technical Consultant RJ Consulting Services 11/7/02 – Present (Bus. Lic. # 65231 exp)

Lab design and setup for Wireless and RF startup companies

Providing RF and Microwave testing for various clients in the Communications Industry

Senior Technical Assistant SkyPilot Network 3/14/02 - 10/29/02

RF to Baseband Transceiver test and debug of 802.11a Transceivers based on Radiata Chipset

Identified and resolved EMI /EMC issues. Trained Contract Manufacturer’s Technicians. Responsible for technical issues encountered by Contract Manufacturers

Hardware Engineer Iospan Wireless 3/2000 - 11/2001

Managed and set up an RF Test Lab for Multi-channel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) hardware. Tested MMDS transceiver, 2.6GHz Antenna Array and Base Station RF Backplane. Supervised technicians and assembly personnel

Hardware Engineer 3Com Corporation 11/1999 - 3/2000

Design Verification Tests (DVT) for 802.11b Wireless LANs, NICs and Access Points

Hardware Engineer Lucent Technologies 7/ 1998 – 11/ 1999

Managed System Test and Integration Lab for Local Multi-Point Distribution Systems (LMDS).

Test, installation of Netro, and Lucent T1/E1 Radios operating at 10, 26 and 38GHz

Logistical support for worldwide field trials, providing tools and creating system documentation

Engineer Associate Boeing Co. 1/1986 - 7/1998

Designed a Power Distribution System, Video Interface Unit, ARINC 629 Coupler for Boeing’s METS 777 ATE. Performed System Integration, Field Range Testing and Customer Site Testing for an UHF Receiver System. Responsible for training RF Technicians as well as managed a Sanders Receiver Program

Clearances

Top Secret Clearance with EBI until July 1998 debrief, Secret Clearance until March 2007 debrief

Education and Training

Studied Electrical Engineering/Computer Hardware Engineering at San Jose State University

Associate of Science in Electronics Technology San Jose City College

Continuing Education Units in:

Fred Pryor – Dealing With Difficult People

Fred Pryor – How to Manage Conflict and Confrontation

American Management Association – Confronting the Tough Stuff, Management Skills for Supervisors

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