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Troy, Michigan, United States & Warren, Michigan, United States

Leads Magna Mechatronics’ Principal Engineer role for customer General Motors’ Vehicle Access and Starting Security Supplier Integration of Power Liftgate, Power Decklid, Folding Top, and Side Access electronic controllers.Magna Principal Engineer role leads the engineering change notices to ensure the cost effectiveness, quality, and reliability of door access products and designs internally by ensuring change request pipeline issues escalated to appropriate personnel for change breakpoint implementation.General Motors Supplier Integrated Design Release Engineer role manages on-site coordination of customer’s requirements with the Magna Cross Functional Team by being the point of contact and person to communicate the “voice of the customer” back to Magna’s Engineering, Program Management, Quality, Manufacturing, and Business Development teams.Current production responsibilities applied to GM compact and mid-size crossover utility vehicles.Future development responsibilities applied to customer joint venture autonomous vehicle and GM electric vehicle door access of full size truck and vans.Provided recommendations for improvement of Side Access software release cadence within customer Vehicle Software and Controls Management systemProvided mentoring at Production Development Team meetings for professional development of technical staff day-to-day activities to improve execution of key organizational leadership directives.Participated in customer product field return warranty analysis process to analyze and resolve potential customer quality concerns.

Warren, Mi

Collaborate cross-functionally with Purchasing, all GM System Management Teams, Vehicle Program Teams, and Finance Cost Engineering to impact total enterprise cost.Responsible for driving successful execution of business imperatives (piece price, tooling expense, etc.) and development of business cases as needed.Drove accurate production intent cost data into the Product Development pipeline for initial program cost targets.Reviewed vehicle program and component technical strategies to ensure that program content and solutions are in line with the Electrical System Management Team business strategy.Documented cost management strategy for historical reference.Trained and mentored new engineers and buyers to understand the cost structure of their components.

Warren, Mi

Design and release responsible for electrical components and subsystems in the global GM portfolio.Managed 6 different product development teams across 8 suppliers ensuring all components were integrated into the vehicle according to the vehicle development timing plan. Responsibilities have included Rain Light Humidity Sensor, Adaptive Forward Lighting, Universal Garage Door Opener, Remote Compass, Trailer Lighting Interface, and Overhead Console Lighting modules.Reviewed and executed all associated engineering changes due to: environmental/durability requirements, subjective/objective vehicle performance tests, cost/mass reduction opportunities, packaging constraints, corporate best practices, and manufacturing requirements.Developed new rain light humidity sensor design for existing electrical architecture increasing electrical performance while simultaneously providing decreased cost.Led engineering team to competitively source future electrical architecture rain light humidity sensor. Mentored engineers new to the design release role within the organization.

Warren, Mi

Design and release responsible for chassis controls Fuel System Control Module, Integrated Trailer Brake Control Module, Solid State Relay, and Power Take Off Modules. Utilized problem resolution systems to address Integrated Trailer Brake warranty and bracket design issues.Studied current Integrated Trailer Brake Control system and performed benchmarking study to compare GM controlled system to marketplace competitors. Implemented trailer sway control feature.Created Subsystem Technical Specification for Full Size Truck Integrated Trailer Brake Control system.Piloted implementation of ISO 26262 Automotive Safety Integrity Level hazard mitigation for “in-house” control systems. Integrated Trailer Brake Control system was designed to an ASIL B classification level.Obtained competency in DOORS platform for requirements management.Led Product Development Team meetings, peer reviews and functioned as technical review support.Discussed lessons learned through with the technical strategy lead to all engineering teams. Drove changes to both best practice and subsystem requirements through use of lessons learned reviews.Reviewed both GM and Suppliers DFMEA and PFMEA.

Warren, Mi

Led issue resolution process on pre-production vehicle builds of Full Size Truck platform.Assigned engineering resources to coordinate product issue resolution.Acted as liaison from Electrical Systems Management Team to all other engineering areas, the program team, and the manufacturing plant for the 2010, 2010 Light Duty Diesel, and 2011 Heavy Duty Full Size Truck programs.

Warren, Mi

Designed and developed hardware validation plans for instrument panel clusters and heads-up display systems.Performed design integration tests and detailed software verification of supplier software on vehicle integration benches.Updated test procedures based on design specification changes.

Detroit, Mi

Resolved launch production issues using Red X Statistical Engineering techniques.Developed how-to call center manuals for Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne.Obtained practical statistical engineering knowledge and apprentice training.

Milford, Mi

Responsible for Usability Study development and execution.Coordinated study to validate the use of “Black Tie” radio design in Cadillac DTS and globally common architectures.Performed multi-function controller study of BMW iDrive system.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Manufacturing Operations