Liam Kelly Email & Phone Number

Novi, Michigan, United States

• Create product flows and work instructions by studying potential quality risks to achieve COQ annual targets.
• Optimize launch performance by executing continuous APQP tasks in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Sustain strong customer relations by acting as voice of customer internally striving for prime score in quality.

Székesfehérvár, Fejér, Hungary

• Direct problem-solving activities with multifunctional teams across manufacturing site (AME, production) with a focus on premium acoustics
• Work alongside US and Mexico counterparts in 0km and customer quality to support failure investigations and find root cause
• Support China-Mexico transfer of work activities by closely monitoring production performance to verify the effectiveness of corrective actions
• Conduct continuous improvement activities by performing weekly line-side audits to drive 0km customer claims below 10 PPM

Novi, Michigan, United States

• Collaborated with program management team to plan and manage the end-to-end program for the OEM.
• Planned product development and testing, ramp up, and readiness of the manufacturing plants for new OEM.
• Developed head-unit simulator tracking tasks in JIRA system achieving in a quote reducing $2,000 excess spend.

• Industrialized 0km software reflash processes by creating standardized process documentation to minimize cost of poor quality
• Optimized PPAP performance by implementing continuous APQP improvements to achieve GM supplier of the year in 2021 and 2022
• Directed structured problem-solving activities by collaborating with multifunctional teams to drive product complaints to resolution
• Ensured lessons learned were applied to reduce customer complaints below 5 ppm globally

Saginaw, Michigan Area

• Assisted the transitional team in the shift to outsourced manufacturing through the advancement of PPAP packages yielding $60,000 annual benefit
• Updated spline geometry by using axiomatic design methods resulting in 6% scrap reduction during assembly.
• Composed blank housing database by compiling operation drawings resulting in prototype lead time reduction of 13%
• Developed QR code traceability process for halfshaft axle bars by utilizing laser etching increasing 10 characters per part from traditional Julian date format

Saginaw, Michigan Area

• Revitalized human inspection operation for worm gear contact pattern by integrating a software guided camera to quantify area and increase accuracy by 30%
• Designed heavy-duty intermediate shaft for assist mechanism test stand by performing finite element analysis increasing fatigue performance by 100 lives
• Inspected worm gears by disassembling assist mechanisms to evaluate 10-year bottoming cycle
• Conducted slip torque study by analyzing tensile and torque degradation measurements to provide informed recommendation on competing bushing suppliers

Lansing, Michigan Area

• Performed field tests on asphalt using nuclear density gauge to achieve 98% compaction per layer
• Implemented strategies for 5 different job sites by communicating with civil engineers and project managers to maximize material performance
• Submitted over 100 technical reports for project manager approval to satisfy material specifications and minimize future liability

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

High School Diploma