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Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Holland, Michigan, Us

Van Buren Township, Mi, Us

Manage all aspects of product development for assigned Instrument Cluster and Battery Management System products.Engage with customer regularly to align and address all questions and concerns.Coordinate daily to prioritize team tasks and achieve success in our customer's eyes.Lead weekly team meetings with account management, manufacturing, and engineering leadership teams.Maintain oversight of product development schedule and pre-production part delivery.Engage with internal and customer quality organizations to achieve process compliance.

Van Buren Township, Mi, Us

Manage all engineering team efforts for development and launch of GM Instrument Clusters.GM Instrument Clusters range globally across 11 vehicle lines from MY16 to MY21.Review open software issues and risk assessments with Software Product Owners.Lead weekly software review meetings with our customer.Compile engineering effort estimates for all SW and HW design change requests.Manage BOM changes in our product release system for manufacturing in order to meet customer milestones.Coordinate with Mechanical and Electrical engineering teams to facilitate component design changes as needed.Lead weekly engineering team meeting with all disciplines to ensure development is progressing according to schedule.Organize product testing with our Product Assurance group, review testing results, and work to root cause any testing failures.Interface with the customer to resolve open issues, answer questions, and coordinate our efforts.

Van Buren Township, Mi, Us

Comprehend and maintain system-level interfaces and requirements for three Ford Audio Head Units used in over ten vehicle lines.Analyze customer-provided hardware, functional, and diagnostics requirements.Clarify new or ambiguous requirements with the customer and internally.Maintain documentation of all requirements including clarifications with evidence of customer approval for traceability.Investigate issues reported from the customer to quickly determine the expected system behavior or the root cause of a confirmed issue.Work with the software development team and software validation team to address concerns and resolve misunderstandings.

Programmed and debugged 4 production models of automotive navigation systems over 6 vehicle model years.Coordinated software changes as the Audio Interface team leader for 1 year.Programmed, documented, and combined over 100 changes to production software code.Wrote and edited 100's of documents for specification, design, & validation purposes.My project changed in 2011. I gained additional experience:Programmed the voice recognition (VR) interface for automotive embedded systems using C. Participated in Toyota working groups to develop Navigation and VR features and define new specifications.Analyzed 3rd party design specifications and created system sequences for efficient integration with navigation software.

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Upgraded software and supported user needs on 15 office computers.Communicated regularly with 15 office staff about IT issues and their resolution.Investigated and developed sample pages using XML to display online journal data.Sorted and inventoried supplies for the Annual Conference.Part time job during my first 2 years of college.