Sydney C. Faria                                                                resume 
East Windsor, CT 06088
860-997-7548                                                                     syd.faria@yahoo.com
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Software Engineer * Aerospace * Avionics/ Electronics Technician

Software Programming* Project Development & Deployment* Testing, Diagnostics & Repair


Technical Skills

Languages: National Instruments LabVIEW, CVI, Assembly Code for 68HC12 Microprocessor, C++, C, Qt, Java

Concepts: Unified Modeling Languages (UML), Design Patterns, Object Oriented Design (OOD)

Systems: Microsoft (Windows 7, 2000, Vista, NT, 98, 95, Office), DOS, Linux


Licenses & Certifications

SUN Microsystems Computer Corporation: SUN Certified Java Programmer 

Federal Communications Commission (FCC): RadioTelephone Commercial Repair License & Ship Radar Endorsement

State of Connecticut: Television and Radio Electronic Technician, V2 License

Federal Communications Commission (FCC): Amateur Radio Extra Class License

Federal Aviation Association (FAA): Private Pilot License

Commercial and Private Aircraft Avionics Repair Certifications: 

•	American Radio Company (ARC)	•	King Avionics
•	Cessna Aircraft Company 	•	Loral Data Systems
•	Collins Radio	                •	Micro Line
•	Global Wulfsberg Systems.	•	RCA Avionics Systems

Area Navigation Computers* Autopilot & Instrument Flight Control Systems (ICFS)* Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) * Cockpit Voice Recorder Systems*  Communications* Distance Measurement Equipment (DME)*  Flight Line Maintenance* GTS-500 Canadair Challenger* Navigation/Communications (NAV/COM)* Navigation Receivers*  Radio Altimeter Systems* Serial Data Systems* Surveillance Radar* Transponder Systems* VHF Communications*  VHF Transceivers*  Weather Scout I and II* Weather Radar*


Professional Experience

Middletown, CT                                              
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, PRATT & WHITNEY DIVISION           2001- 2013              
Software Engineer, Senior Computer Systems Program Analyst                                                                                                                      Worked independently and in collaboration with engineering software development team to develop several large projects from conception to completion.  Created software programs to test and troubleshoot jet engine parameters: such as vibration analysis, temperature, and thermocouples.

•	Developed software programs utilizing a proprietary language for Cenco, a division of Techspace Aero. Traveled to Argentina to implement project installation, troubleshooting and training of Argentine Air Force Military Personnel.

•	Developed a Master/ Slave program using Assembly Code Language for the Axiom 68HC12 Microprocessor/ Microcontroller for control of development boards and boxes on jet engine test stands used to analyze jet engine parameters.  Traveled to Arnold Engineering Development Center, (AEDC), a division of the US Air Force, in Tennessee for project installation and training of United States Air Force Military Personnel.

•	Utilized National Instruments LabVIEW programming language to develop a thermocouple measurement system for jet engines.

•	Developed a Capacitance Probe Measurement System using LabVIEW for Linux.

•	Developed the Zaber Optical Measurement System, a laser coordinate measurement system, utilizing LabVIEW for Windows programming language.

•	Used DAQmx measurement systems with the LabVIEW programming language for Windows to measure jet engine parameters: temperature and vibration.

•	Maintenance and repair of test stand electronic equipment.


Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, CT
BOMBARDIER CANADAIR CHALLENGER CENTER    
                                             
Avionics Technician

•	Maintained a fleet of corporate aircraft for an international global service company.  

•	Taught technical courses in avionics and aerodynamic theory, magnetic compass, autopilot, weather radar and Federal Aviation Administration Regulations.  

•	Implemented a company documentation system to conform to stringent Federal Aviation Administration requirements for a commercial aviation service business. 

•	Quality Control Cost Savings Implementation Award; redesigned a company circuit board fault, thereby saving company over 90K in replacement costs per year


Other Professional Experience

•	Repair and maintenance of commercial electronic telecommunications.

•	Television and radio electronics diagnostics and repair. Managed employees and instructed other technicians in electronics theory and repair.

•	Civil Engineering: land surveying, deed research, residential and commercial planning and development.  Helped to design Danbury Municipal Airport, Danbury, CT, including conducting a wind survey analysis to design runway layouts for departing and approaching aircraft use.


Education

University of Hartford, Hartford, CT

B.S. in Mathematics, Minor in Physics, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry & Biology, 
Magna Cum Laude

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hartford, CT

M.S. in Computer Science


Activities & Memberships

Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honorary Society

National Instruments LabVIEW Technical Symposiums 2001- 2012

American Radio Relay League (ARRL)

Continental Chess Association (CCA)