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Austin, Texas, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Demonstrated technical leadership in controls for dry electrode production of lithium-ion battery cell (4680) manufacturing by training and mentoring newly hired controls engineers as the global team grew from 2 to 20 persons in less than one year.Re-designed and implemented modular PLC logic objects to improve motion control, wound roll tension control, continuous product feedback regulation, MES transactions, and physical defect tagging to help scale and commercialize an industry first process for electrode manufacturing.

Austin, Texas, Us

Developed, tested, and led the peer review process, of re-usable code objects utilized for process control and HVAC systems at all global factories to internalize all code and HMI deployment for Facilities and reduce dependency on contractor support.Constructed a PC based application to generate entire PLC projects by retrieving information from a database to create PLC library objects using C# and .NET combined with Siemens TIA Portal Openness to remove probability of error in highly repetitive tasks and provide an estimated 80% reduction in new project software delivery time.

Austin, Texas, Us

Implemented and integrated software for critical factory chemical systems re-writing vendor software when necessary, using Siemens TIA Portal and Inductive Automation Ignition to increase uptime and operator visibility. Key projects included NMP refining, electrolyte distribution and supply, low pressure compressed air dryers, and interstitial fill mixing.Assisted alarm rationalization efforts and developed first-out alarm strategies using industry standard techniques resulting in 90% fewer daily alarms and more actionable operator responses.

Developed and maintained PLC and HMI program standards for the hydrogen purification business unit using Rockwell Studio 5000, Schneider Unity Pro, and Invensys Wonderware to deliver a consistent product experience to our customers for all platforms offered.Designed standardized practices, procedures, and automated tools to reduce the required project hours by 20% enabling a 4-week reduction in proposed project deliver schedules.

Commissioned hydrogen purification equipment packages for global customers using detailed functional checkout procedures for I/O, instrumentation, PLC software, and equipment process performance to deliver high customer satisfaction and a completely integrated system.Prepared and led customer facing factory acceptance tests of control panel hardware and software to meet customer specification requirements and demonstrate build quality of control panel fabrication by subcontractors.Presented operator training courses by creating original content including a live equipment simulator to ensure safe and effective operation of PSA (pressure swing adsorption) units.