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Tucson, Az, Us

Tucson, Az, Us

Arizona, United States

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Upgraded development of annual department budget that merged engineering unit and company objective by introducing project based cost tracking, and implemented rigorous project reviews Implemented Lean Manufacturing tools such as Designed-for-Manufacturing, Design for Test

Wooster

Develop Strategy Plan for Company/Engineering growth. Taught Project Management to associates. Share Point Farm Administrator.Co-developed Customer Centric Teams, to reduce documentation efforts, increase visibility to customers

Cleveland

Perform power studies; create custom Bill of materials using IFS (MRP), drawing reviews, system heat runs, CE tests

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Managed team of 19 engineers, which included 2 managers, developing electronic hardware, configuration control and firmware for airline super first class seating controls.Accountable for a $3.5M departmental budget.Created presentations for monthly ITT engineering corporate review, with action items identified and resolvedDeveloped work load tracking concept, showing man hours used, vs. projects on tap.Developed Microsoft project schedules for all development projects and… Show more Managed team of 19 engineers, which included 2 managers, developing electronic hardware, configuration control and firmware for airline super first class seating controls.Accountable for a $3.5M departmental budget.Created presentations for monthly ITT engineering corporate review, with action items identified and resolvedDeveloped work load tracking concept, showing man hours used, vs. projects on tap.Developed Microsoft project schedules for all development projects and sustaining projects.Created Controls yearly roadmap and departmental play book while supported procurement teams via site reviewsDesigned distributed control concept for communication with micro controllers and up to 16 actuator motors.Managed Department’s stage gate process, which includes cross-functional design reviews, CDR’s, PDR’s, Production reviews, and Risk assessmentsExtensive Value based product development training – Provided in house at ITT Aerospace by Dr. Robert G. CooperDirected electrical aviation design development, department budgets and review of customer specificationsReduced department expenses $1M through identifying, developing and implementing improvement projectsMaintained aviation DO160 compliance, managed PCB size reduction through use of SMT size reductions. Supported new designs and solved numerous manufacturing/design issues.Lead Electrical Engineer (2005 – 2007)Managed emissions reduction in product lines; directed engineering team to complete designs on time and within budget.Performed Saber analysis simulation of switched power supply, permitting Airbus to qualify the A-380.Chaired cross-functional design teams to seek cost reductions, improve quality and increase ease of manufacturing. Decreased time to manufacture by 30 minutes.Designed EFU (Filter, over current, over voltage, bus hold up) unit, including schematic capture and layout support Show less

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Participated in the design of 25Kva DC to DC Converter, researched and specified radiation hardened components. Insured design for manufacturing was applied to dc-dc designs.Chaired cost functional design review. Reduced assembly time and improved parts procurement process.Co-published two NASA Technical reports regarding Prometheus satellite power supply

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Project Engineer for next generation digital transfer switch. Managed external design teams, completing board layouts on time, within budget Position interfaced with product team, purchasing, production, UL and vendors; also lead the team for fault hardened digital transfer switch. Delivered fault hardened circuits for first 6 applications on time.Directed international subcontractors and Danaher employees to define hardware, perform analysis, simulations and perform analysis for UL… Show more Project Engineer for next generation digital transfer switch. Managed external design teams, completing board layouts on time, within budget Position interfaced with product team, purchasing, production, UL and vendors; also lead the team for fault hardened digital transfer switch. Delivered fault hardened circuits for first 6 applications on time.Directed international subcontractors and Danaher employees to define hardware, perform analysis, simulations and perform analysis for UL safety approval Show less

Mentor, Ohio

Set specifications and design requirements; designed and tested circuits and integrated hardware/ software. Developed test equipment and coordinated initial production.Project lead for development of next generation servo controller nut runner. Design consisted of power circuits using IGBT’s, bus capacitors, PLD’s, Ethernet circuits and gate drivers. Design used MathCAD analysis, and EDA Workbench. (SPICE).

Solon, Ohio

Generated request for quotes (RFQ’s) that in potential sales represented $1,000,000 per month

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Designed and performed final hardware / software testing of 8 Torpedo Regulators and test systemsCompleted $25M project ahead of schedule and within budget.