Hector L.

Experience

• 

  Spirit Technologies

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2005

  Technician

  IT administrator.Website Developer.

• 

  GE

  Apr 2006 - Apr 2007

  Engineering Intern

  Testing security software using tools such as Script Runner and Test Suite.Tested RFID Card Reader devices using automated test rigs.Developed a custom test rig that would increase testing throughput by placing many card readers on one panel and tying all outputs to single interface card.

• 

  Personics Holdings, Inc.

  Apr 2007 - Apr 2008

  Laboratory Technician

  Created an electrolysis powered device that inflated a silicon earbud cavity to increase attenuation dynamically, protecting ears from sudden harmful noise.Designed circuit board assemblies for production models.

• 

  Raytheon

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2012

  Test Engineer

  Designed HW and developed SW for Circuit Card Assembly Testing Circuit board fixtures adapted Circuit Cards to Teradyne S9000 Test StationsSoftware was used to control Test Station Instruments and test Power, RF, Analog and Digital I/O’s signals. Military Specifications, Secret Clearance, ISO-9000 Lab environment.Developed a universal adapter and install wizard software to program Xilinx,GE-Fanuc and Curtis-Wright circuit card's at factory assembly lines.Created new hire training documentation and built designed a hands on training tutorial. Show less

• 

  Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Engineering Technician

  Worked with a nuclear physicist to develop a patented digital radiation dosimeter for the department of homeland security (DHS)Board layout, FPGA programming , ASIC logic, Sensor calibrationsCreated a unit assembly production process using six sigma methodologies.Built test platforms and multi-unit reader assemblies.Managed an industrial design team to develop final product design.Developed GUI to program/read and monitor dosimeter information Converted the radiation categorization (weighted-lsr) algorithms from Matlab to Fortran to save on licensing fees. Show less

• 

  NextEra Energy Resources

  Jan 2013 - Feb 2020

  PGD SCADA & Controls Implemented wind turbine curtailment control system to mitigate bat mortalities for six Canadian wind sites.Managed vendor retrofit and upgrade of Clipper wind turbine controller.Designed custom software to interface with older SCADA systems in order to provide automatic dispatching of generation.Reverse engineering of Siemens SCADA software, GE SCADA Web API, GE Bachmann PLC firmware.Managed deployment (Virtual Machines,PowerShell) and troubleshooting (WireShark, SysInternals) of SCADA Infrastructure at new wind sites for Siemens, and GE SCADA Software.Led cross functional team efforts and prototyping of web applications, field sensory devices, custom power converter controller.Created a wakesteering controller implementation in collaboration with National Renewable Energy Labs. Show less Inherited sole-development of a proprietary supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) application that utilized interprocess communication (IPC) over shared memory on a unix based platform by IBM called AIX.SCADA System provided real-time telemetry for several fossil plants and over sixty wind energy sites across North America and Canada Customers included independent service operators (ISO’s) in each region, market participants, off-takers, NextEra energy trading and other business entities in the power market. The SCADA application was a critical point of interest for the company because of its level of influence and lack of documentation and experienced developers.24/7 Support, with a two person team and newly appointed supervisorLed troubleshooting efforts and created a high performing team by collaborating and mentoring team-mates then providing transparency and clear solutions to supervisor.Developed REST APIs, Auto-Deployment with Bamboo, and GIT source controlDeveloped a Generation Management Systems (GMS) for Forney and Lamar Fossil Plants. Algorithms based on steam turbine availabilities and capabilities GUI for operators to control states and monitor GMS Show less

  • Technology Leader

    Mar 2018 - Feb 2020

  • Sr. Engineer (Controls/Electrical)

    Apr 2015 - Mar 2018

  • SCADA Engineer

    Jan 2013 - Apr 2015
• 

  FPL Energy Services, Inc.

  Feb 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Technology & Data Intelligence Manager

    Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Technology Leader

    Feb 2020 - Mar 2021
• 

  Blue Origin

  Dec 2021 - now

  Industrial IoT and Data Platforms to build Factory 4.0 systems.

  • Product Lead

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Manager of Solutions - Data and Application Development

    Dec 2021 - Mar 2024