Okan Tandogan Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Turkey

• Hands-on NVH development & consultancy services to a variety of major national and global OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers in Turkey, China, and Taiwan.Some of the Turkey-based OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers: Ford of Turkey.
• Supporting OEMs throughout all phases of vehicle NVH development from benchmarking, target setting, prototype development to launch readiness and customer problem solving. Giving NVH trainings, leading and consulting.
• NVH development projects accomplished with a variety of Chinese and Taiwanese vehicle manufacturers. (Isuzu China, Geely, JMH, JMC, Junpai, Haitec and etc.)Some of the long-term projects:
• 2 years contract with Ford of Turkey as a senior NVH engineer in Powertrain NVH Team.
• NVH Development of BMC 8m and 10m buses
• 3 years NVH consultancy to Otokar A.Ş.

Kocaeli, Turkey

• City bus, coach, minibus NVH lead project test engineer.
• Working close with design teams, vehicle integration and project management teams to ensure design changes do not have a negative impact on vehicle attributes.
• New vehicle program NVH benchmarking, target setting and cascading; releasing target books for the vehicle program.
• Working at distributor locations in France, Germany, and Austria representing the company in client meetings; applying design modifications, executing vehicle tests, close relations with the clients to keep them.
• Ongoing vehicle programs NVH problem root cause identification and recommending corrective actions & verification of NVH actions.
• Data acquisition systems selection & investment and training team members.

Kocaeli, Turkey

• Test-based NVH development engineer. Executing vehicle and component NVH testing and data analyses. Releasing NVH development statements reports.
• Transit Connect NVH lead engineer for new programs, quality improvement, problem solving, cost reduction and NVH quality monitoring of manufacturing vehicles.
• Leading vehicle NVH PAT meetings with the participation of design teams, other attribute teams and suppliers to ensure in-time execution of agreed items, follow and report unexpected results for actioning. Establishing.
• Executing launch readiness NVH actions of Transit Connect Stage IV. Following up all items in daily meetings on behalf of Ford Germany team. Ensuring total vehicle NVH quality of each prototype unit.
• “Ford – certified” drive team member; joining drive appraisals with other drive team members and senior management.
• BIW NVH development and NVH troubleshooting of Ford Cargo heavy truck.

M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Interior Noise Source Contribution And Transfer Path Analysis

B.Sc, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: ASME Automotive Engineering