Michael J. Richter

Michael J. Richter

6169 Linden Drive East

West Bend, WI 53095

414-350-5421

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SUMMARY: To seek employment as a lab tech in research and development. Broad range of experience in

electronics. Highly regarded as a hard working, team player with exceptional problem solving skills. Excellent understanding of electronics, RF and microwave to 36 GHz, test equipment, computer and applications software, communications electronics. Good mechanical backround. Special skills include: thorough understanding of ISO9001 procedures and requirements, FDA/GMP, UL, JIT, TQM. Understanding of Lean and Six Sigma. Expert surface mount soldering skills. Mil-454, Mil 2000, J std 001 solder certified. Licensed Amateur Radio Operator. KB9WNS

EXPERIENCE:

2007 to presentAdeccoMilwaukee, Wisconsin

Engineering Lab Technician: assigned to Johnson Controls. Design, build, test and evaluate new circuits to be used in building automation and security systems.

2007 to 2007:Rockwell AutomationMequon, Wisconsin

Tester Level "A": Test and inspect configured AC drive products. Troubleshoot and repair defective drive systems. Experience with 3 phase power to 1 MVA.

2004 to 2006AdeccoWaukesha, Wisconsin

Engineering Lab Technician: assigned to General Electric Healthcare Systems. Design, build, test and evaluate new circuits to be used in High Definition Magnetic Resonance Scanners. Worked on the design of a 7 tesla head coil. Performed pre-production system tests and troubleshooting of digital X-Ray equipment in a lean six sigma environment. Document lab results in test reports. Use a variety of electronic and radio frequency test equipment.

2002 to 2006:LCC International.McLean, Virginia

Drive Test Engineer.

Perform drive testing for GSM/GPRS/Edge/ UMTS, IDEN, CDMA 850/1900 MHz.

CW testing and model tuning.

Assist engineering in the set-up and configuration of the cellular radios and antennas.

Perform signal strength, ber/fer, BTS, call handover testing.

Document results for the client.

Work performed throughout North America and Puerto Rico

2004 to 2004:Systems and ElectronicsSt Louis, MO.

RF engineering technician:. Short-term hire to Retune, re-characterize LNA and Mixer for the

X-band AN / APQ-159 (V) - 5 RADAR upgrade

2002 to 2002:Aerotek / AgilentCedar Rapids, Iowa

Drive Test Engineer for the conversion of radio/switch equipment for United States Cellular Corp. Performed drive testing using Agilent CDMA pilot analyzer for IS2000 CDMA in Eastern Iowa. 8 week assignment.

2002 to 2002:TechStaffDavenport, Iowa

Engineering Lab Technician: Assigned to Intermec Technologies, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Assist in the development of the 700 series color Pocket PC. Perform lab analysis, troubleshooting of design and assembly issues, documentation.

1999 to 2002:Rockwell CollinsCedar Rapids, Iowa

Engineering Lab Technician: Set-up, lab test and qualify aerospace communications equipment, UHF and microwave high-power RF transmitters and receivers (JTIDS) for the F15, F22 fighter jets and the Exo-atmospheric Vehicle for the Ballistic Missile Defense Program.

Assist Engineering and recommend design changes.

Wrote Lab View programs to control HPIB based test equipment.

Performed analysis and complete documentation of lab results.

Evaluated and tested RF MMICs at the die level prior to packaging.

PCB layout, build and evaluation of microwave test prototypes up to 36 GHz,

Impedance matching, Smith Chart, filter analysis, noise matching.

1999 to 1999:Millis Transfer:Black River Falls, Wisconsin

Over The Road Driver: Safely deliver freight via Semi-Truck. Operate trucks cross country, route planning, complete daily logs and truck inspection, arrange for freight pick-up and delivery, loading and unloading,

1997 to 1998:Olsten Temp. Services:Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Manufacturing Engineer: Temp agency work. Designed and implemented SPC program for the Harley-Davidson Motor Company.

Improved first pass from 20% fail to under 1% fail on motorcycle charging system components.

Set up an infra-red thermal scan, induced voltage and data logging system for production test of

motorcycle alternators.

Analysis, configuration of leakage, surge testing, and infra-red equipment

1987 to 1997:Marquette Medical :Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Sr. Production Technician: Test setup, production, troubleshooting, repair and final quality assurance inspection of networked hospital patient monitoring electronics in an ISO 9001 certified facility.

Performed safety, leakage, hi-pot and low ohms tests on patient monitors.

Documented results, device tracking and serialization.

Wrote and verified test procedures. .

Performed component level repair of circuit boards.

Setup and ran HP automatic test equipment, oscilloscopes, DVM's, RF signal generators.

Designed and built a variety of custom test fixtures for use in production testing.

Aided in the development of a digital telemetry system for the monitoring of ambulatory patients.

Marquette Medical is now a part of GE Healthcare Systems.

1986 to 1987:Astronautics:Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Field Service Technician: Field service of high security military data communications systems at U.S. military bases worldwide. Also installed, set-up and maintained PC's at various Federal installations.

EDUCATION:

1983 TO 1985:Milwaukee Area Technical College:Milwaukee, Wisconsin

A.A.S. Computer Science

Studied analog, digital and RF electronics, math, physics, software coding including FORTRAN, assembly

1991 to 1997:Milwaukee School of Engineering:Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Continuing education in electronics, math, engineering management and business / intellectual property law.

SOFTWARE USED:

Microsoft Office, Windows 3.x/95/98/NT/2000/XP, UNIX/LINUX, Photoshop, Firewall and security software, PSpice, AutoCAD, SAP, Electronics Workbench, ProTel CircuitMaker 2000, Eagle PCB design, Lab View, TEMS 4.0, Agilent E6474, post processing, ARRL RF and antenna design. Built, set-up PC's and LAN's, wireless 802.11g. Bluetooth.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES HELD:

class "A" Commercial Driver's License

REFERENCES:Available upon request.

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