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London, England, GB

Responsible for sourcing documentation for all sensors for Level 3 automated driving system.Leading requirements development of UX strategy for Autonomous vehicle features.Worked with User Experience organization to develop Long Range Planning showcase of future of User Experience, Lead creation and execution of interactive technology showcase for FCA.

Consulting for the U.S. Department of Transportation, and commercial clients, developing industry wide gap analysis of standards for car/truck automation, functional safety and software architecture and roadmap for funding new standards activities.

Mountain View, CA, US

Led vehicle development team for Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control for Class 8 trucks. Also led team directly responsible for developing sensor fusion (Radar, Camera), safety critical control software, DSRC-based vehicle-to-vehicle communications, in-vehicle HMI (Human Machine Interface). Developed low-latency video transport system for streaming H.264.

Mclean, VA, US

Strategic Advisor for Chief Scientist of Robotics, US Army. Provided international benchmarking, industry assessment and strategic analysis of commercial automated vehicle technology. Developed technical requirements for AMAS (Autonomous Mobility Appliqué System) JCTD (Joint Capability Technology Demonstrator). Developed relationships between client and.

Mclean, VA, US

Led establishment of a “Think Tank” of senior engineers charged with identifying new technologies not currently being considered and helping leverage opportunities to improve performance or reduce cost of new and existing research activities. Raised the Division’s awareness of international research activities in battery development, vehicle dynamics.

Dearborn, Michigan, US

Led an international development team of engineers to develop feature requirements to meet international requirements and marketing needs for a collision avoidance system. Potential cost avoidance of $80+ million/yr by 2015.Created EESE (Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering department) Technology Insider newsletter, which had over 800 subscribers.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US

Developed precision trajectory and velocity planning code for 16 ton military truck for DARPA Urban Challenge autonomous competition, reducing worst-case path error from 40cm to 10cm.Developed guide for building Simulink models to generate optimized code.

US

Managing a small group working on software for a robotic navigation system.Initial project scope was too large for available resources and project timeframe. I re-scoped the software specifications and schedule to focus on major customer needs and deliverables.

Detroit, Michigan, US

Was tasked to develop specifications for S&G ACC including system interfaces and durability requirements for powertrain and brake sub-systems, including safety heuristics to accommodate added issues of S&G ACC.Reviewed S&G ACC specs with respective suppliers, powertrain/chassis engineers, and safety and legal staffs.Investigated feasibility of introduction.

Pittsburgh, PA, US

DARPA Grand Challenge projectVehicle dynamics issues experienced before the 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge lead me to research and develop algorithms to calculate safe vehicle intended speeds and “race logic” aided by MSC’s CarSim and custom developed 3-D terrain mapping tools. The results were published in my graduate thesis: “Dynamic Considerations for.

Detroit, Michigan, US

Research Engineer: Electrical & Controls Integration LabDrive-by-Wire protocol Selection Team*Received Spontaneous Appreciation AwardDesigned Video/Data Logger for Automotive Collision Avoidance System/Field Operational TestReceived project management training through General Motors UniversityIntelligence Researcher: GM Technology IntelligenceMajor.

Lead electrical engineer on automotive manufacturing automation projects.Developed standard for modular CAN-bus system on robot tools.Saved 5+hours per robot and decreased downtime due to wiring problems.

Ms, Robotics

Bs, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering