Jeff Collins

About Jeff Collins

Alternative Battery Chemistry ( No Lithium), Energy / Energy Storage (Utility Scale & Residential with Lithium ), Micro Grid Power ( Diesel and Electric), Wireless/Telecom-Smart City Solutions IoT, Automotive & Other Vehicles ( CISPR 25), Robotics & Medical Device Expert.25 + years of experience in Reliability & Certification Engineering: Design, Validate, Test and Certify your Technology to Worldwide Standards such as but not limited to:* UL 9540/ 9540A, UL 1741/ 1741-S, UL 67, UL 869, IEC/UL 62368, UL 1973, UL 2703, 1547, 2030, NFPA 855, NEC 710, UL 891, UL 991, UL 1998.* NEBS / Telecom HW Design Verification & Certification* Battery & Electric Energy Storage Systems (BESS - EESS) Verification & Certification-UL1973* Comcast Design Guidelines per: CTP_OUE-140206-cec * 60•••13rd Edition Medical Devices & Risk Assessment* Stationary Generator Powered Assemblies- UL2200* Smart Phones & Touch Screens Design,Verification & Certification* Solar-Renewable Energy Engineering * PCB Layout & Design Reviews* Signal Integrity Layout & Telecom Port Validation* Automotive Electronic Components, Electric, Hybrid & Natural Gas Vehicle Certification, Reliability & Regulatory* EMC Engineering * Power Supply Engineering * Wireless Engineering * Thermal Engineering * Environmental Simulation Engineering ( Temperature, Humidity, Salt/Fog, Hail, Wind, UV, Vibration )* Component Engineering * Reliability Engineering/MTBF Modeling * Int\'l Country Certification* Product Safety Engineering * FDA 510k Medical Devices* REACH RoHS-2 EPA CA-Energy Commission (CEC) & Conflict Minerals * NEC 690 / NFPA 70 ( National Electrical Code )* ATEX / HazLoc Equipment * Japanese Reliability/Quality Expert for NTT DOCOMO and Toyo Network Solutions* Risk Assessment to IEC 61•••13rd Edition for Lab EquipmentSpecialties:* Start-up Companies* Batteries & BESS/ESS* Vehicle Electronic Components* LED Lighting & Lighting Controllers* New and Emerging Technologies* Preliminary HW Design Reviews* Product Improvement Design Reviews* Solar, Medical, Network Equipment, Aerospace, Military * Quality System Development* Mechanical Design* Worldwide Certification & Reliability* Technical Standards Development * Cost Reduction Design* FIPS 140-2* Getting Difficult Technologies to Market

Experience

1. Alternative Battery Chemistries Sr Principal Reliability & Certification Engineering Consultant

   Natron Energy

   Nov 2021 — Present

   Non-Lithium Alternative Battery Chemistries Reliability & Certification Engineering for all aspects of the Clean Energy Industry such as but not limited to Energy Storage, Telecom Central Offices, Data Centers, Micro Grids, EV Charging Stations and More! Certification expert with laser focus on: EMC/EMI-IEC/FCC, UL 1973, UL 991, UL 1998, UL 1741, UL 9540/9540A, Reliability Standards -SR-332, GR-1089, GR-63, & UL 2200 Safety Standard.

Education

• Milwaukee School of Engineering

  Engineering, Electromagnetics Design

• USAF Air Command and Staff College

  USAF School of Applied Aerospace Science Aerospace Science-Avionics

Skills

• Six Sigma
• Ul
• R&D
• Pcb Design
• Start-Ups
• Solidworks
• Reliability Engineering
• Wireless
• Emc Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing
• Reliability
• Solar Energy
• Electronics
• Energy Efficiency
• Failure Analysis
• Energy
• Quality System
• Solar Pv
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Renewable Energy
• Process Engineering
• Nebs
• Mechanical Engineering
• Cpv / Csp Solar Power Plants
• Continuous Improvement
• Engineering Management
• Electromagnetic Compatibility
• Rohs
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Testing
• Power Supplies
• Photovoltaics
• Product Safety
• Simulations
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Supplier Quality
• Telecommunications
• Product Development