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Contract employee at General Motors, Powertrain, Transmission Group.

Responsible for CAE technical activities from proposal, tracking and through problem solving. Duties include developing, analyzing and optimizing various structural components for the military ITAR program and automotive industry. # Acted as technical leader with responsibility for planning, organizing, and overall design and development of products for a wide range of military and automotive products including military ground vehicles. # Provided project direction to CAE engineers at offshore branch to ensure accuracy. Coordinated professionals to deliver integrated, high quality projects.

Responsible for developing, analyzing and optimizing automobile chassis and suspension components such as knuckles, control arms and sub-frames. Reviewed and supported engineering project feasibility studies. Closely worked with OEM project and CAE engineers to ensure timely completion of each phase of product development.

CAE engineer on fuel and fluid routing system products for over six years. Developed, analyzed and optimized fuel rails, heater tubes, brake hose assemblies and air conditioner assemblies. Led the technical development for CAE activities. Reduced product development timeline through flawless design/testing launches. Emphasis on root cause of durability problems for all rails by conducting static structural, dynamic and frequency response analyses. Resolved NVH, thermal and fluid dynamic issues such as leaking, cracking and premature breakdown. # Key contributor for development of patented shape-optimized fuel rail for fluid damping. # Achieved 98% correlation between FEA and testing results before prototype build for system resonance characteristics and areas of highest stress.

Responsible for designing, developing and optimizing automobile electrical components. Worked with sales engineer for quoting and problem resolution. Interfaced with product and test engineers to ensure connectors and terminals met/exceeded customer expectations for structural, contact and material nonlinear characteristics.

Assign to GM Technical Center Small Car Group in Warren, MI Responsible for modeling and performing structural and crash analyses on front end sheet metal components such as hood, door and deck lid. Worked closely with design and test engineering departments to ensure hood strength and desired buckle locations. Presented CAE reports for technical review by specialized groups.

Responsible for developing, analyzing and optimizing automobile chassis and suspension components such as knuckles, control arms, and sub-frames. Led CAE activities from conception through design, testing & validation. Optimized design based on analysis results and engineering specifications. Won company business by providing part weight reduction proposal.