1. Janet L Meredith
jlmeredith6124@yahoo.com
Summary:
Over 16 Years of experience as Electro/Mechanical Technician with extensive experience in thru hole
soldering, surface mount, cable harness assembly, quality assurance,R&D, and prototyping.
NASA certified in soldering and crimping through Orbital Science Corp.
Trainer/Mentor for new employees.
Experienced QA testing/Trouble Shooting,Repair on RF and Laser equipment and other electronic assemblies
Worked in quality control and manufacturing on fiber optics.
Experience in communication infrastructure and monitoring solutions for mobile, fiber, and CATV networks.
Experience in Routing and wiring of fiber wires into ODB assemblies.
Worked from drawing, schematics, verbal and written instructions from Engineers in order to build
electro/mechanical assemblies and prototype assembles.
Built and tested wire harness assemblies, PCB assembles, surface mount and thru hole soldering, use of
strippers, crimping tools and drilling. ISO9000.
Built the flat sat panels for the Hornet Satellite project.
Built cables and harness assemblies using hand tools such as crimpers, stripers, and soldering irons.
Worked from hand written drawings, wire lists, schematics and blueprints.
Worked alongside engineers to incorporate ECN changes to drawings.
Carefully read wire lists, schematics, and blueprints in order to build cables, circuit breaker panels, large
harness assemblies, power supplies, Sonar systembuilds to be installed into Ship Systems.
Worked on the Boeing 737 program and older trainers such as the B1’s, B2’s, and TH57 no motion trainers,
Black Hawk helicopter performing Installation and Tear Downs.
Professional Experience
Scope Group/Nikon Metrology Feb 2016 – April 2016
Senior Electro/Mechanical Tech. (Short Term Contract)
Built laser radar equipment for long range precise measurements and alignments of products built by airlines
and car companies.
Job requirements were to build the device from ground up both electronically and mechanically.
Working from schematics and engineer drawings, wiring and following lay out procedures.
Repair and build PCB’s, wire harness assemblies, QA and rework of custombuilt wire harnesses and cable
assemblies.
Point to point testing.
Zodiac Aerospace, Dulles, VA April 2015 – Feb 2016
Senior Electro/Mechanical Assembler
Responsibilities:
Built microwave, coffee makers, espresso makers, refrigerators, and ovens for commercial, corporate, and
private planes.
Work involves soldering, crimping, striping, and putting lugs on in electronic assembly.
Also work on mechanical assembly for products. ISO9000, Lean, and 5S Manufacturing.
Inscope International, Reston, VA Oct 2014 – April 2015
Senior Electro/Mechanical Assembler
2. Responsibilities:
Built wire harness assemblies, built monitor systems for corporate buildings and schools to monitor their usage
of energy. PCB thru hole assembly.
Opterna, Sterling, VA June 2014 – Oct 2014
Senior Electro/Mechanical Assembler
Responsibilities:
Worked in quality control and manufacturing on fiber optics.
Communication infrastructure and monitoring solutions for mobile, fiber, and CATV networks.
Job duties were to gather materials for assembly of ODB boxes Optical Distribution Box.
Routing and wiring of fiber wires into ODB assemblies.
Stocking and refilling materials to aid other employees with the materials they would need to complete their
jobs correctly and in a timely manner.
Fibertek, Inc., Herndon, VA Nov 2012 – April 2014
Senior Electro/Mechanical Assembler Tech/ R&D Freelance
Responsibilities:
Worked from drawing, schematics, verbal and written instructions from Engineers in order to build
electro/mechanical assemblies and prototype assembles.
Built and tested wire harness assemblies, PCB assembles, surface mount and thru hole soldering, use of
strippers, crimping tools and drilling. ISO9000.
QA testing and multi meter point to point testing of all finished assemblies before returning to the engineer for
final test and installation.
Orbital Science Corp, Sterling, VA March 2010-Nov 2012
Senior Electro/Mechanical Cable Harness Assembler
Responsibilities:
Built the flat sat panels for the Hornet Satellite project.
Built cables and harness assemblies using hand tools such as crimpers, stripers, and soldering irons.
Worked from hand written drawings, wire lists, schematics and blueprints.
Worked alongside engineers to incorporate ECN changes to drawings.
Used portable millimeter to test point to point wire connections.
Surface mount and thru hole soldering. NASA classes for limited certifications/soldering, 5S, ISO9000
Rockwell Collins, Sterling, VA April 2004 – Mar 2010
Senior Electro/Mechanical Assembler Tech
Responsibilities:
Carefully read wire lists, schematics, and blueprints in order to build cables, circuit breaker panels, large
harness assemblies, power supplies, Sonar system builds to be installed into Ship Systems.
Worked closely with engineers in regards to ECNs.
Performed rework if necessary.
Worked on the Boeing 737 program and older trainers such as the B1’s, B2’s, and TH57 no motion trainers,
Black Hawk helicopter performing Installation and Tear Downs.
Some travel for this position. ISO9000.
Participated in the 5s and Lean Manufacturing programs.
Sutron Corp., Sterling, VA 2003 – 2004
Harness and Cable Assembler II
Responsibilities:
Build and test satellite equipment such as coaxial cables and wire harnesses for the US Navy and Raytheon
Corp.
Prototype Productions, Inc., Ashburn VA 1999 – 2003
3. Assembler I
Responsibilities:
Assignments were to build simulators of human bodies and the inner workings of them for medical training
purposes in order to train medical students.
Trained new employees in such areas as thru hole soldering, surface mount, and cable and wire harness
assemnbly