Sr. Electrical Engineer at Hill-Rom and Embedded Engineering Consultant
Cincinnati Area
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- Founder / Webmaster at Double Black Design (Sole Proprietorship)
- Sr. Electrical Engineer at Hill-Rom
- Firefighter II at Sunman Rural Fire Department
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- Adv. Electrical Engineer (Concept Research) at Hill-Rom
- Electrical Engineering Intern at Cincinnati, Inc.
- Education
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- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Keith Huster’s Summary
An accomplished Sr. Electrical Engineer specializing in embedded systems design with expertise in requirements gathering, proof of concept modeling, software and hardware design, and process documentation.
Keith Huster’s Specialties:
UL60601-1, embedded software, .NET software, concept research, TCP/IP, Wi-Fi, CAN, electronics design, embedded hardware, language processing, systems engineering
Keith Huster’s Experience
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Founder / Webmaster
Double Black Design (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Services industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Founder and webmaster of DoubleBlackDesign.com, a social networking site aimed at the aggregation and distribution of software, embedded, and web design best practices.
DoubleBlackDesign.com is still in it's infant stage and I am currently looking for content authors to help get the site started. Please feel free to pass a link to this site to your friends and colleagues. -
Sr. Electrical Engineer
Hill-Rom
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HB; Medical Devices industry)
August 2005 — Present (3 years 5 months)
Electrical engineer responsible for creating working models for medical electronics systems based on system and module level requirements. I am also responsible for generating production quality medical electronic devices based on concept designs as well as working with internal and external manufacturers to create volume runs for production devices.
• Architected and developed application software (written in C#) for a Windows CE 5.0 embedded device used as a touch screen interface.
• Developed UL60601-1 compliant hardware and software necessary to implement a wired Ethernet and a Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) gateway device for Hill-Rom hospital beds.
• Worked with a multi-divisional team to generate the requirements for a medical information system designed to provide patient information directly to the caregiver via pagers, cellular phones, and 802.11b (WiFi) communications badges.
• Completed design, analysis, and safety documentation necessary for FDA compliance. -
Firefighter II
Sunman Rural Fire Department
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Public Safety industry)
March 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)
Member of the Sunman Rural Fire Department certified to Firefighter II and HazMat Operations level certifications. I have also been appointed to be the director of information technology and computer systems for the department. I also act as the designer and webmaster for the department's website; SunmanFire.com.
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Adv. Electrical Engineer (Concept Research)
Hill-Rom
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HB; Medical Devices industry)
May 2002 — August 2005 (3 years 4 months)
Electrical engineer responsible for utilizing the Concept Engineering (CE) process to communicate directly with customers in order to generate project requirements necessary to design and develop system concept models for future medical devices. I was also responsible for creating prototype concept models to demonstrate system functionality to the customer in order to verify project requirements.
• Designed and developed a system to connect a hospital bed to an Ethernet network thus allowing remote access to the data contained within the bed.
• Completed the Concept Engineering process for a device that provides a wireless communication path between a standard hospital bed and the central nurse station.
• Managed and participated in the design and development of an articulation control system for a bariatric (morbidly obese patient) hospital bed.
• Managed the installation and implementation of electronic systems for the Concept Research Future State group. -
Electrical Engineering Intern
Cincinnati, Inc.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Machinery industry)
May 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 4 months)
Electrical engineering intern responsible for streamlining the development and assembly process for the high-speed CO2 lasers. I also created standard methods for creating and controlling all documentation required during the assembly process.
• Established a web-based repository for engineering and assembly documents accessible by the entire laser engineering department.
• Standardized all laser engineering documents through the creation and enforcement of a document template.
• Evaluated and modified current laser assembly procedures to meet the laser assembly department’s needs.
Keith Huster’s Education
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1998 — 2002
• Cumulative GPA of 3.19 on a 4.0 scale.
• Completed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam.
• Awarded Senior Project Funding by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance and the Lemelson Foundation.- Activities and Societies:
- Order of the Engineer, IEEE, Lambda Chi Alpha
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Keith Huster’s Interests:
software architecture, embedded systems design, concept engineering, web design, firefighting, snow skiing, jet skiing
Keith Huster’s Groups:
Sunman Rural Fire Department, IVFA, Order of the Engineer, Lambda Chi Alpha,
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Alumni
Keith Huster’s Honors:
Hill-Rom Patent of the Year Award - 2005
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