Product Lifecycle Engineering

- Custom machine design for industry leader in separation equipment- Design for diverse customer industries including food, plastics, chemical, and agriculture.

− Managed team of eight engineers as Center Console and Passenger Side/Safety Parts Area Leader with direct part responsibility for seven assembled components and two air bags while generating department Bill of Materials for Model Year 2016 Tacoma− Designed various plastic, sheet metal, and die cut parts using lean product development techniques following a rigorous project schedule and achieving 100% of target deadlines− Implemented industry first in-vehicle wireless mobile charging technology as part of cross-functional team− Responsible for over $500,000/year cost savings through Value Engineering ideas− Designed and developed interior vehicle components as part of a design team for future models and held responsibility for current model vehicle field issues.− Managed supplier engineering support teams through vehicle development process− Collaborated with other designers, plant quality and process engineers, and suppliers to improve part quality of various plastic components.− Used extensive root cause analysis and technical thinking to countermeasure design and quality issues and make engineering changes

- New model development support using 3D Data, hands on build events, part mock-up, and reporting- Completed Body Testing and root cause analysis, change proposals and consensus building across team to improve part quality- Participated in multiple Themes to present development status to Managers and Project Leaders

- Studied quality problems to develop counter measures and implement best solution into part- Supported engineers with competitor benchmarking, data analysis, report creation, ECI support and creation as well as physical mockup to improve engineering thinking and learn design process- Two way benefit: Real life engineering activities while providing real engineering support to team

- Coordinated product submissions by following-up suppliers and leading weekly meetings with engineering managers to meet product development deadlines, wrote procedures, used Microsoft Access to create reports for management- Increased drawing submission percentage by more than 60% in nine weeks- Gained knowledge of industry from business and engineering perspective

- Collaborated with engineers to restructure and implement a new company inventory catalog using Microsoft Excel- Modeled prototype parts using Pro-Engineer software