DANIEL P.

McGUINNESS
655 PRIMAVERA ROAD
BOULDER CREEK, CA. 95006
(831) 338-6231
(408) 309-4613 cell
OBJECTIVE: An Engineering Technician position, which utilizes my diverse hardwar
e and software background.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dec. 2007- DAYSTAR TECHNOLOGIES
Apr. 2010 Santa Clara, CA.
Senior Engineering Technician, responsible for proto typing sub systems of a C
IGS Coater, including PLC assemblies, Power distribution systems, Selenium sour
ce and all DeviceNet connectivity to bring tool up from scratch. Other duties ar
e maintaining R&D toolset involves a lot of add, move, change, modify, t
o improve performance or process, Design and build test fixtures chassis and st
and alone equipment. Parts procurement,Orcad capture, data base drawing upkeep.
PLC debug using RS Logix and other Allen Bradley applications .

Sept. 2006- ADVANCED ENGINEERING RESOURCES

Dec. 2007 San Francisco, CA.
Engineering hardware test position, responsible for all electrical aspects of c
apital equipment build. Duties include work with Orcad for schematic capture spe
c and ordering of electrical parts, work with outside vendors to build sub-assem
blies for tool. Design and build test fixtures for tool support in house as well
as for production use.PLC debug using RS Logix and other C applications
developed on site for tool specific control.
Apr. 1997- MMC TECHNOLOGY, INC
June 2006 San Jose, CA.
Build CSS testers, Data Acquisition systems design using National Instruments
hardware and packages such as Labview, Dasylab,Orcad schematic capture and PCB d
esign, modify AC and DC controls for servo and stepping-motors. Repair and maint
ains Despatch, Tenney,
Espec hot/wet corrosion chambers and chillers, and modify chambers to achieve di
fficult profiles under heat load.Transferred to Production Equipment Engineering
in production support role. Duties were robotics, automation build, electronic
design as well as analytical tool repair/upgrade/calibration on production floo
r.
Feb.1997- AMFIT, INC.
Apr. 1997 Santa Clara, CA.
Assembled and repaired AT/PC-104 platform computers for Orthodics manufacturin
g system. Built and repaired servo and air control systems.

June 1995- SEAGATE MEDIA

Jan. 1997 Fremont, CA.
Set up a repair shop for Advanced Energy magnetron drives (power supplies).Diag
nosed, repaired, and modified process equipment for the disk drive industry.Main
tained and repaired Despatch chambers and support chillers.

Sept. 1994- B&B CUSTOM CIRCUIT SUPPLIES

June 1995. San Jose, CA
 Repaired Sorensen, Kepco, and EMI power supplies for industrial applications.
Apr. 1990- LORAIN POWER PRODUCTS
Sept. 1994 Fremont, CA
Refurbished PBX power supplies and other telecommunications support systems,inc
luding PWM, SCR, Swithcmode Converters as well as Ferro-Resonant and embedded po
wer control technologies.
Sept. 1988- INNOTEC/ERATRON
Apr. 1990 Campbell, CA
Wired and ssembled plasma power supplies for semiconductor industry. Lead asse
mbler test technician on electron beam sweep systems for metallurgy applications
. Prototyped panels, brackets, and harness boards. Good working knowledge of thr
ee phase SCR power controllers.
June 1988- T-CAS NASA AMES PROJECT
Aug. 1988 Mountain View, CA
Responsible for jack installation and during system cutover was instrumental in
performing mainframe wire cross-connects on telephone upgrade project. Assisted
in performing installation discrepancy clearance tasks following cutover.
Jan. 1986- DU-ALL MACHINE SHOP
Jan. 1988 Mountain View, CA
Responsible for production machining on manual mills as well as Fadel CNC mills
, 6061 Al. and plastic parts for corporations such as Sun, Memorex, Coherent Rad
iation Labs. In charge of training operators to ensure quality control throughou
t duration of jobs.
Made minor program changes, quadrant manipulations, and debugging using Apple II
as a database.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
* Design and constructed digital circuitry including TTL, CMOS, P&N MOS LSI int
egrated circuits.
* Experience in linear and analog circuitry.
* Close familiarity with blueprints, schematics, and various construction techn
iques.
* Working knowledge Labview, DOS, Win 95, 98, Win 2000 and XP.
* Experience in repair of various types of consumer electronics including auto
motive electrical systems and two-way radio repair,as well as a power supply and
inverter repair service buisness.