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Pittsburgh, PA, US

Munich, DE

Munich, DE

Member of the Onboard Systems Engineering team working on the Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System (ACSES) and Red Signal Enforcement System (RSES) projects. Responsible for development of system requirements, statements of work, analysis of system configurations, and development of CDRL documents (system specifications, system BOM, product sheets, etc.).

Munich, DE

Responsible for the development and system design of the Siemens Trainguard Positive Train Control (PTC) onboard system. Develop PTC onboard system requirements to accommodate external and internal change requests, in line with the Interoperable Train Control (ITC) PTC specifications and industry standards. Develop and document concepts used as a basis for.

Ambler, Pennsylvania, US

Responsible for managing projects related to the procurement of new railway maintenance machines (locomotives, vacuum-cleaning trains, etc.), in the initial phase focusing on system definition and technical specification development based on customer requirements, as well as projects related to technical documentation development for rail transit vehicles.

Chicago, IL, US

Responsible for managing the NextFuel™ program, where a locomotive upgrade kit that enables locomotives to utilize two sources of fuel, diesel and natural gas, was developed. Provided leadership and technical direction to the engineering core team. Managed program schedule, budget, resources, and risks. Frequently engaged with internal & external customers.

Chicago, IL, US

• Worked on multiple projects related to GE Evolution Series diesel-electric freight locomotives. Was at the forefront of the Engineering community, and served as the main Engineering point of contact for these projects..
• Delivered on 15+ locomotive orders for the NA/SA market, resulting in company sales of more than $1.7B.
• Successfully completed system requirements definition and flow-down ahead of deadline, enabling further requirements derivation in pursuit of detailed design.
• Coordinated and completed all associated V&V and design review activities, resulting in Business Tollgate approvals to deliver product to customer.
• Key driver for a locomotive fuel tank volume increase project for our Brazilian customer. Coordinated concept development, tradeoff and interface studies, as well as validation of the new design. Upon acceptance of the.
• Coordinated locomotive software development work, ensuring software was delivered on time, enabling completion of validation and commercial testing.

Chicago, IL, US

• Responsible for engineering projects related to locomotive standardization, cost-out and systems electrical integration. Authored various technical documentation and change orders to update drawings and bills of.
• Successfully implemented the motor speed sensor wiring and conduit re-routing project on AC Evolution series production locomotives, resulting in saving $1.5K per locomotive, totaling a savings of $71K for 2009.
• Collaborated on team design and implementation of ESS/EFI consolidation project. The newly developed assembly was successfully implemented and generated total savings of $88K in 2008.

• Supported development of GE’s Trip Optimizer (TO) system for locomotive energy and handling management. Responsible for customer track data analysis and validation. Maintained the TO demo equipment.
• Successfully collaborated with GE Research Center to evaluate and process customer’s railroad track data into TO usable track database format, enabling the system to calculate optimal train behavior.
• Helped ensure accuracy of the calculation and prediction of the optimal train behavior for a given route through performing validation of track databases against collected milepost and GPS data.

Performed analysis of customers’ printed circuit board (PCB) and wiring harness assembly designs, and generated process work instructions for the manufacturing team. Coordinated implementation of the new projects into production by frequently collaborating with engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, and quality teams. Created test procedures and supported.

East Cleveland, OH, US

Supported the team during initiatives to improve the quality system at the GE Conneaut plant. Utilized 6 Sigma and Minitab to perform defect and process capability analysis. Participated in a LEAN manufacturing workout, which resulted in waste elimination and process improvement.

Master’S Degree, Systems Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering

High School Diploma (Abitur)