Reed Brandvold

REED BRANDVOLD
1820 1st Avenue South #301• Minneapolis, MN 55403• (763) 370-8631• reedbrandvold@yahoo.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Dedicated electrical engineer with thirteen years’ experience in developing electrical assemblies and systems and managing all aspects of products’ life cycle, offering the following core competencies:
• Well-rounded engineering experience – Design, develop, test and supervise the manufacturing and installation of electrical equipment, assemblies, components, and systems for commercial, industrial, and military use.
• Accuracy, responsibility and accountability – Excellent attention to details and well organized

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN
Carlson School of Management

Master of Business Administration
Emphasis: General and Strategic Management
August 2014

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA, Grand Forks, ND
College of Engineering & Mines

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
Minor: Mathematics
December 2001

EXPERIENCE

DET-TRONICS, part of United Technologies Corporation
Bloomington, MN

Senior Electrical Engineer
2007 – Present

• Responsible for new product development including: defining product electronics architecture, circuit design, identifying new technologies and feasibility studies, schematic capture, circuit board design and layout, electromechanical integration, and prototype testing.

• Work closely with internal approvals department and many external regulatory bodies including FM, CE, exida, UL, ATEX, DEMKO, and CSA to interpret and test to regulatory standards with the goal of acquisition and preservation of global performance and hazardous location certifications across product lines.

• Part of a UTC M&A team that evaluated a potential acqusitions products to determine quality, reliability and performance attributes which ultimately lead to an acquisition.

• Work closely with embedded, validation and approval engineers along with marketing on the design, testing and requirements capture of combustible/toxic gas and flame detection products.

• Work with marketing product managers to architect next generation product platforms designed to leverage proven electrical, mechanical, and embedded designs, mitigating risk.

Electrical Engineer
2002 – 2007

• Reduced product development time by modeling embedded software algorithms on a PC before firmware.

• Wrote engineering change orders (ECOs) that implement changes in bill of materials, manufacturing instructions, assembly procedures including new product releases.

• Improved product quality by preformed Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) on feild returns.

• Designed and built automated fixtures for testing and calibration of electronic assemblies.

• Skilled in using tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, function generators, LCR meters and others.
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Electrical Engineering Design Work Includes:

• Low Voltage Buck-Boost DC/DC convertors with multiple voltage rails,Isolated/Non-Isolated
• Electronic assamblies designed to meet cost estimates and timeline estimates

• Passive intrinsic safety barriers design up to 15 VDC
• Electronic designs certified to meet SIL 2 saftey levels as defined by IEC 61508

• Physical Layers include RS-485, I2C, SPI, HART, 0-20mA Current loops (sinking and sourcing)
• Extensive Algorithm development in flame and gas detection products

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCIES

Allegro Design Entry CIS, OrCAD PCB Editor, Mathcad, Python, C, SPICE, JD Edwards (ERP), MS Office, Visio, and Project

Experience
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Job Title
Company

Experience

Senior Electrical Design Engineer

United Technologies Corporation
– Present

Additional Info
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Desired Salary/Wage:
100,000.00 – 130,000.00 USD yr

Current Career Level:
Experienced (Non-Manager)

Date of Availability:
Within 2 weeks

Work Status:
US – I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Active Security Clearance:
None

US Military Service:

Citizenship:
US citizen