Caleb Barr Email & Phone Number

Clarkston, MI, US

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

United States

Auburn Hills, Michigan

Main Role: DRE for the truck bed sheet metal of the Jeep Gladiator. These 2.5 years were very exciting, being responsible for CAD releases, TKO, PPAP, Launch, change & cost management, and continuous improvement of my parts. While launching the Gladiator, I earned a Reactive Problem Solving Green Belt and Dale Carnegie Leadership Advantage.

Auburn Hills, Michigan

Future Grand Cherokee Underbody Lead.Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Green Belt Certification.

Auburn Hills, MI

Advanced body structure engineer for large vehicle segment (Jeep Grand Cherokee, Chrysler Pacifica)ACE is essentially the hub that coordinates vehicle packaging, studio design, customer functional objectives, ride, handling, NVH, safety, etc. early in product development. Naturally, I have regular interface with these groups to deliver the vehicle the.

Chrysler Tech Center

Advanced Concepts Engineering InternVehicle Architecture-Architecture – developed advance engine mount concepts to optimize weight, stiffness, and packaging based from my BoB and WoW benchmarking studies-Weight Reduction – led BIW initiatives such as weld flange reduction and scalloping-Voice of Customer – directed new product BIW development between.

Chrysler Tech Center

• Quality - Advance Stamping Manufacturing Engineering
• Die and Panel Quality Intern
• Reviewed and root caused panel dimensional and surface quality issues
• Assisted in the development of a feedback loop to enhance full cycle full process simulation through die face mapping
• Acquired and reported die build CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) data

Sterling Stamping Plant

• Sterling Stamping Plant – Press Room & Die Shop
• Directed a Major Kaizen project: Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) attacking over $400,000 loss annually
• Lead change cohesively with skilled trades and management team members
• Defined the focus area, stratified the losses, built a team, investigated and root caused several inefficiencies of die changeover from which I initiated over 28 Standard Kaizens. Of these 28 Kaizens, 4 are completed.
• Delivered presentations, commonly to Plant Managers and the Head of Stamping

-Developed and improved global die standards-Led a research project, publication, and select material was presented at GDIS 2010 - “The Dimensional Effect of Heat Treatment and Die Coating Processes on Die Inserts for Advanced High Strength Steel Applications”-Orchestrated supplier involvement and led purchasing negotiations-Formed partnerships with.

-Led material testing experiments -Conducted aluminum sheet metal testing for Skid-Line analysis-Conducted advanced high strength steel tensile testing -Organized and presented data to research and development teams from Ford, GM, and Chrysler

Master Of Science (Ms), Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Concentration, 3.96

Activities and Societies: Detroit SAE, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor SocietyCourses Completed: ME539 - Computational Fluid Dynamics ME543.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering, 3.88

Activities and Societies: Honors College Graduate, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Chrysler Learning and Innovation Center for.

Minor Degree, Japanese Language And Civilization

Activities and Societies: Japan Club