ENGINEER Seeking Part-Time / After-Hours Work (SGV/Pasadena/Glendale/LA areas)
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Degreed EE with many years of experience (see below for mini-resume) looking for part-time / after-hours work.
Can be simply for helping you troubleshoot/test an existing design, layout a PCB, prototype a circuit or possibly other tedious tasks you simply don't have the time or desire to do. Could also potentially help you with the complete design of your project from scratch if it is within my areas of expertise.
I am experienced in Digital/Analog Hardware, Software and Embedded Firmware design and coding (DSP/ARM/CORTEX and various other uPs) plus Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design and misc electronic circuit prototyping projects. I also have strong troubleshooting skills.
I am familiar with most standard lab test equipment: Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Signal Generators, Frequency Counters, Power Supplies, etc., am very "hands-on" and quite at home working in a laboratory environment. I come up to speed fairly quickly and can work equally well in groups or alone. I usually work at the chip level so understand discrete parts (logic, RAM, opamps, comparators, transistors, ADCs, DACs, etc). I am a degreed Engineer (MSEE/EEE from USC / BSEE from CSUN) and am also a card-carrying Registered Professional Engineer in the State of California if that matters.
Prior to getting my EE degree, i worked briefly as an undergraduate for several companies including Teledyne, Litton and Micom. After graduating, i then worked at JPL for over 10 years on various projects before becoming an independent contractor for 5 years or so. After that, i became another captive employee at a local company where i have been for the last 22+ years. I sometimes tutor various math/engr related classes and am currently trying to locate a part-time / after-hours side job to try and make a few extra dollars to make ends meet.
I have programmed in misc assembly code languages (though that is uncommon today) and vanilla C-code. I would not know all the myriad languages that pure programmers would use (such as Java, Ruby, HTML and the zillion others that seem to spring up every week). However, i should be able to learn something new fairly quickly if needed.
If the work needs to be on-site, you would need you to be somewhat local to my area (within driving distance of the SGV/Pasadena area) and be able to remain open in the evenings and/or weekends which is the only time i would have to get to your place (unless some or all the work could be done off-site) since i work during the day. There is also the possibility for becoming a normal Full Time employee if things worked out but that would be a future consideration.
I am also open to non-Engineering related work since it is common for employers to want to hire Engineers since they are trained to think rationally and are generally good problem solvers (at least they should be!).