Robert Garza

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Summary of Qualifications

Responsible, independent, goal-oriented controls engineer with extensive experience in all phases of control system design; extensive experience troubleshooting manual and automated test and assembly systems. Very skilled in design of intuitive user control interfaces. Proven supervisory and leadership skills; exceptional oral and written communication skills; formal and informal instructor of college students, machine operators, maintenance personnel, and customer engineering staff.

Professional Experience

Electrical design of automated and manually operated assembly and testing systems.

Extensive use of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, and AutoCAD Lite to create control cabinet panel layouts, control system architecture diagrams, comprehensive machine wiring diagrams, controls systems, and operator interfaces (HMIs).

Specify and incorporate sub-system components.

PLC-based and industrial grade PC-based control systems.

Servo motor drive controllers: Allen-Bradley (AB), ABB (formerly Baldor), and Compumotor controllers.

Variable frequency (VFD) AC and variable speed DC motor drives. (Predominantly Allen-Bradley)

Discrete and analog I/O systems for PLC and PC based control systems: Analog Devices, Opto-22, etc.

Pressure and temperature sensors, flow meters, proximity switches, etc.

User Interface (HMI) systems: Touchscreen PCs, AB Panelview, and similar devices.

Create electrical Bill Of Materials (BOM) with cost estimates.

Extensive control and user interface programming for automated assembly, test, and packaging systems.

Create PLC (ladder logic) programs for original control systems, or to update/improve existing systems.

AB PLC controllers: SLC500, Micrologix, PLC5, CompactLogix, and ControlLogix programmable control families.

Create PC based control systems using National Instruments’ LabWindows/CVI application. (A C++ based application for machine control, data acquisition, and user interface design.)

Create user interface (HMI) programs.

Create user interfaces and SCADA systems using WonderWare Archestra and InTouch applications for touchscreen PCs.

Create user interfaces with National Instruments’ LabWindows/CVI application for touchscreen PCs.

Create user interfaces for AB Panelview (AB PanelBuilder32 and FactoryTalk View applications) displays.

Create test parameter files using Microsoft Excel.

Record/archive test/manufacturing results files, in Excel or .csv format, for historical and statistical analysis.

Program servo motor controllers.

Servo control programming for position-based controllers and MintMT (formerly Baldor) programming language for advanced controllers.

Created serial communication programming (RS-232) interfacing servo controller and PC based control systems.

Program AC and DC motor drive controllers.

Program set-up parameters for Allen-Bradley controllers.

Extensive troubleshooting, repair, and installation work at customer facilities and by phone conversations.

National and international travel to support installation and/or machine troubleshooting at customer facilities.

Perform customer acceptance trials, initial installation, and system startup for new systems.

Train machine operators and maintenance personnel.

Plan/conduct formal, and informal, technical training for customer engineers and maintenance personnel.

Extensive use of oscilloscopes, digital volt/ohm/current meters, and other technical equipment to troubleshoot digital and analog electronic circuits.

Extensive troubleshooting and component level repair, replacing diodes, resistors, capacitors, and integrated circuits, of printed circuit boards.

Troubleshoot programming in ladder logic, C language, and Visual Basic programs.

Troubleshoot 230/460 VAC (single and three-phase) up to 2,400 kVA power circuits.

Troubleshoot and repair DC power and AC/DC control circuits.

Troubleshoot and repair hydraulic and pneumatic machine functions.

Extensive debug and troubleshooting of microprocessor embedded circuitry/control boards.

Extensive component level repair of electronic circuit boards: analog, digital, amplifier & memory IC circuits.

Additional supervisory or technical experience and abilities.

Extensive assembly, test, and packaging sequence programming.

Regulate pressures up to 57,000 kPa (8,000 psi) for hydraulic pumps and valves.

Regulate fluid flow rates up to 1,800 lpm (475 gpm) in hydraulic pumps, valves, and cylinders.

Regulate high motor speeds to 2300 +/-5 rpm and low motor speeds to 800 +/- 2 rpm.

Program test/manufacturing systems for centrifugal and piston pumps, and heavy equipment control valves.

Create/program resistance welding schedules for: spot, roll-spot, crosswire, and seam welding applications.

Create/program resistance welding schedules for coated (galvanized) and/or dissimilar metals.

Position piece-parts +/- .01 degrees (360 degree rotation) and drill depths +/- .0005 in. for spin balancing systems.

Create C language trigonometry and vector analysis algorithms for spin balancing systems.

Supervise/direct electricians assembling new machines or troubleshooting existing systems.

Supervise/direct maintenance personnel assembling new machines or troubleshooting pneumatic/hydraulic systems.

Supervise/direct/train electronic technicians assembling new control systems, troubleshooting existing systems, repairing electronic circuit boards, or repairing electrical circuitry/components.

Performed final quality assurance inspections prior to product shipment.

Inspected complete units and sub-assemblies.

Record, compile, and analyze inspection data.

Recommend process changes to prevent future assembly/manufacturing defects.

Wrote test and assembly procedures for final products and subassemblies.

Wrote installation, programming, and maintenance manuals for machine operators and maintenance personnel.

Taught Control Systems (PLC hardware and programming), DC Circuit Fundamentals, and Basic Hydraulic Principles at the community college level.

Taught Engineering Physics, as a private tutor, at the community college level.

Employment History

Contract Engineer, (independent & agency) Controls Engineer Oct 2009 – Present

FCx Performance, Elk Grove Village, IL Controls Engineer Apr 2008 – Apr 2009

LMS-Walt Corp., Dekalb, IL Controls Engineer Dec 2006 – Sep 2007

BalanStar Corp., Chicago, IL Automated Controls Engr Jun 2005 – Nov 2006

Caterpillar Inc., Joliet, IL Electrical Engineer & Apr 2000 – Aug 2004

(onsite contract engineer) MMI Design Specialist

Electrical Engineer Jun 1997 – Apr 2000

Peer Division, Detroit Tool Inc., Electrical Engineer Mar 1996 – Jun 1997

Benton Harbor, MI

ITT Technical Institute, Matteson, IL Adjunct Instructor Spr 2005 - Fall 2005

Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL Adjunct Instructor Spr 1996 &

Fall 1997 – Fall 1998

Private Physics Tutor Spr 1990 – Fall 1992

Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, MI Adjunct Instructor Fall 1996 – Spr 1997

U.S. Marine Corps Reserve First Sergeant (E-8), Jan 1977 – Jan 1999

Retired

Educational History

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Associate in Applied Science, Electronics Technology Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL

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