Jack K. Email & Phone Number

Ford

• ExperienceManufacturing Test Engineer / Ford Motor Company (October 2000 to current)
• Process engineer for a final assembly line that produced well over 1 million transmissions per year
• Responsible for the hardware, FORTRAN, WMA, SIEMENS software for multiple final assembly dual dynamometer test stands capable of testing up to hundreds of automatic transmissions per hour
• Write specifications and service the hardware and software for multiple main control hydraulic test stands
• Responsible for Helium leak, USON air decay testers, DVT / COGNEX vision systems
• Resolve machine uptime & quality concerns using reliability & maintainability data and 8D processes

Project Engineering Group / Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Estimate time, material and labor to install/revamp dynamometer data acquisition & control systems
• Prioritize incoming estimate requests by project’s income potential (estimates in excess of $2m)
• Perform site evaluations, design reviews, to determine customer needs, interfaces and obstacles
• Engineer and/or coordinate with department heads to resolve customer testing needs
• Conducted senior level management meetings to achieve estimate approval

Livonia, Michigan

• Designed and implemented circuits to meet Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) specifications
• Investigated and resolved production issues concerning software, hardware or assembly issues
• Diagnosed and repaired Coil Integrated Modules (CIMs) at the component level
• Compared, tested, and implemented, cost saving components on modules
• Performed DFMEA, Mentor Graphics Simulations, DVP&R and PV testing for new modules
• Experienced with Ford’s SCP, GM’s ALDL and Class II (J1850) communications

North American Dynamometer Group / Novi, Michigan

• Engineered and coordinated engine dynamometer testing projects
• Designed and built control systems to accomplish engine torque and emission tests
• Analyzed in cylinder compression analysis (ICA), power, thermal and emissions data for sensibility
• Specified test components required to complete engine studies
• Performed engine rebuilds and engine electrical system troubleshooting

Fuel Systems Engineering Laboratory / Dearborn, Michigan

• Diagnosed problems in prototype vehicles with Electronic Engine Control (EEC-IV and EEC-V)
• Tested fuel injectors on Leakage, Voltage and EFI Fuel Rail Stands