Head of Application Engineer Resume Dublin, OH - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Multitalented technical leader with a unique ability to bring new products to market while integrating best practices and tools across multiple disciplines.
Top - notch designer with experience across a wide range of technical platforms and an ability to determine the best fit for a given application.
Skilled collaborator with cross-functional teams to positively impact the bottom line.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming languages: C#, C++, Python, Assembly, PLC (IEC 61131-3), HTML, and VB

Embedded systems: 8051, C161, PIC, ARM, FPGA/VHDL

Communication protocols: EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, DeviceNet, Modbus, CAN and VXI

Commercially available control platforms: Beckhoff, Omron, Phoenix Contact and Allen Bradley

Software development tools: Visual Studio, VS Code, Octave/MATLAB, Azure Dev-Ops, Keil, and Git

Data management: SQL, JSON, and XML

Cloud integration: Azure and REST

GUI development: C#, HTML, Wonderware, and UWP

Design Tools: SolidWorks, SolidWorks Electrical, AutoCAD, and Eagle

Productivity: Microsoft Office, Teams, Microsoft Project, SharePoint and Power Automate

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Head of Application Engineer

Confidential, Dublin, OH

Responsibilities:

Design turnkey laser-peening systems using standard products and custom components when necessary.
Work with large OEMs to identify failure points and treatment plans to more than double the life of their parts.
Collect and organize requirements for the rest of the project team ensuring product compliance.
Analyze markets to determine gaps in product offerings and drive new product development.
Create quotes and technical documents to facilitate the sales team and achieve a closing rate better than 60% on sales of over $8.5M.

Head of Electrical and Automation Engineer

Confidential, Dublin, OH

Responsibilities:

Applied Agile principles to electrical and automation projects to improve development velocity.
Performed design reviews to ensure electrical schematics, robot software and other documentation was thoroughly designed and able to achieve UL, CE and ATEX certifications.
Functioned as the Project Lead Engineer for a large multi-year nuclear project worth over $15M.
Provided technical support and oversight to the operations team during product assembly and testing to reduce project time by 50%.
Conceive, propose, and manage new product developments to further Confidential ’ penetration into the laser peening market.
Develop and test patent pending safety sensors to determine when a fiber-optic cable carrying high-energy laser pulses fails catastrophically.

Director of Controls and Software Engineer

Confidential, Dublin, OH

Responsibilities:

Implement Agile development practices to improve team productivity and drive accountability.
Transition team from Visual Source Safe to Git and Visual Studio Team Services (Azure Dev-Ops) to better manage multiple developers and protect source code.
Perform code reviews and testing to ensure deployment readiness.
Mentor multiple new developers in tool use and best practices.
Train new employees in equipment operation and safety procedures.
Develop bug-tracking system to capture and address issues found during testing or across the globally deployed fleet reducing customer downtime.

Engineering, Research and Development Group Manager

Confidential, Dublin, OH

Responsibilities:

Implemented Product Data Management (PDM) and Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) tools to provide configuration control and security for critical design documents and source code.
Created proposals for new commercial and government contracts including large CapEx systems and SBIRs totaling over $30M.
Provided installation and after-market support for a global fleet of laser-based equipment.
Lead the creation of new system architectures including mechanical, electrical, communication, and software.
Awarded three patents for developed products with several additional patents pending.