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Responsible for managing cross functional and international project teams for high and low volume new product introduction (NPI) projects from kick-off to launch, serving the transportation, construction, and agriculture industries.- Lead international project teams ranging in size from 4 to 15 individuals. - Manage portfolio of NPI projects collectively valued at $9.5M in annual revenue upon launch.- Concurrently manage 6 to 10 projects at any one time, varying in size and complexity.- Provide end-to-end customer delivery, acting as the primary interface for both domestic and international customers. - Oversee internal/external customer project deliverables and is responsible for driving the resolution of conflicts that may impact the success of project launch.- Develop, manage, and communicate project schedule, tasks, and budget to all key stakeholders in the organization.- Provide senior executives/management with regular status reports that identify schedule, revenue impacts, and program issues and actively work to mitigate these risks.

Tualatin, Or

Power electronics packaging design engineer responsible for development from prototype through production of Eaton’s first high voltage traction inverter for electric vehicle application.- Designed multiple iterations of stamped copper busbars, injection molded plastics and seals, machined and cast aluminum housings, and DC link capacitor.- Responsible for creation of all component and assembly-level 2D drawings, utilizing GD&T and tolerance stack-ups.- Led development of mechanical subsystem P-Diagrams and Design FMEA for inverter program, leveraging outputs to identify testing gaps, performance criteria, and critical-to-quality characteristics.- Experience in rapid design, analysis, and prototyping of components, assemblies, and test fixturing.- Experience in managing customer meetings and interactions, managing collaboration and DFM (Design for Manufacturability) reviews with suppliers, manufacturing, and electrical engineers.- Acted as mechanical systems engineer lead, extracted customer requirements from technical specification, translated into inverter-level, mechanical-system level, and component-level requirements.- Demonstrated flexibility in achieving design and program goals through collaboration with a team spread across the US and across the globe.

Ellisville, Mo

- Managed Electric Vehicle midget fuse program through Production Validation and Launch project phases acting as project manager and technical lead.- Coordinated product quality return, developed robust test process and workflow to catch non-conforming product, while also testing and releasing 40,000 units back into production.- Mitigated product quality risk through redesign of Electric Vehicle fuse packaging.- Utilize quality management systems, Design for Six Sigma, and Shainin Red X tools in developing robust engineering solutions.- Collaborate with cross functional team including manufacturing facility, product line marketing, and quality department in both US and Mexico.- Founded local employee resource group focused on integrating millennials in the workplace, grown membership to 15 participants.

Raleigh, Nc

- Developed inventory training module to be presented to all employees to increase transactional accuracy.- Improved hallway communications through creation of touchscreen monitor VBA macro.- Designed dashboard which consolidated six reports into one for management to more effectively review key plant metrics and address action items.- Participated in plant Value Steam Mapping event.

Tualatin, Oregon

- Designed a heat sink base and ran Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis using SolidWorks for next generation power distribution module.- Created VBA macro to automatically generate SolidWorks models and drawings for fasteners, reducing time by half- Generated test plans for upcoming supplier validation.

- Provided support to the procurement and logistics teams.- Documented daily receiving reports.- Reviewed safety stocks and material usage.

Lynn, Ma

- Performed tolerance stack-up and structural analysis for proposed gearbox housing design changes.- Reviewed and interpreted data, developed investigation report, and provided investigation report-outs to customer in carbon seal root cause analysis.- Collaborated with global resources, customers and vendors in meeting design goals.

Managed staff of peers, supervised and taught children ages 6-16, generated daily lesson plans, coordinated racing events with neighbor yacht clubs.

Master Of Science - Ms, Engineering/Industrial Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering