Jason — Robot Programmer

Equipment support at Honda Transmission and KTH Leesburg Products and electronic technician at Renfro. Weekly and monthly preventive maintenance, troubleshooting Toscast die cast machines (PLC changes, I/O cards, hydraulic valves, pipes, and hoses), and tracking downtime and PM work orders in Maximo.

AAS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Repaired and replaced PLCs, inverters, contactors, single and three phase motors, transformers, servo motors and amplifiers, photo eyes, and electronic boards. Ran incoming power to newly installed machines. Electrical troubleshooting of FANUC R-30iB controllers. Works from wiring and schematic diagrams.

MIG and TIG welding for equipment repair and part fabrication at KTH Leesburg Products and Honda Transmission. Also programs and services FANUC ArcTool robotic welding cells.

Fabricated and modified replacement parts on a lathe and turret mill to keep production equipment running at Honda Transmission.

Four years as a FANUC America remote field service engineer (promoted to Senior in 2019) handling production down calls, scheduled maintenance, and software installs and upgrades at customer sites across the Southeast. Provided phone support to an established customer base and completed all service reports and documentation. Now provides on-site FANUC service through 's Dynamic Solutions.

Owner of 's Dynamic Solutions, a FANUC Authorized Integrator. Scopes, quotes, and builds turnkey robotic cells including vision guided pick and place, robotic welding cells, and CRX cobot vision inspection. Retrofits and services existing automation cells. At FANUC, recommended robots, software options, and hardware to integrators and built RoboGuide simulations to validate selections.

Trained engineering staff on automation systems at FANUC America. Helped open FANUC's Birmingham regional office and ran its day to day operations. Presented robot and software options in person at authorized system integrator (ASI) meetings and supported regional trade shows. CEO of 's Dynamic Solutions since 2024.

20+ years troubleshooting production equipment on the plant floor. Handles FANUC production down calls, controller electrical faults, servo and amplifier failures, and software/programming issues using RoboGuide. At FANUC America, resolved customer issues through root cause analysis and corrective action. At Honda Transmission, developed countermeasures for recurring short stops and tracked downtime in Maximo.

Certified in FANUC CRX Series Collaborative Robot Operations and Programming and Dual Check Safety (DCS). Owns a CRX-10iA and is developing CRX cobot applications, including a cobot vision inspection system for machined parts.

Certified in FANUC HandlingTool, HandlingPro, and iRPickTool with iRPickPro. Programs and integrates material handling and high speed pick and place robots, including turnkey vision guided cells.

Certified in FANUC PalletTool Setup and Programming.

Certified in FANUC ArcTool Operations and Programming and ArcMate 100iC / M-10iA disassembly and reassembly. Scopes and quotes robotic welding cells and services weld robots, weld cables, and related I/O.

Four FANUC vision certifications: iRVision 2D, Advanced iRVision 2D, 3DL, and 3D Area Sensor / 3DV. Designs and quotes vision guided pick and place cells and is developing a CRX cobot vision inspection system for machined parts.

Run a FANUC robotics integration and service company (FANUC Authorized Integrator): robot programming, field service, retrofits, and robotic cell design for industrial manufacturers. Provide on-site FANUC service for production down calls, preventive maintenance, software upgrades, and controller repair. Scope and quote turnkey robotic cells, including vision guided pick and place and robotic welding cells. Developing FANUC CRX collaborative robot applications, including a cobot vision inspection system for machined parts.

Provided custom robotic automation for new and existing manufacturing processes across a range of industries, from new cell designs to retrofitting and servicing existing equipment.

Engineering support for FANUC's Southeast district managers and the authorized system integrators (ASIs) in the region. Recommended robots, software options, and hardware to integrators for their projects, and presented options in person at ASI meetings. Built RoboGuide simulations to validate robot and software selections for customer applications. Resolved customer issues through root cause analysis and corrective action, and trained engineering staff on automation systems. Helped open FANUC's Birmingham regional office, ran its day to day operations, and supported regional trade shows.

Remote field service engineer handling production down calls, scheduled maintenance, and software installs and upgrades at customer sites. Performed mechanical rebuilds, controller component replacement, and electrical troubleshooting of FANUC robot controllers, using RoboGuide to troubleshoot software and programming issues. Provided phone support to an established customer base and completed all service reports and documentation.

Repaired FANUC robots in the die cast department: teach pendant program changes, re-zeroing and remastering, servo motor replacement, and iRVision vision systems. Wrote, modified, and monitored Mitsubishi PLC programs in GX Developer, and maintained GOT 1000 HMIs in GT Designer 3. Troubleshot Toscast die cast machines, including PLC changes, I/O card replacement, and hydraulic valves, pipes, and hoses. Developed countermeasures for recurring short stops and tracked downtime and PM work orders in Maximo. Fabricated and modified parts with a lathe, turret mill, and MIG and TIG welders.

Troubleshot and repaired FANUC robots, weld cables, I/O cables, sensors, micro switches, photo eyes, and push buttons. Repaired or replaced servo motors, servo amplifiers, single phase motors, and transformers. Programmed Mitsubishi A, QnA, and FX series PLCs with GPP and GX Developer, and updated GOT 800, 900, and 1000 HMIs. Performed weekly and monthly preventive maintenance and made MIG and TIG weld repairs to equipment.

Repaired and replaced PLCs, inverters, contactors, three phase motors, photo eyes, and electronic boards, and ran incoming power to newly installed machines.