Service Technician Test Equipment
Resume:
John Giardina
Waltham, MA
SUMMARY
Test technician with 30+ years’ experience on a broad range of product types in various leadership roles. Products include high voltage transformer test equipment, printed circuit board assemblies, wire harnesses, fuel cell systems, medical devices, microelectronics, and software databases. Trained in Agile and Scrum methodology. Electrical technician course instructor and member at the North American Indian Center of Boston. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Acara Solutions, Malden, MA 12/23 - Present
Field Service Technician
Contractor placed as a field service technician at Cubic Transportation Systems. Performed installations and spot checks at various MBTA sites of Cubic electronic equipment. Assists other field technicians in setting up, installing and commissioning the operations and servicing of Cubic equipment. Identify and analyze equipment malfunctions, replace spares, troubleshoot faults after isolation and perform repairs. Also took over the roll of test and repair technician where I test and repair various electronic Cubic equipment. Sets up and operates various test equipment and fixtures to perform functional tests on Cubic assemblies and sub-assemblies. Builds, troubleshoots and repairs cable harnesses. Performs rework and updates on Cubic hardware.
JG Electronics, Dorchester, MA
2012-2023
Founder
Personal technical consultant in printed circuit boards, failure analysis of test equipment, software databases, software QA. Client list private except Currensee, Boston MA, see Currensee work below.
Wrote and executed test cases, performed test runs, and verified bug fixes for the Forex investment website. MySQL queries, database builds, documentation, proxy Forex trading, account creation and configurations were performed in a dynamic Agile and Scrum environment.
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• Equipment troubleshooting, failure
analysis and repair
• Printed circuit board assembly
expertise
• Wire harness development and build
• Fine pitch soldering
• Use of DVM/s oscilloscopes and signal
generators
• Software database experience
• Highly skilled in test equipment and lab
practices, including high voltage equipment
• Test stand prototype wiring and
breadboarding
• Specification and procedure documentation
• High and low volume manufacturing
production knowledge/experience
• Agile/Scrum environment expertise
• Climate change technology experience
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Doble Engineering, Marlborough, MA 2015-2021
Test Technician III
Test/calibrate new production high voltage transformer test equipment. Calibrate, upgrade products to recent revisions/ECOs and repair both customer owned and Doble leased equipment. Record all test data and failure information in the production database. Assist customers and clients with technical telephone support including remote troubleshooting of systems in the field. Provide full in-house repair, test hardware and software upgrades and calibration services on Doble test equipment.
Nuvera Fuel Cells, Billerica, MA 2001-2012
Technical Services/ Lead Electrical Technician
Component level troubleshooting, test and repair of various circuit boards using oscilloscopes and signal generators for fuel cell energy products. Updated and reworked circuit boards per ECOs and schematics. Fine pitch soldering. Wiring and fabrication. Worked closely with the QA manufacturing team inspecting various incoming electrical assemblies, circuit boards, and wire harnesses while maintaining documentation. Built and wired prototype breadboard circuits per engineering schematics. Worked with the ISO 9001 team as a certifies auditor performing various internal audits.
Neurodyne Medical, Cambridge, MA 1996-2000
Lead Technician/ Production Manager
Coordinator of all production activities and scheduling for FDA, GMP compliant biofeedback medical device company. Worked with design engineers building prototype circuits and designs. Troubleshooting, evaluated, repaired, calibrated new and used electronic medical devices. Motorola ISG, Mansfield, MA 1993-1996
Electromechanical Technician
Operated as a test and repair technician on modem assembly lines. Repaired circuit boards to component level using oscilloscopes, DVMs and automated test equipment. Worked on board level ECOs and repairs. Assembled modems and nest assemblies. Maintained daily statistical process control charts. Maintained an inventory database for incoming and outgoing materials. Worked on the 9001 documentation team.
North American Indian Center, Boston MA
1991-1992
Electrical Technician Course Instructor
Instructed daily adult education classes: analog circuitry lecture and laboratory courses. This included teaching soldering techniques and assembly, and computer awareness to Native American students. Provided mentorship and counseling to students. EDUCATION / TRAINING
Wentworth Institute, Boston MA
1995-1996
Courses in Analog Electronics, Digital/Controls
Motorola University, Mansfield, MA 1993
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Certificates in ECO and Repair, Hipot Test, Total Cycle Time Implementation, Statistical Process Control
North American Indian Center, Boston MA 1991
Analog and Digital Circuitry Certificates
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