Karsten Solies
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Overland Park, KS 66207
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EXPERIENCE
Black and Veatch, Overland Park KS — Design Engineer MARCH 2018 - PRESENT
Designed fiber optic cable placement plans for fiber to the home applications. Interacted daily with fielding team to address workflow issues. Imported fielding data in ArcGIS mapping software and coordinated with a team of designers.
CHC Consulting, Kansas City — Engineer II
JAN 2017 - MARCH 2018
Designed and drafted fiber optic cable placement plans within city and rural areas. Worked with a team of engineers to create construction prints in AutoCAD. Created and lead monthly drafting efficiency meetings. Introduced new peripheral device to improve drafting process by 50-75%. Participated in employee committees to better workplace for employees and continued to push for innovation in the workplace to meet growing customer demands.
Garmin, Olathe KS — PCB Designer
DEC 2014 - DEC 2015
Designed and created printed circuit boards using CAD tools. Drafted documents that outlined procedures and processes followed for certain design considerations. Communicated with overseas offices to check adherence to design rules set by manufacturing. Assisted team with Microsoft Windows use and installation instructions for new software. EDUCATION
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN — Electrical Engineering
AUG 2010 - DEC 2014
Focus in logic design and microwave circuits. GPA: 3.97/4 Minor in Maintainability and Reliability Engineering. SKILLS
MS Office, AutoCAD,
Xilinx ISE, Logisim,
LTspice IV, Cadence,
MATLAB, Eagle,
ADS, CadStar
AWARDS
Outstanding Electrical
Engineering Junior (2013)
Awarded to one of 200
students in the 2012/2013
electrical engineering class
for outstanding academic
achievement.
Prestigious Min H. Kao
Scholarship -provided to the
very brightest undergraduate
students in electrical
engineering and computer
science. One of 17 students to
receive this award, received
for two consecutive academic
years 2012-2014.
ACTIVITIES
Vice President of IEEE Eta
Kappa Nu Honor Society