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Foster City

Newark, California

• Lucid is an electric car startup based in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Responsible for the design and development of exterior parts
• Involved in the design, manufacture and testing of a 5-DOF luxury executive seat prototype

Melbourne, Australia

• Global design centre responsible for new vehicle development
• Involved in all phases of development for the new Toyota Fortuner, from design concept through to detailed design, prototype builds and factory trials
• Responsible for design and layout of functional body parts such as handles, hinges, struts, window regulators, locks, wipers, washers and a powered back door system
• Worked for 4 months on secondment to parent division in Japan, providing communication and co-ordination support during prototyping phase
• Extensive experience presenting design concepts to global affiliates, requiring clear, concise and effective communication
• Responsible for ensuring parts meet both internal Toyota standards as well as international government regulation requirements

• Small-scale aftermarket motorbike parts manufacturer
• Developed low-volume motorbike parts such as radiator guards, bash plates, chain guards and tank mounts for in-house manufacturing
• Liaised closely with machine operators to improve part quality and manufacturability with a rapid turnaround for design changes
• Designed for manufacturing processes including sheet metal cutting and forming, milling and welding
• Managed the transition from 2D CAD to 3D parametric CAD, reducing time to market for new parts from 1 month to 1 week
• Developed standard documentation through Word and Excel, and drawing standards in Solidworks, to improve engineering workflow and quality

• Student team developing a working race car for the Formula SAE competition
• Led the design of the suspension system for the 2011 Monash University Formula SAE car, winner of the Australasian competition
• Design and manufacture of complex, safety critical moving parts such as uprights, wishbones and anti-roll bars, with no failures in service
• Developed an accurate and user friendly method for determining loads in suspension components, reducing design time and eliminating unnecessary overdesign
• Applied design for manufacturability principles to reduce design and build cycle time from 10 months to 6 months, allowing extra time for testing and development