Jay Kickliter

• Designed electronics, and fabricated steel-tube frame for State University of New York Maritime College's submersible ROV.
• Awarded American Public Power Association student grant for development of mesh networked automatic energy meter.
• Designed and fabricated a jig for resurfacing Rolls-Royce diesel injectors. This saves Cable Ship Dependable, my former employer, $1,200 every time an injector develops this category of leak.
• Prevented an expensive and safety critical problem at Cable Ship Dependable by uncovering a mismatch in newly installed substandard hydraulic hoses used in a mission critical towing winch.
• Saved the US Navy significant, repeated maintenance costs by tracing a multi-unit fault in a bank of receivers to a $1 resistor.
• Developed new troubleshooting procedure, adopted fleet-wide by US Navy, to keep UNIX-based intelligence collection system operational longer than previously accepted 24-hour maximum. This procedure reduced annual down-time throughout entire Navy fleet by 480 hours per ship.

Applications

Multisim, AutoCAD, Altium Designer, Eagle CAD, SolidWorks, Simulink, Xilinx ISE, Microsoft productivity software (Word, Excel, etc)

Computer Languages

C, Objective-C/Cocoa, Ruby, LaTeX, UNIX shell scripting, MATLAB/Sysquake/Octave, Python, various embedded assembly

Hardware Description Languages

Verilog and VHDL

Embedded Electronics

Various CPLD's, FPGA's, Microcontrollers

Electronics

Micro-miniature rework, PCB design for manufacture, hand made two layer PCB's

Manufacturing

Manual lathe and mill; Stick, MIG, and TIG welding

Transoceanic Cable Ship CompanyEngineering Internship

• Monitored engineering spaces and cable laying equipment.
• Analyzed oil samples daily from ship's engines for lubricity and contamination.
• In charge of maintaining main engines, hydraulic cable handling equipment, and water desalinization equipment.
• Operated linear cable engine used for properly tensioning submarine cables.

US NavyCryptologic Technician - 1997-2003

• Conducted troubleshooting and repair of all classified electronic and computer-based equipment, including:
• solid state microelectronic repair/soldering
• antenna assembly, installation, and removal
• LAN/WAN construction and network administration
• tracing and troubleshooting faults within radio frequency (RF) signal paths
• Promoted from Seaman Recruit through multiple ranks to Petty Officer First Class in less than 6 years.
• Oversaw operational readiness of ship Cryptologic/Intelligence Collection systems.
• Managed adherence to established maintenance program; scheduled, performed, and assigned to junior staff a stringent system of preventative maintenance checks and repairs.
• Supervised and trained junior technicians, organized and arranged work with external contractors.

Military Sealift CommandAble Seaman/Rescue Swimmer - 2005-2007

• Assisted in steering, lookout, and navigation.
• Responded to time-critical, technical and mechanical faults on the bridge.

State University of New York, Maritime College - New York, NY

Degree: Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
License: Third Assistant Engineer, Motors or Steam, Unlimited Horsepower