Benjamin Chida

Experience

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  Hays CISD Performing Arts Center

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2015

  Technical Assistant

  While working as a Technical Assistant at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center, I learned and utilized basic construction skills, maintained and operated various theater arts equipment including lighting, filming, and recording, and assisted in planning of events, venues and setup of necessary equipment for those events.

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  Freelance

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2021

  Scrap Metal Dealer

  As a freelance scrap metal dealer, I safely and responsibly provide scrap metal material for buyers in addition to safely disassembling appliances for sale in parts and material.

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  City of Austin Parks and Recreations: Aquatics Divisio

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

  Head Lifeguard

  While working as a head lifeguard, I managed various aquatic facilities maintaining water chemistry and equipment, managed on-duty staff to ensure efficient and safe operation, and maintained a safe working environment for fellow lifeguards and swimmers.

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  City of Nederland

  Jan 2019 - Jul 2020

  Lifeguard/Swim Lesson Instructor

  As a lifeguard and swim instructor for the city of Nederland, I was responsible for maintaining a safe working environment for fellow lifeguards and patrons as well as teaching basic water safety and swimming technique fundamentals for children aged 4-7.

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  Amphenol Ardent Concepts

  Jan 2022 - now

  Application Engineer

  As an applications engineer at Amphenol Ardent Concepts, I provided engineering support to sales team and customers with new Computer Aided Design (CAD) and analysis using in-house software, ran experiments to test viability within customer’s individual systems, performed 1D tolerance stack analysis, applied Finite Element Analysis (FEA) principles and analysis to understand basic design risks and failure modes, wrote and updated user-specific product related documentation, and researched potential markets for high-speed connector technology. Vis mindre