Product research, development and design (Contract)

Sourcing Engineer/Electrical Engineer (Contract)Thermo Fisher Scientific, Newington, NH• Provide Technical Support to Sourcing Department• Provide vendor liaison support to Engineering• Identify opportunities for cost reductions • Identify alternate sources for components• Identify opportunities for product enhancement through supplier technologies• Electrical Engineering support to Engineering/R&D department

Electrical Engineering support for development of chemical pollution control processes· Supported research, development and commercialization of large scale combustion gas pollution control technology· Developed commercial application of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) technology for large scale pollution control in power generation. Specified and qualified high power (500kW), high voltage (30kV) switchmode power supply for DBD Commercialized a lamp-like electrode design for the 30kV DBD chemical reactors· Specified and maintained control system for a commercial scale power plant pollution control system· Supported process plant automation with design of various pilot-scale control and data acquisition equipment including PLC and PC based systems (Labview, iFix, VBA, Control Logix, SLC, MicroLogix, GE VersaMax).· Designed power controls for various equipment, especially motors (including VFDs) and heaters.· Contributed to the design and implementation of a software based document management system· Evaluated system reliability/availability using Isograph Fault Tree + software.· Initiated ISO9001 based Quality Management System· Developed procedures for control of engineering work.· Supervised engineers and technicians

Technical Support to Neslab's European sales organization in the Netherlands office• Rationalized product offerings, consolidated and simplified products, improved customer satisfaction and margins, tracked and analyzed failures, directed remediation efforts, proposed cost reductions and provided prompt response to technical issues.• Enhanced new OEM account opportunities by visiting customers, studying applications and providing detailed specifications for cost efficient, customer-friendly solutions to customer needs• Advised headquarters project engineers as quotations and designs were developed.Technical support to European service organization.• Trained service personnel (in Europe and Japan) in operation, calibration, troubleshooting and service of new line of dedicated microprocessor controls, authored troubleshooting and calibration service instructions used company/worldwide.• Consulted via phone and site visits (Europe and Japan), to expedite or perform troubleshooting and to facilitate root cause analysis• Contributed failure data and analysis to headquarters Quality Control and Engineering personnel/functions for corrective action, often with detailed corrective action plans ready for implementation.

Design Project Management• Led successful design project teams including mechanical and manufacturing engineers, sales representatives, CAD designers, purchasing, manufacturing and QA personnel.• Created procedures and methods for tracking and maintaining project controls.• Met performance, cost and schedule objectives, exceeded customer expectations.OEM Sales Support, Applications Engineering• Worked with sales personnel and customers to understand application requirements.• Consulted with sales personnel in interpretation and negotiation of OEM specifications.• Developed product concepts and proposals for OEM customers.• Markets included semiconductor capital equipment, medical imaging, aerospace industriesProduct design.• Designed power control for various motors, heaters, controls and actuators.• Integrated various sensors, actuators, electronic controls and operator controls• Specified software for PLCs and dedicated microprocessor controllers, debugged, revised and modified PLC programs• Documented designs including structured BOMs, test plans and procedures, manufacturing requirements and manual contents• Assured successful designs through- product and component qualifications based on comprehensive test plans product reliability design including fault tree and failure modes analysis techniques. design-for-manufacturability and assembly incorporating parts and supplier count reduction.