Jonathan Oakes Email & Phone Number

Bern, CH

Detroit, Michigan, US

• Vehicle Systems Engineer in the Advanced Vehicle Development group at General Motors. Responsible for managing the completion of the vehicle electrical system design while ensuring that all vehicle level electrical.
• Monitored design resources to ensure preliminary packaging of the VASS subsystem was complete, and all best practices were met, for all North American vehicle programs passing through Advanced Vehicle Development.
• Presented VASS subsystem features, functions, cost, mass, and status to vehicle program teams. Lobbied for incorporation of premium VASS subsystem features.Advanced Technology Work (ATW)
• Invented a novel way to combine two current vehicle electrical subsystems together into one, which will potentially save twenty five dollars and nearly a half kilogram per vehicle. Worked with the internal Invention.
• Initiated and led an ATW project to develop a prototype of the above combined system, with the eventual goal of taking the idea to production for future vehicle programs.
• Conceived, designed, built, programmed, tested, installed in a vehicle, and demoed to management a prototype microprocessor based system using Bluetooth technology. Completed this project with a cost of only a few.

London, GB

• Engineering manager for the electrical engineering R&D group at BAE Systems Global Tactical Systems Sterling Heights. Developed and led a diverse team of eight direct reports (grew team from one member) responsible.
• Instituted training and mentorship programs for the electrical group.
• Hands-on for building and troubleshooting of many prototype vehicles.Project Management
• Lead Electrical Engineer for the HMMWV Recap prototype build where a drivable vehicle was designed, built, and featured at the AUSA trade show.
• Lead Electrical Engineer for Border Patrol vehicle proposal, full vehicle electrical system was designed meeting all design imperatives and cost targets for the electrical system.
• Led proposal to upgrade batteries on MSV parallel hybrid vehicle to Li-Ion (lithium ion) which the government was planning to fund in a future budget year.

London, England, GB

• Release engineer for Jeep audio and telematics systems. Performed component and system level validation for all Jeep and Truck audio systems. Electrical systems lead for vehicle development for the 2002 Jeep Grand.
• Authored change notices which released audio and telematics components.
• Wrote device transmittals for navigation and satellite audio systems.
• Completed DVP&Rs for Audio and Telematics Systems at Jeep/Truck.
• Plant Support for Product Evaluation, Launch, and Issue Resolution.Validation
• Performed audio system testing for all Jeep/Truck vehicles and identified issues.

Canton, Michigan, US

• Supervised the Manufacturing Engineering Group for the Ford and GM Business unit. Managed several high profile projects that featured extensive interaction with customers and suppliers.Manufacturing Engineering
• Reviewed and approved wire harness rework plans for submission to Ford.
• Conducted quality audits as an internal auditor leading to QS9000 certification.
• Led plant tours yielding benchmarks of the capabilities of Yazaki and supplier plants.Project Management
• Managed technology review center presentation to Ford resulting in increased business.
• Managed project that allowed in-line vehicle sequencing (ILVS) to Ford Wixom plant.

Houston, Texas, US

• Key player in the design, development, and testing of the Integrated Vehicle Electrical Design (IVED) system for GM. Requested by GM customer to manage the IVED system implementation at GM Truck, which led to Truck.
• Consultant to GM Truck on developing the IVED business process.
• Monitored system performance and identified opportunities for improvement.
• Developed utilities that automated or expedited tedious tasks resulting in netlist generation changing from an overnight batch process to a five minute run.
• Benchmarked best practices at GM divisions and implemented them at Truck.