Fritz E Schmidt
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Genoa City, WI 53128
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Electrical Project Business Development Engineer (BS) with extensive, progressive, hands-on experience in Industrial Automation, Motion Control and Mechatronics. Experience has led to an expertise in Product Design, Project/Product Management, Vendor/Customer Training, CAD, PLC’s, Pneumatics/Fluid Power and Integrated Systems (mechatronics). German fluent (expert). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020-Present
Jones, Lang, Lasalle, Illinois
Amazon Reliability Maintenance Engineering
Lead Technician
Maintaining 98% on-time task completion resulting in 99% uptime.
Supervise weekly scheduling of maintenance task assignments across all shifts.
Execute all procedural training for incoming technicians including safety protocols, maintenance tasks and record keeping.
Coordinate and schedule vendor repairs including onsite vendor qualifications
Utilize Chime interface to communicate with JLL and client (Amazon) onsite and offsite management/leadership.
Utilize Infor application for tracking of Preventative Maintenance Requests, repair requests, and inventory.
2010-2020
Renishaw Inc West Dundee, Illinois
Encoder Products Division
Applications Engineer
Applications Engineering of positional encoder devices
Troubleshooting of positional systems
Installation and support of linear laser interferometers
Construction of styli for use with CMM equipment
Initial commissioning of gauging equipment
2008- 2010
Dunkermotoren, Crystal Lake, Illinois
Applications Engineer
Applications Engineering of DC Motors, Servomotors gear boxes and associated peripherals
Programming of “Smart” motors as per customers request 2005-2008
THK America Schaumburg, Illinois
Mechatronics Department
Electrical Engineer
New Product Launch of Yaskawa “Y-Code” software used with Low Cost Actuator VLA.
Integration of Yaskawa amplifiers and motion controllers to THK Product line.
Electrical Engineering liaison for Sales Department and Mechanical Engineering.
Create wiring schematics and specification.
Created all necessary instruction manuals/technical documentation to support Sales team.
Train associates on Linear & rotary servomotor products.
Created new Dynamic Demo units for THK’s Sales and Marketing 2002- 2004
M.I.H Engineering, Chicago Illinois
Engineering Department
Electrical Design/ Project Engineer
Designed and marketed personal computer accessories for the consumer market. 2001 – 2002
Flow Products Chicago Illinois
Applications & Business Development Engineer
Responsible for the integration and fabrication of Hydraulic, Pneumatic, and electro-mechanical systems, to customer specifications.
Provide support for outside as well as inside sales force.
Pre-installation testing of all systems, and generating the qualifying documentation for this equipment.
Duties included frequent contact with customers to co-ordinate their applications and possible design changes
2000 – 2001
Cimrex Electronics Incorporated, Chicago Illinois
Technical Business Development Manager
Responsible for the day to day management of the technical issues, which included customer service, prototyping PLC systems, creating and maintaining all technical documents.
Customer service and training activities.
1996 – 2000
Siemens Energy and Automation, Elk Grove Village Illinois Field Service & Training Engineer
Along as acting as Field Service Engineer I was also responsible for the creation and translation of documentation (German to English).
Utilized in the training of customers (internal and external) on servo systems and their applications, programming and maintenance.
Conducting training with emphasis on servo system design, programming and maintenance of motion control systems.
1993 - 1995
Fuji America Corporation, Vernon Hills Illinois
Business Development, Training & Electrical Service Engineer
Responsible for installation, programming, trouble-shooting and initial training of customers on the Fuji product line.
Responsible for the training of customers (internal and external) in the programming, maintenance, and operation of MPM Solder Paste Screen Printers DC stepper motors, Pneumatic actuators and their control via DOS and Windows. EDUCATION
DeVry University US-Illinois-Chicago
Bachelor's Degree, 1993
1989 - 1993 DeVry University Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Science Electronic Engineering Technology March 1993 SKILLS
Bilingual German Expert.
Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access) Intermediate 17 years
Adobe Photoshop Intermediate 4 years
AutoCAD 12/14 & 2006
Chime
Infor