Leadership Development Program Engineer
Benton Harbor, Michigan, Us
Whirlpool Engineering Rotational Leadership Development Program (Four 6-month Rotations and Masters Degree):Thermally Integrated Residential Appliances- Sustainability (non-thesis Masters Research)Executed refrigerator prototype optimization and verified energy savings using water-cooled condensing system; Created tradeoff curves across engineering requirements for system level performance and component settings Built In Cooktop Execution- Cooking Surface Technology: Developed and verified critical UI, temperature management, and aesthetic surface subsystem components; Led module design creation, supplier development, PPAP planning, and part release on-time,- cost, and- quality Wash Performance Modeling- Laundry Advanced Development (6 months in Fabriano, Italy): Improved washer-dryer predictive performance model correlation fidelity for global product platforms project scoping, design, and verification and results were used to evaluate feasibility of new project requirement targets; Interfaced across the global laundry teams including a new acquisition in order to drive optimized system development Cost & Quality- Refrigeration (6 months in manufacturing facility):Developed design solutions for ice maker consumer dissatisfiers by defining customer requirements and success criteria and creating new testing procedures to understand the physics of failures; Identified root cause of the freezer fan sound regression through designed experiments and variation studiesLaundry Platform Team-Dryers:Integrated subsystem solutions for system level product approval testing meeting project delivery timing; Created an improved Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R) including an automated summary display for increased visibility, collaboration, and responsibility alignment for the cross functional and leadership teams