About Randy S.
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Ground Radio Equipment Repairman
Jun, 1976 - Jul, 1978OKLAHOMA AIR NATIONAL GUARD, DOD, USAF, Oklahoma City, OK
Installs, maintains, modifies, and operates satellite and wideband communications systems. Included are tropospheric scatter and line-of-sight radios, earth terminals, multiplex, and signaling and satellite transponders. Ensures high quality circuits for long distance information relay. Employs communication line of sight, and tropospheric scatter techniques. Conducts tests to restore and maintain systems. Assesses systems and aligns and adjusts equipment for optimum system performance. Manages preventive maintenance. Refers to circuit and cable diagrams to trace circuits. Evaluates equipment performance using test equipment. Operates, inspects, troubleshoots, adjusts, aligns, and cleans equipment and systems. Knowledge is mandatory of: theory of electronics including tubes, transistors, micro-miniature components, solid state devices, fiber optics, parametric amplifiers, waveguide components, traveling wave tubes, klystrons, and low-noise amplifiers; principles of computers, and servo drive mechanisms; interpreting publications, blueprints, wiring and logic diagrams, and schematics; communications theory; principles of fixed and transportable wideband communications systems and equipment, and their operational procedures; data analysis procedures; test equipment and circuit analysis; principles of multiplexing, analog to digital conversion, and digital data transmission; networks associated with multichannel equipment; installing and testing practices.
Prototype Technician, Space Systems Technician, Group Leader
Sep, 1983 - May, 1993B.F. GOODRICH AEROSPACE, Vergennes, Vermont
Quality Control Test Technician: Performed final testing of fuel gauging indicators and signal conditioners in order to comply to IAW test procedure tolerances. Tests were witnessed by a Quality Control Technician and Customer Representative for Verification. Production Prototype Technician (1.5 yrs): Responsible for the calibration, test, troubleshooting and analysis of new product designs. Provided recommendations for design enhancements and procedural changes to engineering documents - requiring continual interaction with Engineering. Product line included digital and analog indicators, signal conditioners and test sets used on both commercial and military aircraft. Position required the ability to use various multimeters, digital oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and capacitance simulation test sets. Electronic Technician A / Group Leader (6.4 yrs): Responsible for pre / final test of digital fuel gauging indicators and Fuel Management / Measurement System computers. ( FM/MS ) Temporarily assigned to the Automated Computer Test area. Both areas required an in-depth knowledge of digital and analog circuitry, analog to digital and digital to analog conversion techniques, MIL-STD 1553 and ARINC-429 data bus structures and data formats. Troubleshooting required the use of digital storage oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and various multi-
Audio / Video Repair Technician
Sep, 1980 - Jul, 1983Audio Genesis / Video Center, Glens Falls, NY
Repaired various audio and video equipment utilized for home entertainment.
Electronic Technician
Aug, 1979 - Sep, 1980ESPEY MANUFACTURING & ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Test and troubleshot various power supply systems
Education
Electrical Engineering Technology
Jun, 1978 - Aug, 1982Oscar Rose Jr College, Adirondack Community College
Certifications
NASA Soldering / Rework Certified
Jun, 1988B.F. GOODRICH AEROSPACE, Vergennes, Vermont
Local certification requirement
Awards
Air Force Commendation Medal – DOD / USAF
Mar, 1998Eastern Air Defense Sector
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English
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