Ransom Evans III

Experience

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  Philips Broadband - Digital Transmission

  Jul 1994 - Jan 1995

  Manufacture Assembly Line Worker - Technician

  Assembled a variety of cable television products - trunk amplifiers, splitters...Solder wave machine operator.Constructed a network of high speed cable boxes for transmission testing for engineers.Ordered parts and equipment for projects - attained signatures from senior management for project approval and component changes.

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  United Radio Communications Division

  Oct 2000 - Jan 2010

  Electronic Technician I

  Performed component level board repair (RF)on two- way wireless communication equipment. This included handheld units, mobile units, pagers and maintenance checks on repeaters in the field.Tools for repair, included schematics, Motorola communications analyzer, manufacture software, oscilloscope, digital multimeter, soldering station and basic hand tools.Test equipment was used to analyze transmit power, frequency error, voice deviation, receiver sensitivity, trace audio and RF signals.Programmed communication equipment and secured sensitive customer radio data.Perform quality assurance checks on outgoing product.Custom cut low band antenna's, assembled CAT-5 cable with ethernet connectors and assembled coax cable with BNC connector.Created estimates for repair and assisted customers with radio purchases.Interviewed and trained new technicians. Show less

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  United Radio Automotive Division

  Jan 2010 - Jun 2019

  Electronic Technician III

  Performed repair and root cause analysis on vehicle telematics.Identify and repair failures in hardware and software Sierra wireless-3G, Bluetooth, XM, AM/FM. Operated AFT-15 (Automated Function Testing) and BMS4 (Bench Mark Simulation) for multi radio testing.Collect data from initial analysis, thermal, endurance, and simulation tests and generate analysis reports in SAP.Use soldering equipment to remove/add surface mount and ball grind array components on printed circuit boards.Access schematics, updated software, parts lists, upload radio data to shared folders and track job status via computer system.Comply within ISO/TS16949 and 5S standards within tech area.Awarded for my continuous improvement suggestions. Show less

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  Syracuse City School District - Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central

  Jul 2019 - now

  Electrical Technology Instructor - P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School)

  Currently Teaching ELT 100-400 and MET-150 (online and classroom).Create lesson plans in compliance with New York State Education PTECH Scope and Sequence and Career Ready Practices.Introduce students to: manufacturing methodologies, teamwork, digital electronics, circuit theory, circuit simulation, circuit analysis, circuit simulation, analytics, electrical lab equipment, presentation preparation and resume building.Created PTECH Electrical Technology Performance Assessment Exam.Provide academic support for Onondaga Community College Electrical PTECH students.Interview prospective students for PTECH program.Coached NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) Ten 80 race team to 1st place in national competition. Show less

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  Onondaga Community College

  Jan 2021 - now

  Concurrent Enrollment Instructor

  Currently Teaching MET-150 Introduction to EngineeringDefine EngineeringDiscovering Engineering Engineering as a careerFundamental Engineering problem solving Design in EngineeringUsing and manipulating engineering dataModeling engineering problemsEngineering ethics

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  Syracuse University

  Jul 2022 - now

  STEM/STEP Instructor - SLA (Saturday Learning Academy) and after school