Benjamin Craig Email & Phone Number

Oak Park, Mi, Us

Troy, Michigan, United States

Development of next generation airflow products for vehicle interior comfort.Understanding and management of customer pain-points over a range of disciplines including HVAC Engineering, NVH Engineering, Studio/ styling, Packaging Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering.Development of new Customer-Backed Innovation process to better identify, catalogue, develop, and deploy custom solutions to a wide range of customer needs and expectations.In-depth benchmarking and market research within airflow commodity space.

Novi, Michigan

Germany Assignment (July 2017 - October 2018):Lived abroad outside Munich, Germany to develop new key products in seat ventilation field.Submitted 6+ Patent applications with 3 going for further protection.Seat Vent Knowledge Expert (March 2016 - Present):- Close technical knowledge gaps associated with overall performance and integration.- Development of internal and customer specific ventilation specifications including: Airflow (component level and seat complete), sound, vibration, total heat flux performance, and airflow distribution.- Analytical modeling of vent performance based on a number of empirical studies to better and quickly predict seat level performance before a seat is built and tested.- Training on the basics of fans and seat ventilation as well as mentoring of incoming vent engineers.Seat Ventilation Design and Release Engineer (April 2014 - March 2016):- In fulfillment of customer quotes (RFQs), responsible for BOM creation, drawing preparation, GD/T, DVP/R, and DFMEA for seat vent systems in North America.- Overseeing vent design to optimize performance and weight, while reducing cost.- Technical communication with supply base to recommend best possible sub-components to purchasing team including fans, spacer material, and adhesives.- Coordination of numerous seat prototype builds to showcase vent concepts to a wide range of customers.- Running of tests to determine ventilation performance including: Airflow (component level and seat complete), sound, vibration, total heat flux performance, pressure distribution, component permeability, and airflow distribution.

Dearborn, Michigan

Core Seat Trim Engineering:- VAVE exercises to reduce cost and consolidate commodity- 6-Panel studies for root cause analysis and TGW reduction- Benchmarking initiatives- Supplier quality- Warranty analysisSeat Innovation Group:- Design support for next generation seating- Preliminary DFMEA for new seat products- Alternative material investigations/ testing- Bringing new seat concepts from concept to implementation in vehicle platformsFoam Product Design and Release Engineer:- Maintained foam part designs in two continents and on three vehicle platforms- Maintained up to date BOM- Drawing and design release and initial tool kickoff of over 30 part numbers

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Robotics Team - Mechanical Lead

Diploma

Marching Band, Robotics Club, Jazz Band