Elden Yokooji

Experience

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  Denver Instrument Company

  May 1981 - Mar 2000

  Engineering Technican, Electronic Technician

  • Prototype and test new designs and processes.• Design and fabricate assembly and test fixtures for the production lines.• Component level troubleshooting and repair of electro-mechanical weighing systems for a manufacture of highly precision laboratory balances and scales.• Field Service Repair and Technical Training to end users and distributors worldwide.• Lead the manufacturing teams on new product lines.• ISO9000 Internal Auditor.

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  The Olde Town Pickin' Parlor

  Apr 2000 - Nov 2000

  Webmaster, Web Development

  Maintain and develop a web site for a high end guitar and various acoustical instruments small business. Part-time.

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  On Command Video Corporation

  May 2001 - Aug 2004

  Senior Systems Test Technician

  • Install, configure and test various software applications for video entertainment systems used in the hotel industry that provide movies, music, internet and video games for guests.• Troubleshoot and repair computer hardware, networking components, video and RF distribution systems.• Reduced the systems test and installation time by 30% by streamlining test procedures - combining hardware testing during software installation.

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  Wytan Corporation

  Jul 2005 - Oct 2007

  RMA Electronic Technician

  • Test, troubleshoot, and repair customer products for a manufacture of marine navigational computer systems.• Failure analysis reporting, database entry and inventory control for the RMA department.• Introduced software testing applications which streamlined the testing process reducing technician time.

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  EchoStar Corporation

  Oct 2007 - Mar 2017

  Engineer I - Software

  • Software testing of satellite (set top box) receivers using various automation tools.- Python scripting using Froglogic's Squish for GUI testing on development receivers.- ATMS (Automated Test Management System) and EAS (Echostar Automation Suite) both proprietary systems also used for automated GUI testing and software download testing.• Designed and built various electronic hardware interfaces used to automate receiver testing. These devices controlled by the automation systems, electronically press buttons on the receivers, switch satellite feeds, switch network and telephone connections to the receivers under test.• Configure and test software packages for the satellite data stream.• Create Test Cases and document procedures as required. Show less

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  Dish Network - Dish Technologies

  Mar 2017 - Mar 2024

  Systems Engineer

  • Maintain, configure, test and troubleshoot many types of backend equipment to support the various software and hardware test organizations.• This includes Satellite, QAM, ATSC tuners, modulators, up-converters, noise generators and proprietary simulator equipment, along with their associated network routers and switches.• MPEG Transport Stream manipulation for specialize testing. Daylight Savings Time simulations, time sensitive applications and content. Transport Stream recording to support facilities that have no access to satellite reception.• Maintain and configure a variety of equipment used to download software to secure satellite receivers as well as development receivers. Downloading firmware for TV Remotes.• Maintaining many types of commercial head end equipment which provides content to MDU (multiple dwelling unit) apartment/hotel systems via IP and QAM.• Monitor and maintain an IP multicast backhaul system from Spokane to Denver that provides live broadcast transponders which support testing of Bell Canada's satellite receivers.• Using CADD (Fusion 360) and 3D printers: Create many different tools, fixtures, and enclosures for various electronic devices that our Team has developed the past few years.• Research and develop tools to support test organizations. Some examples include: - Constructing Faraday Cages to isolate Wi-Fi devices under test. On other products used to shield or limit signal strength for performance testing. - Remote access control to Noise Generators in the distribution system using a Raspberry Pi microcomputer. - Acoustic enclosures containing various components to automate testing of smart products such as the Amazon Echo Dot, Google Home, etc.• Documentation of systems, equipment, procedures and processes that the Systems group supports. Show less