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DEAN SALA
San Jose,CA
Summary
Accomplished product development engineer with many talents. Multiple college degrees in engineering. Well-versed in Electrical, Software, and Mechanical engineering technologies. Expertise from product concept to deployment. Successfully designed, produced and shipped many products on time. Excellent problem solver and team player, including strong communication skills. Can proactively communicate with customers to acquire the best understanding of their requirements for success.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
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Work History
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
SUNTACTICS
07.2010 - Current
- Designed a small, US patented, USB solar charger device that can solar charge phones directly from the sun
- Oversee production all the way to release
- Fabricated proprietary custom vacuum lamination system to encapsulate solar cells against sub-straights. Including tooling and manufacturing fixtures
- Invented solar charge electronics to charge USB devices in partial overcast conditions.
- Utilized schematic CAD software to produce circuit schematics, route PCBs. Produce BOM, send to assembly house.
- Shipped over 30 thousand solar charger units all over the world
- Designed, produced and deployed a four PV panel solar tracking system. Mounts four large solar panels on a post/structure made to follow the sun producing 40% more power
- Produced solar tracker framing 3D CAD designs and dimensional drawings. Over 200 individual parts drawn.
- Put to market the Suntactics solar tracking systems. Currently being shipped throughout the USA.
- Created detailed documentation for all products. Including production, assembly procedures, specs, user manuals.
- Currently prototyping a solar tracking control system that will network multiple solar trackers together using Cellular connectivity, IOT, and LoRA devices. Making use of MCUs and C++ programming.
Education
BSEE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -
COGSWELL COLLEGE
San Jose, CA06.2010
BSCE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING -
COGSWELL COLLEGE
San Jose, CA06.1994
AA DEGREE 18 MONTH PROGRAM IN ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY -
HEALD COLLEGE
Santa Clara, CA06.1988
Skills
- Product innovation, prototype, development, deployment
- Vast knowledge with many technical abilities
- Prototype, fabricate
- Engineering documents, procedures, manuals, BOMs
- Circuit design, Schematic capture, PCB layout, FAB to assembly
- MCU, Sensors, Motion control, wireless, IOT, Arduino IDE
- Experienced C programmer
- Proficient 3D CAD, Inventor Pro, Solidworks
- Excellent mechanical aptitude, machinery, tooling, fixtures
- Small scale CNC, Milling, Laser and 3D printing
- Manufacturing experienced, materials acquisition expert
- Testing and troubleshooting
Personal Information
Title: ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Awards
- Outstanding Student Engineering Awards
- City of San Jose Commendation for commitment in green business practices
- SCORE award for supporting green business
- Outstanding Student Engineering 2010 Cogswell College Santa Clara, CA
Software
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 5 staff members.
- Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
Work Availability
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