Scott Sowerby Email & Phone Number

Yucca, Arizona, United States

Accountable for developing and leading cross functional teams of engineers, technicians and contractors to ensure all tests, measurements, and calibrations are executed in a safe, timely and technically competent manner. Own and convey the long-term vision and mission of the lab operations, leading to cost effective and innovative measurement and testing technologies and facilities that sustain world class solutions for global product development, performance, validation, certification and manufacturing.

Accountable for developing and managing teams to develop new business opportunities for calibration, testing and industrial repair solutions targeting automotive, paint, plastics, and rubber industries. Technical manager for ISO 17025 accredited lab services.

Senior Engineer – Device Testing & Certification, Integrated Systems Test (March 2004 – July 2009) Designed novel, patented (US7664317B1) software solution for automating the testing of multiple complex electronic interfaces and signals.Senior Metrology and Calibration Engineer (March 1997 – March 2004) Technical leadership, training, and mentoring for commercial services primary calibration laboratories and remote operations. Pivotal technical role in achieving initial ISO 17025 laboratory accreditation from NVLAP. Technical responsibility for maintaining corporate primary NIST traceable standards. Technical support specialist for multiple commercial accounts.

Performed calibrations and repairs on a large variety of specialized and general-purpose automotive test and measurement equipment including accelerometers, microphones, yaw/rate sensors, inclination sensors, speed sensors, temperature sensors, pressure/vacuum sensors, load/torque/force cells, strain gauges, amplifiers, bridges, signal conditioners, string pots, LVDTs, environmental chambers, ovens, shaker tables, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, FFT analyzers and data acquisition systems. Developed automated testing solutions hosted within Excel spreadsheets, fully automating data collection.

Calibrated, repaired and operated an enormous range of special and general-purpose test and measurement equipment. Gained significant experience with automotive and avionics test and measurement instrumentation, including engine/chassis dynamometers; vibration/sound testing equipment; and environmental testers/chambers, servo-hydraulic systems, and pneumatics. Trained peers on proper use, calibration and repair of test equipment, instruments, and sensors.

Certificate, Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (Pmel) Specialist, Honor Graduate

U.S. Military Combined School for Metrology and Calibration.

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics

Math, Electronics, Mechanics, Physics, Calibration, Metrology, Lab Operations

48 Credit Hours