Lead Engineer

SUMIT TAYAL

●**** North Oakridge Circle ● Erie, PA 16509

● Email: ***********@*****.*** ● Mobile: 573-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Electrical Engineer with extensive experience in design, development and validation of power electronic devices at system and sub system level

· Electrical Engineer specialized in the area of Power Electronics and Sensors.

· Innovative thinker for Cost Improvement

· Experience in Supplier Management at small and large companies

· Electrical Engineering with advanced degree in Bioengineering

Technical Expertise

· Industry Training: Six Sigma- Green Belt trained, DOORS

· Statistical Quality Control: ANOVA, Statistical Programming – SAS

· CAD: Pro/E Wildfire 2.0

· Computer Languages: MATLAB, Simulink, C++

EXPERIENCE

General Electric (GE) Transportation, Erie, PA 2007 - Present

Lead Engineer (Contract to permanent hire)

Designed, tested and validated - traction and auxiliary inverters in locomotive operation. Modified/Replaced components including Insulated Gate Bi-polar Transistor (IGBT), Gate Driver board and sensors

· Analyzed/tested IGBT and heat sink thermal power losses for traction inverter using MATLAB and Simulink confirming viability of conversion from Copper to lighter/less expensive Aluminum heat sink. Annualized cost savings estimated at $1.4 M while global customer base benefited from compliance enhancements resulting from weight reductions

· Introduced new dual IGBT for auxiliary inverter that shared the same DC voltage as Traction inverter of locomotive. Total savings led to $4 M annually with increased the fuel efficiency of the locomotive by 2-3%

· Applied Six Sigma methodology in estimating IGBT and sensor success rate to 99.99% that helped in certifying first European locomotive order, established new market for General Electric

· Authored purchase specifications and engineering design guides for inverter and its components

· Selected, tested and applied Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodology to replace existing current sensors with new ones, resulting in cost improvement of $400,000 dollars/year

Neeltran Inc., New Milford, CT 2006 –2007 Quality/Test Engineer

Designed, tested and performed quality inspection for transformers and power supplies. Managed vendor requisitioning and supplier management process.

· Designed and tested Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) and IGBT based power supplies (up to 25000 KVA)

· Executed quality inspections of industrial transformers, rectifiers and converters

· Supervised and guided 2 technicians for testing transformers

· Issued design specifications and documentation for high and low voltage electrical equipments

· Performed service, modification and troubleshoot of power supplies at customer site

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 2002-2006

Research Assistant – Machine & Engine Lab, Bio Engineering Department

Researched, designed, validated an optical sensor and researched/tested biodiesel fuel. Managed all machine lab projects.

· Developed optical sensor to detect the cloud point of diesel and biodiesel fuel

· Researched solutions to prevent the solidification of fuel in an automobile due to cold weather

· Built electro-mechanical test stand to test the properties of fuel ranged from -40°C to 25°C

· Implemented electronics circuitry interfacing computer with sensor operation

· Conducted statistical data analysis in Microsoft excel, MATLAB and SAS

Shree Mahalaxmi Electricals, Saharanpur, India 2001-2002

Electrical Engineer

Designed, installed, and troubleshoot electrical and electronic circuits.

· Designed Inverters for home and industrial usage (500W ~50KW)

· Interfaced with customer to find the right solutions for design of required circuits

EDUCATION

· Master of Science–Biological Engineering, University of Missouri (UMC), May 2006

· Bachelor of Science- Electrical Engineering (Power Electronics), Nagpur University, India, 2001

· Engineering Internship - Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, India 1999

· Assumed responsibility for the manufacturing of a 500MW generator

· Learned testing and operation of generators

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