Alex Camargo
Aircraft Technician
Carrollton,GA
Summary
Experienced technician with a strong background in aviation, offering 7 years of expertise. Thrives in dynamic and challenging environments, adapts quickly to changes, and delivers exceptional results. Demonstrating trustworthiness and reliability. Recognized for exemplary leadership skills and effective collaboration within a team setting.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Mechanical Technician
Anduril
10.2024 - Current
- Building mechanical/electronic assemblies and making necessary repairs to manufacture quality products, machinery and components in a timely manner
- Fabricating small parts such as machined components, composite components
- Performing inventory checks and relaying accurate data to management
- Help resolve issues found within work instructions, root cause problems for defects with products/manufacture parts. Design and develop better safety work space equipment for an efficient work flow
- Performed quality inspections and functionality tests on ships and payloads leaving final assembly
- Built and tested all Altius 600 sub-assemblies including Wings, Wing boxes, motors, Props, Fuselages/ Bonding and all models of payloads. Experience with LiPO /LiON battery handling
Level 2 Technician - Aircraft Component Technician Lvl 2
Barfield
05.2023 - 10.2024
- Test, troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate units using schematics diagrams, Component Maintenance Manuals (CMM), and other documents such as airworthiness directives, service bulletins, and customer engineering orders
- Assisting engineers with fabricating, calibrating and servicing fuel and hydraulic test stands and other equipment
FA/18 Collateral Duty Inspector (CDI)
United States Navy
01.2020 - 04.2023
- Supervise, train and manage a team of 12-20 technicians
- Inventory all tools at beginning and end of each shift to ensure complete accountability
- Responsible for logging work orders, maintenance, work hours, order and receiving parts and tools for maintenance
- Inspecting preventative maintenance and repair actions completed within the work center
- Inspecting pre-closer for doors and panels, torques, hydraulic contamination analysis, safety wire, landing systems, flight surfaces and cotter keys
- Served as an F18E/F Final Checker on the flight deck preforming pre/post flight checks launching and recovering aircraft
- Responsible for the Foreign Object Disposal Program, Tool Program, Support Equipment Program
- Supervising resulted in a 100% combat sortie rate in 2021 Combat Deployment, passing 2 Aviation Maintenance Inspections, 2 Maintenance Program Assessments, over 25 Monthly Work Center Audits, signed off 600+ maintenance action forms with close to 2,500 hours of work logged
Aviation Structural Mechanic (AM) Technician
United States Navy
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Primary platform FA/18 E/F Super Hornet
- Maintain and repair hydraulic pumps, auxiliary power systems, landing gear, brakes, pneumatic systems, hydraulic systems components, aircraft fuselage, wings, airfoils and tires and wheels installing and rigging aircraft flight control surfaces
- Fabricating metal for exterior repairs performing daily, preflight, postflight and other types of aircraft inspections
- Train new sailors proper procedures for safe and effective aircraft maintenance, troubleshooting and operating ground support equipment
- (As of 2021-2023) Safely starting up and taxi FA/18s for troubleshooting, rigging and operation check purposes
- Reading schematics for troubleshooting hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical lines/components
Education
High School Diploma -
Hearts Academy
Hiram, GABachelor of Science - Engineering
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL 05.2001 -
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Skills
Problem Solving
Awards
- Fleet Letter of Commendation for supervising Line Shop as night check supervisor during 2020 Deployment (Operation Enduring Freedom)
- Fleet Letter of Commendation for working on deck as a F18E/F Troubleshooter, Maintainer and CDI/Supervisor during 2021 Deployment (Providing patrols for the evacuation in Afghanistan)
- Navy Air Warfare Specialist Wings
- Navy Unit Commendation Medal
- Navy Good Conduct Medal
- Afghanistan Campaign Medal
- Operation Inherent Resolve Medal
- Global War on Terrorism Medal
- X2 Navy Sea Service Medal
- CPR Certification
- Secret Clearance
Holds
- Active Passport
- Secret Clearance
Timeline
Mechanical Technician
Anduril
10.2024 - Current
Level 2 Technician - Aircraft Component Technician Lvl 2
Barfield
05.2023 - 10.2024
FA/18 Collateral Duty Inspector (CDI)
United States Navy
01.2020 - 04.2023
Aviation Structural Mechanic (AM) Technician
United States Navy
01.2018 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Engineering
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
05.2001 -
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High School Diploma -
Hearts Academy
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