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Rock Hill, Sc, Us

Leading engineers, manufacturers, and providers of 3D printers, 3D printing materials, and 3D scanners, as well as a broad portfolio of hardware, software, and material solutions spans from plastics to metals. Collaborates with design teams to standardize common 3D printer designs and components as an Electrical ArchitectDelegates and advises team on designs, elicits recommendations, and steers electrical design reviews as Team LeaderCoordinates designs for new electronic strategies, as well as designs to be used as companywide building blocksDesigns circuit boards for motor drives and print head interfaces using both analog and digital designsEngineered power supply for the 2500 Series printers as the core electronics team member on the 2500W productEvaluates new manufacturing vendors to improve reliability and cost efficiency; sourced, selected, and negotiated terms with new PCB fab vendor, saving $250,000 per annum in costsResolve any design issues on MJP and CJP printers and SLA curing stations to ensure regulatory complianceServes as primary point-of-contact for Manufacturing, Service, and Commodity ManagersResolve any electrical safety issue and coordinated with Safety engineer to provide needed documentation

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Industry-leading provider of workplace solutions, document management, and digital printing technologies, products, and services. Designed and managed circuit boards from specification through production; included: Mixed signal circuit board driving 10 stepper motors and DC motorsDiscrete analog motor drivers using high and low side current senseMixed signal digital sensors, LEDs, switches, DC to DC converters and FPGA designsPCB layouts, as well as multi-layer, single layer, thru-hole, and surface mount designsIndependently produced a circuit board design from requirements analysis through schematic development, steered design through layout phase, and successfully reduced board from six to four layersCreated technical specifications and managed off-shore design of an LCD displayReduced Xerox Electronic overall field failures by 30% in six months and latest prototype costs by 20% in four monthsSuccessfully led and managed a cost down project to reduce shipping product costs by 10% within three monthsDeveloped and implemented standard operating procedures (SOPs) to enhance Solid Ink electronics reliability testingTraveled to Asia on multiple occasions to oversee system integration, transfer products to manufacturing, and collaborate with an international partner to lead designs from manufacturing to production within tight schedules and budgetsEnsured compliance with EMC (EMI, ESD) design change testing regulatory requirementsParticipated in the Xerox Outreach Program; taught science to elementary school students once per month

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics