Electrical Technician

LEONARD C. CHASE

**** *** ****** ******

Waterford, Michigan 48329

248-***-**** Email: *******@*****.***

SUMMARY:

• Experienced automotive electronics technician including:

- Troubleshooting equipment and testers to component and board level

- Mechanical/electrical equipment and tester repair

- Write test and calibration procedures

- Development and fabrication of test equipment and fixtures

- Design and integration of electrical assemblies, circuit boards, enclosures and cables (IPC certified)

- Experience with Tier 1 automotive launches

- Install instrumentation and equipment on assembly lines and in testing labs

- Prototype, validation, design, mechanical and electronic automotive testing experience

- Ability to read electrical schematics, design blueprints and hydraulic prints

- Perform life and durability testing (seats and exhaust systems)

- Maintenance of lab in conformance to company and ISO standards

- Soldering to component level

- Assembling and calibrating of end-of-line testing equipment

• Demonstrated ability to operate production test equipment including but not limited to multimeters, oscilloscopes, transducers, Micromaster controllers, Allen Bradley PLCs, gauges, dynamometers

Computer Skills:

• Windows XP

• Adobe

• Visual Basic

• Lab View

• Microsoft Word and Excel

Education: Graduate Devry Institute of Technology,

Electronics Technician, Phoenix, Arizona

Military: United States Navy – Honorable Discharge

Security Clearance: DOD Secret Clearance.

EXPERIENCE:

1/4/11-4/1/12 U.S. Falcon, Inc., Warrenton, Virginia

Position: Electronics Engineer

Job Responsibilities: Mechanical and electrical assembly and disassembly of production systems, including the installation and integration of component hardware, electrical/electronic equipment, and cables; development and fabrication of new products and systems.

2/09-12/31/10 County of Stafford, Utilities Department, Stafford, Virginia

Position: Utilities Maintenance Mechanic II

Job Responsibilities: Repair and maintenance of all electrical instrumentation and control equipment associated with water and sewer utility systems including pumps, generators, controls, alarms and communication systems.

8/1/08-12/1/08 Culpeper County, Dept. of Environmental Services, Culpeper, Virginia

Position: E&I Control Technician

Job Responsibilities: Installation, calibration, repair and maintenance of all electrical instrumentation and control equipment associated with water and sewer utility systems.

10/1/07-7/1/08 General Dynamics, Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Michigan (Contract)

Position: Test Technician

Job Responsibilities:

• Test technician on optical/mechanical/electrical laboratory projects, providing opto-mechanical calibration, troubleshooting, assembly, modification and analysis of precision opto-mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies and highly specialized optical test equipment relative to new optics for military armament.

• Designing and integrating electrical assemblies, circuit boards, enclosures and cables.

• Maintain laboratory inventory and facilities in conformance with ISO standards.

2/07-8/07 GM Technical Center Warren, Michigan (Contract)

Position: Instrumentation/Calibration Technician

Job Responsibilities:

• Set up instrumentation in test cells for running engines on the dynamometers.

• Calibration of transducers and thermocouples.

• Upgrading of electronic equipment.

• Calibrated fuel flow using a Pier Burg flow meter.

• Built wire harnesses to integrate computers and instrumentation to test cell equipment.

• Responsible for troubleshooting problems in the test cell electrical and mechanical.

• Installed instrumentation and equipment for special tests.

6/05-11/06 Borg-Warner/Torque Transfer Systems, Auburn Hills, Michigan

Position: Test Technician – Transfer Cases

Job Responsibilities:

• Conducted testing on product per OEM procedures and specifications.

• Responsible for all data acquisition and data preparation for tests.

• Set-up/tear-down/rebuild of Sakor stand (dual motor dynamometers).

• Performed upgrades and maintenance on equipment.

• Integrated other equipment into test stand.

• Modification of software programs used to operate tests.

• Fabrication of electrical harnesses and cables.

• Calibration of electronic testing equipment.

Other Employers:

Marathon Ashland Pipeline, LLC - Electrical/Instrumentation Technician

Johnson Controls, Inc. – Automotive Systems Group 9/94-6/00 – Positions: Product Test Technician, Electrical Specialist, Sr. Benchmarking Specialist

ACT Laboratories, Inc - Test Technician – Automotive Exhaust Systems

Garrett/Allied Signal – D&F Technician – Aerospace

References: Given upon request.

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