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Lead Product Engineer on an OEM advance LED reflector and LED projector design encompassing 5 unique end items. Responsible for coordinating teams from product design, manufacturing, tool design, optics and all purchased components. (Nissan and Ford)Work directly with the design studio to facilitate complex designs across multiple versions of headlamps reducing part complexity while delivering unique assemblies within a similar envelope.Develop components using advance materials, thick wall condenser lens, and magnesium brackets for multi facet reflector design, slide adjuster designs and ADB lighting modules.

Automotive lighting lead design engineer on General Motors front lighting systems.Strong understanding on forward lighting systemsLeader in advance lighting technologies

Exterior Lighting designer.Design and engineering for the 2013 Tarus rear lamp multi LED system.

Designed and engineered, solid and surface models, IP substrates, glove box, center console and overhead media centers, for both foreign and domestic automakers. * Facilitated a best in class launch with less than 1% quality rejects 90 days post launch for the IP, console, and doors on the 2007 Jeep Wrangler. Achieving Visteon highest honor, the Summit Award for design and excellence.* Executed and delivered on time meeting cost deliverables while lead designer responsible for three components, instrument panel substrate skin and foam, load studies, vehicle dynamics, complex assemblies, part manufacturability.* Played a key role for Chrysler product studio, developing concept themes, initial layouts, product definition, while communicating with ten engineering and design staff on component complexity, feasibility and cost targets.* Reduced simplified part complexity on the Dodge Ram by designing first in class two color one shot molded substrate eliminating the need for four trim panels.* Coordinated and delegated design tasks daily for four designers located at India design office.Responsible for ten designers daily workflow, productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction. * Demonstrated success reducing design staff by 20%, organizing and creating a centralized troubleshooting design group. * Scheduled and assigned team assignments for over 40 projects resulting in 100% customer on time deliverables along with higher quality.

Implemented a startup product design center at a North America Mexico facility. *Recruited local engineering talent, trained and mentored six engineers using CAD and product engineering, to evaluate designs and identify potential manufacturing and quality issues, while supporting 100 manufacturing engineers on all products produced.*Identified and implemented $7.6 million in material usage cost reductions.*Developed and implemented systems and producers to increase quality for 400,000 parts components produced annually, and first time capability, while reducing scrap,Lighting Design Engineer Design front and rear lighting systems for Fords large car group·Provide studio technical specifications and federal requirements to meet current theme concepts·Lead planner for new product design procedures and design requirements

Manufacturing engineer Responsible for design concepts developed while in Japan.· Responsible for injection molding, tool tryouts, validating design, release of production tooling.· Lead design of plastic injection molding tools while meeting timing and budget· Layout and design manufacturing cell, ensure ease of product manufacture and assemblySylvania Lighting Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan.Styling Designer Responsible for the exterior front and rear lighting systems on the Ford escort· Surfacing a feasibility design of “body in white” exterior lighting designs for tier 1 to Ford.· Communicate design and manufacturing feasibility between the U.S. and Japan Mazda/Ford design center.

Design, Ford interior trim, loudspeaker components, grilles and sub enclosures. Responsible for system administration and the acquisition of Pro-E.

Design, fuel tank sending units and washer bottle gages, manufacturing tools and assembly fixtures for steel tube, blow molded and electronic sensor components.

Design extrusion dies for dynamic seals and glass tracks.

College co-op in iron casting tool design and manufacturing processes. Associate engineer responsible for developing standards for NC tooling and in work processes.