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Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, IL

Fort Wayne, IN And Lisle, IL

• Work directly with field personnel to understand emerging issues and initiate resolution activities with Engineering, Manufacturing, or Supplier Quality.
• Set priority on dozens of projects simultaneously, then engage proper departments, and follow through with all parties to successful resolution.
• Provide accurate and timely technical analysis to field personnel, dealers, repair technicians, and customers to troubleshoot failures and apply corrections to body structures, body components, paint, and corrosion.
• Train company field personnel on emerging issues and required field actions within my area of responsibility.
• Validate field actions through the use of engineering analysis, test trucks and/or customer evaluation.
• Research warranty data to identify trends and justify business cases for product improvement projects andpro-active field campaigns.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

• Performed warranty searches to determine areas of quality concern on truck interior body components.
• Signed off on engineering concept sheets that met program quality targets.
• Performed Weibull analysis to predict life cycle requirements for new engineering designs.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

• Managed all aspects of the design of major systems for several new truck programs including managing program design targets and cost targets.
• Led design activities including directing design engineers assigned to those systems.
• Responsible for creation of dFMEA and validation plans, as well as reviewed test results and directedapplicable design changes.
• Arranged and led supplier reviews to ensure designs were in sync with supplier capabilities.
• Regularly reported out project status to the program team and engineering management at cross-functionalsystem level program reviews.
• Created, and delivered, FMVSS compliant designs that included the input from industrial design, R&Q,manufacturing, purchasing, technical legislation and our suppliers using Unigraphics.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

• Managed all aspects of the design of multiple minor subsystems for a new truck program.
• Facilitated design, dFMEA, validation plans, and supplier reviews.
• Created, and delivered, designs that included the input from industrial design, R&Q, manufacturing,purchasing, and our suppliers using Unigraphics.
• Led a team of CAD designers to complete designs and drawings.
• Regularly reported out design status to the lead project engineer as well as to the program team andengineering management at cross-functional design reviews.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

• Designed parts for compression mold, injection mold, hand lay-up, rapid prototype, die cut and sheet metal using Unigraphics.
• Concurrently engineered parts with other design, manufacturing and marketing teams in Indiana, Ohio and Chatham, Ontario.
• Created all part and assembly drawings, including the application of GD&T.
• Presented and defended designs at design reviews to management, marketing, manufacturing, testing andother design groups; approximately 100 people in attendance.