Richard Steinmetz Email & Phone Number

Richard Steinmetz is a Principal Engineer | Project Manager | Leadership | Product development | Lead Systems Engineer | Problem solver | Mentor.

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  Principal Systems Integration Engineer And Hf Project Engineer

  Westinghouse Electric Company

  Feb 2009 - Nov 2018 - Cranberry Township, Pa, Us

  • Define, document and track customer requirements. Maintain product configuration during the project life cycle.• Administrator of the Change Control Board and coordinator of the Engineering change order (ECO) process. • Member of the Integrated System Engineering Technical team which reviewed system technical issues in order to identify a solution and created a plan for integration into the design. • Coordinator of the issue tracking system, used to document and resolve system technical discrepancies in the I&C system hardware, software or documentation. • Lead the development of a field change/repair enterprise software tool which consolidated multiple procedures, eliminating three outdated software tools and automated the manual field repair process and document archival process into a single process. • Developed the training course and trained six Chinese system integration engineers on systems integration.• Design human machine interface displays used by main control room (MCR) operators to monitor, diagnose and control plant I&C systems. • Reduced HMI development time by 75% by developing the display design process, layout guidelines and product specifications. .• Co-Lead the China AP1000 MCR Integrated System Validation II test which provided a comprehensive System Integration Test and human performance assessment of the MCR HMI design, procedures, and adequacy of the operator training program. • Resolved hundreds of engineering discrepancy captured during the HF V&V program. Process involves identifying the discrepancy and working across functional groups to resolve errors. • Researched and authored multiple white papers on compliance of the AP1000 HSI to meet regulatory requirements.• Mentor to new Systems Engineers and Human Factors Specialists. • Subject matter expert (SME) in several design reviews, technical evaluation team reviews and peer reviews.