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Sterling Heights, Mi, Us

Sterling Heights, Mi, Us

Dearborn, Mi, Us

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Managed the expedited development of the Front Fascia Assembly of the 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV from design concept to production validation builds at the assembly plant.● Facilitated weekly product development meetings with interfacing release engineers, as well as international suppliers to solve integration, performance, quality, and commercial issues, avoiding cost for prototype tools and reduced the time necessary to reach full production by 30%● Led collaboration with industrial designers to achieve a design that met all performance, manufacturing, regulatory, and cost requirements as well as improving customer clinic scores● Oversaw CAD designs and implement proper ergonomics for the comfort and safety of the customer and assembly plant operators while also reducing the time required for a design cycle by 20%.● Directed the engineering development of the Rear Fascia Assembly and Rear Impact Beam for the 2019 Cadillac XT6 from design concept to full-volume production at the assembly plant.● Facilitated cross-functional Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA) meetings to ensure high initial quality and low warranty.● Validated design concepts with benchmarking, CAE, and rapid prototyping early in the design phase before fabricating injection molds, resulting in zero issues during physical validation and on-time PPAP.● Led a team of designers, suppliers, engineers to execute and validate industry first grooved exhaust bezel design for new Cadillac brand signature.● Restructured and managed the department SharePoint website to make searching for engineering documents more intuitive for over 400 global GM exterior engineers, resulting in more streamlined processes.● Trained / mentored new release engineers on using change management systems and how to lead design meetings.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Identified, reported on and solved issues discovered during prototype builds, liaising between manufacturing and product engineering● Produced a modular tabletop model in 50% of the normal lead time using rapid prototyping to demonstrate 3 design solutions to the chief engineer.● Identified incorrect part numbers during build and reworked them at the warehouse to avoid downstream delays to program timing.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Performed variation analysis simulations with 3DCS software to predict gap and flush measurements at critical interfaces using inputs from GD&T drawings.● Performed 1-D dimensional analysis with a turnaround time of 4 hours to enable engineers to make quick design decisions on their components● Facilitated a Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) project to develop curvature criteria for roof panel designs to prevent dimensional quality issues.