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John Gonsalves

John Gonsalves

Santa Rosa,CA

Summary

I bring a wide skill set with years of hands on experience to any team. Communication and hard work are important and I look for these virtues in team members. Great teams, make great deliverables. I am excited and grateful to do my part in promoting robust team and product developments.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Wire Harness Engineer

Form Energy
12.2023 - Current
  • Wire harness design for BESS system from RnD to Production phases
  • Working closely with technicians, vendors and fabricators to deliver and maintain HVDC & HVAC wire harnesses over CAN bus
  • SolidWorks and Altium.

Sr. Electronics Technician

Form Energy
08.2023 - Current
  • PTCE and Testing validation of Systems integration for Iron-Air Batteries
  • Thermal Chamber DAQ for Product Life Cylce of PCBs
  • Test Bench, PCBA and Wire Harness fabrication for Test and Production teams over CAN bus.

Product Engineer

Solectrac
05.2022 - Current
  • Lead Electrical Engineer for the next gen 75HP electric tractor prototypes and DFM
  • Novel LV and HV Fuse and PDU Enclosure Designs, in-house Fabrication and Test for Test Bench DAQ and tractor production runs
  • SolidWorks Electrical Schematic and Wire Harness Design of vehicle LV and HV Wire Harness assemblies for Vendor Fabrication and supporting production of 440VDC 70KWh architecture.

Electrical Engineer

HummingbirdEV
06.2020 - 05.2022
  • Electrical Wire Harness integration for on-road Class 6 & 8 trucks and off-road tractors
  • LV Enclosure Design, Assembly and test for fusing, relay and protections
  • ECAD Schematics & Wire Harness Design in Zuken E3, Design and prototype fixtures and jogs in SolidWorks for 3D printing
  • PCB Design in Altium for J1772 charging enclosure, Design and Fabrication of Test Bench studies for RnD and validation of Electrical and Mechanical vehicle device Loads.

Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technician

Mynosys Medical
01.2020 - 06.2020
  • Test characterization with test fixtures of cable harnesses for eye surgery device tolerances in milliohm range for correct operation
  • Calibration of vacuum and power lines to meet speciation of new revision of device for trails with Surgeons
  • Study and plot with Excel help to improve quality while keeping cost down within tolerance
  • Ground Bond testing and HIPOT testing of device for safety compliance.

Electrical Engineering Intern

Drives Electric Bikes
06.2018 - 10.2019
  • Filter design for BLDC motors with MCU embedded design, test and manufacturing at local e-Bike start up
  • Improved motor mount bracket through SolidWorks Von Mises simulation
  • Developed a new motor drive option for downhill detection with BEMF
  • Interfacing with overseas vendor for sourcing parts and returns
  • Customer repairs and e-Bike builds with bicycle and electronics skills with excellent turn around for growing customer reach online and at trade shows.

SolidWorks Internship

Gizmo Designs
06.2019 - 09.2019
  • CAD drawings for many inventor prototypes for test, stress analysis and manufacturing of electrical and mechanical assemblies
  • Patient design review for additive and subtractive manufacturing methods with 3D printers and mills
  • SolidWorks Assemblies with changes made to reversions of electrical, mechanical, medical and chemical applications with great customer service.

Electro-Mechanical Technician and Quality Control Inspector

GT Advanced Technologies
11.2013 - 07.2014
  • Fabrication and test of enclosures for PLC based closed loop Electro-Mechanical components on high temperature and vacuum Sapphire growth autoclaves and annealers at TAT in 5S shop
  • Ladder diagrams and wire diagrams of 3-phase water cooled were assembled, tested and improved through great team work as an Apple vendor for Sapphire phone screens.

Calibration Technician

Agilent Technologies
10.2011 - 11.2013
  • Test, repair and calibration of RF hardware and software using Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers and multimeters from 300 Hz to 67 GHz in a NIST accredited Metrology ESD lab
  • Performed Z540 accreditation for E-Cal modules for radar, communications and RF customers worldwide
  • Team performance metrics improved nearly two-fold since being hired on to Agilent Metrology team.

Electro-mechanical Technician

Arcturus Marine Systems
06.2010 - 06.2011
  • Assembly, calibration, programming and test of yacht stabilizers and lateral thruster architectures
  • Electronic assembly and repair of hydraulic control systems for installation on boats
  • Custom wiring harness fabrication to fit customer's specification
  • Inventory control, QA, shipping, writing and updating assembly procedures.

Electro-mechanical Technician

Forward Looking InfraRed
02.2008 - 06.2010
  • Assembly, troubleshoot, repair and upgrade of robotic Pan/Tilt units (PTU) products for military and industrial use
  • Working closely with both electrical and mechanical engineering as new versions of robotics were released and improved
  • Documentation and technical writing for standardizing old and new assemblies.

Owner

027 Designs
09.1994 - 09.2000
  • Self Employed handyman with experience in drafting, design, electrical, framing, windows, doors, locks, card access, CCTV and painting.

Education

B.S.E.E. -

Sonoma State University
01.2019

A.S. in Electronics and Computer Systems -

Chabot College
01.2006

Skills

  • 2023 BLDC rover to pick up golf balls for driving range with Zed2 camera
  • 2018 Automatous rover to repaint soccer fields with OpenCV camera
  • 2018 SSU Dean's research in power harvesting from GSM with RF matched network
  • 2017 Make-a-Thon Bike Safety Beacon for early warning systems alerting drivers with AM radio
  • 2017 Innovation Planet project for MCU based Smart back brace to promote ergonomics
  • 2017 Sonoma Community Project for modular air treatment solutions for homeless
  • 2017 SSU research in power harvesting from microbial life with fabricated battery banks
  • Inverse Kinematics with 3DOF
  • LTSpice
  • ADS
  • Alitum
  • Zuken E3
  • SolidWorks MCAD & ECAD
  • MIT App Inventor
  • MPLab
  • AtmelStudio 7

Certification

  • SolidWorks Electrical Schematic Course, 02/01/23, 04/01/32, HawkRidge Certificate - ELEC SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic Course
  • SolidWorks Electrical Advanced Course, 03/01/23, 04/01/23, HawkRidge Certificate - ELEC SOLIDWORKS Electrical Advanced Course
  • NFPA 79, 05/01/24, 05/01/25
  • Arc Flash Certification

Utilityskills

  • MS Office
  • MS Project
  • Visio
  • Siebel
  • SAP

Personal Information

  • Title: Electrical Engineer
  • Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Timeline

Wire Harness Engineer

Form Energy
12.2023 - Current

Sr. Electronics Technician

Form Energy
08.2023 - Current

Product Engineer

Solectrac
05.2022 - Current

Electrical Engineer

HummingbirdEV
06.2020 - 05.2022

Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technician

Mynosys Medical
01.2020 - 06.2020

SolidWorks Internship

Gizmo Designs
06.2019 - 09.2019

Electrical Engineering Intern

Drives Electric Bikes
06.2018 - 10.2019

Electro-Mechanical Technician and Quality Control Inspector

GT Advanced Technologies
11.2013 - 07.2014

Calibration Technician

Agilent Technologies
10.2011 - 11.2013

Electro-mechanical Technician

Arcturus Marine Systems
06.2010 - 06.2011

Electro-mechanical Technician

Forward Looking InfraRed
02.2008 - 06.2010

Owner

027 Designs
09.1994 - 09.2000

B.S.E.E. -

Sonoma State University

A.S. in Electronics and Computer Systems -

Chabot College
John Gonsalves