Joanne Vanselow Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Program Manager for the Vehicles and Technology, and Environment and Sustainability programs.

Melbourne, Australia

2021-2023 : Project manager for a program that aims to accelerate the uptake of vehicle safety technology.2018-2023 : Project manager for a data project that integrates multiple datasets to generate road safety insights. 2018-2021 : Project manager for two Connected and Automated Vehicle trials conducted by the Victorian Government in partnership with industry.Senior policy officer in the CAV space while also working on other aspects of vehicle standards and policy to make Victoria's vehicle fleet safer.

Melbourne, Australia

Senior Policy OfficerConnected and Automated Vehicle Trials : Contract Manager

Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia

Lead D&R Engineer for Air Deflectors (Functional Black Trim) : March 2016 - April 2018Lead D&R Engineer for Rear Bumper Assembly : January 2015 - March 2016D&R Engineer for Rear Bumper Assembly and Aeroshields : April 2014 - January 2015

Melbourne, Australia

Role and Responsibilities:Working independently to achieve the on-time, high quality, design and release of parts to support overall project targets for Holden Cruze (sedan, hatch) and Commodore (sedan, utility and wagon)Generating and implementing cost reduction ideasCoordinating and instructing associated (validation and sourcing) activities with purchasing, CAD drawing office, GD&T and suppliers, to implement engineering changesLeading problem solving and benchmarking activities to develop designs or for continuous improvement (failure analysis and root cause work)Collaborating with manufacturing to resolve production and quality issuesOverseeing and performing design analysis and physical testing Supporting durability testing; inspections and timely issue resolutionDeveloping system specifications based on customer requirementsPreparing technical documentation (Statement of Requirements for component sourcing)Maintaining engineering databasesBuilding strong, professional, relationships with external suppliers and internally across the organisation, from students to upper managementPreparing and running DRBFMs/DFMEAs.Highlights:Leading and coaching successful DFSS projects to improve designs and increase customer satisfaction Having responsibility over customer outcomesParticipating in a cross functional cost reduction workshop with suppliersTravelling to the vehicle assembly plant in Adelaide to witness the first VF Commodores in production and assist in root causing issues in productionLiaising cross functionally with suppliers, purchasing, program management, cost estimation, tooling engineers, manufacturing, dimensional and CAD draftersManaging multiple tasks simultaneouslyPresenting engineering recommendations to program management

Melbourne, Australia

Structural Durability Engineer and CAE Analyst, primarily for the body and chassis components of the car.Assessing designs for structural integrity and performance as per the design requirementsProviding feedback and advice to Design Release Engineers on design direction in order to improve structural performanceReporting results accurately and concisely, introduced standard reporting templateLiaising with other engineering groups throughout the design process.Familiarity with Global Vehicle Development Process, and associated sytems.Trained in in Problem Solving (RedX) and robust design principles (Design for Six Sigma - Green Belt)Analysis skills including knowledge of pre- and post processor software (ANSA, Hyperworks) and solvers (Optistruct/Nastran, Abaqus, Dyna and DesignLife).

Melbourne, Australia

Planning, scheduling and managing noise and vibration testing.Liaising with other departments and suppliers around quality issues.Providing concise and accurate reports for internal customers.

Melbourne, Australia

CAE Analysis for CrashworthinessInvestigating analysis methodologyFamiliarity with pre-processor (Primer) and solver (DYNA)Preparation and presentation of reports for the team

Australian National Parliamentary Internship Program, Political Science And Government, H1

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa

Ba/Be (Materials) Hons, Materials Engineering, Geography, Literature

I studied a Double Degree in Engineering and Arts. I achieved First Class Honours in my Materials Engineering degree and was awarded.