Controls Engineer Electrical

MARCUS MIDDLETON

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Controls/Electrical Engineer with 7+ years of experience in automation, product and machine integration, and maintenance in the medical manufacturing field. Through electrical, mechanical and manufacturing skills and experience, possess the ability to design, integrate, program, and validate universal and specialized automation machines and devices. Seeking to leverage Robotics programming, project management, and leadership abilities in the role of Controls Engineer.

RELEVANT SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Norwood Medical / Dayton, OH

Controls Engineer/Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

April 2022–Present

Successfully managed projects to integrate and program special machines for laser marking medical devices, increasing productivity by 24%

Successfully created and updated PLC programs for automated special machines and Fanuc robots including a water treatment system

Increased laser marking efficiency by reducing cycle time by as much as 75% by strategically conducting large scale Engineering Studies on Laser Annealing Adherence on stainless steel and other metals resulting in $100k+ cost savings.

Created calibration, process and manufacturing instructions for new and existing machines and products

Norwood Medical / Dayton, OH

Controls Maintenance/Laser Application Engineer

Sept 2017–April 2022

Successfully conducted the validation procedure to ensure Norwood Medical is GS1 compliant for laser marking 2D barcodes on medical devices

Conducted design and redesign meeting for fixturing of new and existing products that ultimately reduced variance and decreased scrap

Successfully improved the Laser marking manufacturing process that led to reduced scrap and reduced machine down time

Trained Controls Technicians in automation machine processes, troubleshooting, and maintenance.

Norfolk Southern Corp / Elkhart, IN April 2016–Sept 2017

Terminal Supervisor – Elkhart Yard

Co-lead a project of more than $2M track recruit redesign and cable installation.

Co-coordinated $1.2M of the Group Retarder installation project.

Supervised, trained, coordinated, and managed 18 employees over 3 shifts providing technical guidance for all phases of electrical/electronic equipment, communication and signal inspection, maintenance, and construction at Elkhart Terminal Yard

Norfolk Southern Corp / Atlanta, GA Oct 2014–Mar 2016

Engineering Associate

Managed, optimized and provided support for over 1000 hotbox detector (HBD) systems providing problem recognition and solution support resulting in 10% failure reduction

Successfully partnered with equipment vendors as technical liaison to resolve systemic hardware problems and perform testing of new hardware upgrade equipment

Norfolk Southern Corp / Danville, VA Sept 2013–Sept 2014

Management Trainee

Scheduled daily maintenance tasks, often serving as the supervisor providing guidance and support for equipment malfunctions and coordinating with different departments on placement of maintenance personnel

Organized, conducted, and documented the upgrade of over 200 Safetran Event Analyzer Recorder (SEAR) units for grade crossings resulting in early completion, and reduction in cost from excessive failures

The Home Depot / Atlanta, GA May 2012–Aug 2012

Merchandising Intern

Identified and tested products for integration into home automation infrastructure.

Rockwell Collins / Manchester, IA May 2011–Dec 2011

Manufacturing EE Co-op

Provide support for the F-18 & F-22 fighter jet display test processes through troubleshooting, parts replacement and process improvements

Redesigned and implemented permanent testing tool to reduce employee downtime and eliminated chronic ergonomic issues

Resolved piece-part obsolescence that resulted in no loss in transition time and savings from redesign

Maintained current-state configuration test documentation and proper change management procedures for all test documents. Resolved conflicts in documentation and process definitions that optimized workflow

EDUCATION

Georgia Southern University / Statesboro, GA

M.S. Applied Engineering, Mechatronics (Unfinished)

Relevant Courses: Programmable Logic Controllers, Advanced Quality Control, Mechatronics I, II, Research in Unsupervised Machine Learning for Autonomous Mobile Robots

Georgia Southern University / Statesboro, GA

B.S. Electrical Engineering

FE Certification

May 2013

Dec 2010

Oct 2010

Troubleshooting

Python

SQL SSMS

Epson Robot Certification

Keyence IV2 Vision

Trumpf Laser Design Expert

Cognex Vision System Programming

Fanuc Certification

AB RSLOGIX 5000 PLC programming

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