Lee Humphris

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Suspension Design, Chassis Systems and Underbody Architecture Supervisor @ Ford Motor Company
dearborn, michigan, united states
Lee Humphris's Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Australia
About Lee Humphris

As a highly experienced Suspension Design Supervisor with over 26 years of experience in the automotive industry, I have developed an extensive knowledge of suspension design, chassis architecture/systems, program management, and team leadership. Throughout my career, I have consistently demonstrated the ability to lead and manage teams responsible for the design and development of suspension components and systems for multiple vehicle models.In my current role, I am leading a team of design and release engineers responsible for suspension components for multiple vehicle models. My team is responsible for ensuring that the design and development of shock absorbers, springs, mounts, bumpers, stabilizer bars, and linkages meet performance targets and quality standards. I am also skilled in managing development of automotive underbody architecture including key suspension hardpoints to deliver Kinematic and Compliance targets at vehicle and system level.Overall, my extensive experience and skill set make me a highly valuable asset as a Suspension Design and Architecture Supervisor. I am committed to delivering high-quality suspension components and systems that meet performance targets and quality standards while minimizing complexity and maximizing efficiency. My strong leadership and program management skills allow me to effectively lead teams and collaborate with other teams to ensure successful platform developments.

Lee Humphris's Current Company Details
Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company

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Suspension Design, Chassis Systems and Underbody Architecture Supervisor
dearborn, michigan, united states
Website:
ford.com
Employees:
151485
Lee Humphris Work Experience Details
  • Ford Motor Company
    Suspension Design, Chassis Systems And Underbody Architecture Supervisor
    Ford Motor Company Mar 2009 - Present
    Australia
    Currently leading a team of Design and Release Engineers responsible for suspension components for Ranger/Everest and Bronco – including Shock Absorbers, Springs, Mounts, bumpers, Stabiliser bars and linkages. The team manages ongoing model cost and quality through to future model programs. Further, I am concurrently leading a team of engineers responsible for future model architecture of the underbody systems. The team works with planning, program, attribute and vehicle architecture teams to develop and assessed concepts to set the direction and content for future platform developments. The team’s aim is to develop Underbody systems that span the breadth of Ford compact pick up platform variants and are delivered with maximum efficiency and minimised complexity. Also, management of key suspension hardpoints to deliver Kinematic and Compliance targets at vehicle and system level.
  • Ford Motor Company
    Chassis Program Module Team (Pmt) Supervisor
    Ford Motor Company Jul 2007 - Mar 2009
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Directed a team of PMT leaders responsible for local engineering programs and others produced in Asia Pacific. Lead Chassis responses to program team requests for resource requirements for future programs.
  • Ford Motor Company
    Chassis Program Module Team (Pmt) Leader
    Ford Motor Company Jul 2005 - Jul 2007
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Project Management position reporting to Chassis and Driveline manager responsible for project management tasks for the Chassis engineering team. Ensured that key tasks or changes in content from the program team were communicated and actioned in an efficient and timely manner. Developed upfront program modelling requirements for costing including Engineering resources (headcount), Supplier ED&T, Tooling and Variable cost for further Falcon/Territory and B-car programs across Asia Pacific.
  • Ford Motor Company
    Tyre And Brake Systems Design And Release Engineer
    Ford Motor Company Jul 2003 - Jul 2005
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Tyre engineer responsible for co-ordinating the target setting balance across many attributions such as Fuel Economy (rolling resistance), NVH, Ride and Handling. Led a supplier team – Dunlop - to ensure the project was efficiently managed to met build requirements and major milestones. Brake engineer responsible for leading supplier of brake control systems to deliver ABS and DSC functionality. Also, ABS sensor wires, Brake pedal and tubes.
  • Ford Motor Company
    Suspension Design And Release Engineer
    Ford Motor Company Feb 1999 - Jul 2003
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Design and release engineer for Independent Rear Suspension Project for Falcon and Territory. Primarily the lead engineer for the Territory application responsible for ensuring that the initial Falcon design factored in requirements for the later Territory with minimal changes and investment. This optimisation was successful and lead to common component sharing with differences required in the SUV application, such as a higher roll centre height, able to be taken up with post piercing operations and minimal component change. Detailed design and validation responsibility for suspension linkages, bushings, coil springs, spring isolator, knuckles, hub and bearings.
  • Ford Motor Company
    Chassis Cae Engineer
    Ford Motor Company Jul 1998 - Feb 1999
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Developed solid understanding of meshing 3D components and processing for strength, modal and durability analysis. Completed analysis of strength and point mobility of suspension mounting positions of Subframe – which modelled in CAD through first part of the year. Successfully modelled rear Aluminium tray based and replicated durability issues caused by model alignment response to key suspension modes.
  • Ford Motor Company
    Suspension Cad Engineer
    Ford Motor Company Feb 1998 - Jul 1998
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Gained initial working knowledge of 3D data modelling techniques in IDEAs and and environment compatibility in Digital Buck. Modelled subframe and other components used as a basis for new Independent Rear Suspension for Falcon.
  • Ford Motor Company
    Durability Engineer
    Ford Motor Company Feb 1997 - Feb 1998
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Based at You Yangs Proving Ground responsible for running durability assessment vehicles. Focussed on keeping uptime as high as possible balanced with recording test data and measurements. Ensured any issues or observations on durability vehicle were diagnosed ahead of communication to design engineers. Participated in root cause analysis of many durability and functional issues on vehicle.
  • Ford Motor Company
    Body Assembly Facility Engineer Intern
    Ford Motor Company Nov 1995 - Feb 1996
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Intern position during summer vacation based at Ford Broadmeadows production site. Lead the implementation of a $50,000 project include interlock railing around a body structure stamping robot for improved operator safety. Responsible for design and development of fixturing and tooling development for panel setting. Key achievement – development of new tool for setting Wagon rear liftgate striker lead to a significant 300% improvement in post-assembly line adjustment of gap margins.
  • Henderson Automotive
    Test Engineer Intern
    Henderson Automotive Nov 1994 - Feb 1995
    Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Intern position during summer vacation managed lumbar support mechanism durability testing. Designed improvements to test rigs to enable improved PLC control and less abrupt load transfer to test mechanism. Worked with design engineers to develop improvements to increase durability life.

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Lee Humphris's current role is Suspension Design, Chassis Systems and Underbody Architecture Supervisor.

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