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Grand Blanc, Mi, Us

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

United States

VITRO AUTOMOTIVE GLASS (Formerly PGW)-Rochester Hills, MI Senior Product Engineer/Team Leader 2018-PresentCurrently fulfilling all responsibilities of the retired Director of Product Engineering and Design including providing Engineering cost and timing estimates for new project quotes, presenting Technical reviews to OEM groups for quotations and overseeing Validation Lab manager and the labs activities. Team Leader responsibilities included overseeing 9 total direct report engineers and designers assigned to various OEM teams to ensure proper project activities and documentation meet due timing goals and provide mentorship.

Rochester Hills, Mi

Project responsibilities as Product Engineer include development of glass assemblies to meet customer specifications using customer provided studio surfaces from concept to launch. Facilitated design reviews to communicate customer product specifications to PGW plants for confirmation of feasibility of part shape for part production. Created DFMEAs, engineering timelines and six sigma capability documents. Write internal work orders for design team CAD modeling development and drawing creation which I checked and reviewed for accuracy to meet customer specifications. Components developed include injection molded plastic parts, rubber moldings and spacers and wire harnesses. New Product Design• Fixed Glass: Ford U625 Explorer/U611 Aviator Windshields and Back lights, S922 Ford GT Windshield, Laminated Hybrid Engine Cover and Gorilla Glass Bulkhead, U502 Ford Explorer Windshield, Tempered Back light and Quarter glass. U553 Expedition/U554 Navigator Tempered Rear Quarter glass.• Movable Glass: S550 Ford Mustang Tempered Door glass, F150 Ford Pick Up truck laminated Door glass, C520/C489 Ford Escape Laminated Door glass, D544 Lincoln Continental laminated Door glass.Problem Solving• F150 Laminated Door glass: Developed new style of bonded on regulator attachment clip for unique cut in glass profile so current production parts could be reused eliminating new tooling costs.• C520 Ford Escape: Developed test for determining how much deflection of bonded on glass clip affects glass movement during a door slam to confirm new clearance zone specifications. New clearance zone specifications were intended to eliminate current glass breakage issue caused by glass hitting interior door components during door slams.

Niles, Illinois

Mechanical Design Engineer Project responsibilities as lead Mechanical Engineer include development of product assemblies from concept to product launch using renderings from the industrial designer and product feature requirements from the marketing department, coordinating requirements with acoustical and electrical engineers and working with suppliers to provide components. Components designed included injection molded plastic, machined, casted aluminum, and sheet metal parts. New Product Design• Led Engineering Design team to develop the VP83F and VP83 DSLR camera Microphones which received four best of show awards at the 2013 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show.• Redesigned Shot gun Microphone into a new series named VP89 to reduce parts, lower costs and created new length microphones and a special adapter for interchangeability. • Created VP82 shot gun microphone design which had patent potential with a new type of interference tube which minimized components and reduced costs.• Designed new features for the UA874 antenna refresh project to improve on customer adjustment functionality in the user interface area.Team Responsiveness• Coordinated with the marketing division to verify the customer effectiveness of each feature added on all microphones designed.• Led Design Peer Review meetings for each microphone developed and incorporated any feedback that may improve overall design for better customer satisfaction.• Worked with Quality Engineer on DFMEA and Manufacturing Engineer on PFMEA to isolate any assembly or quality improvements prior to prototype creation.• Provided component cost estimates and timing guidelines to the project manager for project planning stages.• Traveled to out of the country manufacturing sites to support project builds as needed.

Product Designer-Displays Division (2000-2008) Design responsibilities included development of Instrument Cluster assemblies, Head Up Displays (HUD) and design of all assemblies and components while working with a team of engineers. Components designed include injection molded plastic and sheet metal parts. Customers included: GM, Ford, Harley-Davidson, Tata and Mahindra & Mahindra.New Product Design• Led Design team to develop a new mirror rotation system for the GMT 250 Head Up Display which resulted with a smoother and easier display adjustment on the windshield improving the quality of the assembly. • Managed GMT 561 (Chevy Traverse) design timelines to meet critical release dates which avoided higher development costs and increased profitability.• Designed for the GMT 250 (Pontiac Aztec) HUD a smaller LCD housing sub-assembly with fewer components instead of purchasing a larger LCD assembly at a higher cost.Customer Responsiveness• Created GMT 250 HUD assembly package exceeding customer clearance requirements which resulted in a smoother, effortless assembly into the customer vehicle.• Spontaneously created multiple GMT 360 (Trailblazer, etc.) cluster gage appliqués with graphics to match customer design studio requirements while meeting critical production release dates.• Communicated GMT 800 (Silverado) design status regularly with release engineer to insure that customer satisfaction is achieved by meeting critical dates and requirements.Problem Solving• Assisted engineer in determining that components in the GMT561 instrument cluster needed strengthening ribs to increase assembly rigidity which eliminated LCD lead breakage and decreased scrap parts.• Worked as a team member to analyze solutions for HUD assembly excessive heat issue. Formulating several options, a revision to the aspheric mirror equation was chosen which did eliminate the heat issue and saved the program from cancellation.

Flint, Mi

Assisted Product Designers with the design of sub-assemblies for the main assembly. Assisted Product Engineer with adding Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) to the component drawings.• Developed sub-assemblies for interface with main assembly.• Sub-assembly component design.• Completed Engineering change requests.

Supplied work to Delphi as a contractor.

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