Blake Wanser Email & Phone Number

Smyrna, Tennessee, United States

Fountain Valley

• Ensure Individual New Model and Current Model vehicles meets HMA goals for quality and customer satisfaction.• Lead total vehicle evaluations to benchmark the performance of various systems (Powertrain, Chassis, ADAS, Human Factors, etc.) vs. competitor vehicles.• Charged with tracking and reporting product quality and customer satisfaction concerns. Concerns tracked to closure by promptly managing the appropriate actions (parts, dealer, technician support, owner communication, etc.).• Collect and clearly present field quality data to HMC and partner Hyundai affiliates to ensure appropriate alignment of priorities.• Responsible for timely distribution of all related Technical Service Bulletins

Fountain Valley, Ca

• Install dealer accessories on vehicles while evaluating the fit, installation procedure, instructions, and installation time.• Make critical decisions regarding accessory part’s potential impact on the vehicle ownership experience, warranty costs, and syndicated quality reports.• Generate documents related to PPAP approval, Quality Inspection Reports, and program status reports.• Participate in new model "ride and drives" and various accessory performance drive tests.

• SolidWorks design and rapid prototyping of optical fixtures such as a magnetic undulator fixture for electron scattering.• Assemble, diagnose, and repair/upgrade high vacuum station for experiments involving electron scattering. Comprised of reassembling using supplied parts, cleaning pumps and adding oil, rewiring solenoids, finding leaks, replacing o-rings, upgrading to modern vacuum fittings, and making a gasket for bell jar.• Performed experiments using LabVIEW in conjunction with various sensors to measure the incident, reflected, and refracted power of a laser beam at different angles and color after being shone through a hologram, and recorded results.

Irvine, California

• Designed and manufactured an exhaust system for a four cylinder internal combustion engine to meet performance, noise, and packaging requirements.• Determined analytically if a single front and rear wing would provide sufficient downforce to warrant making carbon fiber molds by hand.• Created models using SolidWorks and participated in cross-functional product-development meetings.

Costa Mesa, California

Managed two opposing teams and enforced the laws of the game.

Master’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.93

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.06

Activities and Societies: UC Irvine NCAA Division I Cross Country/Track & Field Teams, UC Irvine FSAE Race Team