Brandon — beam experiments. Mentor

JHU/APL Space Dept. Lab Manager/ Vacuum Engineer- 2014-present Perform spectroscopy duties involving ultra high vac FTIR, UV, MIR and other spectral analysis. transmittance and reflectance. Run ION beams and E-beam experiments. Mentor interns and assist them with their research. Planetary science and material science projects. NASA certified clean room ESD work and optical mechanical assembly. Serves as Radiation, ESD, and Vacuum Safety coordinator. Prepping rock and core samples for study, and designing new optical, vacuum experimental systems for future experiments. Electronic, Optical, and environmental testing of sensors and various DOD instruments for space. Electrical engineering. Mechanical engineering. SRI/SRE branch Space Exploration Sector JHU/APL. Some projects include PIMS, EIS, and MISE instruments for upcoming Europa Clipper mission. Retest of PEPSI instrument radiation effects now on board New Horizon spacecraft. I also have worked on building and testing sensors for space based kill assessment (SKA) Sensors onboard various commercial satellites

Instruments Development Group-Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) 11/2013-05/14 contract over Electronics Engineering Technologist- 6 month contract Tasks included building of Photogrammetry System for James Webb Space Telescope to be tested in Houston. Work within NASA standards to ensure quality of build. Populating PCB's and SMT soldering. I performed clean room work, and QC of electronics and mechanical parts. Some motor programming and wire harnessing. EMI testing and EMI shielding. Vacuum testing. Occasional assembly and system function testing work done at Oceaneering Inc. in Columbia, MD. Messer Cutting Systems (Nationwide)

Field Service Engineer, 2/2013 - 10/2013 Installation and repair of Fuel type and laser type CNC machines produced by the Systems Dept. Plasma and Fiber Laser, and CO2. Troubleshoot servos, motor drives, circuit boards and PLC's. Perform detailed metrology and test cuts for client records. Complete required paperwork on time, e.g., service reports, discrepancy reports, expense Achieve/maintain Customer Survey Satisfaction rating as set by Service Department. Perform P.M. inspections as scheduled. Provided phone support when required. Provided support to Applications, Manufacturing, Engineering, etc., when required. Traveled extensively, globally and on short notice. IBA- ROBERTS PROTON THERAPY CENTER (Philadelphia, PA)

Proton Therapy Systems Engineer, Cyclotron 2/2012 -2/2013 Serves as the primary technical advisor for projects concerning 235 million volt proton accelerator, Perform maintenance on RF, robotics, PLC's, vacuum, pneumatic, and high voltage systems. PLC's were Seimens Diamatic, and B&R devices, along with soft PLC, and various HMI and GUI programs. Daily monitoring of proton beam production in the Master Control Room. A control center which had 6 monitors and allowed me to tune the beam with powerful bending magnets. Work with operating RF chain (130kW), Water and Gas analysis of cooling systems. Create work flows to help in identifying system bugs. Involved in monthly data collection survey which provides customer with cost analysis of down times and production times. Typical test would be EMI and magnetic field centering. Harmonic coil adjustments. Radial probe testing for alignment of cyclotron beam. I also served as the primary electronics troubleshooter. Experienced Gained: The subject of atomic physics, and matters pertaining to material interaction with protons. USNA PHYSICS DEPT- RADIATION LABS (Annapolis, MD)

Engineering lab Technician, 5-2007 to 2/2012 Design work flows regarding military research in naval operations. Assist in designing electronics for weapons systems. Maintain and operate a 3meV Proton Accelerator and High Power Laser Systems. Create and maintain physics experiments with a variety of applications, lab deck supervising (during lab experiments), organizing lab equipment, electronic hardware designing and testing of complex electronic circuits to help in research of atomic and aerospace (NASA) sciences, purchasing equipment, safety instructions for Radiation and Laser Safety, and communicating with various high ranking officials involved in military research for the Navy and Army. Work with astro-physicists in designing state of the art RF satellite for deep space observation. Develop Labview programs to interface with electronic testing and scientific instruments. Experience gained: High working knowledge of spectrometers, NMR, analyzers, and machine shop tools. I also developed a higher knowledge of OSHA and ANSI standards for Radiation and other hazardous applications. Laser Safety Officer. Use of advanced electrical testing devices including Network analyzers, mega Ohm meters, Ocean Optics Devices, Counters, Freq Drives, Switching power supplies, beam profilers, and sophisticated research grade RF transmitters and receivers. MURATA ROBOTICS- MICRON TECHNOLOGIES (Manassas, VA)

Robotics Engineer, 7-2006 to 5-2007 Maintained the Murata automated clean room delivery system, (A robotic semiconductor wafer handler). Tedious Metrology, Mechanical and Electrical installation, Validation and Unit Testing, Electronic Troubleshooting, Software programming, and customer training. Experienced Gained: A better knowledge of robotic and automation systems. Metrology and machine vision systems. Working with complex computer programs used in delivery of robots to specific mapping points in clean room. SIEMENS DEMATIC- USPS PARS CONTRACT (Nationwide)

Field Service Engineer, 07-2005 to 07-2006 Utilize the capabilities of Dematic equipment and software for the application of these assets to customer requirements. Install automation equipment and test parameters. I traveled 100% of the time while maintaining a level 1 security clearance. Troubleshoot PLC's, computers, and networks involving Cisco switches and WLAN/LAN servers. Testing motors, sensors, WFOV cameras, servers, and circuit board troubleshooting and replacing IC's. I was also responsible for recording and sending off all expense reports to our main headquarters in Arlington, TX. Later I was promoted to a Tech support position where I was the lead tech support for installed sites. In this position I did all repairs/mods, and customer training myself, and remained on 24hr call until project was signed and delivered. Experienced Gained: Holding meetings to address technical issues with non technical personnel. Customer Service, Computer Networking, and Expense reports