Robert Jon Burgett

PO Box ****, Hudson, OH ***** 540-***-**** (cell) adya57@r.postjobfree.com

Key Skills

Team player – Personally invests in the success of the current project, with an eye towards balancing multidisciplinary team collaboration with individual effort. Customer-oriented – Willing to understand and address a customer’s needs and concerns, without making unrealistic promises or divulging inappropriate information. Problem-solving – Interested in determining the root cause of a problem in order to find a best resolution approach.

Software skills – Experienced with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as AutoCAD, Inventor, and AutoDesk Vault. Also coding experience in Visual Basic.Net, C#/C++/C, Fortran, Matlab, LabView, and Verilog. Some familiarity with SAP, SQL Server, MS Access, Cobol, and PSS/E. Career History

Hubbell Power Systems 2016-2023

Arrester Design Engineer, Wadsworth, OH, USA

• Maintained design sets for hollow-core lightning arrester product lines, including drawing maintenance and implementation of custom variations

• Arranged design qualification tests in accordance with IEEE C62.11 and IEC 60099-4 standards, incorporating the results into customer-facing design test reports

• Improved existing design and analysis spreadsheets for completeness and usability

• Tested and disassembled customer returns, producing reports analyzing whether a failure had occurred and why

ABB Inc. 2010-2016

Transformer Design Engineer, South Boston, VA, USA 2014-2016

• Prepared transformer designs and related documents in accordance with the requirements of each customer, making use of established formats and general instructions

• Coordinated with marketing, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing to ensure that specified engineering criteria were suitable to the end customer’s requirements, recommending revisions as appropriate

• Participated in the investigation and resolution of technical design issues Robert Jon Burgett 2

CDS Transformer Electrical Design Domain Expert, Cary, NC, USA 2010-2014

• Developed and implemented transformer design features for ABB’s Common Design System

(CDSe), including:

o Automated selection, modification, and optimization of an appropriate "best-fit" transformer design for a given customer specification o Wound-loop delta core dimension and loss calculations o Coreframe implementation for medium-distribution transformers, incorporating cost optimization and stress calculations for clamps and tie rods o Transformer winding design patterns to be used for wound-core designs in individual factories

• Made various improvements in existing features of the CDSe app, including: o Tank sizing calculation for large-distribution American-market transformers o Tank sizing calculation for small-distribution transformers, incorporating bushings and measurement transformers

o Preventative-autotransformer design

o Eddy loss calculation

• Assisted in on-site user training sessions in local factories as well as sessions held at CDS development offices

Intern 2010

• Developed basic understanding of ABB transformer design methodologies in power ranges up to and including small-power transformers, with focus on Liquid-Stacked and Dry-Stacked technologies

• Translated legacy transformer design algorithms from their original computer languages (such as Fortran and classic Basic) for inclusion in the Common Design System (CDSe), including winding gradient calculation and preventative autotransformer optimization

• Developed new features for inclusion into the CDSe app, including optimization of core step size, tank sizing for SPT ANSI designs, and the functionality of a new user-interface representation for disk windings

American Research Corporation of Virginia, Radford, VA 2003-2010 Engineer 2008-2010

• Gained experience with microwave-frequency signal generator and network analyzer equipment, particularly as connected to printed-circuit-board ring resonators, in context of polymer thin-film AC dielectric measurement

• Gained experience with high-voltage polymer thin-film dielectric measurement at DC using parallel- plate electrodes

• Developed test protocols for measurement of dielectric properties of thin polymer films at both DC and high frequency

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• Reimplemented existing computer-controlled laser driver systems, augmenting them to incorporate on-board microcontrollers for improved calibration speed and measurement precision

• Maintained and upgraded company IT capability

Research Assistant Summer 2003, Summer 2004

• Designed and prototyped computer-controlled driver circuits for experimental surface-sensitive diode lasers, then implemented these designs as printed circuit boards

• Developed circuit control apps using LabView to interface with laser driver circuits, including calibration utilities and live experiment graphing functionality

• Gained experience with legacy instrumentation, including tube-based and solid-state waveform generators

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Chattanooga, TN 2006-2007 Intern Summer 2006, Summer 2007

• Assisted in initial design and coding of data receiving, storage, and retrieval system for power frequency datasets

• Improved existing database query algorithm for retrieving large power frequency datasets from multiple servers, reducing download time by a factor of 10

• Performed on-site installation and support for Frequency Disturbance Recorder (FDR) field units created by Virginia Tech's FNET for use by TVA

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 2005-2009

Graduate Teacher’s Assistant / Grader, Bradley (ECE) Department Various semesters

• Served for various classes, including Introduction to Power Systems, Industrial Electronics, and Microprocessor Systems Design

• Conducted lab sessions that introduced basic electronic circuits to both ECE and non-ECE undergraduates, from simple resistive networks to transistor-based logic circuits

• Helped students interface microcontrollers with a variety of chip-level peripherals, such as lights, knobs, speakers, DACs and ADCs, coding in both assembler and C

• Guided students in developing analytical, problem-solving approaches to lab assignments and homework problems

Education

MS, Electrical Engineering

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA): 2009

BS, Electrical Engineering

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA): 2005

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