Ryan Willnow Email & Phone Number

Denton, Texas, United States

• Develop datum strategies and tolerances for cab structure, sleeper structure and chassis components across all future and current Peterbilt products
• Perform 1D/3D tolerance studies in Excel and 3DCS to determine acceptable clearances between assemblies
• Interface with Styling, Design, and Manufacturing to develop design objectives for future products on various outer body assemblies to determine acceptable visual gaps between components
• Conduct root cause analysis by reviewing measurement studies on current production parts/assemblies causing assembly line installation issues
• Review engineering drawings in Creo for proper GD&T implementation
• Organize training sessions with design groups to teach the best way to implement GD&T into designs and drawings

Denton, Texas, United States

• Lead design engineer for exhaust piping on the 579 Refresh product in which I designed all the piping and bracketry going from the engine to the after-treatment system, created bill of materials, and organized.
• Truck Boss for the sixty MY21 program pilot builds where I was the single point of contact between Design, Manufacturing, Materials, Program Management, and the Plant to resolve engineering defects
• Coordinated with quality assurance and suppliers to ensure proper PPAP procedures
• Gathered and analyzed warranty data to pinpoint recurring failure modes, prioritized and led redesign of top problems
• Coordinated Finite Element Analysis (FEA), weld analysis, & acoustical testing on various powertrain designs
• Six Sigma and Lean Trained

Denton, Texas, United States

• Worked in Creo to place components on the frame using engineering guidelines
• Developed a software program using Microsoft Excel Visual Basic in order to reduce assembly line errors by verifying the accuracy of driveline components before parts were purchased
• Trained engineers, who were job shadowing, the release and applications process
• Interfaced daily with customer’s to ensure their truck orders aligned with engineering guidelines

Hurst, Texas, United States

• Assigned to Xworx Research & Development Integrated Program team that was leading Bell’s effort to advance Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM)