Art Kirkpatrick Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Perform a manufacturing electrical engineering role on the LifeSPARC System Manufacturing and Service lines. The LifeSPARC System is intended for short-term ventricular assistance. It provides temporary mechanical circulatory support in conjunction with inflow and outflow cannula.• Responsible for writing justifications for closing out manufacturing CAPAs (Corrective And Preventative Actions).• Responsible for meeting with UL inspector during quarterly inspections.• Responsible for setting up, maintaining, and validating the tools and equipment needed to build and maintain the LifeSPARC Manufacturing and Service lines.• Responsible for designing, documenting and validating test fixtures.• Worked with Quality and Engineering to rewrite the (pFMEA) production Failure Modes Effects Analysis for the LifeSparc System Controllers and Docks.• Worked with Manufacturing group to create Manufacturing and Product Quality Plan (MPQP) for the LifeSparc System Controllers and Docks. This document outlined the plan to ensure that the manufactured product.(LifeSparc controller and dock) consistently meets established quality requirements.• Worked with Manufacturing group to write protocols to validate the LifeSPARC Manufacturing and Service lines.• Worked with Engineering and Quality on many non conformance issues.• Performed multiple updates to the Manufacturing and Service documents.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Perform a life cycle sustaining electrical engineering role on the following Bayer Radiology products:Arterion, Avanta, Stellant Dual and Single Injector systems, Spectris Solaris MR Injector systems, Veris MR Monitors and MR Coils.• Write Design Element Tests to verify and validate design changes.• Investigate into QIAs (Quality Investigation Assessments) and CAPAs (Corrective And Preventative Actions) and complete written justification / assessments based on electrical designs and the design requirement.• Write Engineering Change Requests and Engineering Change Orders and perform Design Reviews toRelease Changes to Production.• Work with Bayer production and Contract Manufacturers to resolve component obsolescence and Line Down situations which may include redesigning circuits completely to the current design requirements.• Work with Medrad Service Personnel to resolve field issues.• Work with CSA, ETL or UL to ensure product electrical compliance (IEC 60601).• Travel to electrical compliance test houses to observe and provide support for products under test .• Travel to contracted MR Sites to test and provide support for MR coils.

Indianola, Pennsylvania, United States

• Layout and build MCD prototype coils for UNO project.• Layout flex circuits and printed circuit boards in AutoCad for 1.5T CD UNO coils 14 Channel Cardiac and 15 Channel Torso.• Helped produce first prototypes for Siemens NVA with production, which included layout of new drive and decoupling printed circuit boards for the Head coil, help write the procedures and going with the coils for scanning runs.• Draw AutoCad drawings of CSA Isolation/grounding diagrams for the e-coils.• Performed Life Cycle Engineering functions on NVA coils.• Layout and designed rigid flex circuitry for the Medflex 1.ST, 3T Torso Coil for GE.• Multiple trips to GE in Milwaukee WI to verify and test MR coils.• Assisted the team to successfully launch the GE 3T HNS MR coil system by creating all the electrical schematics and mechanical drawings of the multiple pcbs.• Most notable design examples over this time period:

Indianola, Pennsylvania, United States

• Design cables and cable harnesses, which included flex circuitry for CT vascular injection systems.• Fabricate and support engineering's vascular injection prototypes.• Prototype testing by electrical and mechanical methods.• Perform Failure Analysis of returned field units and write Failure Analysis Reports.• Write Protocols as appropriate for subsystems.• Perform testing and write reports as per written Protocols.• Order equipment needed to perform engineering evaluations and tests of circuitry.• Update prototype modifications per engineering redesigns.• Provide electrical/electronic hardware support to software personnel and production.• Assist engineer(s) in resolving electronic hardware design issues.• Layout electronic circuit boards for minimum EMI / RFI interference.• Develop graphic and keyboard interfaces and requirements as per marketing personnel requests.• Develop and fabricate test fixtures to support graphic and keyboard interfaces.• Support purchasing department with electronic component acquisitions; liaison between purchasing department and contracted vendors to ensure delivery schedules and correct configuration of electronic components.

Indianola, Pennsylvania, United States

• Fabricate and support engineering's vascular injection prototypes.• Prototype testing by electrical and mechanical means.• Update prototype modifications per engineering redesigns.• Provide electrical/electronic hardware support to software personnel.• Assist engineer(s) in resolving electronic hardware design issues.• Layout electronic circuit boards for minimum EMI / RFI interference.• Develop graphic and keyboard interfaces as per marketing personnel requests.• Develop and fabricate test fixtures to support graphic and keyboard interfaces.• Support purchasing department with electronic component acquisitions; liaison between purchasing department and contracted vendors to ensure delivery schedules and correct configuration of electronic components.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate automated equipment / subassemblies / systems.• Supply technical support to field service personnel, sales personnel, authorized equipment dealers and customers.• Perform, tally and communicate field/shop failure analysis reports to product performance engineers.• Design, fabricate and maintain all electrical and mechanical test fixtures.• Assist field service/sales personnel install company product(s) into customer facilities.• Track and stock shop equipment and component inventory.

C++ And Java Programming

Design and implementation of algorithms. Structured programming. Problem solving techniques. Introduction to a high-level language, Final.

Bachelor Degree In Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology, Electromechanical Engineering

Program Highlights Control Engineering, Mechanical Measurements & Analysis, Structural and Material Analysis, Quality Control

Associate'S Degree In Electrical Engineering Technology, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Program Highlights: A.C.& D.C.Machinery, Computer Science (C language) , Digital Systems, Engineering Graphics, Microprocessors, Advanced.