Eric Petersen Email & Phone Number

Holland, MI, US

San Jose, California, US

• Develop test, qualification and ramp plans for new product launches and major process changes to ensure product reliability. Review and approve test results, adjusting plans as needed to ensure failure risk is minimized.
• Developed FMEA-style risk management tool and process to match program maturity and risk profile to deployment site risk tolerance. Tool enables continuous development while bounding outgoing product risk.
• Baseline and maintain system survival data to monitor changes in product life and quantify impact on cost.
• Tested & implemented fleet-wide thermal management scheme to mitigate early life failures in 250MW of deployed product, preventing early life degradation by 30% through application.

San Jose, California, US

• Serve as one of two quality representatives of the technology change control board to manage/ensure quality conformance of all fuel cell technology changes (development and manufacturing deviations) companywide.
• Support suppliers during new factory kick-off and process scale up, including establishing control plans, process flow diagrams, FMEA, and applying quality auditing practices.
• Focus on developing suppliers as “dock-to-stock” sustainable, significantly minimizing IQC requirements.
• Worked cross-functionally and with supplier to identify and address non-conformance, through 8D analysis. The containment effort prevented a 1.5% efficiency loss on 12MW of deployed system fleet.

San Jose, California, US

• Responsible for managing the quality and supplier quality activities of all raw ink materials, including quality assurance/control with international suppliers. Closed long-standing open specifications on five ink.
• Developed automated web-based IQC/line QC system to centralize data (KPIVs/KPOVs/CTQs) and integrate manufacturing POAs electronically. Simplified 26 independent databases to 1 online interface.
• Drove continuous improvement activities to streamline POAs. Resulting in 90% reduction in inspection requirements.

San Jose, California, US

• Simultaneously managed three independent projects with cross-functional participation, each resulting in over $1 million savings realized within the first quarter of implementation.
• Established and implemented a phase gate system for new stack technology development, soliciting cross-functional input to define rigorous deliverables in each area.

San Jose, California, US

• Designed material and application of ceramic composite system to provide electrolyte stability in corrosive environments, preventing early life failures. Specific application allowed the usage of over $1.2 million.
• Technical lead responsible for developing and qualifying critical cell technologies for higher performance and longer life, from concept phase to manufacturing implementation.

San Jose, California, US

• Introduced critical technology which allowed the company to scale up with thinner electrolytes, increasing cell performance by 10% and reducing overall electrolyte material usage by 15%.

San Jose, California, US

• Sample preparation, metallography, microscopy, characterization, failure analysis and quality control.