Ed Goff Email & Phone Number

Plymouth, Minnesota, Us

Electrical Engineering Manager for Safety Products

Eagan, Mn, Us

Manage group of 12 software and electrical resources. Guide IoT system software and systems development, including embedded systems and cloud data processing.• Drove product development for 4 existing electromechanical IoT products with LiFe batteries and complex network embedded solutions, introducing 5 new software packages, 4 corresponding cloud software releases, and 2 critical sustaining software packages to remedy field issues.• Enabled $20M+ in projected sales by serving as technical champion for cross-functional IoT product development program.• Transformed group by hiring 2 senior and 2 associate software engineers while facilitating exit of 2 underperforming team members, establishing camaraderie and trust by leading team-building activities (escape room, hosting picnics) and holding quarterly engineering summits to review issues and priorities with team.• Spearheaded product development process changes, creating design requirements document for improved accountability, program goal clarity, and change traceability and developing technology process that evaluated risk and objectively gauged readiness for moving to next phase.

Fairfax, Va, Us

Led diverse engineering workforce to develop mission control systems for US government airborne systems. Ensured on-time and on-budget execution in alignment with contract requirement. Held Top Secret Department of Defense security clearance.• Facilitated project engineering status reviews with leadership, defining project metrics to ensure milestone achievement and effective resource allocation while recognizing top project performers to drive culture of performance excellence.• Guided 130+-employee organization across diverse functions (software, systems, project management) to develop cutting-edge technology, coordinating employees in 4 geographies / time zones to meet contract requirements consistently.

Chaska, Mn, Us

Served as business and engineering leader for contract services engineering design firm, including sales, marketing, finance including payroll, human resources, legal, and IT oversight. Managed engineering and design resources for machine design, embedded systems development, and automation programs.• Created 20+ engineering services proposals in response to requests for services and projects, landing 5 projects that generated $2.2M+ in revenue.• Cut proposal process time in haft while improving accuracy by streamlining contract services engineering business, including proposal creation, processes development, customer term negotiation, to ensure coherent, highly functioning organization, which resulted in 5 project wins.• Conducted companywide talent review, enabling proposal wins and high-level project execution by recognizing talent and recruiting, retaining, and managing resources, including bringing in 5 engineers and 1 salesperson (net 1 employee).

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Us

Functioned as engineering leader for new product development, sustaining and value engineering, systems engineering and compliance, document control, and quality assurance for residential and commercial home security systems and components.• Led 48 reports with 4 department managers in releasing ~ 4 new products / year ($5M+ in sales), including self-contained and modular panel designs and 40+ wireless / wired sensors, while managing $12.3M annual budget.• Mentored and coached leaders and management, integrating personal leadership philosophies centered around sense of urgency, accountability, communications, and customer focus to create vision of success with increased retention and site favorability (employee morale and management policy feedback improved 28 points in 2 years).• Enhanced quality and lowered filed defects by participating in 42 program and 19 quality reviews and validating engineering within UTC phased gate approach.• Created and managed Technology Focus Group, providing opportunities to technical leaders, allowing engineers time and resources to explore technologies and trends, and developing IP ideas and concepts (3 patents submitted; $1M+ in sales).• Served as Interlogix product safety officer, addressing quality issues to avoid potential public incidents, including partnering with Legal and Consumer Product Safety Commission on formal product recall procedures, and to eliminate future incidents.

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Us

Led 15 engineers and technicians through home and commercial security product life cycle as engineering / program manager. Served as radio regulatory compliance, ASIC development, and radio frequency / hardware design subject matter expert (SME).• Recruited 3 Engineers and Program Manager for Arden Hills site, attracting and hiring top talent with relevant skillsets / SMEs to complete $1M+ project.• Drove technical advancement and adaptability by guiding product life cycle, including technology introductions, engineering sustainment, and UTC Wireless Center of Excellence leadership (Wi-Fi, BT / BLE, Zwave, M2M, proprietary protocols).

Frisco, Tx, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

St Paul, Mn, Us

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

M.S., Electrical Engineering

B.S., Electrical Engineering