| Name : | Berhanu Belete |
| Email Address : | bbelete_2000@yahoo.com |
| Telephone : | 763 862 6264 |
| Location : | 12464 Sycamore St. NW coon rapids MN 55448 |
| BERHANU D BELETE 12464 Sycamore St. NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55448 Home: (763) 862-6264, Cell: (612) 644-2598, bbelete_2000@yahoo.com, SUMMARY Electrical/ Control system engineer with expertise in power command system architect and monitoring network design, wireless hardware system integration and test, and provided network global support. I also have extensive experience the applications of medium voltage and low voltage switchgear, Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS), Energy Management System (EMS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) technology including custom built PLC/ SCADA/ HMI, Modbus, FT-10 LON base network and controlled the generators real time data with the LON network for internet web base applications. Strengths created construction documentation, including drawings design, planning/scheduling, and RF product tests, verification of circuit card assemblies, configured and troubleshot the circuit cards that to ensure the product was ready for the market. TECHNOLOGIES LON FT-10 Network LAN/WAN/VLAN TCP/IP Modbus RS232/485 VSLM/RIP/IGRP/EGRP VoIP/WIFI FTP/NDM MPLS/SNMP/SMTP ISDN/ATM/PRI IEEE Standards Microsoft Word, Excel, AutoCAD/OrCAD/ PSpice UL, ANSI/IEC, NEMA, and NEC Power Point C/C++ or Visual Basic, Java, XML EXPERIENCE CUMMINS POWER GENERATION, Fridley, MN 2008-2009 Electrical/ Control system design engineer Designed and developed the Cummins power command system monitoring network design, wireless hardware system design, integration test for LON network for iWatch 100 Internet Web base application that used ECHELON i.LON 100 e3 and i.LON 600 servers and provided remote monitoring and controlled the real Genset data. • Led a global network support for Cummins Power system monitoring using LON network and wireless for i.Watch 100 products that evaluated system, prepared specs, test systems verification and validating performance, developed web application images, scripts, and documentation. • Responsible for design and EMI/EMC test support RF based products and electronic systems, experience developing real-time embedded control systems, communications interface, digital/analog electronics, PSpice simulation and sensor interfacing. • System integration and automation network for PLC and HMI/SCADA systems for power command LON network, and custom panel board wiring design and layout. • Knowledge/experience with standard communication protocols, RS232, RS485, Modbus, & J1939 or other CAN based protocols. • Experience working within a structured system engineering process performing analysis, defining requirements, performing system-level design, and system integration. • Supported global remote access for the sales representatives to maintain productivity. • Developed verification test plan for the Cummins network products, evaluate, and verified the test and documents the test procedure to comply with UL standard. PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL, A John Deere Company, Fargo, ND (2008-2008) Product Test Engineer (3 month project) Designed and implement a test fixture to vehicle/Automotive dashboard display. The display or instrument cluster has monitored 18 discrete, 2 analog, 2 frequencies inputs and displays information to the user on 3 analog gauges, 18 icon indicators and an LCD. Maintained accurate and up to date schedules of futures and current testing using Labview 8.2 Berhanu D Belete (612) 644-2598 PAGE 2 • Prepared product test plan and testing procedure to ensure the product fixture met the functional test pass/fail criteria. Maintained accurate documentation of testing results and test schedule progression for design practice. • Designed and built test fixtures and implemented Labview codes for specific project and development on to up ensure accurate information displayed on the screen. • Maintained electrical test and RF test measurement, IC test, and electronic functional test to assure product consistency and standardization. BLACK BOX NETWORK SERVICE, Brooklyn Park, MN 2005-2008 Customer Support/Test Engineering Provided technical support and maintained Black Box existing products. Designed and developed System integration, built telecom life test fixture, performed functional and operational testing analysis, and troubleshot on computer electronic and telephone equipment services for Siemens, Ericsson, Meridian, Lucent and Nortel. • Prepared product test procedures for new service products to ensure the technician understood the product. • Maintained a RF product test, verification of circuit card assemblies, configured and troubleshot the circuit cards including T1, Multiplexer, trunk, PBX system, and routers to ensure the product was ready for the market. • Configured switch network, IP Ethernet, video, and data network to meet customer requirements. • Troubleshot, test and debugged the network issue using Agilent Test Equipments to eliminate down time throughout network products and software. • Evaluated the complex electronic circuit boards, testing, and component level troubleshooting with RF base equipments and RF analyzer to ensure the product was running. • Recorded the test documents to improve the design practice. THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION, Minneapolis, MN 2004-2005 Instrumentation support Engineering Provide an Instrument Support and engineering for Thermo Electron Corporation’s Process Instruments Division is a specialty line of industrial in-motion weighing, inspection, and monitoring and control equipment. These products are used for process control, production monitoring and automation. Tasks including: • Proven background of industrial electronics maintenance & circuit board troubleshooting. • Implemented micro-controller with C based programming for control system of Spectra-Quad 4000 moisture sensor product; • Troubleshooting, failure analysis, test and maintenance of touch panel flux circuit boards, and programming PLC interface system with conveyor belt speed controller, servo motor speed control using Allen Bradley Micrologix 1000 PLC, and Rockwell PLC programming tools. • CAD design and drafting for schematic controller board global universal sonic sensor designs, testing, and maintenance. • Quality assurance for customer products and related electronics, to meet the customers’ requirements including testing, components level troubleshooting, and calibration of customer equipment orders. • Developed experience and strong understanding of/in electronic components, working knowledge of Gorring Kerr DSP series metal detectors, moisture sensors, DSP control panels, and power supply designs. Berhanu D Belete (612) 644-2598 PAGE 3 3M CORPORATION, Saint Paul, MN 2001-2004 Product Development and system reliability Engineer Responsibilities to design and development of a new respiratory diaphragm and the coated wire insulation within R&D teams that required reliability test for deferent UL standards in the lab, quality assurance and testing such as thermo aging, material properties (tensile, compression, texture analysis), temperature controllers, UV, weathering, and pressure tests for US and overseas markets. • Assisted and developed system test equipments that interfaced with test fixture and collaborated with LabVIEW (DAQ) data acquisition systems to improve the real time experimental data supporting statistical data analysis for new design and experiments. • Identify and performance of the material properties of that material (thickness, concentricity) which affect the dielectric strength of the coated wire, across a range of material thickness. at the end of the manufacturing process. • Conducted lab test on material properties (tensile, compression, texture analysis), measured thin film layer and its characterization to meet standards, regulations, and compliance. • Leveraged extensive experience with experimental machines including Instron, texture analyzer, thermal equipments, vibration test systems, and temperature test chamber to improve understanding of the material properties. NELSON-RUDIE &ASSOCIATION INC, Saint Paul, MN 1999-2001 Electrical Design and Drafting Provided electrical designs and drafting in government buildings, as well as educational, commercial, retail, and commercial projects. • Provided and facilitated material selection process to comply with the national electrical code (NEC) standard. • Created construction documentation, including drawings design planning/scheduling, and construction cost estimates. • Designed and drafted, calculated voltage drop, conductor sizing, and branch circuit and feeder protections for commercial and residential electrical lighting systems based on the customer perspective. • Practiced AutoCAD software to minimize any design issues. BENFIELD ELECTRIC INC, Forest Hill, MD 1996-1999 Residential Electrician Electrical device installation and layout, troubleshooting for panel boards, cable systems, security systems, and wired circuit breaker panel boards for residential and commercial electrical system. EDUCATION MS, Telecommunication Networks, Saint Mary’s University Graduate School, Minneapolis, MN; Graduated June 2009 BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Graduated Dec 2003 AAS, Design and Drafting Technology, Baltimore County Essex Community College, Baltimore, MD; Graduated June 1999. Certification: CCNA, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN; Cisco Academy expected April 2010. AFFILIATIONS Active member of Ethiopian Student Association’s in Minnesota Chapter; Vice President a year (2002- 2003) Active member of IEEE and National Society of Black Engineering (NSBE) |
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