Engineer Controls

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South Lyon

Michigan *****-***2 248-***-**** (home)

313-***-**** (cell)

e-mail: **********@*******.*** Gerald E. Voorheis

Objective

Work on design and development of Machine Controls

Experience Michigan Custom Machines, Inc. Novi, MI

(January-October 2008)

Title: Contract Controls Engineer (Citistaff Ltd)

Developed AutoCAD Electrical Control Drawings for a

series of Test Machines for High-pressure Diesel

Pumps.

Developed a Siemens S7-300 PLC control program for

above testers using Step 7 Software.

Ford Motor Company, Woodhaven, MI (July 2007)

Title: Contract PLC Programmer (Accu-Staff

International Ltd)

Start up and standby support of Allen-Bradley PLC-5

Ford welding lines.

KUKA Flexible Production Systems, Redford, MI (May

2007 to June 2007)

Title: Contract PLC Programmer (Waterstons

International LLC)

Debug and start up of Allen-Bradley PLC-5 based Ford

robot cells.

Applied Grinding Technologies, Wixom, MI (September

2006 to March 2007)

Title: Controls Engineer

Wrote C# software for Balluff RFID tags and Allen

Bradley SLC-500 ladder logic.

Debug and start up of Delta Tau based CNC Dressing

machines using Kollmorgen servo drives and linear

motors.

Automated Control Systems, Novi, MI (2005 to

September 2006)

Title: Controls Engineer.

Wrote software for Telemechanique TSX Premium,

GE-Fanuc 9030 and Allen Bradley SLC-500, PLC-5 and

Compact Logics PLC's and PanelView, RSViewME, and

Magelis HMI's for assembly/test machines.

Debug and start up of Omron PLC/Total Control

Products QuickPanel Jr. based assembly/test machines.

Schenck Motorama; Durr Production Systems,

Farmington, MI

Durr Systems, Warren, MI (2002 to 2005)

Title: Software Engineer

Developed C++, PLC-5, Control-Logix and HMI software

for Automotive Roll Test and Wheel Alignment

machines.

Commissioned Machines.

Designed CLICK/Wonderware HMI and control software.

Wisne Design/ComauPICO, Southfield, MI (1994 to

2001)

Title: Controls Designer

Designed Autocad-14 control drawings.

Wrote AB PLC-5, Panelview and 1394-GML software for

automotive assembly and robot welding lines, glass

cells and vision controlled axle alignment machines.

Fori Automation, Inc., Shelby Township, MI (1987 to

1994)

Title: Electronics Engineer

Wrote and maintained real-time control programs in

the "C" programming language for Software in IBM-PC

based wheel alignment machines, automotive testers

and UNIX data collection systems.

Used Microsoft, Borland, Lattice, and Interactive

UNIX "C" compilers. Used Assembler API Libraries for

IEEE-488, Data Highway Plus, Ethernet, Oracle SQL,

and dual VGA.

Wrote driver programs for Allen Bradley Data Highway

and Mitsubishi AJ71 protocols.

Wrote MS-DOS interrupt handlers for reading

high-speed encoder cards, and the Intel 82530 SCC.

Stegner Electric Controls, Inc., Livonia, MI (1985

to 1987)

Title: Controls Engineer

Wrote 50% of the PLC control program for a 14-station

welding transfer line. Software included: Dual

PLC-3's connected via peer to peer communication,

fixed welding, 11 GMF Design robots, 3 welding

presses, shuttle transfer, and elevators to load and

unload power and free conveyor.

Wrote the complied Cyber-BASIC program for a Gould

3220 Motion Controller used in a car seat pouring

system with 2 XY-axis pairs and a 44-foot diameter

rotary table.

Syron Engineering & Manufacturing Corporation,

Saline, MI (1979 to 1985)

Title: Systems Engineer

Responsible for hardware and software design of an

Allen Bradley 8200 CNC based control for a 3-axis

horizontal milling and boring machine.

Responsible for hardware development of a

microprocessor-based high-speed punch press

controller. Developed schematics, layouts, wire

lists and manuals.

Provided consulting and field service to customers

across the U.S. and Canada on a broad variety of

European industrial manufacturing systems.

Responsible for start up of the motion control

portion of a 1.2 million-dollar metal strip annealing

system near Reading, PA.

Balance Technology, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (1977 to

1978)

Title: Service Engineer

Responsible for testing, start up and field service

of balancing machines and for training customer

employees.

Education BSE (Electrical Engineering) - The University of

Michigan, 1977

Other Training:

Bosch Rexroth "MTX Workshop Level 1" - 2006

Rockwell Automation "CLICK Standard and ICS

Designer"- 2003

Rockwell Automation "CLICK - HMI Integration" - 2003

Rockwell Automation "Programming a 1394 GMC System

Using GML Commander Software" - 2000

Allen-Bradley "Series 8200 PAL Course" - 1982

Languages Fluent in German

Professional The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Membership (IEEE)

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