RICHARD BRAUN

6307 Tudor Lane

Hixson TN, 37343
Home: (423) 870-1193
rich201@comcast.net
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Twenty-three years combined electrical/electronic product design, project manage
ment, test, regulatory, and component experience in heavy equipment, consumer el
ectronics, and communication industries.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KOMATSU AMERICA INTERNATIONAL, Chattanooga, TN 1997 - 2010
Global manufacturer of heavy equipment for construction, utility, and mining.
SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER (9/1999 - 5/2010)
PROJECT ENGINEER (9/1998 - 9/1999)
ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER (6/1997 - 9/1998)
Provided electrical design work to base machines as required, to satisfy North A
merican markets. Products worked on included wheel loaders, bulldozers, backhoes
, excavators, graders, and articulated dump trucks.
Working Gear Group
* Oversaw electrical portion of systems integration with suppliers, i.e. wheel l
oader reversing radiator fan control utilizing High Country Tek HFS-2 controller
and Parker proportional output valves. Resulted in less radiator cleaning and d
own time for the customer.
* Created solid models, cabling, and installation drawings with Pro Engineer Wil
dfire 2 & 4. Entered bill of materials into SAP (ERP).
* Provided electrical support for Marketing, Legal, Service, Parts, Publications
departments, and distributors.
* Oversaw supplier design of reversing fan control module. Created the specifica
tions. Setup cost effective Dataq DI-148U data logger to check sequence and timi
ng, allowing corrective actions to meet Komatsu requirements.
* Designed and supervised 24 to 12 volt wheel loader conversion to deliver on a
$2 million government bid specification on time.
* Conducted fire investigations resulting in over $200,000 saved by uncovering e
vidence, which led to subrogation request denials. Also improved product safety.
* Designed electrical portion of landfill dozer packages, i.e. moved A/C condens
er to roof, added electric cooling fan to rear of machine, added electric cab ai
r precleaner. Resulted in sales that otherwise would have been lost.
* Designed electrical portion of wheel loader waste handler
package, i.e. added rotating beacon lamp, rear work lamps, and brackets. Resulte
d in sales that otherwise would have been lost.
* Designed electrical portion of PC300-6 forestry excavator
package. Lengthened harnesses for cab lift and added wiring for electro hydrauli
c cab tilt feature. Resulted in sales that otherwise would have been lost.

Bulldozer Business Division

* Re-engineered D87 bulldozer electrical system for new engine and updates to me
et tier 3 emissions.
* Designed controller for two speed steering feature. Joystick mounted push butt
on steering for fine grading applications.
Components Group
* Saved over $450,000 in components group by initiating cost
reductions.
* Integrated KOMTRAX GPS equipment monitoring system for
installation in backhoes, graders wheel loaders & skid steers. Wrote the instruc
tions. Resulted in additional sales of kits.
* Specified, sourced and performed failure analysis of electrical components to
increase quality.
* Designed electronic circuits as needed. i.e. automatic brake light control for
transmission auto downshift. Resulted in safer roading of wheel loaders on down
hill road runs.
INTERMATIC INCORPORATED, Spring Grove, IL 1989 -1997
Manufacturer of low voltage lighting, timers, and surge
suppressers.
ELECTRONIC DESIGN ENGINEER (6/1993 - 3/1997)
ASSOCIATE ENGINEER (6/1990 - 6/1993)
Designed Electrical industrial and consumer surge suppresser
product lines from conception through product lifecycle. 120-600VAC power, CATV,
telephone/data, noise filtering across the line. Meet ANSI/IEEE C37 & C62.
* Designs contributed to tripling of surge suppressor sales in five years.
* Designed and built low cost 6KV, 10KA surge generator to save thousands in lab
fees.
* Performed UL and CSA testing in a category certified lab per Client Test Data
program (CTDP) resulting in earlier product approvals. UL1449, UL 1283, UL 497A,
UL1363.
* Saved $30,000 with cost reduction actions.
* Created schematics & assembly drawings on AutoCAD R11-13.
* Evaluated products for re-branding.
* Evaluate deviation request to maintain quality.
* Taught TVSS testing and safety procedures to QC personnel and wrote the manual
.
QA LAB ASSOCIATE, Reliability (4/1989 - 6/1990)
Responsible for programmable multi-channel time switches,
mechanical time switches, passive infrared motion detectors, photo controls, spa
controls, radio controls, and low voltage outdoor lighting products.
* Performed product reliability testing, accelerated aging, UV, Shore durometer
hardness, yield strength, environmental (heat cold humidity). Built test fixture
s, set up computerized data acquisition with CYBORG 2000, performed failure anal
ysis, qualified new components, and wrote test reports.
CONTRACT ASSIGNMENTS 6/1987 - 4/1988
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECH
QA LAB TECH
MACHINE MAINTENANCE TECH
AT&T NETWORK SYSTEMS, Rolling Meadows, IL 4/1988 - 4/1989
SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT ENGINEER
Fiber optic telephone equipment installation specs. FTG 1.7 Gb/s systems, DDM-10
00, and DACS III.
EDUCATION
MBA, Class Representative, 1998
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management Lake Forest, IL
BS Electrical Engineering Technology, 1987
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming languages: Assembly and BASIC.
Microcontrollers: Programming, assembler, and simulator software for 8051 and Mi
crochip PIC.
CAD: Pro-E Wildfire 4 solid modeling & cabling, AutoCAD 2000 & R13, IBM CATIA CA
DAM.
Circuit design: Multisim Electronic Workbench V6 schematic entry, circuit analys
is & Ultiboard PCB layout software.