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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

- Responsible for the development and execution of the Allison functional safety lifecycle- Provide ISO 26262 training and mentoring of cross-functional teams to grow our safety culture- Create/review DFMEAs, fault tree analysis, FMEDAs, HW architectural metrics, etc.- Create and monitor safety requirements for component suppliers to ensure they support our product safety concepts- Lead discussions with customer OEMs on functional safety topics- Manage external leveraged engineering resources that provide systems engineering services- Consult on AUTOSAR and Simulink SW architectures to ensure compliance to the safety concepts- Application of ISO 26262 work products to adjacent safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 13849, ISO 19014, MIL STD 882E)- Participate in the Regulatory Planning Team to address emerging standards in the area of functional safety- Executing Functional Safety projects for E-Axles, EV Components and Automatic Transmissions- Member of AUTO-ISAC to stay abreast of Cybersecurity trends and challenges

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

- Lead a cross-functional team to design and implement an automated testing solution using Hardware in the Loop (HIL) simulation- Direct engineers on the creation of functional requirement specifications and test plans- Manage project plans and communicate status regularly to executive management and supporting team leaders- Define and enforce architectural best practices of C++ and UML modeling solutions- Mentor peers on the use of Rhapsody UML, Visual Studio and code debugging methods on the ECU target and simulation platforms- Enforce design and implementation standards through technical code and model reviews- Ensure that the embedded diagnostic software meets regulatory compliance objectives- Implement failure mode detections and responses in software by collaborating with systems and validation engineers

Allison Transmission - Indianapolis, In

- Managed all deliverables from a team of off-shore and contract software engineers in the development and release of a public facing engineering analysis web application- Lead J2EE/C++ architect for a distributed web-based analysis application that securely hosts defense articles that met the necessary International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)- Managed software builds and promoted releases to the UNIX hosting environment- Delivered multiple applications using the CMMi Level 5 process framework

Allison Transmission - Indianapolis, In

- Designed and implemented the embedded solution to perform manufacturing and firmware validation of a cardiac defibrillator- Developed a windows client and embedded software to provide calibration and test interfaces for a pneumatic automotive chassis leveling system- Contributed as a software consultant on an adaptive cruise control system solution through the use of system modeling and algorithm development- Migrated legacy C code maintained by the algorithm group into the ETAS/ASCET modeling/autocoding platform- Reduced the software release build time by 35% by creating a build management environment for a new vehicle program

Allison Transmission - Indianapolis, In

- Directly responsible for the successful delivery of over $1.3 million in manufacturing system services in support of a new product launch- Designed and delivered mission critical infrastructure to ensure the highest levels of availability, scalability, performance and security- Managed the technical deliverables from a team of software engineers- Mentored the development team on machine data acquisition and control methods- Directed on-call operational support personnel

Gm - Fort Wayne Truck & Bus

- Designed and implemented ladder logic on Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) in the Paint Shop (vehicle routing) and Body shop (option data delivery)- Implemented enhancements to a PLC controlled Just-In-Time RF material handling system- Managed a Statistical Process Control (SPC) system that collected, reported and alarmed when processes were not within specifications- Led a research project on the use of Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) applications in support of factory automation systems

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering

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