diff --git a/bapsflib/utils/__init__.py b/bapsflib/utils/__init__.py
index 151562fb..772c4b8c 100644
--- a/bapsflib/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/bapsflib/utils/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,25 @@
 """
 Package of developer utilities.
 """
-__all__ = ['decorators', 'errors', 'warnings']
+__all__ = ['decorators', 'errors', 'warnings', 'ndarray_to_xarray']
+
+import xarray as xr
 
 from . import (decorators, errors, warnings)
+
+
+def ndarray_to_xarray(data, arr_name={}):
+    names = list(data.dtype.names)
+    names.remove('signal')
+    coords_dict = {}
+    for name in names:
+        if name == 'xyz':
+            coords_dict["x"] = ("shotnum", data[name][:, 0])
+            coords_dict["y"] = ("shotnum", data[name][:, 1])
+            coords_dict["z"] = ("shotnum", data[name][:, 2])
+
+        else:
+            coords_dict[name] = ("shotnum", data[name])
+
+    data_array = xr.DataArray(data['signal'], dims=('shotnum', 'time_index'), coords=coords_dict, name=arr_name)
+    return data_array