Electronic Transmission Range Select Technical and Execution Lead. Led team of internal and external engineers to develop electronic shifters. Created technical specifications, best practices and DFMEA templates. Developed specialized robotic lab equipment to develop, test and validate hardware and software. Drove design improvements that reduced warranty 72%. Led the development of the electronic column shifter which had significantly lower cost and improved robustness.

Electronic ShiftersDesigned ETRS for customer in extremely accelerated time frame. Built SLA demonstration prototypes. Awarded contract.

Worked directly with customers to secure future business by designing seat mechanisms that met OEM performance, packaging and cost targets. Generated quality documents; DFMEA, P diagram, interface diagram, based on customer's requirements. Completed kinematic studies, stack-ups and reviewed drawings with customers. Designed and developed test equipment for in house development and DV and PV testing. Developed DVP&R documents and reviewed with customers. Coordinated in house and external DV and PV test programs and created test reports to review with customers. Worked with customers on existing programs to solve issues and provide solutions in a timely and cost effective manner. Provided launch and ongoing support at customer's manufacturing facilities and identified issues and provided solutions to improve their efficiency and reduce their defects. Produced 8 Ds and DOEs to identify problems and support solutions. Identified internal manufacturing issues and provided plant with solutions that reduced fall-out and improved output efficiency.Designed floor latch test fixture that reduced time required to test by 1/4 vs. existing test fixture and improved result accuracy.Identified issue with customer's test procedure that created erroneous failure results and helped them design a solution which allowed the mechanisms to pass tests within the aggressive DV timing schedule.Identified a design issue with customer's seat structure that created an installation issue and was a source of BSR that customer originally attributed to the mechanism. Worked with customer to develop a solution.Identified problem with headrest assembly test fixture that created erroneous failure results and contributed to high fall-out. Designed solution that reduced fall-out by 80%.Identified problem with end of line insertion effort test fixture that caused high fallout. Designed change to fixture and modified test procedure to eliminate fallout.

Designed quality software suite to support integrated quality discipline procedures. Software suite coordinated inputs and outputs of various quality documents to improve their accuracy and greatly streamline the process. The software facilitated a simple and well documented procedure for updating documents and keeping records of changes and their effects.

6 Sigma Black Belt. Improved reliability of fuel tank welding operation. Identified problems with test equipment and redesigned equipment and procedures to improve gauge R&R. Applied improved test equipment to run manufacturing controls DOE on speed, pressure and weld duty cycle. Developed new control procedure and PM to reduce reject rate by 30%.Program manager responsible for Aston Martin engine program.Advanced product engineer responsible for emission systems on cross platform team. Coordinated program with UK and Swedish design teams. Launch team member responsible for release of a new series of trucks at the Louisville Assembly plant. Worked with manufacturing to develop new installation and adjustment procedures that reduced reworks.Design engineer responsible for product recall program. Analyzed and solved defect and released recall kit. Coordinated with legal team and visited dealers to develop installation procedures.Designed accelerator, shift and clutch linkage systems for heavy trucks. Designed and patented electronic accelerator pedal control system and mechanical clutch effort reduction assist system. Electronic accelerator pedal reduced cost by $80 per vehicle vs. the previous purchased component and eliminated a major warranty issue. Designed clutch linkage system that cut complexity by one third, streamlined the manufacturing installation procedure, and reduced cost by $30 per vehicle.

Designed and released automatic and manual transmissions. Developed test procedures and coordinated testing.Designed improved manual transmission shift linkage that reduced shift efforts 40%. Designed reverse lockout blocking mechanism.Developed lab test procedure and modified test equipment to transmission leak tester to eliminate false positives.Created database to track test parts in vehicles and dynamometers which improved utilization of resources.