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California City, California, United States

• Plan and oversee Vehicle Durability and Corrosion Testing for Pan-American markets.
• Lead a team of Vehicle System Engineers responsible for issue diagnosis, countermeasure, and follow-up.
• Assist design and quality engineers in development of robust validation plans.
• Work with counterparts in Korea home office to develop vehicle test forecasts and schedule.
• Provide testing and root-cause analysis support to overseas sales affiliates.
• Execute testing with respect to personal safety and corporate risk-management.

California City, CA

• Responsible for tracking and resolution of automotive chassis systems durability issues.
• Oversee automotive corrosion test development, operation, and facility maintenance.
• Published an engineering standard (TDP) for local proving grounds corrosion testing.
• Improve processes for durability test execution, reporting, and driver training.
• Designed and implemented a relational database for tracking and reporting vehicle test issues.
• Organize and conduct durability and corrosion field surveys at dealership and auction sites.

Fremont, CA

• Responsible for final validation of interior trim, seating, and 12V harness systems.
• Meet with design engineers and suppliers to develop system and assembly-level DVP&Rs.
• Track issues from initial reporting through root cause, countermeasure, revalidation, and release.
• Promote the release of service bulletins and service manual amendments where required.
• Responsible for planning and reporting of vehicle endurance and cold-weather reliability tests.

Laramie, WY

• Conceived and implemented a ground-up plan for vehicle testing and evaluation.
• Developed tests for powertrain, braking, steering, and suspension systems.
• Collected data for benchmarking of previous year’s vehicle and comparison to new vehicle.
• Analyzed data and delivered test reports to support vehicle development.
• Instrumented vehicle for collection of race course data to improve future vehicle design.

• Intern for two summers at Hyundai Motor Group California Proving Ground.
• Designed and oversaw durability tests for OEM and vendor parts.
• Instrumented vehicles for thermal, NVH, powertrain, and EV battery testing.
• Conducted vehicle evaluations and durability testing.
• Completed inspections and logging of issues on durability test vehicles.
• Participated in IQS/VDS events as an evaluator and supporting engineer.

• Worked with a team of automotive engineers and technicians to conduct durability testing on production and prototype vehicles.
• Reported anomalies in vehicle behavior to engineering staff.
• Assisted in evaluation of vehicle failure modes and parts wear.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: SAE International, Tau Beta Pi

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History