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Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Madison, Wi / Freeport, Il

I managed strategic projects and innovated new products for the Sensing and Internet of Things (SIoT) business unit. Involved in various roles on magnetic, pressure and gas sensor new product development programs using Honeywell 6 Phase NPI Process.• Led $1.3M program that designed and launched family of very high sensitivity anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR) magnetic sensors, resulting in $200M+ in new business opportunities.• Served as project manager for development of magnetic sensor for existing China market segment providing differentiated performance, resulting in market segment expansion to 60M+ units per year.• Managed cross-functional project team consisting of suppliers, internal software developers and engineers for development of pressure sensor calibration and test system that improved throughput by 75%+ over legacy systems.• Utilized Black Belt certification and Design for Six Sigma training to reduce design variation, solve problems and drive decisions during product development cycle including decreasing cost of high volume magnetic sensor product 5%.• Experienced creating program schedules, budgets and quality standards while communicating updates to business leaders, customers and project staff.• Researched, evaluated and tested new concept ideas, driving design inputs and innovation into new product roadmap.Technology Development• Research and specify design inputs to new product to serve new markets• Test and evaluate concepts and provide data back to design team on performance and modifications to design• Evaluate competitor offerings with an understanding of strengths and weaknesses of the problem that they are trying to solve.Engineering team lead and technical leader for local design team in Freeport, Illinois.

Freeport, Il

Led the Sensing and Control Division new product development global design and manufacturing team responsible for a platform of patented non-contacting magnetic absolute position sensors.• Team leader of the platform development. Coordinated and reviewed projects from a global footprint of design engineers working on absolute position sensor projects and insuring the design teams were adhering to the platform design requirements.• Served as Global expert for implementation and application of custom ASIC used as foundation for absolute position sensors and trained other engineers on its use.• Generated design guide documentation for absolute position sensor platform, resulting in a family of products built using same materials and processes.• Shortened project cycle time by developing concept embedded microcontroller code for rotary absolute position sensor and reusing code as foundation for production.• Designed, developed and constructed management of flexible calibration and test system that reduces cost of capital on new programs by 60% through reuse of common test hardware.• Conducted on-site cross-functional training in China of product design, quality and manufacturing engineers for absolute position sensors, bolstering product knowledge.

Freeport, Il

Communicated directly with customer (General Motors) Design Responsible Engineer on design progress, testing results and production readiness for GM inline engine platform. Conducted weekly calls with customer to provide updates on schedules, resources, testing, and readiness for product release.• Developed new cam and crank sensors for Inline engine program utilizing platform methods developed for all GM sensor programs and proven to pass all customer validation testing.• Managed automotive customer projects utilizing the Honeywell Quality Management System developed for TS16949 resulting in 100% of audits passed with no findings• Created product end of line test system with removable fixtures, allowing new products to be added for approximately 1/10th cost of new system while utilizing unused capacity on existing equipment.• Designed and coordinated the build of equipment for high volume manufacturing of GM sensors using automated assembly, hydrogen flame soldering, magnetic calibration and thermoset over molding with capacity of 4M+ sensors / year.• Supported design team on GM Gen IV, LS4 and L18 sensor programs as the process design engineer.

Freeport, Il

Analyzed new IC packaging designs and assembly methods for magnetic sensors to determine feasibility and producibility.Defined requirements, justified capital investment and oversaw procurement for equipment and tooling required to manufacture new productsReleased an active wheel speed sensor into manufacturing in our Mexico manufacturing facility. The wheel speed sensor release included the design, justification, build and implementation of a new end of line test system in the manufacturing facility in Mexico.

Freeport, Il

Manufacturing engineer in thick film network facility. Responsibilities included implementing new products, procuring new equipment, process development and cost out activities. Worked as part of the team that justified an internal investment of $6 million on a new clean room to continue manufacturing our thick film networks at Honeywell. The investment required design and layout of a new clean room, layout of the manufacturing flow, moving and qualifying processes and bringing the new production area on line.

Bachelor Of Science In Mechanical Engineering Technology

Associates Degree In Drafting And Design Engineering Technology