Design Engineer

Cover Letter:

Tabitha Willis

**** ****** **.

Rockford, IL 61101

August 12, 2009

Dear Recruiter:

Four years in college and 2 years experience…what have I learned? Plenty! Plenty that I can apply directly to the Engineering positions you have advertised on your company website.

The drive and focus to achieve: Your company success depends upon the ability of your staff to grasp a problem, evaluate the best way to solve it, and then work until the solution is in hand. This is precisely the process I followed through my Co-Op with Toyota Manufacturing, Design Engineer position, and all four years of school to graduate with a 2.70 grade-point average.

Hands On and Knowledge:

Toyota Manufacturing:

• Did work inside and outside the plant.

• Layout a new lighting plan for the whole plant to improve dim areas and cost savings.

• Work with a phone company to get telecommunications working for a new area outside the plant.

• Wrote instructions and safety procedures for new equipment that was being used in the substations.

• Did monthly walk through and maintenance checks on the plants’ transformers.

• Distribute power to various areas in the plant.

Design Engineer:

• Talk to vendors and looked at data sheets for proper usage of parts.

• Made schematics and project diagrams for manufacturing and fellow engineers.

• Designed and built (hands on) test stand and showed operators how to operate and repair it when I am not available.

• Improved existence test stands by implementing a more automated system.

Flexibility and creativity: A business gets stale when it continually recycles the same ideas time and time again. When you hire me, you get someone who thinks for herself, and who is not afraid to suggest new ways to approach a task as I did as the student worker responsible for proposing specific work duties, work schedules, work behaviors, and ethics standards to help better the working environment for now and the future. I am young but have lots of experience with people and getting the job done on time. If called outside normal business hours no problem helping out my company is what I do best.

An interview would grant me the opportunity to demonstrate my abilities. You can reach me at 815-***-**** to schedule an interview.

Thank you in advance for considering me.

Sincerely,

Tabitha N. Willis

Enclosure

Resume:

Tabitha N. Willis

2706 School Street, Rockford, IL 61101, 815-***-****, **************@*****.***

Objective To obtain a permanent position in the electrical engineering field by applying my current skills and given the opportunity to gain experience through on-the-job training which; would enable me to contribute those new technologies in an engineering company.

Experience Design Engineer

June 2008 - present

BVR Technologies, Rockford, IL 61109

• Built test stand to update existing programs in order to minimize space and comfort ability for operator

• Assisted senior design engineer with building circuits, documenting, ordering and verifying electronic parts, and assisted in writing some C-code

• Assisted in improving existing test stands for various projects with minimal supervision

• Automated test stands

• Unit troubleshooting/testing

Co-Op Engineering Program/Plant Engineering Department

January 2006 – December 2006

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Princeton, IN

• Assisted Plant Engineering Specialist I in completing power-distribution projects.

• Performed minor projects that were assigned daily from the Plant Engineering Specialist group with minimal supervision.

Student Worker

August 2003 – May 2008

Building Services PSO-SIUC Carbondale, IL

• Established and standardized procedural manuals based on team member needs, future, and business growth.

• Evaluated and screened potential students for hire.

• Welcomed and directed walk-ins to the appropriate departments

• Received incoming telephone calls, filing and data input

Education Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Graduation – May 2008

Technology MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, Auto-Cad, MS Visio, Matlab,

C++ Programming

Honors

• Awarded a six week culture exchange from Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.

• Recognized by SIU Honors program as a scholarship recipient.

Interests

• Volunteer for student Alumni Association.

• Member of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.

• Member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) at Southern Illinois University

References upon request

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