Dear Hiring Manager,

 

I am the individual that one would want to have present on a deserted island or following a major disaster because my multidisciplinary abilities allow me to solve a wide range of problems that are anathema to the garden-variety engineer/ scientist.

 

I have the skills-set to be a part-solution to a world that professes a Skills-Gap:

 

Some strong points include:

 

·       Creativity – 7 US Patents, four relating to production of nano-particulate semiconductors

·       Technical writing/ documentation – making everything clear so  no further explanation is needed

·        Integrating Lean, TQM, 6-δ and Common-Sense into one consistent, User-friendly package

·       Troubleshooting and Fixing bad processes and equipment, failure analysis; fix-it-now-or-die situations

·       Penchant for Reverse-Engineering of Hardware; starting from Ground-Zero if necessary

·       Lust for Learning - Attending meetings, lectures, read everything (including fiction), discussions with those of opposite views; keep notebooks on everything.

 

Because of years of experience as both a multidisciplinary engineer and a people-person I am able to look across the disciplines assisting with identifying the problem and delivering a solution; evolving an idea from the back of the napkin to a finished product.

 

Thriving as a member of a team-based environment, or I can function alone and without supervision, documenting and reporting progress to Leadership.

 

I seek a situation where I can use my mind to its fullest, my hands to create, exceed the expectations of the organization and take home a feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day. The perfect job would last through infinity; a two-week-task being a hero also suits the bill.

 

Some examples of desired situations include:

 

1.    Technical Writing and/ or Engineering from my home in the Adirondacks

 

2.    Going places and solving very difficult electronic engineering, instrumentation, production and safety issues (OSHA will shut you down unless. . .) within the scope of my Résumé

 

3.    A permanent job in the middle of nowhere: ND, SD, WY, MT, rural WA/ OR; Maybe NM

 

4.    I enjoy fixing things that are beyond the in-house technical staff; of course this returns much more than a Technician’s salary

 

 

a.    When I was at Corning Inc., my major focus was measurements and instrumentation and a pinch of controls

b.    When the Engineering Staff at a remote production facility gave-up on a problem, they called me; I have some very cool stories but would take up too much space in this venue

c.    This was the scenario at Kraft/ Polly-O: The Staff were dreadfully ill-educated WRT the theory (DC, AC, Electronics, Sensors, Controls, etc.) of the machinery they were to repair. My task was to give them the theory, including Logical Troubleshooting, of what made the machines there work and fail. When something was beyond their abilities, I would go on to the Production Floor and help things get better

 

5.    Contract jobs are fine, especially if they are located in a rural setting and away from metropolitan areas such as LA (with all due respect), DC, NYC, NJ, and the like (these opportunities are none-the-less always open for discussion)

 

6.    I would really appreciate something permanent; relocation is fine

 

I hope this helps. Cell-phone communications here is very poor; please follow-up any VMS with an email. Please review my website at http://msala.us

 

Thank you and I am excited to work with you!

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Martin