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Dublin 2, Ie

Allentown, Pa, Us

Prepare plans and conduct engineering assignments and development of physical electrical and protection and control designs focused on capital infrastructure installation and O&M projects.Design, modify, and update substation drawings, layouts, control schematics, logic diagrams and related documents. The project examples are installation/replace of substation equipment such as power transformers, capacitor banks, circuit breakers and switches, transmission lines, substation bays and buses, and updates to remote terminals.Mentor inexperienced and newly hire employees, share knowledge, foster growth, and learning, and evaluate their advancement.Manage and oversee a team of 4 colleagues, assign NERC CIP related duties, conduct 1:1 meetings to track their progress.Review design documentation to determine compliance with design criteria and PPL EU & RIE standards and procedures, solve technical problems or issues and analyze possible solutions and assess each using standard procedures.Assist in the special testing of components, troubleshooting of equipment or process problems or special studies.Program, update, and review relay settings files and their logic drawings.Review and approve transmission customers’ point of contact protection schemes.Lead investigation teams for near-miss events, compliance violations and Electrical System Events (ESEs).Track transmission ESEs and create performance indicators and meet with the PPL EU/RIE higher management (ESE Core Team) to review cases monthly.Subject-matter Expert (SME) for NERC-CIP-010-R3 for Cyber-security Vulnerability Assessment SME for NERC-CIP-002 for BES Cyber System Categorization.SME for cyber-security patch assessment for monthly review of firmware and software patches and performing cybersecurity testing to evaluate firmware/software patches.

Montgomery, Al, Us

Designed 69kV-500kV power transformers, control panels, protection relays, circuits, automation, communication, circuit/motor protection, and control logics.Designed and programed relay protection systems and controls, developing logic for transformer controls and protection, SCADA, and alarm management systems.Calculated and designed dielectric requirements, determined size and rating of components, wires, cables, conduits, circuit protection and grounding systems.Modeled and drafted control cabinet layout, back panel drawings and wire schematic diagrams and set up settings of programmable logic controllers.Evaluated component functional requirements, customer and application specifications, and regulatory standards such as IEEE, ANSI, NEMA, UL and NEC standards.Resolved issues and technical problems occurred during manufacturing, final assembly, testing, and erection at jobsite, and worked on corrective actions by providing detailed instructions.Studied customer specifications and provided detailed project information data for basic calculation, mechanical, controls and electrical engineering teams.Evaluated, organized, and prioritized workload within a schedule.Selected transformer critical accessories such as bushings, tap changers, surge arresters, current transformers etc.Reviewed approval drawings and clarify description of customer concerns to other engineering teams and supported them with their technical questions and clarifications.Attended design review meetings to discuss transformer detailed design criteria with customers.Made decisions and executed orders and directions to other team members.Reviewed inspection and test plan of transformers, witnessed final acceptance testing and analyze test data.Designed technical nameplates and O&M manuals for power transformers.Planned and delivered technical presentations at customer headquarters and in exhibitions.

Hutchinson, Kansas, Us

Analyzed customer requirements, designed, and developed engineering blue prints according to their requirements.Developed engineering layouts, assembly procedures and electrical diagrams.Solved problems and issues on the production floor to ensure all products were built according to the customer engineering specifications.Worked on corrective actions for non-conformance reports.

Wichita, Ks, Us

Organized lab sessions, mentored and supported students in the Electronic Circuits II lab, and helped instructor by teaching some subjects during his absence.Assisted students with their questions during office hours for the course subjects of Circuits II, Electronic Circuits II and Intro to Quantum Computing.

Wichita, Ks, Us

Performed innovative research to increase efficiency of quantum circuits.Designed, modeled, simulated and analyzed quantum gates.Obtained an accepted journal article (Physical Review A) and preparing another pending submittal for peer-review.