RESUME FOR LARRY BOURGEOIS

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SUMMARY

Electrical Engineer with Reliability Engineer certification. Experience with electrical systems/infrastructure, instrumentation devices/installations, electronic equipment, reliability analysis, reliability improvement, maintenance strategies, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), failure analysis, root cause analysis, cost reduction, safety, MOC, PHA, and E&I project design/implementation/improvement facilitator.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

California State University of Fullerton; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering; 1990

Certified Reliability Engineer: American Society for Quality (ASQ): Active

EXPERIENCE

Alstom Signaling, Melbourne, FL, Nov/2016 to Feb/2023; RAM (Reliability Availability Maintainability) Engineer

Performed all RAM related activities for railroad signaling engineering company. Conducted RAM analysis for new and existing electronic signaling products: MTBF, FMEA, Maintainability, Availability, Reliability Growth, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Monitoring, Field Data Management, Weibull. Created RAM documents: RAM Plan, RAM Report, RAM Monitoring, Reliability Growth, FMEA, Reliability Block Diagrams, Product Reliability Models. RAM software tools: RAM Commander, Reliasoft,

Invista, Orange, TX, Sept/2012 to March/2015, Electrical & Instrumentation Reliability Engineer

High volume chemical production plant. Designed and advised E&I projects to completion including, control valves, electrical equipment, switchgear, MCC’s, motors, VFD’s, motion sensors, UPS’s, and instrumentation control loops for pressure, level, flow, temperature, and analyzers. Investigated failures and performed Root Cause Analysis. Increased Availability of Production, Reliability of equipment, and profits by analyzing failures, modifying SAP preventive maintenance (PM) plans, and re-designing E&I equipment systems for robust operation.

ASP, Irvine, CA, May/2011 to Sept/2011 (6 Month Contract), Reliability Engineer

Created reliability test plans and procedures for medical product manufacturer. Designed, assembled, and documented test fixtures. Performed reliability tests, documented results, and made recommendations for improvement.

KLD Energy Technologies, Austin, TX, Oct/2010 to May/2011, Senior Reliability Engineer

Performed reliability analysis and tests on electronic equipment for electric vehicle start-up company including HALT, MTBF, Life Test, Energy Efficiency, Torque, Thermal, Vibration, Shock, Safety, and Enclosure Seals.

General Dynamics, Scottsdale, AZ, Jan/2010 to Sep/2010 (6 Month Contract) Senior Reliability Engineer

Implemented FRACAS, trained engineers in XFRACAS software, led Failure Review Board meetings, and performed FMECA and Reliability Predictions for RF electronic military equipment manufacturer.

Bastion Tech Inc, Huntsville, AL. Dec/2008 to Jun/2009 (6 Month Contract) Senior Reliability Engineer

Performed reliability analysis and provided reliability technical advice on NASA equipment designs at the Marshall Space Flight Center facility including FTA, WCA, RCA, FRACAS, FMECA, RBD, MTBF, CIL, and SA.

Jacobs, Houston, TX. Mar/2008 to Nov/2008 (6 Month Contract) Senior Safety/Reliability Engineer

Performed Safety and Reliability analysis on NASA equipment designs at the Johnson Space Center facility including FTA, WCA, RCA, FRACAS, FMECA, RBD, MTBF, HA, CIL, and SA.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Boulder, CO. 2005-2008 Senior Reliability Engineer

Performed reliability analysis on new and existing electronic designs including Circuit Analysis, Part Stress Analysis, MTBF Predictions, Limited Life Items, FMECA, Reliability Block Diagrams, Fault Tree Analysis, and FRACAS.

Cubic Defense Applications, San Diego, Ca. 2003-2004 Reliability Engineer

Performed reliability analysis on all new and existing electronic designs for military equipment manufacturer including MTBF, FMECA, Human Factors Analysis, Safety Analysis, and Maintainability. Created reliability reports for contract proposals. Established Failure Database to analyze field and production failures for process and product improvement.

Lambda Electronics, San Diego, Ca. 1999-2003 Sustaining Engineer

Solved design, test, and manufacturability problems for dozens of power supply models. Issues included part substitutions, mechanical and electrical failures, design changes, and new product introduction into manufacturing. Main focus was to ensure timely delivery of quality products to the customer in a high volume manufacturing facility.

Taiyo Yuden, USA, Inc. San Marcos, Ca 1996-1999 Reliability Engineer

Created reliability test plans, built test fixtures, conducted tests, analyzed data, and worked with design engineers to eliminate design weaknesses for power supply manufacturer. Tests included HALT, HASS, FMECA, Stress Analysis, Shock and Vibration, Life Tests, DOE, and MTBF. Implemented SPC, FRACAS, RCA, and Continuous Improvement.

Liebert Corp., Irvine, Ca 1993-1996 Test Engineer and Test/Assembly Department Supervisor

Managed technicians and assemblers for UPS and Switchgear manufacturer to ensure Production shipping goals were met. Incorporated technician monitoring system to increase productivity and efficiency. Assisted Engineering with prototype evaluation and analysis. Designed and built LabVIEW test equipment and conducted thermal reliability tests.

Sundstrand Power Systems, San Diego, Ca. 1990-1993 Test Engineer

Designed, built, and programmed automated and manual test fixtures for product testing. Redesigned existing test equipment to increase productivity. Created all test equipment documentation including schematics, mechanical layout, parts list (BOM), test procedures, theory of operation, and specifications.

Emerson Computer Power, Santa Ana, Ca. 1987-1990 Electrical Engineer

Member of high power UPS design team. Conducted tests and analysis of prototypes. Assembled and initialized prototype equipment. Installed and verified operation of all engineering modifications. Transitioned new products into production.

Babcock E.M.I., Anaheim, Ca. 1982-1987 Engineering Technician

Built and tested prototypes for power supply designs. Fabricated specialized test equipment and documentation. Troubleshoot failures, implemented engineering changes, trained technicians, and maintained test lab.

MILITARY SERVICE (E5): 1977 to 1981; U.S. Marine Corps; Radio Repair Technician

Secret Clearance

Kept radio equipment operational.

Troubleshoot and repair equipment failures.

Trained technicians.

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