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Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Support a team of 16 superb technical resources in their quest to provide high reliability products to the marketplace, resulting in $6 billion in revenue.Redesign, deploy, and train 2000 engineers on streamlined NPI deliverables across all product development leadership and teams to reduce rework and improve launch quality.Enable 5x increase in usage of ReliaSoft Synthesis tools by engineering and quality, making better decisions with the analysis.Coach teams around the world in use-case design methodology, encouraging them to think about "a day in the life" of a product.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Drive overall efficiency, safety, and uptime of a 60k sf facility while managing an annual operating budget of $250k. Prevent outages by developing and executing PM schedules. Manage capital and energy efficiency projects to improve site usability.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Analyzed field and test performance of all product lines of business products against internal and external competitive targets for Sales and Marketing street-fighter presentations.Developed automated and centralized test request and documentation system to enable cross functional communication and historical failure data retrieval. This included templates, workflows and data definitions to enable search-ability and metric generation.Spearheaded continuous process improvement efforts on design documentation creation and executive review and approval. Deployed to all HSM business units with consideration for adoption by one third of Honeywell's New Product Engineering organizations.Completed 4 weeks of Six Sigma Black Belt Training and a project with savings of $2.5 million over 3 years.Mentored more than 7 teams of Six Sigma Green Belt candidates through certification.Conducted Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) training classes in multiple locations. Developed a novel method for forecasting material requirements based on statistical wear characteristics which was published in the internal peer-reviewed technical journal The Exponent.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Responsible for delivering all technical aspects of a PDT development including Software, Hardware, Mechanical, RF, Regulatory Compliance, PeripheralsLaunched one full product line and one extensive customization on time and on specification, enabling over 100,000 unit shipments.Developed a new automated order and tracking database for over 1000 test and development units.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Self-directed lead mechanical engineer for Portable Data Terminal (PDT) product teamsCompiled test plans and schedules to support product launch deadlines.Conducted weekly mechanical conference call with Asian partner to address product issues and drive solutions to implementation.Simulated elastic deformation of several snap features to ensure long-term cycle life. Validated simulation with actual cycle testing.Developed a weathering and UV testing regimen for the full line of PDT products.Collaborated with supplier to develop 2-cell stacked Li-ion battery pack to meet UN/DOT and UL requirements and standards.Tested and refined PDT components to survive thermal shock, vibration, tumble and multiple 5-foot drops to concrete.Awarded 5 patents, listed on 2 published applications, completed 10 additional IP disclosures during tenure.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

Led mechanical electronics packaging design for rear projection televisionsOne patent application submitted to USPTODeveloped mounting strategy for 9 printed circuit boards. Design resulted in zero mechanical failures or redesigns due to Accelerated Life Testing.Prepared and submitted all necessary mechanical constraint data for board outlines and component placements to designers.Validated designers design output in the context of the mounting strategy.Directed the work of one contractor in the design of 7 plastic parts.Designed 11 sheet metal parts, 5 plastic parts, 4 labels, and over 50 cable assemblies.Selected for 5 European assignments focused on early product planning and ideation.Established weekly teleconferences with an advanced design group in Eindhoven for collaborative conceptualization and design sessions.

Harris County, Texas, Us

Supported Enterprise-level notebook computers and accessories in design and manufacturingDirected mechanical design of 3 wireless/RF modules involving 9 international vendors, 5 domestic vendors, and 7 internal functional groups while designing 2 additional modules.Completed FEA stress analyses of 3 mechanical systems, eliminating 7 months of alternate configuration production and testing, saving more than $35,000.Developed 2 new sets of Armada docking stations for production in the US and Asia.Established mechanical documentation and quality standards at a multi-billion dollar OEM headquartered in China.Provided on-site production support on 3 continents at company and vendor factories.Isolated critical connector failure arising from vendor mishandling and led cross-functional team of 8-12 people to implement corrective actions that reduced unit failures by 80%.

Supported performance evaluation, instrumentation, and environmental compliance of a 254 MW coal-fired power plant.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Ms, Mechanical Engineering