Joseph Schweizer
Electrical Engineer
Philadelphia,PA
Summary
Systematic Electrical Engineer experienced in managing electrical project lifecycle from design phase to delivery and implementation. Polished in analyzing, troubleshooting and developing solutions. Consistently delivers engineering services to meet company, customer and statutory and regulatory specifications on time and within budget.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Electrical Engineer
Department Of The Navy
Philadelphia, PA
09.2015 - Current
- Designed and developed electrical systems for naval vessels
- Proposed system modifications to improve quality and efficiency of currently deployed systems while minimizing downtime
- Developed engineering documentation detailing system requirements for RFPs ranging from $2m to $7m
- Reviewed contractor provided project proposals and identified cost reductions of up to 40% prior to acceptance
- Lead teams of five (5) to twenty (20) engineers and technicians during system acceptance test events
- Developed project schedules and cost estimates for system design and testing efforts for projects spanning 1-5 years at a cost of up to $500k per year
- Developed MATLAB scripts for simple statistical analysis of system data reducing test report development time by 50%.
Package Handler
FedEx Ground
Philadelphia, PA
08.2012 - 09.2015
- Manually sorted 5000-10000 boxes a night according to their destination to make sure they were loaded onto the correct trailer
- Memorized new sort charts periodically when changes are made
- Increased the daily percentage of scanned boxes from 99.00% to 99.50% by instructing package handlers on better scanning practices
- Implemented a system for scanning bags of small boxes to ensure 100% of bags are scanned each night
- Assisted sort managers in identifying areas causing bottlenecks and stepped in to assist to maintain ontime metric of 99.8%
- Awarded package handler of the month in October of 2012
- Awarded package handler of the month in December of 2013.
Education
Master of Science - Engineering Management
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 08.2018 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 08.2011 - 05.2015
Skills
Project Management
LabVIEW
Multi-disciplinary collaboration
Time management
Budgeting
Certification
Engineer In Training
Timeline
Master of Science - Engineering Management
Temple University
08.2018 - 05.2021
Electrical Engineer
Department Of The Navy
09.2015 - Current
Engineer In Training
08-2015
Package Handler
FedEx Ground
08.2012 - 09.2015
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Temple University
08.2011 - 05.2015