Alexander Sieman
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About Me

I’m a software engineer living in Pittsburgh. I have a golden retriever named Penny and I’m a big fan of coffee, board games, and TV.

Check out my LinkedIn profile for more on my experience and skills, or my Github page for some things I’ve been working on recently. Or take a look at my resume.

What I’m doing now

Currently, I’m a Project Software Engineer at Philips Respironics in Pittsburgh. I joined Philips as a Senior Software Engineer in 2019. In this role, I’m primarily focused on:

Previous work experience

After college, I joined GE Energy Connections full-time as part of the Edison Engineering Development Program(EEDP). As part of the EEDP, I completed four rotations throughout the business where I was able to gain a breadth of experience. Most notably, this included developing embedded firmware and controls software on a New Product Introduction (NPI) for a medium-voltage induction motor drive product, as well as field service support for product servicing and upgrades.

I offboarded from the EEDP in 2016 into an R&D role with with GE Power Conversion in Cranberry Township, PA. Here, I focused on algorithm development for a platform to predict faults in electric motors (this allowed me to be part of several patent submissions, as well as control and automation upgrades to enable the repurposing of a 1MW solar inverter into an active torsional damper system.

Education

In 2014, I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Computer Science. As an undergraduate, I had the opportunity to work as a co-op engineering student with GE Power Conversion in Pittsburgh for three rotations.

While working in the EEDP program at GE, I pursued my master’s degree through the distance learning program at Georgia Tech. I graduated in 2017 with a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, focused on Systems and Controls.