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Career experience includes technical and engineering work with strong experience in troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of electronic and mechanical equipment. Wide Industrial experience includes automotive electronics, oilfield MWD equipment, and automotive chassis and drive systems. Familiar with most testing and electronic equipment, testing software, shop tools, and industry procedures.

Test Engineer @ Responsible for assembly/disassembly/fabrication work, testing per MCFA test procedures, industry standards, or other instructions, recording or collecting data, writing test reports, composing new test procedures, and general maintenance and cleanup of the lab and/or test equipment. Mechanical, electrical, computer, & hydraulic troubleshooting. From March 2013 to Present (2 years 10 months) Houston, Texas AreaContractor / Partner @ Design and implement modifications and changes to vehicles based on customer requirements. Modifications on vehicle drive systems include diesel conversions. Frame and chassis modifications include cabin structure and off–road conversions. Specific duties include; Specification of fuel delivery systems & upgrades with respect to existing power equipment Specification and installation of electrical and engine control equipment and software Design and fabrication of mechanical components as required Plan and organize production work within the scope of project budgets Support all shop production including tooling fixtures repair and maintenance From November 2011 to Present (4 years 2 months) Engineer @ Design and manufacture vehicles equipment. From November 2011 to March 2013 (1 year 5 months) Lead Manufacturing Technician @ From November 2012 to December 2012 (2 months) Houston, Texas AreaTechnician @ Designed and built test equipment. Streamlined manufacturing techniques. ran bench and heat test. From March 2007 to November 2011 (4 years 9 months) Houston, Texas AreaEngineering Assistant / Test Technician @ Testing and Repair of MWD and LWD tools for oil field exploration services. Work included repair and modification of tools per engineering design and production specifications. Electromechanical lab work included troubleshooting of circuits and components and testing to standard operating parameters. Specific duties included: Testing and repair of power supplies using VOHM oscilloscope based routines Troubleshooting mechanical chassis and fixture issues Tested and repaired sonic MWD tools using proprietary software and test fixtures. Designed and fabricated test equipment and simulators to reduce assemble and testing time, and reduced warranties. Utilized Mat Lab and other software to analyze tool data. From March 2007 to November 2011 (4 years 9 months) Build Team @ Worked helping All Out Off road biuld vehicles for the show Trick Mdy What on CMT. From August 2011 to October 2011 (3 months) Application Engineer / Test Technician @ Testing and Repair of power generation equipment and electronics. Work included technical and supervisory skills required to assure equipment met industrial specifications. Worked as part of a team and independently as required on projects. Specific Duties included: Reversed engineering of micro-processor based control boards. Designed and built test sets to enable repair of new products. Supervised and distributed work to maximize Generator Department efficiency. Trained new employees in proper board repair procedures. Repaired experience of 300+ types of engine control, ATS and voltage regulator circuit boards. Extensive experience with analog, digital and micro-processor bases circuitry. Familiar with single and three phase, high and low voltage power supplies. Experience in converters (AC to DC, DC to AC, DC to DC) and linear and steeping power supplies. Improved procedures to reduced warranty failure rate form 30 % to 3%. Team building practices that increased sales volume by 60% in one fiscal year. Product knowledge and communications skills enabled the company to set a customer service standard in the generator controls industry. From January 1999 to March 2007 (8 years 3 months) Trail Guide in Diesel CJ7 @ I used my 1985 Jeep CJ7 that I repowered with an 3.6L VM Turbo Diesel engine, to guide trail runs at Camp Jeep 2003. From 2003 to 2003 (less than a year) Teacher Assistant @ From January 1995 to January 1997 (2 years 1 month) PFC @ Fort Hood Texas 52D10 Power generation equipment repair third shop level. Work included repair and maintenance of diesel equipment and vehicle support services From July 1992 to August 1994 (2 years 2 months)

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.8 @ ITT Technical Institute-Nashville From 1997 to 1998 high school, electronics @ Dauphin County Vo Tech From 1989 to 1992 Bachelor Degree, Electronics Engineering Technology @ ITT Technical InstituteAssociates Degree, Electronics Technology @ ITT Technical Institute-Harrisburg Thomas Kiger is skilled in: Embedded Systems, C, Lean Manufacturing, Testing, Troubleshooting, Electricians, Automotive, Root Cause Analysis, Test Equipment, Labview, Engineering Management, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Analysis, Preventive Maintenance