Senior Technician
US Navy
Total years of experience :11 years, 2 Months
Conducted and scheduled investigative tests, repairs, and overhauls of electronic, automated manufacturing and processing equipment to ensure proper operation. Overseen the electrical construction work in the plant and liaise with the consultants and customers. Documented inspections, maintenance, repair work, and failures in maintenance logs and statistical process control charts. Trained employees on operational procedures with emphasis on quality, productivity, and overall equipment readiness. Provided technical support and leadership to project and site engineers. Worked with other departments to ensure the constructability in designs. Developed programs to test analog/digital circuitry and perform tests of continuity, resistance, insulation, breakdown, impedance, voltage level, current, and frequency, to determine fault isolation.
• Designed and fabricated several equipment modifications including a parts handler to prevent destruction of radio equipment parts, which resulted in saving $40, 000 in system repairs.
• Created and installed an inventory program, preventing $4, 000, 000 in loss necessary electronic equipment.
• Developed and implemented a Tactical Communications training program which educated over 300 personal on the proper use of communication equipment saving the navy $2, 000, 000 per year on training.
• Lead and supervised 30 technicians with a 100% success rate of over 3000 electronic line items worth over $36, 000, 000.
• Repaired and installed mechanical and electronic parts to AN/SPS-49, AN/SPS-55, DAMA, UHF, SHF, EHF, and tactical data links systems saving the Navy over $20, 000, 000 in repairs and damage.
Designed, implemented, organized and managed a 150-piece Electronic and Radiac Test Equipment calibration program from scratch. Drafted operational all policies and procedures. Coordinated all activities and maintained a 98% in Calibration readiness level for 3 years despite operational restrictions and commitments. Provided technical support, troubleshooting, repair and daily maintenance on a variety of communication systems including a digital microwave telecommunication multiplexing system servicing numerous communication facilities, US Navy ships and fleet operations on the Special Warfare base.
• Performed preventive and corrective maintenance and component level repair of various shipboard communications systems ranging from HF, UHF transmitters, receivers, teletypes, to Crypto logical and Interrogation systems. Attained extensive skills in various electronic test equipment usage
• Coordinated shipboard electronics repair shop for 6 months. Directed daily planning, scheduling and equipment maintenance in a fast paced Shipboard Tech Control Environment. Provided supervision, direction and leadership for 25 electronics technicians. Coordinated all Military electronics technical support assistance to various shipboard departments.
• Provided technical support to communication suite, and maintenance and repair of HF, VHF, UHF, Crypto logical, Demand Assigned Multiple Access communications transmitters and receivers, Teletypes, Paper Tape Readers and misc. ancillary equipment.
As an electronics engineering I was accountable for both preventative and corrective maintenance for communication, radar, and navigation equipment. Scheduled, planned, and I provided logistic support for maintenance.
• Troubleshot circuit-level and component-level solid-state devices
Ability to read and interpret electronic schematics and diagnostic manuals
Utilized a variety of test equipment including oscilloscopes, calibration units, multi-meters, RF test sets, spectrum analyzers and watt meters.
• Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas. Participated in a 24/7 on call rotation supporting network operations providing remote technical support IT IP operators and Share point personnel as well as delivery of formal training classes and development of technical user documentation
• Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.
• Performed highly specialized design, research, and analysis on a project-by-project basis.
• Provided advice regarding code compliance.
• Created and presented economic feasibility studies.
• Performed quality assurance and control.
• Coordinated projects with other departments, outside agencies, contractors and consultants.
• Directed, prepared, reviewed and approved contract documents and specifications, making modifications and recommending alternatives as needed.
• Exercised cost control, monitored schedules, and investigated problems.
An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist, recording engineer, sound engineer, sound operator, or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including electronics, acoustics, psychoacoustics, and music. An audio technician is proficient with different types of recording media, such as analog tape, digital multitrack recorders and workstations, and computer knowledge. With the advent of the digital age, it is becoming more and more important for the audio technician to be versed in the understanding of software and hardware integration from synchronization to analog to digital transfers
Researches, develops, designs, and tests electronic components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, medical, military, and scientific applications, applying principles and techniques of electronic engineering: Designs electronic circuits, components and integrated systems, utilizing ferroelectric, nonlinear, dielectric, phosphorescent, photo-conductive, and thermoelectric properties of materials, and directs engineering personnel in fabrication of test control apparatus and equipment.