Christian — Electrical Engineer III & Engineering Technician

See "Engineering" above, please.

I'm really skilled with most types of laboritory instrumentation. I'm an analogue guy so I tend to play with oscilloscopes, waveform generators, RF generators, multimeters and analogue instrumentation amplifiers. Again, choosing four stars out of humility but I really like the fifth star.

I'm a four-star design engineer. I say four stars because I don't know everything. I also say four stars out of much humility. I've been a practicing engineer for almost 30 years. To me, there is NOTHING better than to help a client in trouble... design a circuit on a clean sheet of paper, use my trusty HP-15 calculator ( my box of numbers ), build, debug and see the circuit come to life. THAT'S what floats my boat!

It's been several years since I programmed an HMI and that was a Direct Automation unit. This was for the machine I designed all the controls which went to Romania.

I am a natural people leader... I both enjoy and get much satisfaction helping others and am more than willing to share the things I know. I'm an effective people motivator allowing my employees to get in touch with their own strengths and focus them instead of the old " work or get fired" motivational technique. That almost always produces poor motivation and output.

I love development. Like I said before, paper, pencil, calculator, add design challenge... lock me in my office and I will emerge with something viable.

Not sure what is being asked here... Do I train or am I trained. I'll say yes to both.

4/2012-2/2019 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION - Milford, Michigan Testing vehicle crash integrity for Vehicle Safety & Crashworthiness Laboratory (VSCL). Electrical Engineer III & Engineering Technician Design and develop battery technology to support high-speed photography and steering of test vehicles. Projects include: - Designed and built a lithium-ion battery with micro-controller supervision and fuel-gauging. - Designed and built power supply with DC/DC converter and inverter to provide clean power to mobile data acquisition equipment. - Repair and maintenance of data acquisition equipment. - On-site service to Barrier, Free Motion Head and ATD lab test sites in the VSCL network. - Repair of high-power microwave amplifiers for EMC Group

7/2008-4/2012 QUANTECH, INC. - Holly, Michigan Develops and manufactures eddy-current test equipment for automotive markets

Chief Electrical Engineer & Project Manager (Promotion, 8/08-present)

Engineer (7/08-8/08) Design analog circuitry for electronics, signal processors, and amplifiers. Project manager for new product development and implementation. Oversee procurement of materials and parts, and negotiate cost savings with vendors. Projects and breakthroughs include: - Designed an innovative system for checking integrity of catalytic converters using surface acoustic wave technology (sound waves). - Developed an error-proof system for detecting surface cracks on critical parts utilizing high-powered, solid-state laser technology. - Designed a breakthrough system for determining case hardening depth in pinion shafts for a Tier 1 automotive customer. Page 1 of 3 - Led the development of a capacitive-discharge, electro-magnetic welding torch cleaner that is expected to deliver $125K annually. - Project Manager for the control circuitry design, HMI design, remote control systems, parts procurement, and assembly of a $300K fully-automated machine. Supervised installation in Romania

6/1992-12/2010 TCC MONITOR REPAIR - Lake Orion, Michigan Services high-end video displays for large companies, hospitals, banks, and industrial centers. Engineer & Owner Founded and operate company that services complex, high-end CRT displays for customers such as McDonnell-Douglas, Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, and General Electric. Manage sales and relationships with high-profile customers. Supervise three service technicians. Manage shipping, receiving, inventory, budgeting, and accounting functions. - Led a team of three service technicians in servicing and supporting multi-million dollar electronics systems for Fortune 500 customers. EARLY CAREER MCE SERVICES - Madison Heights, Michigan Electrical Engineering Technologist GENERAL MOTORS-CPC DESIGN GROUP - Warren, Michigan Electrical Controls Design Engineer PERSONAL DESIGN PROJECTS & SELF STUDY - Rebuilt a vintage five-kilowatt Burroughs always-on-line inverter power supply that was salvaged from an industrial fire - supplying clean power to an engineering lab for 8+ years. - Designed a two-kilowatt linear vacuum-tube radio frequency power amplifier driven by a fivekilowatt microprocessor-controlled power supply. - Designed and built a complete, 100-watt carbon dioxide water cooled laser. - Maintain skills with extensive reading of engineering and technical publications. - Currently designing a 450-watt pure sine wave inverter

AAS (expected graduation date 05/2019) LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Electrical Engineering Tradewinds Aviation Flight School - Waterford, Michigan Private Pilot (in training) Technical Training - CIMROC Robotic Programming Training at General Motors - Michigan Technological University, Advanced Electronics Diploma - 2(V) High-Voltage Battery Certification (> 300VDC) - DFSS Green Belt COMPUTER & TECHNICAL SKILLS - Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook). - Control Systems: Direct Logic, Allen Bradley, and Siemens PLCs and HMIs. - Knowledge of networking and connectivity. - Solid experience with analog design, hybrid power electronics, inverters, DC/DC converters, synchronous motors and alternators, photovoltaic systems, batteries, fuel cell technology, and semiconductors. Extensive experience with oscilloscopes and other analog test instrumentation

DFSS Green Belt Level 2 (V) Battery Clearance