Resume, Solar Engineer
Objective
Challenging position in Solar Engineering/Solar Applictions Engineering.
Summary
Solar Engineer has worked in solar energy since in 1978. His experience is varied, ranging from basic research, product development, equipment for cell and module manufacturing, and commercial and residential PV system design and installation. Solar Engineer has strong design capabilities, project management, and communication skills. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Capabilities
• Design of commercial and residential systems
> Panels, wiring, support structures, foundations
> Inverters, transformers, thermal, tracking
> BOS, system modeling, system costing, ROI
> System control and data acquisition
• Management of PV installations
• SolidWorks, AutoCAD
• Design of megawatt medium voltage systems
• Equipment sourcing, vendors interface
• Specifications, acceptance testing, reports
• Customer interface, development
• NEC, PV performance & safety standards
• Thin film and crystalline technologies
• Performance modeling, costing, ROI
• Team development and leadership
• Independent work, taking initiative
• Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint
• Labview, Outlook, others
Work Summary
Solar Consultant: manufacturing equipment, system analysis and design, costing 2005 to present
Author: Two books about solar energy, including solar design software published 2009
Engineer, SunPower Corporation: sourcing, R&D, design, FMEA, Desg. of Exp., FEA, reporting 2000-2005
VP Engineering, PVI: PV R&D, sourcing, proposals, installations, modeling, business plan, 1988-2000
Research Engineer, Varian: basic PV research, prototype development, technical papers, 1978-1988
Residential construction and design: design and construction of custom and solar houses 1974-1978
Test Engineer, Solar Company: testing of prototype gas turbine engines 1968-1974
Work History
Solar Engineering Consultant 2005 to Present
Design of PV manufacturing equipment, system analysis, performance studies, costing, web design, business consulting, vendor development, using SolidWorks, Word, Excel and other tools.
• Applied Materials (Palo Alto, China): PV manufacturing equipment design, thin film modeling
• GreenStep PTY (South Africa): megawatt system design, website design, costing, business consulting
• SunPower (San Jose, CA): system performance and cost modeling, concentrator and flat-plate
• Baccini SpA (Italy): PV manufacturing equipment development, printing technology
• Cabot Corporation (Albuquerque): prototype printing technology
• Others: PV system design and specification, proof-of-concept using rapid prototyping
• Author: Two books about solar energy, including design software, published 2009
Senior Engineer at SunPower Corp., San Jose, CA 2000 to 2005
Solar Engineer contributed to the initial manufacturing development (California), specified equipment for a pilot production facility (Texas), and then equipment for the first overseas production line (Philippines). Solar Engineer helped to solve initial performance issues using FMEA. He sourced specialized inverters and other equipment. He did system modeling including the effect of different tracking systems and concentration. He was instrumental in cost reduction for the product and deployment. He wrote engineering reports and presentations to management as required. He used Design of Experiments to develop the printing technology and other manufacturing processes. He designed many of the module parts using SolidWork...
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