Hunter Hren Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

St. Paul, Mn, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

-Managed $1.3M powder conveyance installation to support dry cathode production for Cybertruck cells-Facilitated $750K FAT of bulk handling equipment in Germany as sole US Tesla Engineering representative -Saved $480K of capex with value engineering by providing a streamlined pneumatic conveyance unload -Conducted repeatability testing at vendor’s facility to validate equipment selection for $200K capex order -Designed fluidized hopper to eliminate tool safety risk while increasing pilot line calendering speed 39% -Root caused and eliminated 45% performance variation in powder sieving process with Ishikawa analysis -Developed commissioning plan for conveyance system to reduce metallic contamination 78% to baseline-Assembled 2D layouts and 3D CAD to remodel the calendering line with 26 additional pieces of equipment -Coordinated contractor SOWs and factory RFIs to execute tool and lighting installation for $73K T&M POs

Austin, Texas, Us

-Coordinated and led $150K redesign of cathode gowning clean room to reduce exposure to NMC powder -Eliminated one hour of equipment preflight with capacitive sensor data tracking, saving 5 car sets weekly-Conducted $80K process development DOEs daily to optimize the first dry cathode calendering process -Trained 8 technicians on dry calendering process and equipment to increase qualified headcount 300% -Disassembled 7 mechanical subassemblies for 5-week downtime calender upgrades to increase OEE 15%

-Spearheaded AWS cloud database tracking and analysis for chemically etched parts, saving $20K annually -Reduced ferric chloride acid consumption and wastewater in etching machines, saving $230K annually -Monitored wastewater system for photochemical machining process, recycling 300 gallons of water daily

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

-Developed a semi-automated inventory system for tracking and management of over 100 chemical totes -Created 16 hours of standard operating procedure training videos for process safety improvement-Designed 3 tank rebuild options to promote increased mixing of pulp with volume reduction of 30%-Supported 2-week major downtime for changeover and rebuild of two white paper machines

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering