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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

- Manage small to large cross functional teams for multiple projects from ideation through final validation and launch.- Develop project plans to define project scope, timeline, and estimated costs to ensure successful program execution that delivers on business case requirements.- Present program status updates to leadership and share out weekly dashboard updates on project status.- Drive key milestone reviews with the team and vendors from project kickoff to final production approval and ramp.- Budget lead responsible for managing spend forecast and vendor payments for R&D programs.- Lead recurring internal cross functional and external vendor meetings to maintain continued team dialogue through a project and host onsite vendor visits for detailed discussions on development related topics. - Partner with the Software Engineering team to drive the development and incorporation of telemetry into equipment for performance tracking, over the air updates, and other critical features requiring IoT connectivity. - Collaborate with the Sourcing Team to ensure contracts and related legal documents are executed between the business and its vendors at the onset of a new project.- Deliver a positive user experience on equipment through the incorporation of continuous UI/UX sprint phases into the development cycle.- Coordinate store installations of new equipment with internal Facilities team and external contractors, along with planning for technical field support.- Drive store test planning for new equipment to ensure store barista needs are met while maintaining customer satisfaction.- People leader who empowers all to set and achieve individual goals while successfully completing team deliverables.- Mentor new team members to support development of project management skills while modeling Starbucks values.- Provide cross functional team member performance feedback during review processes to highlight strengths and recommend areas for development and growth.

Bothell, Washington

- Led multiple projects through planning and execution with internal cross functional teams and external vendors.- Technical scope of projects executed included development and release of new tooling, transfer of production lines between manufacturing sites, and release of new components and products requiring testing and countermeasure implementation.- Led project team meetings to track project progress and hold contributors accountable to commitments.- Drove team to find solutions to issues when they arise and escalate where appropriate to keep projects on time to launch.- Presented progress and milestone reports to management to proceed through project gates for advancing to production.- Negotiated lead times with internal and external team to align on project schedule.- Prepared estimates for project expense budgets and staffing resources.- Shared project learnings to improve processes and improve efficiencies.- Additional scope of work included executing Operations based projects including Commercial Lifecycle product launches, global phase out of product, and inventory/capacity planning for transition to new components.

Petaluma, Ca

- Lead Engineer and technical lead for supplier transition to move and qualify multiple production tools, finished good assembly lines, and test labs between two contract manufacturers to meet production demand and maintain product quality.- Advanced technical development and launch of new products by providing inputs to design and subsequently leading development activity with the manufacturer through production start. - Collaborated with team to resolve technical issues and implement design changes to meet performance requirements while balancing aesthetic and functionality needs defined by Industrial Design and Product Management.- Resolved sustaining engineering issues and contributed to process efficiency improvements.- Negotiated schedules with vendors to reduce and optimize new tooling and assembly line development timelines across new product lines.- Developed and wrote test protocols and procedures for new products, along with review and design of assembly and test fixtures.- Led and participated in quality review milestones (DFM, DFMEA, PFMEA, etc.).- Led cost savings initiatives to lower finished good cost through alternative material selection and assembly efficiency improvements.- Led in technical capacity for Phase 0 Innovation Projects to explore new opportunities for implementing new technologies, processes, or materials to product.- Co-led supplier capacity planning to evaluate production mold life and capacity planning against demand and acquire additional tooling as needed. - Traveled to vendors both domestically and internationally to support product testing and development, pilot runs, and resolving other sustaining quality issues.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

- Advanced the development of new vitreous china and faucet products to meet customer and market needs and part requirements, while maintaining project schedule. - Led and coordinated the design of new products on a cross functional team with internal members and external vendors.- Cultivated strategic partnerships with internal and external suppliers, both domestically and internationally, to negotiate the design and schedule of new components.- Collaborated to develop company-wide design standards and best practices for new vitreous china products with a focus on quality management.- Created and conducted Voice of Customer surveys to understand current marketplace offering and trends to help set product road map for future projects.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Responsible for detailed design of various resin and stamped metal components for vehicle development programs to meet program and government requirements.- Negotiated packaging and part layout with cross functional groups to accommodate vehicle styling, assembly requirements, and general part clearance requirements.- Negotiated multiple implementation schedules for tooling development and trials of new parts between engineering design, supplier, and manufacturing groups.- Analyzed vehicle crash results to develop solutions required to ensure vehicle achieved performance requirements.- Studied product offering in the marketplace to contribute to early-stage design concept for overall vehicle.- Mentored new hire engineers and led team of CAD modelers to advance new product development.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Led cross functional team to provide solutions to development problems while incorporating manufacturing efficiency.- Led team of CAD modelers to successfully finish data on time per development schedule.- Responsible for the detailed design of bumper fascia, radiator grilles, and their related resin and stamped components for two vehicle programs.- Development scope included negotiation with vehicle styling group to achieve balance between aesthetic appearance, part performance, and manufacturing capability.- Studied and developed technical solutions to resolve quality, warranty, and manufacturing concerns.