Austin T. Kastl
Powder Springs
Summary
Talented Product Development Engineer successful at creating new products for customers in the Utility industry. Familiar with managing timelines and building prototypes. Proven history of goal-oriented problem-solving and great collaboration skills. Enjoys getting hands-on with testing and failure analysis.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Development Engineer
Southwire Company, LLC
08.2022 - Current
- Lead a team to ideate, design and prototype wire and cable samples for certification testing.
- Worked with marketing and service managers to understand customer desires and obtain feedback.
- Determined project costs, timelines, and limiting factors.
- Manage new product development projects with focus on new products, cost reduction, maintenance of line, compliance and quality.
- Participate in standard committees such as UL, CSA, ICEA, AEIC and IEEE.
- Utilize the stage-gate project management process with Accolade software.
- Continuously share project progress reports with all appropriate parties such as operations, sourcing, product management and applications.
- Create and share presentations with company leadership.
- Managed several projects with multi-million dollar revenues generated.
Polymer Chemist
Southwire Company
08.2018 - 08.2022
- Performed polymer tests, analysis and providing accurate reports in support of product development and quality assurance.
- Developed laboratory testing programs and data analysis while adhering to SOPs, ECOs, batch records and work instructions.
- Efficiently use advanced analytical equipment such as DSC, TGA, FTIR, SEM and XRF to provide support to company divisions regarding failure analysis, forensics and various quality issues.
- Generate clear and concise reports to accurately and descriptively display findings.
- Complete new product certification data packages.
- Actively participate in efforts to maintain ISO and A2LA accreditation to ensure compliance with UL/CSA/ICEA/IEC test methods.
Research Technician
National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center (Georgia Tech)
01.2017 - 08.2018
- Performed quality assurance testing on various types of cable and transformers as per the required specification.
- Communicated with customers on various quality assurance related issues and findings.
- Prepared test cells for medium and high voltage testing as per the requirements of the specifications or the project's lead engineer.
- Performed statistical analysis on large data sets provided by field engineers.
Education
B.S. - Physics
The University of West Georgia
12.2016
Skills
- Project management
- Root-cause analysis
- Electric Utility industry background
- Six sigma methodologies
- Product reliability testing
- Design of experiments
- Failure analysis
Timeline
Product Development Engineer
Southwire Company, LLC
08.2022 - Current
Polymer Chemist
Southwire Company
08.2018 - 08.2022
Research Technician
National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center (Georgia Tech)
01.2017 - 08.2018
B.S. - Physics
The University of West Georgia
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