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Jose Portillo-Lacayo

Jose Portillo-Lacayo

Fort Worth,TX

Summary

I served as a F-16 Avionics Technician for 10 years and have honed skills such as attention to detail, interpretation of technical orders/manuals, in-depth troubleshooting, leadership, and collaboration. My 3 years on the F-35 program at BAE Systems gave me further skills such as time-management, task prioritization, and in-depth research capabilities.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Manual Author

Bae Systems Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
04.2021 - Current
  • Writes and revises procedural manuals for 3 variants of the F-35 Lightning program, including operational, maintenance, and repair manuals.
  • Responsible for gathering and organizing technical information.
  • Interfaces with customers, application users, engineers, and other work centers to provide accurate procedural manuals for troubleshooting.
  • Prepared text and tools and coordinated layout for both print and electronic publication.
  • Analyzes user information requirements, understanding the user experience in relation to company products.
  • Employs company brand standards and creates technical documentation standards.

Specialist Flight Expeditor

United Stated Air Force Reserves
Fort Worth, TX
08.2020 - Current
  • Supervised daily work assignments for 18-25 military technicians: including propulsion, avionics, and environment/electrical troops.
  • Coordinated all aircraft maintenance actions for 16 deployed aircraft while ensuring aircraft worthiness and providing supervision with accurate work completion times.
  • Tracked, allocated, and utilized all available resources to accomplish maintenance.
  • Verified completeness and accuracy of documentation from direct subordinates and delegated the same to peers.

Avionics Technician Craftsman

United States Air Force
07.2014 - 07.2020

• Maintained three avionics system configurations (Block 30s, 40s, and 50s) on 32 F-16 Test & Aggressor aircraft assigned to AMU valued at $1.12B

• Removed, installed, aligned, calibrated & programmed avionics components, performed system op checks & troubleshooting

• Repaired and inspected electrical harnesses

• Accomplished system modifications, operational field tests and evaluations; complied with policies and technical orders

• Read and interpreted Schematics

• Supervised 18 avionics journeymen, signed them off on any upgrade training due

• Signed off Red X status conditions for any avionics related issues

Education

USAF Leadership Fundamentals -

USAF Airman Leadership School
06-2018

USAF Tactical Fighter Integrated Avionics Maintenance -

USAF Technical School
03-2015

Skills

  • Task Prioritization
  • Advance Avionics Troubleshooting
  • Schematics Diagrams Understanding
  • Great Written and Oral Communication
  • Soldering
  • Maintenance Documentation
  • Training and mentoring
  • Wire troubleshooting/repair

Certification

  • Federal Communication Commission - General Radiotelephone Operator License
  • United States Air Force - Secret Clearance

Profession References

  • Walter Laberge, Specialist Section Flight Chief, (512) 415-0175
  • Geraldine Zavaleta, BAE Systems AFRS Manager, (817) 879-4353

Timeline

Technical Manual Author

Bae Systems Inc.
04.2021 - Current

Specialist Flight Expeditor

United Stated Air Force Reserves
08.2020 - Current

Avionics Technician Craftsman

United States Air Force
07.2014 - 07.2020

USAF Leadership Fundamentals -

USAF Airman Leadership School

USAF Tactical Fighter Integrated Avionics Maintenance -

USAF Technical School
Jose Portillo-Lacayo