Muhammad Umair Shafqat, Director Application Engineering

Muhammad Umair Shafqat

Director Application Engineering

energy vault

Location
United States - Valley Stream
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
Experience
8 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :8 years, 10 Months

Director Application Engineering at energy vault
  • United States - Lynbrook
  • My current job since July 2022

Global director of application engineering in supporting pre sales support for battery energy storage systems. Responsible for creating winning strategy in bidding phase for turn key BESS solutions. Global responsibility for BESS design and cost estimation for EEQ, EPC and LTSA. Responsible for leading teams to create tools utilise in the BESS design and cost estimation. Supporting procurement team in technical and commercial qualification of core equipment vendors. Along with negotiating MSAs with vendors. Expert in various battery chemistries and their direct application. Responsible for training global team on sizing, augmentation and flexible performance guarantee topics.

Head of Proposals at Wartsila
  • United States - Lynbrook
  • June 2020 to July 2022

Responsible for system design and commissioning of energy storage systems. Design AC/DC one line, system layout, and Network drawings. Commission Mega Watt Hour class systems and verify advance control functionalities like Voltage Control, Frequency Control, Peak Shaving and micro grid. Also perform power quality studies.

Electrical Engineer at FuelCell Energy
  • United States
  • May 2013 to March 2014

Perform power quality analysis using GE F60 and Shark 200 to predict grid faults and other associated faults with power plant. Investigate power controlling units (PCU) manufactured by Rockwell automation & Satcon. Work with electrical drafters to modify/correct existing electrical schematics. Investigate Fuel Cell short circuiting by analysing data from various circuit breaker trips throughout USA and South Korea. Make recommendations to power plant technicians to avoid future plant trips and emergency shut downs. Make recommendations to global plant operations manager on avoiding future plant trips.

Project Engineer at Ross Solar Group
  • United States
  • July 2011 to April 2013

Design grid tied commercial, residential, and battery backup systems. Use Auto Cad to draw one line and three line electrical schematics. Apply for interconnection application, state rebate programs and permits in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. Work closely with mechanical drafter in order to design the PV array layout for commercial projects. Negotiate terms with electrical and steel fabrication contractors. Work with vendors in order to provide cost effective and efficient design. Provide onsite and offsite technical support to the customers. Set up residential/commercial monitoring units (Locus, Sun Power Supervisor/Gateway, and Obvius). Replace residential inverters in order to honor warranty on the PV systems. Work with installation team on the commercial PV installations in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York.

Solar Design Engineer at The Potter's Company
  • United States
  • April 2009 to July 2011

Develop & Design solar powered waste water treatment systems. Provide customers with cost effective solutions to PV based water treatment systems. Use Quick Books to estimate renewable energy projects and MS Visio to draw one- line and thee- line Power System diagrams. Design and install 190W plus solar array for the battery charging systems to charge Lead Acid, AGM, Gel cell batteries at 12Vdc, 24Vdc, 36Vdc, or 48 Vdc and current ranging from 5 Amps to 60 Amps. Design, commission, and assist installers in installing solar powered waste water treatment systems. Upgrade existing electrical panels to control various AC motors in the waste water treatment system. Prepare bills of materials and verify it against electrical schematic. Work closely with environmental engineer, and drafter to integrate electrical/mechanical schematics. Work with sales & marketing team to create marketing plan for newly developed products. Work with engineering team in order to research & develop new solar powered products. Provide technical solutions to installers & customers. Prepare project planning that includes tasks, schedules, and budgets. Execute design engineering and drawing reviews for projects.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at Cleveland State University
  • May 2008

Bachelors of Electrical Engineering with emphasis in Power Systems.

Specialties & Skills

Renewable Energy
Electrical Engineering
Auto Cad
Battery
Power Systems
MS Word
MS PowerPoint
MS Outlook
MS Excel
BlueBeam

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

NABCEP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2009
Valid Until:
September 2009

Hobbies

  • Cooking, Riding motorcycle, and fashion
    NABCEP certified