Responsible HVAC Engineering Group Manager for OV Vehicles and Groupe PSA Multi Brand Light Commercial vehicles.

Engineering Manager of the Thermal Development at Opel Automobile GmbHExperience and Responsibility:- Program and Project Management, Global Team Building and Workshare- People Leader of 30 persons, 27 Engineers, People Development, Hiring- Operation Responsible forTwo Climatic Wind Tunnels and multiple Test Facilities, Maintenance budget, Invest, ISO certified for 9001, 14001, 50001Thermal Development, Performance Integration and Validation of Global Architectures and Regional vehicles:- Experienced in conversion from Marketing & Customer Expectations into vehicle- and subsystem technical requirements for Climate Comfort, Propulsion Cooling, Related CO2 optimized calibrations- Responsibility from Requirement Setting to Validation Testing and Requirement Fulfillment - no excuses- Base for requirement settings based on customer feedback and competitor analysis as Compass, NCBS, JD-Power and benchmark- Road 2 Lab 2 Math strategies - closed loop learning from Vehicle validation tests to CAE- Propulsion Cooling Systems: Conventional Combustion (Water, Charge Air, Engine oil, Transmission Oil), Hybrid and Electrical Vehicles- Engine Calibrations for active Aero Shutter (CO2 optimized), Fan, After boil, AC control- Active Thermal Management- Under hood and Underbody Thermal Management: Temperature Limit fulfillment for all vehicle components, Thermal Integrity, Development of Thermal protections- HVAC Performance and Calibration:HVI Interface, Heating Optimization, Auxiliary Heating Systems, A/C Loop optimization- HVAC control algorithm development and Calibrations , Sensor Integration as Ambient, Sun, Humidity, Fogging Control, Air Quality, Automatic Seat Heating, Parking Heater, etc.- Quality issue investigation, advanced technology development, CAE involvement, process and efficiency improvement.- Always looking for further efficiency and cost improvements- Love to learn and grow with new technologies and people experinces spreaded globally

Design Development Engineer within base development team for instrument cluster actuators, responsible for design of new stepper motor generation for "analoge" instrument indication, multiple patents, innovative design, mass production capable, 98% automated assembly and production quality verification.