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Huntsville, Al, Us

Huntsville, Al, Us

Kent, Wa, Us

Medina, Minnesota, Us

• Conducted research to assess feasibility, design, operation and performance of 2 new brake testing apparatuses.• Interacted with project leaders and stakeholders to define requirements, then generate technical documents, authoring 2 component specifications, revising 3 validation standards, and reviewing 2 additional specifications.• Prepared remedial action plans for problematic components and processes, authoring and leading 3 CAPA activities.• Led collaborative problem solving activities with 4 domestic and international suppliers.

Medina, Minnesota, Us

• Investigated scope and assessed risk for 7 customer-facing quality and safety problems in ground-vehicle systems.• Dispositioned 4 years-worth of brakes warranty data, 15,000+ claims, using MS Power BI and MS Excel.• Controlled engineering activities to revise 3 procedures and to develop 1 new brake design work standard.• Identified and mitigated technical risks within managed projects using formal problem-solving tools such as Ishikawa, 5-Whys, Pioneered team usage of fault-tree analysis.• Planned and implemented large-scale design and manufacturing changes to achieve product objectives, including one project that revised 16 brake system designs across 3 product platforms.

Medina, Minnesota, Us

• Applied mathematical skills and understanding of engineering principles to braking attributes of off-road ground vehicles, achieving compliance with regulations and specifications.• Spearheaded methods improvement in system design and in component characterization.• Oversaw layout, routing and integration of brake components, releasing 17 brake system projects into production.• Participated in formal internal design reviews of proposed systems and components, providing input on potential technical improvements.• Coordinated development and validation testing resources, including technicians, laboratories, suppliers, and vehicles.• Two patents awarded.

Augusta, Ga, Us

• Predicting vehicle and sub-system performance using calculations, code, CAE, and correlation tests.• Researching vehicle-industry best practices for virtual prediction of handling and durability.• Investigating test methods needed to obtain accurate setup of multi-body dynamics models.• Acquiring new CAE tools for the product-engineering group and deploying them for wider usage.• Generate virtual kinematics and compliance behavior using half-car CAD and MBD models.• Deriving load cases for chassis and suspension components via post-processing of test data. • Analyzing durability of vehicle components using FEA.• Presenting analysis results in project technical reviews.• Guiding project teams concerning effects of design changes on vehicle limit-dynamics.• Briefing new associates on suspension, brakes, and steering technologies.• Exploring future chassis, suspension, and braking options using systems engineering approach. • Preemptively mitigating design risks using rigorous DFMEA and early cross-function design involvement.

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• Advance-development of handheld pneumatic tools for industrial customers.

New Britain, Ct, Us

• Development of handheld electric tools for high-end consumers.

• Calibrating parameters for road-car ABS and ESC brake-control systems, using on-board vehicle data acquisition to observe and adjust wheel and vehicle dynamics.• Translating road-car OEM performance requirements into validation plans.