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Tyler, Tx

Tyler, Tx

Lead HW, SW, and SW Test teams in delivery of Controls projects to support business growth. Drive controls development in alignment with long-range planning, controls strategy and common software and hardware architectures. Work with portfolio teams to define Controls Product Roadmap and develop and share NTI and new algorithm roadmap and linkage to NPD project kickoff readiness• Electronics design of Data Acquisition Modules intended for reading multiple inputs from sensors installed on HVAC equipment and communicating that data via CAN and Wi-Fi protocols for cloud-based diagnostics.• Testing and development of hardware requirements for IR/Trane’s next generation HVAC communications bus.

Tyler, Tx

Project Technical Lead responsible for electronics hardware design of a custom Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) as part of a multi-million dollar program delivering Trane’s TruComfort™ variable speed outdoor HVAC product. Regularly managed external supplier’s project deliverables, lead and coordinated all internal hardware design and test activities and reviews to meet project schedule, and provided regular project reviews to Product Marketing, Field Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering and Sector Leadership.• Electronics design of a dual processor Cortex-M3 based Application Control.• On-time achievement of all project milestones by maintaining project scheduling using PMI principles.• Delivered final hardware aligned with cost and quality goals through DFM, DFR, and best practice standards.• Facilitated successful and timely design development by creating detailed hardware requirements specifications.• Identified and corrected major failure modes by generating custom hardware test plans and test protocols.• Traveled internationally to conduct design reviews and hardware test activities on new hardware revisions.• Design received the ACHR News 2014 Dealer Design Award and the 2013 Comfortech Product Showcase Award for Innovation.

Tyler, Tx

Designed new, high-volume electronic control designs from approved product concepts. Designed, tested, and debugged digital and analog circuits including power supply, sensor interfacing, and signal conditioning for application in embedded controls. Prepared and directed PCB layouts, detailed drawings, supporting design documentation, and schematics.• Designed traceable product functional requirements template for all new designs through collaborative efforts.• Developed product qualification test plans and end-of-line functional test specifications.• Cut in half the resolution time of product sustaining issues by implementing an issue-tracking database.• Achieved $500K annual savings through identification and testing of alternate PCBA suppliers.• 6-Month Expat Assignment: Provided on-site engineering design support, training, and mentoring to IR’s Controls Engineering organization in Shanghai, China.

Tyler, Tx

Produced specifications, procedures, and best practices for verification and validation of hardware designs. Conducted hardware qualification testing and software testing of embedded electronic controls to verify they complied with rigorous quality and reliability requirements.• Developed the company’s first documented EMC test procedures based on IEC 61000-4 standards.• Executed over 300 test cases on comfort and control algorithms using gray-box software testing methods.

Center for Self-Organizing Intelligent Systems (CSOIS) - Developed a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system, through the use of Matlab/Simulink software, and Quanser control hardware. The LIDAR system was to be used as a localization tool in autonomous vehicles for CSOIS.

Master, Engineering, 3.77/4.0

Bachelor, Electrical Engineering, 3.82/4.0

Activities and Societies: IEEE, Alpha Chi

Pre-Engineering

Activities and Societies: President of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society