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Manage group of engineering specialists including control system field engineers, auxiliary systems engineer, motor/drive/generator specialist, metallurgist and engineering FEA analyst.Responsible for site commissioning and start up for custom-engineered turbomachinery control systems. Administer all warranty for specialties group. Track defects to drive product improvement. Define standard operating procedures for department. Participate in ISO process audits and formal corrective action process. Coordinate product improvement teams across breadth of company's product line.

Jeannette, Pa

Perform field installation and commissioning on turbine and compressor control systems worldwide. Support field work by other engineers. Resolve control system issues discovered in the field, including accounting for warranty expenditures. Assist in the engineering and test of new control systems.

Oversaw production, installation, and customer support for a line of PC-based surface metrology products.

Performed various engineering and programming tasks for a machine tool manufacturer. These included specialized PC-based machine controls, robotics and the development of hardware and software for surface metrology. Managed technical aspects of several funded R&D projects.