Robert Mcdonald Email & Phone Number

Orange County, CA, US

Irvine, CA, US

• Leading full-desk recruiting operations for a flagship of business partners across Propulsion, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Hardware, Vehicle Attributes, Test & Development, Future Programs, and Embedded.
• Recruiting candidates from entry and principal-level engineers to senior managers, providing business leaders with top-talented professionals aligned with company culture and organizational design.
• Expanded Reliability Engineering group from ~6 leaders to a 110+ Reliability team spanning various disciplines, including Design for Reliability, Failure Analysis, and Reliability Data Science.
• Partnering with VPs and all levels of their leadership teams on headcount planning, recruiting strategies, and hiring best practices for electrical, mechanical, and software engineers.
• Translating quarterly business review data into comprehensive presentations for leadership, communicating organizational impact and performance metrics.
• Building out resources for recruiters and hiring managers to streamline future hiring efforts. Examples include SharePoint repositories, presentations on market trends, and leading interviewer training sessions.

Irvine, CA, US

• Oversaw full-desk recruiting for Reliability, Test & Development, Vehicle Attributes, Budget & Finance, and Manufacturing teams.
• Represented Rivian at hiring events.

Irvine, CA, US

• Sourced and hired HW and SW candidates for ADAS, Infotainment, Electrical Hardware, Reliability Engineering, and UIUX teams via various recruiting platforms and methodologies.
• Solely led intake meetings and weekly recruiting syncs with hiring managers.
• Complete ownership of the front half of the recruiting process, up to the panel interview stage.
• Owned discussions pertaining to compensation, relocation, initial technical assessments, and interview preparation.
• Built a sourcing repository compiled of talent maps, intake forms, and various product development resources to enhance team sourcing strategies.
• Led sourcing sessions with engineering and talent acquisition partners to boost top-of-funnel.

New York, NY, US

• Managed pipeline of customers for continuous outreach, in person and over the phone, to identify financial needs in banking, mortgage, investment, and Chase Private Client services.
• Partnered with Mortgage Bankers, JPMorgan Financial Advisors, and Private Client Bankers to close opportunities.

Fremont, CA, US

• Conducted in-home assessments of solar, roofing, and residential battery storage systems.
• Built a customer network with 50 customers and maintained a 40% referral rate.
• 100% project completion rate with zero cancellations.
• Utilized SugarCRM, Salesforce, and cloud-based software to organize pipeline and office teams.

San Mateo, CA, US

• Generated $2.4 million in residential solar via solar leasing, financing, and purchasing programs.
• Drove over 170 customer accounts from contract to installation by coordinating filings with PG&E, SolarCity, the city/county, the installation team, and the site survey team.
• Consistently performed in the top 8% on a team of over 6,000 reps every month and was thehighest grossing salesperson in Northern California on multiple occasions.
• Created an Excel document to project the financial impacts of solar specific to each homeowner.
• Led a team of seven successful Field Energy Consultants.
• Utilized Salesforce, Microsoft Office, Google Sketchup, and various cloud-based programs.

San Mateo, CA, US

• Continuously met monthly quota of 50 opportunities and 10 closed deals per month untilpromotion to Field Energy Sales role. Generated over 470 qualified potential customers during Q3-Q4 2013 and Q1 2014.
• Created new hire training program.

• Inspected, cleaned, and organized client data for tax preparation.
• Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable maintenance.
• Assisted with financial statement compilation and review.
• Conducted basic client interviews to gather data that may not have been listed on a basic questionnaire to be used for return preparation.
• Maintained managing partners’ Outlook calendar for tax season appointments and deadline notification.
• Financial statement accruals and deferrals.

• Beta tested mobile applications, produced analysis and recommendations for market research.
• Generated new leads by identifying strong mobile game developers for outreach.
• Maintained company website.
• Utilized JIRA, Dropbox, Salesforce and Confluence for administrative tasks.

• Assisted lead machinists in aluminum product manufacture preparation, design, and delivery inspection.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environmental Economics And Policy

Education record