Joel Nernberger
North Prairie,WI
Summary
Detail oriented application engineer effective in analyzing relevant information and reviewing different approaches and related costs and benefits. Collaborates with customer engineering team, and internal account managers to implement application designs supporting customer needs and addressing technical challenges. Looking to leverage years of support and troubleshooting both inside the company and with customer applications to promote business growth. Interested in firmware and software development.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Application Engineer
Tri-Phase Automation
Pewaukee, WI
01.2011 - Current
- Serve as the on-site IT admin for servers, phones, M365 tenant, network devices, Windows PCs and business-related software.
- Managed ERP and CRM software, and set up a business reporting site.
- Created dozens of custom reports, learning SQL in the process.
- Built complicated sales commissions logic into CRM and SQL DB by creating custom tables and reports.
- Built out complex sales pricing and costing structure in ERP, and wrote guidelines for how to enter and maintain records, along with scheduled reports to help flag errors and issues.
- Visited clients to discuss project requirements and provide solution suggestions.
- Serve as the machine vision expert, with product knowledge covering barcode scanners, vision sensors, 2D vision systems, and 3D profilers and scanners.
- Conducted in-person machine vision group trainings for customers both in house and on-site.
- Conduct machine vision feasibility testing with demo equipment and customer supplied sample parts, providing feedback and often a written report outlining testing setup, results and recommended components.
- Provided remote and on-site tech support and troubleshooting for customers.
- Create new system programming for various projects including PLC, motion control, HMI, and machine vision using vendor specific software.
Intern Electrical Engineer
GE Healthcare – MR Center
Waukesha, WI
05.2010 - 08.2010
- Developed a prototype setup of the open-source continuous integration system Hudson-CI on a server.
- Learned to use Linux in a network server environment.
- Used VirtualBox to create virtual machine clouds to be used by Hudson-CI for build and test nodes.
- Verified software problem reports.
Co-op Electrical Engineer
GE Healthcare – Datex-Omega
Madison, WI
01.2009 - 08.2009
- Set up and ran verification tests to qualify new RoHS compliant O2 sensors.
- Conducted tests on PCB mount pressure transducers to determine root cause of low flow errors in the field.
- Communicated with vendors about product specifications, testing and pricing.
- Wrote and released one validation protocol and eight verification protocols.
- Set up automated pneumatic tests for low and high pressure transducers.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
12.2010
- 3.153 GPA
- Dean's List Fall 2010
Bachelor of Science - Physics
12.2010
- 3.110 GPA
- Dean's List Fall 2005
- Track and Field - Pole Vault 2006-2008
Skills
- M365 office suite: Outlook, OneDrive/Sharepoint, Teams, Excel, OneNote, Word, Powerpoint (in order of frequency of use and/or proficiency)
- OS experience: Primarily Windows, some Linux
- MSSQL: Reporting, import/export, scripting, stored procedures, profiling, and scheduled jobs
- Machine vision: Programming, troubleshooting, testing, and setup
- Technical classroom training: machine vision programming
- ERP functions, customization and configuration
- CRM functions, customizations and configuration
- Business report writing
- Technical support and troubleshooting, both onsite and remote via phone or remote PC/screen sharing, for general office IT and for industrial automation hardware and programming
- Installing and wiring low voltage electrical automation components
- Installing, replacing and startup configuration of laptop, desktop and server hardware
Selected Course Work
- Feedback Control Systems
- Electronic Circuits 1 and 2
- Nonlinear Electronic Circuits Lab
- Communication Systems with lab
- Intro to Microelectromechanical Systems
- Electromagnetic Wave Transmission with lab
- Photonics with lab
Leadership Experience
- Residence Hall Association Council Representative, 2006 – 2007
- Residence Hall Executive Officer, 2006 – 2007
- Leadership Development Committee, 2006 – 2007
Sport: Curling
Competitive and social indoor winter Olympic sport, with both individual and team aspects. Participate in a weekly league and several Bonspiels throughout the season. Co-chair our local cash spiel and volunteer in other club bonspiels.
Timeline
Application Engineer - Tri-Phase Automation
01.2011 - Current
Intern Electrical Engineer - GE Healthcare – MR Center
05.2010 - 08.2010
Co-op Electrical Engineer - GE Healthcare – Datex-Omega
01.2009 - 08.2009
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse - Bachelor of Science, Physics
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