Experience

Wurtec

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Electrical Engineer - Elevator Systems

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  * Design, test, troubleshoot, and installation of elevator control systems, hydraulic and traction. * Specify and validate elevator control systems for customer projects. * Ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards. * Provide technical support to customers and manufacturing. * Create product drawings, specifications, instructions and other documentation. * Design test equipment and test procedures. * Design and test printed circuit boards. * Design, test, troubleshoot, and installation of elevator control systems, hydraulic and traction. * Specify and validate elevator control systems for customer projects. * Ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards. * Provide technical support to customers and manufacturing. * Create product drawings, specifications, instructions and other documentation. * Design test equipment and test procedures. * Design and test printed circuit boards.



Torin Drive International, LLC

• Electrical Engineering Manager

  • Apr 2017 - Dec 2020

  • Manage electrical aspect of product development projects including specifications, calculations, testing and compliance verification. • Design customized solutions for integrating Torin machines into a customer's new or existing control system. • Support field service and sales teams on complex electrical questions or problems. • Evaluate and test new vendor products. • Manage electrical aspect of product development projects including specifications, calculations, testing and compliance verification. • Design customized solutions for integrating Torin machines into a customer's new or existing control system. • Support field service and sales teams on complex electrical questions or problems. • Evaluate and test new vendor products.



Thyssenkrupp Elevator

• Germany
• Machinery Manufacturing

• Product Development - Electrical Level 2

  • Sep 2009 - Apr 2017

  • Earned Geared to Gearless Modernization System Innovator Award as one of the lead engineers on a new gearless machine product launch. End product featured in two national architectural publications.• Performed design validation testing on new circuit board prototypes.• Supervised and trained new hires. • Worked with independent organizations to obtain Electromagnetic Compliance (EMC) and ASME A17 certification of new products.• Developed calculation tool that automatically determined the machine, drive, transformer, and building power requirements based on elevator speed and capacity.• Lead electrical engineer for providing drive size, transformer size, and building power requirements for over 200 special jobs outside of the standard product range. Earned Outstanding Engineering Award 2009, ThyssenKrupp Elevator North America.• Provided guidance to the customers regarding code compliance, overcurrent protection, and other various technical issues on numerous occasions.• Participated in concept and design failure mode effect analyses for several new product launches.• Assisted project managers with development of PTOR documentation as well as project planning for the concept and design phases of a project. Show less

• Product Development Engineer Level 1

  • Sep 2006 - Sep 2009

  • Initiated and executed engineering change requests for bills of material, assembly drawings, and wiring diagrams for new controllers.• Provided on-site support at manufacturing plant for new prototype controllers.• Conducted engineering audits of product beta jobs at manufacturing facility.• Advised technical drafters in designing 3-D models of elevator controllers using Solidworks. • Directed test engineers in controller testing and qualification at test tower facility.

• Field Engineer

  • Sep 2004 - Aug 2006

  Developed field notification bulletins and technical product manuals.Worked with various serial communication protocols to interface with distributed elevator system components.Provided phone and on-site support for installation, start-up, and troubleshooting of new hydraulic and traction elevator systems.Gained experience in troubleshooting and adjusting three-phase AC drives. Used Windows-based program to adjust elevator controllers on-site.



Tippah Electric Power Association

• United States
• Utilities

• Engineering Intern

  • May 2003 - Aug 2003

  Converted hand-drawn power line maps to electronic format using AutoCAD. Assisted line crew with installing new services and restoring power outages. Converted hand-drawn power line maps to electronic format using AutoCAD. Assisted line crew with installing new services and restoring power outages.



ThyssenKrupp Elevator

• Germany
• Machinery Manufacturing

• Engineering Intern

  • Jan 2001 - Aug 2002

  Constructed large test fixtures for automated system level testing of elevator controllers. Fabricated small test fixtures for individual circuit board testing. Received training in soldering and rework of printed circuit boards. Constructed large test fixtures for automated system level testing of elevator controllers. Fabricated small test fixtures for individual circuit board testing. Received training in soldering and rework of printed circuit boards.