High Voltage Expert
Experience in compact and reliable high-voltage design
Product Developer
Efficiently achieving a successful product with the appropriate methods
Technical interim
The view from outside finds new ways
Technical interim
Personnel bottlenecks in the technical area? With my comprehensive technical know-how, my wealth of experience and my great understanding of interrelationships, I can help you. Benefit from my skills exactly when you need them and exactly to the extent you need them.
A high level of acceptance within the team is fundamental to success. My in-depth technical understanding and communication skills in this area help me to achieve this. I always focus on the business goals you set. At the same time, you gain new impulses for your project and your company through my outside perspective.
This is what I offer you when temporarily leading your technical team, managing your innovative product development project, protecting your intellectual properties (patents) and optimizing knowledge transfer as interim CTO.
What I offer
Team management
Every development is a team effort. My success factors for a good team that leads your project to success:
- Respect, transparency and appreciation
- Open and solution-oriented communication
- Motivating objective definition
- Acting as a role model by taking on operational work
- Knowledge of the characters in a development team
- Skilled in dealing with strong characters
A team without high fluctuation and with common goals, which sticks together even in difficult times, is the way to your sustainable project.
Project management
To make your project successful, I offer you:
- Reliable and transparent planning (time, budget and resources)
- Regular, open and solution-oriented communication
- Controlling
- Good team management
- Optimally composed team (if necessary with external partners)
- Clear definition of framework conditions and interfaces
Rely on my project timelines and budget requirements.
Knowledge transfer
Changes in an important position are often problematic for the future course of business. Prevent the loss of important know-how in your company. How I support you:
- Fast deployment
- Pick up previous knowledge
- Continue position ad interim
- Establish continuity
- Controlling
- Thorough handover and sustainable training
My broad technical understanding and my quick familiarization ensure a thorough handover in your company without loss of knowledge.
Intellectual Properties (Patents)
Your ideas are worth money and need to be protected. Don’t let a competitor block your business with your idea. My knowledge will help you:
- Evaluation of technical ideas (up to FTO)
- Patent search
- Formulation of initial claims
- Elaboration and implementation of a strategy to protect your ideas
- Communication with the patent attorney or patent agent
Take advantage of my experience in the patenting process, as I hold over 100 patents in twelve patent families.
Excerpt from my project list
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Read more: Interim CTO / Head of Engineering
I took over the overall technical responsibility for a start-up company in the early existence phase (post-seek). This included strategic and operational aspects. On the…
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Read more: Consulting on high-voltage issues
SELFRAG AG needed advice and support for its development teams in the areas of high voltage and control. Evaluating new design proposals for their high-voltage…
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Read more: Patent analysis for FTO
Two patents were to be analyzed in terms of restricting my client’s business – Freedom-to-Operate (FTO). I clarified whether the procedures proposed in the patent…
What people say about my work
«Reinhard Müller-Siebert’s broad knowledge in the technical and project planning areas was absolutely essential for us. In our early company phase, he was always able to convince with competence and professionalism in various challenging areas of activity, from hands-on engineering to strategic alignment decisions.»
Franco Membrini
CEO – Mithras Technology AG
Contact me if you need a technical interim.
High-Voltage Expert
Electric fields? Field strengths? Carbon copies? When you have a problem with your equipment, you need to respond quickly. This is the only way to minimize possible damage due to overloading and the failure of individual components. In the event of a fault, I analyze the situation promptly and help you with appropriate measures to a robust, functioning system.
In doing so, my simulation methods are faster and less expensive than the “trial-and-error” approach commonly used in high-voltage engineering. With the help of the simulation, you reliably know why what happens when. This gives you the design rules for future idea implementations.
Take advantage of my know-how and years of experience in high voltage pulse technology for simulations, protection of your intellectual properties (patents) and acute problem solving in this field.
What I offer
Simulation
My simulation allows a fast development of your products. Take advantage of the following benefits:
- Numerous variants through parametric modeling
- Optimization algorithms for the appropriate parameter set
- Faster and easier analysis of error cases
- Focus on the calculation of low-frequency electric, thermal and mechanical fields
- Explicit calculations of highly dynamic processes
I determine the parasitic capacitances, inductances and resistances necessary for realistic modeling by simple models in the FEM simulation tool of Ansys (hardware and licenses available). For time-dependent, electrical processes I use SPICE.
Problem solving
Product development does not work without troubleshooting. Save costs with efficient and effective problem solving. For this I offer you:
- Detailed analyses with comprehensive overview
- External view for new ideas and their prioritization
- Solutions generation
- Guideline for implementation
With my view from the outside, I gain new ideas for you and solve deadlocked situations, for the success of your product.
Intellectual Properties (Patents)
Your ideas are worth money and need to be protected. Don’t let a competitor block your business with your idea. My knowledge will help you:
- Evaluation of technical ideas (up to FTO)
- Patent search
- Formulation of initial claims
- Elaboration and implementation of a strategy to protect your ideas
- Communication with the patent attorney or patent agent
Take advantage of my experience in the patenting process, as I hold over 100 patents in twelve patent families.
Excerpt from my project list
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Read more: Optimization of spark gap electrodes
Initial situation My customer produces shock waves in a medical device through a spark gap. However, the key parameters of the medical diagnostics varied outside…
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Read more: Result analysis of a discharge test
Initial situation Two types of transformer bushings from my customer were subjected to a special test. It was checked how the bushings would behave in…
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Read more: Analysis of a spark gap
My assignment was to develop a medical device with a shock wave triggered by a fast spark gap. Several spark gaps are installed in the…
What people say about my work
«CONDIS mandated Dr. Müller-Siebert in order to benefit from his expertise and deep knowledge in the high-voltage segment within the context of a market analysis. He enriched it with an assessment of our technology versus existing ones, which we particularly appreciated. After its completion and presentation, he remained very open to discussion allowing us to further review his findings. Dr Müller-Siebert’s work has been helpful and will support CONDIS in its growth.»
Baptiste Vesy
Business Strategy Manager – CONDIS SA
Contact me, when you need a high voltage expert.
Product developer
Product idea and you do not know how to proceed? I am passionate about product development of devices and entire plants with optimized processes. I have accompanied different products from the idea to the acceptance test.
My knowledge pays off for you: Experience in start-ups has taught me efficient use of available resources and how to deal with investors. My solution-oriented way of thinking has “saved” many products. My detailed time, budget and resource plans are a reliable guideline for you.
Rely on my skills in developing your product, whether leading the team or the entire project, in simulation, in protecting your Intellectual Properties (patents) and in acute problem solving.
What I offer
Team management
Every development is a team effort. My success factors for a good team that leads your project to success:
- Respect, transparency and appreciation
- Open and solution-oriented communication
- Motivating objective definition
- Acting as a role model by taking on operational work
- Knowledge of the characters in a development team
- Skilled in dealing with strong characters
A team without high fluctuation and with common goals, which sticks together even in difficult times, is the way to your sustainable project.
Project management
To make your project successful, I offer you:
- Reliable and transparent planning (time, budget and resources)
- Regular, open and solution-oriented communication
- Controlling
- Good team management
- Optimally composed team (if necessary with external partners)
- Clear definition of framework conditions and interfaces
Rely on my project timelines and budget requirements.
Simulation
My simulation allows a fast development of your products. Take advantage of the following benefits:
- Numerous variants through parametric modeling
- Optimization algorithms for the appropriate parameter set
- Faster and easier analysis of error cases
- Focus on the calculation of low-frequency electric, thermal and mechanical fields
- Explicit calculations of highly dynamic processes
I determine the parasitic capacitances, inductances and resistances necessary for realistic modeling by simple models in the FEM simulation tool of Ansys (hardware and licenses available). For time-dependent, electrical processes I use SPICE.
Problem solving
Product development does not work without troubleshooting. Save costs with efficient and effective problem solving. For this I offer you:
- Detailed analyses with comprehensive overview
- External view for new ideas and their prioritization
- Solutions generation
- Guideline for implementation
With my view from the outside, I gain new ideas for you and solve deadlocked situations, for the success of your product.
Intellectual Properties (Patents)
Your ideas are worth money and need to be protected. Don’t let a competitor block your business with your idea. My knowledge will help you:
- Evaluation of technical ideas (up to FTO)
- Patent search
- Formulation of initial claims
- Elaboration and implementation of a strategy to protect your ideas
- Communication with the patent attorney or patent agent
Take advantage of my experience in the patenting process, as I hold over 100 patents in twelve patent families.
Excerpt from my project list
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Read more: Optimization of spark gap electrodes
Initial situation My customer produces shock waves in a medical device through a spark gap. However, the key parameters of the medical diagnostics varied outside…
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Read more: Result analysis of a discharge test
Initial situation Two types of transformer bushings from my customer were subjected to a special test. It was checked how the bushings would behave in…
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Read more: Feasibility electric fish barrier
The environmental engineering client was tasked with preventing the migration of juvenile fish through the water intake for a power plant. This is to be…
What people say about my work
“From a customer need, we came up with the idea of an innovative flexible connection for busbars. However, we could not say whether this would meet the thermal and mechanical requirements. We found the right partner to answer these questions in Reinhard Müller-Siebert. He has shown that the current flow does not reach the limit temperature and that the connection is mechanically stable even in the event of a short circuit. His statements were confirmed in the test.”
Franz Wyss
CEO – Sefag Components AG
Contact me if you need a product developer.
About me
As a practical physicist, I provide lasting support for your research and development. With my good technical intuition and my broad knowledge I open new ways for your developments. In doing so, I know what the relevant tasks are to meet your specifications.
My communication goes down well because I understand and speek the language of the people in your development department.
For the success of your developments, I also work operationally and like to lend a hand myself.
My values
Straightforward
People who act clearly and straightforwardly are important to me. Because I am like that myself.
Thoughtfully and clear
I form my opinion thoughtfully and stand up for it. I give transparent reasons for decisions.
Solution-oriented
I maintain an overview thanks to my strong logical, strategic and networked thinking.
Open
I am open to people, and new technologies interest me. My curiosity drives me.
My experience
Technical
20 years
High voltage and insulation technology
High pulse current, alternating current and pulsed power
Simulation and modeling
10 years
Equipment manufacturing and electronics
Regulation and control
5 years
Vacuum, cryogenics and pressure
Lasers, optics and photonics
Methodical
20 years
Project management, development project management
Stage-Gate, Scrum and agile project management
10 years
Innovation management, problem solving in the innovation process
Personnel management and leadership
IP strategy, patent search and competition control
Risk analysis, EMC and certification
My education and training
CAS Innovation Product Management
CAS Senior Engineers
Successful R&D project management
Doctorate – physics majlor
Diploma in physics