Experienced Power Engineer with Field Applications Engineeing, Technical Marketing, and Systems Engineering Expertise

ASIM IRSHAD
8913 Smokey Drive Plano, TX 75025
M: 214-563-3563 H: 214-509-9109
E-mail: asim_irshad@hotmail.com

Professional Objective:

Enhance my field applications engineering, technical marketing, systems engineering, and design experience in an environment that will enable further professional growth.

Professional Experience:

Valence Technology Inc.: Austin, TX 01/2008 – 07/2008
Applications Engineer

• Technical lead in formulating the product definition, and roll out of next generation EPOCH® Li-Ion Phosphate high capacity battery systems.
• Composed product user guides for EPOCH® battery system, EPOCH® battery management unit, and EPOCH® battery charge indicator unit.
• Proactive resolution of field performance issues by visiting customer sites, and interfacing with field personnel.
• Created field turn up procedures for U Charge® RT & U Charge® XP battery systems.
• Released qualification process, & feature requirements documents for qualifying Vendors Battery Chargers
• Single handily performed qualification testing of Vendors Battery Chargers.

Valere Power Inc.: Richardson, TX 11/2003 – 11/2007
Senior Systems Engineer

• Developed 200A to 10,000A power system configuration packages in response to RFQ, RFP, & RFI.
• Generated multiple 200A to 10,000A power system configuration drawings, schematics, and quotations based upon customer’s power requirements.
• Generated and archived extensive custom power system rack assembly drawings, and detailed bills of materials.
• Technical lead in formulating the product definitions, and roll out of next generation medium & large capacity power systems.
• Proposed and developed new application notes for controllers and power systems.
• Compiled and released detailed technical competitive analysis for competitors’ products against Valere rectifiers, system controllers, compact, mini, integrated, modular, and scalable power systems.
• Instrumental in sales and customer support by single handily furnishing extensive detailed quotes to sales and customer teams
• 24X7 global technical support coverage & proactive resolution of field performance issues by working with engineers, technicians and field personnel.
• Released new turn up procedures, field upgrades, and quick start guides for the installed products.
• Proactive resolution of field performance issues by visiting customer sites, and interfacing with field personnel.
• Created comprehensive product training packages for customer and sales teams.
• Created installation, operation and maintenance manuals for system controllers, medium and large capacity power systems.
• Developed technical sales ware such as data sheets, system configuration guides, and presentations.
• Provided margin analysis for quotations on existing and new products, and reviewed product pricing and costs to achieve gross margin targets.

Shindengen America Inc.: Plano, TX 8/2001 – 11/2003 Field Technical Manager

• Developed technical requirements, specifications, and data sheets for (80A –10,000A) small, medium and large capacity power systems.
• Guided development of the power systems with engineers in Japan and US to meet the technical requirements and customer specifications for the US market.
• Provided technical marketing of DC Power systems, and DC-DC converters for US market.
• Created features requirements documents to guide Japan and US engineering groups to develop or modify products that meet US market needs.
• Developed technical requirements, features requirements, and provided power architecture for 2 kW power system used in outdoor (SLC-96 & DLC) cabinets
• Created detailed set-up, installation and initial start up procedures for 2 kW power systems.
• Created detailed technical comparisons of rectifiers, controller, and power systems.
• Created comparisons of competitors isolated half-brick, quarter-brick and eighth-brick converters.
• Instrumental in developing an EF&I, sales representatives, and distribution network for DC power systems and DC-DC converters with National Sales Manager.
• Lead the introduction and marketing campaign of power systems and DC-DC converters into US market with National Sales Manager.

Cisco Systems: Richardson, TX 1/2001- 7/2001
New Product Introduction Engineer

• Technical Liaison between product development, system integration, and contract manufacturing groups, for new product introduction and power engineering issues related to optical router’s PCB assemblies such as power distribution units, 34X34 matrix cards, GMC1000/2000 cards, Ethernet cards, OC48, and OC192 line cards
• Provided new optical transport product introduction engineering support to Cisco’s system integration & contract manufacturing. Provided DFM and DFT design input to optical transport product design team using Cisco’s producibility guidelines.
• Controlled changes in the new builds using engineering change orders (ECOs), and documented changes to unreleased products (CUPs)
• Created, loaded and updated product assemblies bills of materials (BOMs) using Cisco’s manufacturing Connection online system (MCO)

Lucent Technologies: Mesquite, TX 10/1997- 1/2001
Systems Engineer

• Technical Liaison between power system product development group and product approval agencies for global telecommunication customers such as ANATEL / CPqD for Telebras (Brazil), TEC for DoT (India), MII for China, STC for Saudi Arabia, Telefonica Moviles for Spain, Telefonica for Argentina, TELMEX for Mexico and ACA for Australia
• Managed and championed the certification of Lucent power systems with strategic global customers
• Provided comparison of Lucent’s power products – power system, rectifiers, & PDUs technical requirements and specifications with global product approval agencies, and customer’s unique technical requirements.
• Created and modified DC power system qualification test plans for in country testing using product approval agency and customer’s test requirements.
• Interfaced with testing and qualification group for the product testing required before shipping to customer’s global testing centers, and also supported the testing of DC power systems by being present at the customer’s global testing centers.
• Supported international marketing and sales to develop the global expansion plan.

C&D Technologies: Dunlap, TN 2/1995-10/1997
Electrical Manufacturing Engineer

• Technical liaison between product development, application engineering and manufacturing.
• Created assembly drawings to build distribution (circuit breaker / fuse) panels, 50-3600A low voltage disconnect panels, meter (analog / digital) & alarm panels, switched mode & ferroresonant rectifiers, motive battery chargers, and utility chargers.
• Supported production & testing personnel in system integration and testing the complex electronic PCB assemblies, power panels, PDUs and complete power systems from start till the final release.
• Signed off on the engineering and production changes by approving the changes, and updating the engineering drawings and bill of materials.
• Responsible for trouble shooting of electrical / mechanical problems during production, & testing by focusing on the electronic circuitry, wiring configuration and mechanical layout of the products.
• Instrumental in reviewing and approving power board profiles for the systems to be built at the plant.
• Improved the assembly / production line by creating subassemblies, also restructured bill of materials into subassemblies for production efficiency.
• Represented sustaining engineering group in the product improvement & cost reduction team
• Provided extensive engineering support in building 50-4000A DC power systems.

Emerson Network Power: Lorain, OH 1/1990-1/1995
System Design Engineer

• Designed DC power systems (150-10,000A) for RBOCs, using Telcordia and NEC standards.
• Provided detailed power engineering of Lorain power plants, inverters, BDFB / BDCBB that included selecting and sizing the power plants per customer's CO power reqts. , generating new CAD drawings, preparing detailed bill of materials, and creating engineering & installation specifications (MOPs).
• Provided detailed power engineering of AC power systems that included multiple 1-10 KVA inverters, UPS, AC wire way layouts, EMT conduit layouts, and multiple AC distribution panels.
• Generated new front equipment and wiring list and block schematic CAD drawings
• Interfaced cable and bus bar DC power plants with flooded and VRLA batteries such as C&D & GNB
• Conducted grounding surveys for Bell and CLEC central offices. Created new grounding schematics using unique grounding requirements for RBOCs & CLECs.
• Extensive Communication with installation managers and supervisors on installation problems.
• Supported new field installations, and new plant turn-ups.

Education:

B.S. Electrical Engineering: January 1990
Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH

Additional Information:

• Excellent computer skills. Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Visio
• References available upon request
• Citizen – United States of America