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Fremont, CA – *****

Amandeep Singh

ac3kyw@r.postjobfree.com

510-***-****

CAREER SUMMARY

** ***** ** *********** ********** in the design, analysis, development, construction, calibration/testing/measurement, commissioning, operation and/or maintenance of complex electrical power, control & communications projects in

Generation, transmission & distribution areas in Electric Utilities

Superconducting fault-current limiter solutions for enhanced short-circuit current tolerance in Smart-grid

Process-control in Pharmaceutical manufacturing industry

Automated control tools for Semi-conductor manufacturing industry

SKILLS

AutoCAD-E, Microstation, PSCAD, MATLAB, Wonderware, Simatic S7, STEP7-Micro/WIN, AB MicroLogix, RS-Logix500, RS Linx, RS View, GE Series 90 – 30/20, GLC 2300, GP-PRO/PB-III C - Package 03, ProServer with ProStudio, Assembly Language, Semi-S2, NEC, IEC, MS Office Suite.

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Project Management

Chow Engineering,

Oakland, CA

Feb 2015 – Present

Performing following activities in support of design, development and delivery of electrical construction and/or modification projects primarily aimed at supporting the electric utility industry –

Assisting project management with writing requirement specifications, scope of work, schedule and estimates of electrical modification works at various PG&E generating stations

Preparing technical documents including electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering specifications; test reports; manufacturing, testing & integration procedures; operation & maintenance manuals;

Performing AC/DC distribution design and voltage drop calculations, short-circuit analyses;

Electrical Engineer

Manufacturing

Primus Power,

Hayward, CA

June 2014 – Aug 2014

Performed following activities in support of design, development and factory manufacturing of flow-batteries, primarily aimed at supporting the smart-grid energy storage –

Prepared technical documents including electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering specifications; scope of work; test reports; manufacturing, testing & integration procedures; operation & maintenance manuals;

Specified components and purchased them by following departmental procedures;

Led the engineering & troubleshooting support for existing and new systems and sub-systems;

Set up a test bed platform for validating the overall function of the flow battery system.

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Product Development

Zenergy Power, Burlingame, CA

Jan 2008 – Jun 2012

Performed following activities in the areas of design, development, analysis, release, manufacturing, factory-testing, commissioning and the subsequent operation and/or maintenance (O&M) of multiple High-temperature Superconducting (HTS) Fault Current Limiters, primarily aimed for enhancing short-circuit protection of grid sub-stations –

Prepared technical documents including electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering specifications; scope of work; test reports; manufacturing, testing & integration procedures; operation & maintenance manuals;

Led all the electrical aspects (technical correctness, constructability, safety, schedule, maintainability and operability) for the installation and commissioning of the first-ever, full-scale Fault Current Limiter that was operated under commercial service in US electric Grid;

Provided project feasibility analyses for prospective customers including major electric utilities like CONED, PG&E, SDG&E, AEP, First Energy, CE Electric (UK) and sponsors like California Energy Commission (CEC) & Deptt. of Energy (DOE);

Directed the enhancement & evaluation of the electrical design, protection & deployment of superconducting electromagnets;

Assisted in development of testing standards for FCL in IEEE working group

Co-ordinated and conducted the short-circuit testing and high-voltage testing with Powertech & KEMA laboratories;

Analyzed the test data for validating design conformity and suggested solutions for improvement;

Supported the implementation of Siemens CPU-317 PLC based Cryogenics & Grid control system and Wonderware SCADA interface;

Peer-reviewed the work of cross-functional teams by assisting in electrostatic, thermal, control & magnetic designs as well as the magnetostatic, electromagnetic & stress analyses;

Obtained competitive quotes from suppliers, purchased and expedited equipment orders involving the electrical area for capital projects

Handled the management of vendors, suppliers, design & manufacturing partners.

Electrical Engineer

Design, Build, Validation, Verification, Release

Seminet Automation, San Jose, CA

Apr 2007 – Dec 2007

Performed following activities in support of design, development and factory manufacturing of clean-tech automation tools, primarily aimed at supporting the semiconductor manufacturing processes –

Executing product documentation on modification of existing and release of new products including assembly and test fixtures, BOM structures, specifications, SOP, test methods, drawings, electrical schematics, ECOs/ECNs, manuals;

Performed test validations and troubleshooting tests for design verification and validation of automation products;

PLC programming support for automating reticle packaging in a CS8C-controlled, Staubli robot equipped reticle-transfer system;

Lent managing support for engineering builds and provided technical data and reports to the internal development teams;

Coordinated activities of technicians and assemblers to complete design control deliverables.

Instrumentation Technician – Level B

Field instrumentation calibration & maintenance

Bayer Healthcare, Berkeley, CA

Nov 2006 – Feb 2007

Performed the following activities in supporting the operation & maintenance of control and instrumentation of a pharmaceutical facility –

Maintenance of existing Instrumentation and Controls systems and commissioning of capital upgrade projects.

Calibrated various field instrumentation devices, sensors, transmitters including Flow, Pressure, Level, Temperature, pneumatics, VFD, hydraulics, load-cells, pH and conductivity analyzers etc.

Interpreted as built drawings, Logic drawings, Signal Flow Diagrams, Wiring Diagrams, Panel Drawings, Loop Sheets and Wire Lists.

Performed calibrations, loop checks, functional testing and verification of control applications.

Sub-Divisional Engineer

11kV & 66kV Distribution

220kV Sub-station O&M

Punjab State Electricity Board, India

Mar 2003 – Oct 2005

Performed the following activities in supervising the operation & maintenance of a commercial distribution sub-divisional area of 65000 consumers of different rate-payer categories including residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, bulk –

Prepared network augmentation proposals from load analysis & forecasting and implemented them following administrative approval;

Reviewed and submitted for approval the drawings, cost estimates, test-reports, work instructions and materials-lists prepared for maintenance of existing distribution network infrastructure and new construction projects;

Prepared specifications for construction, augmentation contracts and evaluated bids;

Also, headed the commercial operations of this sub-division supervising monthly meter-reading, revenue forecasting, forwarding of consumption-data to bill-generation authority, assess actual revenue realization and its reconciliation against sub-station export energy;

Prepared monthly commercial & technical performance reports for the sub-division;

Operation & maintenance of a 220 kV grid sub-station.

Assistant Engineer (Electrical)

I & C, Construction & Start-up

Punjab State Electricity Board, India

Jun 1999 – Feb 2003

Performed the following technical activities towards construction, commissioning and operation & maintenance of the 4 synchronous generator-units of a 600 MW hydroelectric power-plant (each 13.8 kV, 7000 A, 166 MVA) –

Constituted, configured and commissioned the ABB ProControl – P13/42 system of the Power-Plant Auto-Sequencer and Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR);

Integrated PRAUT 80/13P local operator station, various control-components & all the associated instrumentation to complete ABB ProControl – P DCS constitution;

Validated their complete closed-loop logic functionality after checking all I/O, Driver-modules, COM modules, control-relays & verifying protective permissives/interlocks;

Tested and implemented a comprehensive hardwired protection scheme for AVR Panels;

Led the assembly, installation, interconnections, testing, calibration & commissioning of Static Excitation System, Unit Control Station & Unit Relay Station, dynamic regenerative braking system, field-breaker, field-flashing breaker and grid-synchronizing circuits;

Pre-commissioning high-voltage, metering & protection and instrumentation testing of a 13.8kV/615V 1650kVA excitation-transformer;

Measured & documented the actual performance characteristics (SCC & OCC) of four 150MW generators;

Pressed into commission the distributed fire-alarm system, a 800 kVA backup DG Set, multiple 440 V AC 3-phase power-distribution boards, 220 V Float & Boost battery-chargers and UPS panels, De-watering motor (50 kW) and Drainage motor (20 kW) of the Power-Plant;

Worked in conjunction with Protection Engineer for testing of various Generator Protection Schemes; e.g. Bus Differential, Over-fluxing, Over-voltage, Stator Earth-Fault, Rotor Earth-fault & Rotor Restricted E/F tests etc.

EDUCATION

B.S. (Electronics & Electrical Communication)

Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

July ‘97

CERTIFICATION

Engineer-in-Training

California Board of Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors, Sacramento, CA

Jan ‘07

(first attempt)

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