As a Lead Technician at SBS Technologies , I was responsible for supervising PCB testing, conversion, and repair operations across a diverse portfolio of embedded systems. I managed fluctuating production schedules, optimized testing procedures, and troubleshot electronic assemblies down to the component level, ensuring product reliability and efficiency.
My work spanned 200+ embedded system designs, covering avionics, single-board computers, multi-I/O, and telecommunications across a variety of form factors—including PMC, AMCC, PCI, cPCI, VME, and ISA. I also gained experience in the testing and assembly of ruggedized embedded devices designed for military and aerospace applications.
Beyond hands-on technical work, I played a key role in process improvements, reducing production square footage by 45%, optimizing thermal testing, and decreasing test-fixture downtime by troubleshooting and repairing test equipment. My ability to streamline operations and enhance efficiency directly contributed to maximizing quarterly and year-end revenues.
I came on shortly after the alignment of corporate structure to better match the end markets and was instrumental in consolidating manufacturing and testing of all products under one roof.
SBS Technolgoes was sold to GE Intelligent Platforms. I was a key role in shutting down our test and assembly manufacturing lines and transferring all work to our local contract manufacture or GE Intelligent platforms main factory.
GE Intelligent Platforms later sold some of these assets to Abaco Systems.
• Supervised testing, conversion, and repair of PCB assemblies, ensuring high-reliability embedded systems for military and aerospace applications.
• Managed fluctuating production schedules, developing strategies to maximize quarterly and year-end revenue targets.
• Performed component-level repairs on a wide range of electronic assemblies.
• Optimized test procedures and improved processes, increasing efficiency and reducing testing time.
• Decreased test-fixture downtime, troubleshooting and repairing test equipment to keep production running smoothly.
• Reduced production footprint by 45%, cutting costs and streamlining thermal testing procedures.
• Tested, troubleshot, and repaired 200+ embedded system designs across avionics, telecom, and multi-I/O product lines.
• Worked with ruggedized embedded devices, ensuring they met military and aerospace specifications for extreme environments.
• Test & Debug Equipment: Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, automated test fixtures
• Embedded System Testing: PCB diagnostics, component-level troubleshooting, signal integrity testing
• Production Management: Workflow optimization, test procedure development, failure analysis
• Methodologies and Processes : Immediate Corrective Action Required (ICAR), 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma
My role at SBS Technologies focused on optimizing embedded system testing, troubleshooting, and production processes, resulting in greater efficiency, reduced costs, and improved reliability of mission-critical electronics.
Key Outcomes & Impact
• Increased operational efficiency, reducing production square footage by 45% and streamlining thermal testing to save time and costs. These efforts also feed up 4 positions allowing them to work in other areas of the company.
• Reduced test-fixture downtime, ensuring continuous production flow by troubleshooting and repairing critical test equipment.
• Maximized revenue potential by strategically managing production schedules to align with quarterly and year-end financial targets.
• Improved embedded system reliability, testing and repairing 200+ unique designs across various industry applications.
• Developed new test procedures, enhancing process consistency and reducing product failure rates.
• Gained hands-on expertise in military-grade embedded devices, contributing to ruggedized electronics for aerospace and defense applications.
This experience strengthened my technical leadership, problem-solving, and embedded system troubleshooting skills, providing a deep foundation in both hardware testing and production optimization.
Having exposure to 200+ different embedded systems design schematics and the ability to repair and trouble shoot these devices gave me an edge during my electrical engineering degrees. The debug and analytical thinking skills I learned here would propel me forward in my later career. Anytime an issue crossed my path, I root cause and resolve the issues.
The process-oriented skills I picked up up on refined here give me a mindset that just isn't typically seen in engineering teams. Immediate Corrective Action Required (ICAR), 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma are a few.
My curiosities in this role led to my fascination with workflow modeling and later on formalized studies in Service Design, Jobs-to-be-Done and Experience Mapping. These skills were helped me enable the massive outcome achieved in my role as a Principle IC Design Engineer where I would redesign how work was done and enabling business outcomes that weren't possible with the old methodologies.
As a Lead Technician at SBS Technologies , I was responsible for supervising PCB testing, conversion, and repair operations across a diverse portfolio of embedded systems. I managed fluctuating production schedules, optimized testing procedures, and troubleshot electronic assemblies down to the component level, ensuring product reliability and efficiency.
My work spanned 200+ embedded system designs, covering avionics, single-board computers, multi-I/O, and telecommunications across a variety of form factors—including PMC, AMCC, PCI, cPCI, VME, and ISA. I also gained experience in the testing and assembly of ruggedized embedded devices designed for military and aerospace applications.
Beyond hands-on technical work, I played a key role in process improvements, reducing production square footage by 45%, optimizing thermal testing, and decreasing test-fixture downtime by troubleshooting and repairing test equipment. My ability to streamline operations and enhance efficiency directly contributed to maximizing quarterly and year-end revenues.
I came on shortly after the alignment of corporate structure to better match the end markets and was instrumental in consolidating manufacturing and testing of all products under one roof.
SBS Technolgoes was sold to GE Intelligent Platforms. I was a key role in shutting down our test and assembly manufacturing lines and transferring all work to our local contract manufacture or GE Intelligent platforms main factory.
GE Intelligent Platforms later sold some of these assets to Abaco Systems.
• Supervised testing, conversion, and repair of PCB assemblies, ensuring high-reliability embedded systems for military and aerospace applications.
• Managed fluctuating production schedules, developing strategies to maximize quarterly and year-end revenue targets.
• Performed component-level repairs on a wide range of electronic assemblies.
• Optimized test procedures and improved processes, increasing efficiency and reducing testing time.
• Decreased test-fixture downtime, troubleshooting and repairing test equipment to keep production running smoothly.
• Reduced production footprint by 45%, cutting costs and streamlining thermal testing procedures.
• Tested, troubleshot, and repaired 200+ embedded system designs across avionics, telecom, and multi-I/O product lines.
• Worked with ruggedized embedded devices, ensuring they met military and aerospace specifications for extreme environments.
My role at SBS Technologies focused on optimizing embedded system testing, troubleshooting, and production processes, resulting in greater efficiency, reduced costs, and improved reliability of mission-critical electronics.
Key Outcomes & Impact
• Increased operational efficiency, reducing production square footage by 45% and streamlining thermal testing to save time and costs. These efforts also feed up 4 positions allowing them to work in other areas of the company.
• Reduced test-fixture downtime, ensuring continuous production flow by troubleshooting and repairing critical test equipment.
• Maximized revenue potential by strategically managing production schedules to align with quarterly and year-end financial targets.
• Improved embedded system reliability, testing and repairing 200+ unique designs across various industry applications.
• Developed new test procedures, enhancing process consistency and reducing product failure rates.
• Gained hands-on expertise in military-grade embedded devices, contributing to ruggedized electronics for aerospace and defense applications.
This experience strengthened my technical leadership, problem-solving, and embedded system troubleshooting skills, providing a deep foundation in both hardware testing and production optimization.
Having exposure to 200+ different embedded systems design schematics and the ability to repair and trouble shoot these devices gave me an edge during my electrical engineering degrees. The debug and analytical thinking skills I learned here would propel me forward in my later career. Anytime an issue crossed my path, I root cause and resolve the issues.
The process-oriented skills I picked up up on refined here give me a mindset that just isn't typically seen in engineering teams. Immediate Corrective Action Required (ICAR), 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma are a few.
My curiosities in this role led to my fascination with workflow modeling and later on formalized studies in Service Design, Jobs-to-be-Done and Experience Mapping. These skills were helped me enable the massive outcome achieved in my role as a Principle IC Design Engineer where I would redesign how work was done and enabling business outcomes that weren't possible with the old methodologies.
• Test & Debug Equipment: Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, automated test fixtures
• Embedded System Testing: PCB diagnostics, component-level troubleshooting, signal integrity testing
• Production Management: Workflow optimization, test procedure development, failure analysis
• Methodologies and Processes : Immediate Corrective Action Required (ICAR), 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma
As a Lead Technician at SBS Technologies , I was responsible for supervising PCB testing, conversion, and repair operations across a diverse portfolio of embedded systems. I managed fluctuating production schedules, optimized testing procedures, and troubleshot electronic assemblies down to the component level, ensuring product reliability and efficiency.
My work spanned 200+ embedded system designs, covering avionics, single-board computers, multi-I/O, and telecommunications across a variety of form factors—including PMC, AMCC, PCI, cPCI, VME, and ISA. I also gained experience in the testing and assembly of ruggedized embedded devices designed for military and aerospace applications.
Beyond hands-on technical work, I played a key role in process improvements, reducing production square footage by 45%, optimizing thermal testing, and decreasing test-fixture downtime by troubleshooting and repairing test equipment. My ability to streamline operations and enhance efficiency directly contributed to maximizing quarterly and year-end revenues.
I came on shortly after the alignment of corporate structure to better match the end markets and was instrumental in consolidating manufacturing and testing of all products under one roof.
SBS Technolgoes was sold to GE Intelligent Platforms. I was a key role in shutting down our test and assembly manufacturing lines and transferring all work to our local contract manufacture or GE Intelligent platforms main factory.
GE Intelligent Platforms later sold some of these assets to Abaco Systems.
• Supervised testing, conversion, and repair of PCB assemblies, ensuring high-reliability embedded systems for military and aerospace applications.
• Managed fluctuating production schedules, developing strategies to maximize quarterly and year-end revenue targets.
• Performed component-level repairs on a wide range of electronic assemblies.
• Optimized test procedures and improved processes, increasing efficiency and reducing testing time.
• Decreased test-fixture downtime, troubleshooting and repairing test equipment to keep production running smoothly.
• Reduced production footprint by 45%, cutting costs and streamlining thermal testing procedures.
• Tested, troubleshot, and repaired 200+ embedded system designs across avionics, telecom, and multi-I/O product lines.
• Worked with ruggedized embedded devices, ensuring they met military and aerospace specifications for extreme environments.
My role at SBS Technologies focused on optimizing embedded system testing, troubleshooting, and production processes, resulting in greater efficiency, reduced costs, and improved reliability of mission-critical electronics.
Key Outcomes & Impact
• Increased operational efficiency, reducing production square footage by 45% and streamlining thermal testing to save time and costs. These efforts also feed up 4 positions allowing them to work in other areas of the company.
• Reduced test-fixture downtime, ensuring continuous production flow by troubleshooting and repairing critical test equipment.
• Maximized revenue potential by strategically managing production schedules to align with quarterly and year-end financial targets.
• Improved embedded system reliability, testing and repairing 200+ unique designs across various industry applications.
• Developed new test procedures, enhancing process consistency and reducing product failure rates.
• Gained hands-on expertise in military-grade embedded devices, contributing to ruggedized electronics for aerospace and defense applications.
This experience strengthened my technical leadership, problem-solving, and embedded system troubleshooting skills, providing a deep foundation in both hardware testing and production optimization.
Having exposure to 200+ different embedded systems design schematics and the ability to repair and trouble shoot these devices gave me an edge during my electrical engineering degrees. The debug and analytical thinking skills I learned here would propel me forward in my later career. Anytime an issue crossed my path, I root cause and resolve the issues.
The process-oriented skills I picked up up on refined here give me a mindset that just isn't typically seen in engineering teams. Immediate Corrective Action Required (ICAR), 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma are a few.
My curiosities in this role led to my fascination with workflow modeling and later on formalized studies in Service Design, Jobs-to-be-Done and Experience Mapping. These skills were helped me enable the massive outcome achieved in my role as a Principle IC Design Engineer where I would redesign how work was done and enabling business outcomes that weren't possible with the old methodologies.
• Test & Debug Equipment: Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, automated test fixtures
• Embedded System Testing: PCB diagnostics, component-level troubleshooting, signal integrity testing
• Production Management: Workflow optimization, test procedure development, failure analysis
• Methodologies and Processes : Immediate Corrective Action Required (ICAR), 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma
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