Tim Stevens Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, US

Direct a team of Product Development and Quality Engineers to launch new items into the market and maintain a high level of quality. Lead a team of engineers to design new products from concept stage to product launch. This involves concept development, design for manufacture, quality validation, and communication with international vendors.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Led US and China Quality teams to successful validate, test, and ship 50+ new products into the market. Maintained high quality levels by creating inspection processes and developing strategies for our international.
• Identified quality improvement projects for Quality and Product Development teams to solve. Built and maintained database of online reviews, retailer defective costs, and warranty costs.
• Continued to act as lead project manager for our electric scooter line and led compliance and validation testing on our new line Ebikes.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Relocated to Hong Kong to help lead and enhance processes with our Quality and Product Development teams located in Shenzhen.
• Project Manager for our first line of electric scooters. Led a team of PD Engineers, Quality Engineers, and vendors to build a new supply chain for Radio Flyer. Designed, validated and shipped a large volume of.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Defined quality specifications for several product categories and identified/built new test equipment for new products
• Identified products and manufacturing processes that should be improved based on consumer warranty data, retail defective data, and online reviews.
• Implemented quality improvement projects by redesigning components and subassemblies.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Defined quality specifications and test plans for new products
• Performed root cause analysis on consumer returns
• Implemented quality improvement projects to reduce product defect rates

Boston, MA, US

• Performed DOE to better understand dishwasher performance using a repeatable test fixture. Multiple variables were altered to better understand significant effects.
• Performed Gage R&R analysis to determine if test procedures and fixtures were repeatable. Data was used to guide future dishwasher algorithms and energy usage.
• Exposed to experimental design and learned the importance of accurate and precise measures. Gained experience using statistical tools such as Gage R&R and DOE.
• Helped adapt a thin film flow sensor to measure flow rates over dishware.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Identified root causes related to consumer complaints, retail defectives, and warranty claims. Helped introduce quality improvement projects and worked directly with factories to implement corrective action. Resolved.
• Gained valuable experience working with ASTM, ANSI, ISO, and international consumer product standards. Became familiar with testing criteria for toys sold in both the United States and Europe. Shared my knowledge of.
• Created BOM's and exploded views for several product assemblies, comprised of injection molded, blow molded, rotational molded, and extruded plastic parts. Ensured that multiple suppliers had updated BOM’s and.
• Learned basic principles associated with rotational, blow, and injection molding. Visited manufactures and gained hands on experience.

Wyoming, MI, US

• Designed components for a pneumatic material unloading system to help reduce handling time after laser cutting processes. Reduced unloading time by 25% and made the process less labor intensive.
• Implemented a water reduction plan for a powder coat line, which involved the design of a 13 ft. stand that supported a 1000 gallon water tank. Created a solid model of the stand, using Unigraphics, and determined.
• Completed an E3 BIFMA certification report for Steelcase Inc., which encompassed an electrical, water, and energy consumption analysis capturing over 3 years of data. Submitted the report and earned certification for.
• Learned about various manufacturing processes such as laser cutting, water jet cutting, robotic welding, and tube bending.