Brian Petersen

Experience

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  GE Healthcare

  Nov 1990 - Apr 1999

  Field Service Engineer

  FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER - Installed and serviced X-RAY, CT, MRI, and Nuclear Med Scanners in hospitals. Served as the lead service engineer providing customer support to several hospitals in western Nebraska. Worked directly with doctors and hospital administrators to guarantee they were satisfied with all machines in their hospitals. Troubleshot and serviced equipment to ensure optimum performance.

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  CommScope

  Apr 1999 - Aug 2019

  Principal Electrical/RF Engineer

  NPI Engineer • Reviewed drawings and schematics and provided feedback to designers on drawings. • Heavily involved with the integration of new products looking for the most effective way to route cables and position electronics.• Provided expertise and knowledge in the mechanical and electrical designs for telecommunication cabinets and circuit boards. • Traveled to various contract manufactures, including China, Poland and Mexico, to review products and evaluate them to determine if they meet industry standards. • Created mechanical parts using design tools and implemented them into products to use. • Designed and managed electronic boards used in telecommunication cabinets. • Set up parts and material in SAP, set up BOMs and Routings, gathered quotes and sourced material.• Administered technical support to customer issues in field. • Provided technical support to designers/R&D engineers. Test Engineer • Responsible for the electrical hardware and software design for factory test equipment.• Designed test fixtures and test cards to be used in testing products. • Leveraged CAD programs to design fixtures to be built, and E-CAD programs to create test boards. • Employed C++ and Visual Basic to program test sets for testing various products.• Created test parameters and procedures to be used during the test of products.Process Engineer • Provided engineering support to the manufacturing floor by helping production workers in making products. • Conducted time studies and identified process improvements. Show less

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  Valmont Industries, Inc.

  Dec 2019 - Jun 2020

  Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
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  Thrivent

  Jun 2020 - Dec 2023

  • Financial Advisor

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2023

  • Associate Representative

    Jun 2020 - Jan 2022
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  RetirePath Advisors- Thrivent Advisor Network

  Jun 2023 - now

  Investment Advisor