(Cell) 858-361-6442 Objective: Part-time Assembler/Technician Highly skilled professional with over thirty years experience of extensive, dive rse applications in Prototype Engineering R/D Assembly. Excellent problem solving capabilities and communication skills. Heavy background in commercial and DOD/Aerospace environment. Supervisory experience of assembly line personnel, writing assembly procedures f or complex equipment, liaison between manufacturing an engineering. Loyal team player. Qualifications include ESD certification (Cubic), hand soldering per QADI 1031, hotplate soldering process per QADI 1031, mixed technology hand soldering operat or in accordance with the requirements of IPC-A-610B, class 1. Held NASA certif ication when contract required. Built cables and circuit boards. Employment General Atomics, Photonics Division 2005 to 2010 Senior Assembler Lead Assembler hand wire Chassis, ordered parts and tooling for assigned project s. Created and maintained project binders for as-built BOM's, drawings, schemat ics and photos. Assembled prototype and limited production PCB's containing thr ough-hole and SMT size 0402 and up components. Performed on the fly rework as p er engineer's direction during prototype testing including component value chang es, trace cut and jumpers and dead bugging of additional parts. Built multi-mul ti conductor and semi-rigid cables for laboratory, demonstration and deployed sy stems. One of the two personnel authorized to solder or de-solder $60,000 stack s of delicate laser diodes. Precision Engine, Sorrento Valley, CA 2003 to 2005 Assembler/Technician Southern Cal Staffing, Poway, CA 2002 to 2003 Symtek Littlefeet Inc., Poway, CA 2000 to 2002 Rework Tech Work with engineers on prototype assemblies. Assembled lower level assembly to upper level assembly. Soldering of surface mount, through hole and fine pitch.
Silk Road Corp., San Diego, CA 1998 to 1999
Senior Lead Assembly/Test Tech Built SMT/through hole prototype boards from schematics for RF systems. Assembl ed RF/Optical interconnect components (cables, fibers). Performed top-level ele ctro/mechanical assembly. I-Pac Manufacturing Inc., Carlsbad, CA 1996 to 1998 PCB Area Supervisor Supervised rework. Final assembly of PC assemblies to IPC-610. Served as Progr am manager in contract for six PCBA assemblies. Managed micro placement and sur face mount soldering. Laser Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA 1995 to 1996 Laser Scanning Ophthalmoscope Technician Built prototype printed circuit boards, reworking components. Built RF cables, wire harnessing and sub-assemblies. Generated written procedures and drawings f or the assembly floor. Worked with design engineers on complex changes to drawi ngs. Quest technologies, Carlsbad, CA 1994 to 1995 Digital prototype Assembler Fabrication and testing of semi-rigid coaxial cables, digital circuits and fiber optics following engineer drawings. Vantage Associates, San Diego, CA 1990 to 1994 Engineering Prototype Assembler Mechanical and electronic assembly on cable sub-assemblies and RF-applications. Worked closely with Design and Engineering on assembly module setups. Wire har nessing, point to point winning and installing cables to chassis units. Certifi ed in Mil-Std-2000 and Mil-Std-454 soldering techniques. Cubic Defense Division, San Diego, CA 1965 to 1990 Prototype Assembler Assembly on printed circuit boards, installing components, reworking circuit car ds. Building transmitters, receivers, power supplies, cable harnessing, point-t o-point wiring. Interpreted drawings to each build and indicated changes when n ecessary to the Engineering Department.