David Thibault Email & Phone Number

Richmond Hill, On, Ca

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Technical Product Manager responsible for High Voltage and Autonomous Driving at BMW Group Canada.

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Engineering Team Leader in Hydrogen Fuel Cell development (Hydrogen Jet Pump, Anode Recirculation Blower and Water Separator).- Simultaneous Engineering Team Lead for a customer project related to a government funded vehicle study, focus on safety of Fuel Cell vehicles on public roads- Preparation and leading of technical design reviews with director level management.- Extensive use of engineering and design tools for analyzing and evaluating design steps (ex. FMEA, Focus Matrices, DRBFM, CAD)- Leading an international development team (Germany, India, Italy and Czech Republic) to support above tasks and clear any capacity issues.

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

DNOX Pump Module Platform Development (PC/LD)- Engineering team lead in the Passenger Car /Light Duty (PC/LD) pump module development (hardware)- Completion of the launch of DNOX 5.3 Pump Module Platform Project into market in September 2020, in spite of severe Covid-19 restrictions.- Coordinating development tasks related to cost reductions of existing products, future hardware updates for upcoming emission regulations (EU7) and technical innovations within the engineering team.- Preparation and leading of technical design reviews with upper management.- Closely working with an international development network (Germany, India, Italy and Czech Republic) in order support above tasks and clear any capacity issues.

Stuttgart Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Development engineer DNOX Pump Module PC / LD Platform (05/2016-09/2018) Overall design responsible Pump Module DNOX 5.3 (mechanical design)- Ensuring the main mechanical and electronic sensor functions of the pump module. Use of DOORS for requirements and specifications tracking.- Technical coordination in cooperation with the manufacturing plant, as well as the system and hardware development departments- Main contact for DFMEA, test specification, assembly instructions, BOM- Technical leadership of an international team (DE, CZ, IT, IN)(08/2015-04/2016) Overall design responsible Pump Module COR- Ensuring the main functions of the pump module- Registration of 2 patents related to the project (02/2015-07/2015) Task Force DNOX 6-5- Root cause analysis and definition of measures for improving the reliability of the functions pressure reduction and system emptying in commercial vehicle applications(01/2012-01/2015) Component design responsible for valve assembly group in Pump Module DNOX 5.1/5.2- Task Force: Introduction of measures to eleviate first pass yield issues and ensure delivery of enough parts from the supplier(08/2011-12/2011) Test engineer B-Sample DNOX 5.1/5.2- Functional testing of Pump Modules- Design of testing fixtures for functional testing

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Technical Key Account for component Fuel Return Line (FRL)- Customers: Ford, Toyota, GM, PSA

Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Development Engineer Natural Gas Tank Valve and Pressure Regulator- Mechanical design of products for natural gas powered vehicles (tank valve and pressure regulator)- Supplier localizing of products from North America to Europe- Adaption of drawings from Imperial to Metric system for European suppliers- Validation of localized parts- Handover of documentation and product training of the engineers at customer (Middle Eastern market).

Toronto Und Umgebung, Kanada

Senior Product Engineer Accessory Drive Tensioners - Design of accessory drive tensioners for American OEM (GM)- Validation of new designs based on customer requirements- Root cause analysis and definition of corrective actions for failures found during validation testing.

Kitchener, Ontario, Kanada

Senior Product Engineer Natural Gas Pressure Regulators- Validation of natural gas pressure regulators for customer Robert Bosch GmbH- Close cooperation in the design process with the customer to meet requirements- Responsible for the End of Line test stand of the pressure regulator- Root cause analysis of pressure regulator failure at Daimler truck (Busses for the city of Verona, IT)

Chatham, Ontario, Kanada

Product Engineer Exhaust Gas Recirculation ValvesDesign and FEM Simulations of proportional solenoid EGR valves- Axi-symmetrical FEM calculations- Design based directly on own simulation results- Design proposal presented for further developed with the customer (Honda) Design of a remote exhaust gas bypass valve connection for customer Cummins (Patented)- Support of summer testing with customer in Death Valley, USATechnical Product Support for the transfer of EGR Valve Production from Inchon, South Korea to Wuhu, China (customer GMDAT)- Root cause analysis of field returns due to coking- Validation of the product after the transfer to China- Local support in South Korea and China- Product training of the Engineers in China Technical product support for EGR valve for customer GM- Root cause analysis of field problems- Technical product support for the manufacturing plant Ciudad de Juarez, Mexico

Wallaceburg, Ontario, Kanada

Leaf Spring Manufacturing- Design of series and sample tooling for the shearing of vanadium steel leaf springs- Maintenance of presses, devices and tooling for the spring steel punching machines

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Kanada

Engineering Internship (Coop)- Development support of a towed sonar array damper- Support in the continuous improvement of sonobuoy designs

Wallaceburg, Ontario, Kanada

Engineering internship- Design of series and sample tooling for shearing of vanadium spring steel.- Implementation of a system for the documentation and monitoring of calibration and capability measurements of all measuring and test equipment in the plant.

Bachelor Of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Distinction

Certificate In Applied Science, Engineering