About
Retired Engineering Technician with 45 years of experience in the high-tech sector, building, repairing, calibrating complex electronic, mechanical, optical, and scientific systems.
2012 to Present: Linux Operating Systems Tech
Employment History
RF Power Technician
XP Power LLC, Gloucester MA
2018–2021
Assembly and Test of RF Matching Network Systems.
Geodetic Instrument Technician
B. L. Makepeace Inc — Boston, MA
1985–1990 · 1998–2013
Repair and calibration of surveying instruments — levels, transits, theodolites, rotary lasers, EDM / total stations.
Avionics Technician
Cambridge Aero Instruments — Warren, VT
1991–1998
Assembly, test, and calibration of avionics for sailplanes (variometer, GPS, navigation computers).
Engineering Technician — Superconducting Magnet and MRI Systems
Intermagnetics General Inc — Guilderland, NY
1981–1985
R&D on superconducting magnets — participation in the creation of some of the world's first MRI systems.
R&D / Test Technician
Environment One Corp — Schenectady, NY
1978–1981
Assembly, test, and R&D of original-design instruments; subcontract work for Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.
Documentation Technician
General Electric Corp — Schenectady, NY
Summer 1972
X-Ray Development
Skills
Electronics Mechanical Optical Calibration Avionics Medical Instruments Surveying R&D Linux Bash & Shell Scripting
Education
A.A.S. Electronics Technology — SUNY Mohawk Valley