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San Francisco Bay Area

Manage GEN2 Formula E Battery ProgramManage Battery Cell Engineering for Lucid Air

San Francisco Bay Area

• ​​ Led all design, development & test activities for the Atieva GEN2 Formula E motorsport battery.
• ​​ Coordinated efforts of subject matter experts across multiple domains, including hardware, software & manufacturing.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Responsible for design, development, build and test of high voltage system components for the early Lucid Air prototypes.
• ​​ High voltage junction box with integrated on-board charger.
• ​​ High voltage cables and connectors.
• ​​ Charge port.

San Francisco Bay Area

• ​​ Designed battery and control module components for a 75kWh energy storage system capable of 1MW discharge.
• ​​ Responsibility of mechanical CAD data including change management and introduction of a PDM system.
• ​​ Analyzed tolerances and applied GD&T to manufacturing, assembly and interface drawings.
• ​​ Worked with suppliers to improve quality and resolve non-conformance issues.
• ​​ Designed injection molded insulating covers and battery module internals.
• ​​ Setup and optimized a battery pack gluing process using a peristaltic glue dispenser and a 3-axis robot.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• ​​ Coordinated the design of a LPG/CNG, spark-ignited, industrial engine built upon a Hyundai V6 platform.
• ​​ Defined requirements; created budgets and schedules; and led design and verification activities.
• ​​ Worked with Hyundai to determine scope of supply and industrialization of their automotive engine.
• ​​ Optimized and calibrated software to control an electronic throttle valve and variable valve timing solenoids.
• ​​ Calibrated engine electronics for performance and emissions using MatLab Simulink and CAN based tools.
• ​​ Worked with engineers from four different continents to design the fuel system and engine control software.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• ​​ Integrated engines into customer applications and supported commissioning, verification and field trial activities.
• ​​ Completed EPA emissions calibration and certification for mobile and stationary industrial engines.
• ​​ Managed engine testing programs using an advanced test lab to improve performance and reduce emissions.
• ​​ Supported and improved production, suppliers and end-of-line testing at the South Korean facility.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• ​​ Documented failures and performed root cause analysis of natural gas engines and cryogenic fuel systems.
• ​​ Supported design engineers with corrective action activities including verification and implementation.
• ​​ Created service work instructions and drawings using Pro Engineer.

Delta, British Columbia

• ​​ Planned and executed the manufacture of the nose enclosure of the Boeing Defense CH47 rotorcraft made of aluminium sheet skins, stiffeners, ribs and components machined from billet and extruded aluminium.
• ​​ Analyzed customer specifications, drawings and GD&T to classify parts and determine the method in which components would be manufactured, assembled and verified.
• ​​ Detailed instructions for machining, forming, annealing, tempering, coating and non-destructive inspection methods.
• ​​ Created manufacturing instructions, drawings and quality documents and followed them through initial production runs.
• ​​ Used CATIA V5 and ENOVIA Smarteam extensively to design & optimize existing tooling jigs and assembly fixtures.
• ​​ Developed functional gages to verify complex GD&T on machined components formed from aluminium sheet.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• ​​ Formula UBC is an engineering student team that designs, manufactures and campaigns an open-wheeled formula race car at the annual Formula SAE event in Detroit, MI and Fontana, CA.
• ​​ Coordinated the efforts of the 35+ member team and was responsible for communication with the faculty, the department and industry sponsors.
• ​​ Conducted task-oriented progress meetings and system design reviews with team members.
• ​​ Worked with group leaders to set a clear design philosophy and goals that were used during design.
• ​​ Recognized by the University for “…outstanding contribution and commitment to student leadership and learning…”

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Led the design and manufacture of an un-equal length, non-parallel double a-arm, pushrod actuated coil-over suspension system.
• Utilized SolidWorks to create parametric CAD models, assemblies and drawings of all suspension components.
• Completed spring, damper and anti-roll bar calculations to determine spring rates, damping coefficients, and the roll resistance required to control the vehicle.
• Designed a bellcrank assembly negating the need for both welding and CNC milling while allowing economical and accurate change to the ride characteristics of the vehicle.
• Designed A-arms of decreased weight and increased stiffness to weight ratio by tube size optimization through numerical analysis and the use of spherical bearings at the outboard joints.
• Created machining, assembly and welding drawings for the manufacture of components.