Stephen Forbes-Wilson Email & Phone Number

Mildura, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Drive Quality Engineer within the Propulsion Systems Embedded Controls team• Reporting responsibility and ownership of vehicle Drive Quality status at project milestones and in program quality / readiness reviews as part of the vehicle development process for Cadillac vehicles• Member of the global DQ Centre of Expertise, contributing changes to global processes developed from local projects and studies• Tracking of Drive Quality deliverables during program execution and forward planning of internal milestones for the local team• Technical leader and chair of the local Drive Quality work group within the propulsion system execution team, focused on solving powertrain system level problems• Decision making on Drive Quality / Emissions / Fuel Economy trade-offs

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Test planning and execution of vehicle test plans• Use of test automation tools to collect large repeatable data sets• Use of statistical data analysis techniques for calibration of automatic transmission controls• Shift pattern and driveability calibration for 10 speed automatic transmissions in Cadillac vehicles for North American and China markets

• Control systems engineering activities including Matlab modelling of pump and valve curves for the development of control algorithms and writing of logic flow charts• PCB design and embedded software development using C and Python for proprietary 900MHz wireless mesh sensor network devices.• Maintenance of Datacall 3G RTU firmware and packaging tools in the Linux environment using the OpenEmbedded build framework.• Development of Functional Descriptions, programming of PLC’s and HMI’s, completion of quality assurance documentation and commissioning for projects such as the Mildura Waste-Water Treatment Plant and the Sunraysia Modernisation Project

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Emissions test co-ordination• Emissions results analysis• Vehicle instrumentation setup and fault finding• Powertrain calibration testing• On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) testing• ECU and control module CAN-Bus communication

Mildura, Victoria, Australia

• Use of CAD software for drawing of electrical wiring diagrams for automation projects.• Development of pumping station operator’s manuals and touch panel application manuals.• Factory Acceptance Testing and writing of Factory Acceptance Testing procedures.• Ladder Logic and Function Block programming of PLC’s and Touch Panels.• Leading of commissioning and Site Acceptance Testing for pumping station projects.

Mildura, Victoria, Australia

• Use of GIS software to analyse rainfall maps, bushfire path maps, topography and geological data to predict 2011 Banksia bloom in the Big Desert for apiary operations.• Use of CAD software for structural drawings of river pump stations and as built drawings.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Mechatronics And Robotics

Final Year Project – “An integrated closed loop irrigation system for the agricultural industry using a cloud linked wireless sensor.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Mechatronics