Mark Richter

Electrical Engineer

Lafayette, California, United States

About

Electrical and Instrumentation +30 years of Electrical Engineering field work, design, installation, R&D and Power Quality in the Oil and Gas industry.

Experience

  • Staff Engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

  • Senior Staff Electrical Engineer at AirCapture
    Aug 2022 - May 2026 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    COMSOL Microwave cavity design. Built a complex microwave system utilizing multiple magnetrons.

  • Principal R&D Electrical Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories
    Feb 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Inventor & Senior Application Engineer at Power Standards Lab
    Jul 2016 - Feb 2021 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    Senior Applications and Test Engineer / Special Projects Manager: Instrumentation and power engineer, electrical standards, Test engineer applying SEMI and IEC standards to electrical equipment and semiconductor fabrication tools seeking SEMI and IEC approvals. Field engineer applying PSL’s Power Quality Instrumentation technology to assist electrical engineers with plant maintenance, diagnosis and design. Achievements: Designed a Variable Frequency Drive monitoring system that monitors the AC and DC at medium voltage. Patents Granted.

  • Senior Electrical Engineer at Energy Recovery Inc
    Jul 2011 - Jun 2016 · 5 yrs

    Senior Electrical Engineer; Designing and developing new technologies to recovery energy from industrial processes. Designing industrial electrical installations, instrumentation, PLC, DAQ, VFD, Motors, Switch gear, 12,470V, 4160VAC and improving complex high pressure and flow test equipment. Developing HMI’s using NI LabView hardware and software. Electrical harmonic analysis to IEEE519 1992 standards. Allen Bradley Control Logix, RSLogix and Studio 5000 fundamentals. Designed and implemented a 500kVA asynchronous induction generator suitable for hazardous operation that feeds power back to the utility. Supporting Industrial machines including PLC's, Instrument technician support, VFD and motor specifications. Specification of instrumentation for Oil and Gas industry. Process flow, temperature, pressure up to 15ksi 3000GPM.