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Wireless Integration Technician

Resume Keywords: Integration, test, turn up, installation

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Richard Perkins

Experience January 2010-Present Contractor for Motorola Denver, CO
RF Field Engineer Motorola
Responsible for installation and integration of new cell equipment and new carriers for Verizon Wireless currently working in Denver market.
Integrate new cell sites by performing new site acceptance tests and deal with vendors on outstanding discrepancies.
Termination of CAT5 cable where needed
July 2000-Dec 2010 Sprint PCS/Ericsson SUS Bridgeview, IL
RF Field TECH III
Repair and Maintain 90+ PCS sites which include Motorola 4812ET, 4812T and UBS equipment. Also included are iDEN cell sites.
Sweep testing of RF transmission lines to determine fault location.
Repair of repeater equipment installed at customer locations.
Integrate new cell sites by performing new site acceptance tests and deal with vendors on outstanding discrepancies.
Add Capacity to cell sites as needed including T1 additions and carrier additions.
Motorola EVDO integration
Motorola UBS integration
Work with RF engineering department performing root cause analysis on performance issues regarding the PCS network
Use test equipment and software to collect RF data to be analyzed to find root cause of RF interference issues and problems in the CDMA network
In charge of generator maintenance and test equipment maintenance.
POC for Tech I and Tech II on problems they may be having and can not figure out.
Responsible for inventory/audit of equipment at cell sites
May 2000-July 2000 Midway Games LLC Chicago, IL
Senior Engineering Technician
Tested and troubleshot prototype circuit boards used in the video game industry.
Interfaced with vendors to resolve board problems such as layout and build problems
Modified circuit designs to resolve problems with current designs.
Build and repair computers used in the production of video games.

Nov. 1999-May 2000 Deerfield Construction Oak Forest, IL
Installation Technician
Installed radio equipment at newly constructed cell sites for NEXTEL communications.
Responsible for sweep testing antenna and transmission lines and making reports for the contracting company.
Installed antennas and transmission line at newly constructed cell sites.
Sep. 1996-Nov. 1999 Hewlett Packard Rhonert Park, CA.
Level 94 Technician
Test and troubleshoot to component level RF, IF, and Digital Control Boards used in the production of a Cable TV analyzer.
I was part of the Current Process Improvement team to come up with solutions to constant problems seen with warranty failures and failures seen in the production process.
Responsible for the calibration of the test equipment used in the production process.
Sep. 1986-Nov. 1997 United States Coast Guard Petaluma, CA.
Electronics Technician 2nd Class
Stationed at various shipboard and land stations throughout my 11 year career in the Coast Guard and during this time I was responsible for repair of Radar, Sonar, RF communications equipment and transmission lines and waveguide systems. Also dealt with shipboard internal communications systems paging and pa systems, phone systems and emergency alarm systems.
Last tour of duty was as an instructor at Basic Electronics School where I was teaching RF communications principles, tower climbing, and antenna system troubleshooting. Also while at this station I was responsible for leading the classes through the school and being the point of contact for any problems the students were having

Education 1994 USCG Leadership School Petaluma, CA
Leadership and Management Certificate.
1992 USCG Basic Instructor School Petaluma, CA
Instructor Certificate
1986 USCG Electronics School Governors Island, NY
Electronics Technician Certificate
Employer: Nokia Siemens Network
Job Title: Wireless Integration Technician
Start Month/Year: 01/2011
End Month/Year: 02/2012
City: Denver
Country: USA
Description: Currently working on Verizon project turning up new cell sites and adding capacity to existing ones in the Denver market.
 
Education Level: Certificate
School Name: US Coast Guard Electronics School
Major: Basic Electronics
City: New York
Country: USA
Graduation Date: 01/08/1988
Description: Not Specified
No submited languages
Job Category: 3g RF Design WCDMA UMTS Job
Job Type: Any Job Type
Job Status: Flexible
Desired Salary: $0 Unspecified
Desired Location: Chicago, Denver
Willing to Relocate: Yes