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Detroit, Michigan, United States

- Create and manage entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution for hardware and software products, while providing technical direction to internal & external design/engineering teams.- Develop detailed, crisp and technical requirements and user stories that can be used to create product specifications, architecture and test/validation plans for each hardware and software product. - Establish goals and review metrics to identify new opportunities and measure… Show more - Create and manage entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution for hardware and software products, while providing technical direction to internal & external design/engineering teams.- Develop detailed, crisp and technical requirements and user stories that can be used to create product specifications, architecture and test/validation plans for each hardware and software product. - Establish goals and review metrics to identify new opportunities and measure the success of the products.- Own and drive software products that increase internal efficiencies across the org by assessing existing structure, developing metrics and an efficient process to adhere to.- Collaborate with business development, supply chain, finance and operations organizations to ensure customer experience expectations are met with successful product launches and delivery.- Provide effective written and verbal updates on all products and key projects to senior leadership and stakeholders. Show less

Troy, Michigan, United States

- Research and create vehicle specifications, requirements and test plans for customers based on legal and customer(OEM’s, BEV, HEV startups) requirements.- Provide homologation direction to OEM's that want to expand to different regions across the globe. - Work with testing firms and internal CAE team to drive validation plans for homologation, safety and overall vehicle validation.- Interface with design, manufacturing, and other facets to lead packaging requirements and… Show more - Research and create vehicle specifications, requirements and test plans for customers based on legal and customer(OEM’s, BEV, HEV startups) requirements.- Provide homologation direction to OEM's that want to expand to different regions across the globe. - Work with testing firms and internal CAE team to drive validation plans for homologation, safety and overall vehicle validation.- Interface with design, manufacturing, and other facets to lead packaging requirements and studies.- Drive creation of packaging studies and provide design and development direction to design engineering.- Collaborate with PLM to ensure efficient release and maintenance of parts. Show less

Troy, Michigan

- Model and conduct crash, safety, aerodynamic, NVH and material testing, and provide designrecommendations for various OEM’s and startups- Simulate safety, NVH & durability of vehicles on Linux based CFD software’s with custom codes- Compare and rate if vehicles pass Euro NCAP, FMVSS, IIHS safety ratings and regulations

Santa Clara, California

- Conduct and review DFMEA, dimension and tolerancing & DVP&R’s of body engineering parts- Design, release and maintain parts in 3DX(CATIA V6) and manage suppliers and designers- Solve vehicle architecture (packaging) concerns related to the mechanisms in hood, doors & tailgate by communicating with packaging team and other impacted teams - Receive & convey necessary information to after-sales(service), quality and manufacturing

Santa Clara, California

- Assist exteriors and BIW team with managing data in 3DX. - Responsible for DMU packaging clash checks between different systems.- Import and export CAD into and out of 3DX, to and from suppliers and designers.- Solve problems related to cad in 3DX.- Create design packages for suppliers.- Work with PLM and processes to implement design changes and manage releases.

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

- Taught Experimental Aerodynamics lab- Maintained and setup lab equipment and wind tunnel for each lab- In charge of running and collecting data using Labview for research and experimental projects

- Helped Professor with implementation of CAD in Aircraft Preliminary Design class- Taught and assisted students in creating an entire aircraft in CATIA based on various theoretical calculations

- Nominated for Student Employee of the Year 2015. (1 of 4 nominees from a work force of 1500)- Help the system administrator with course cleanups and setup new courses for facult

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

- Part of the team working on creating a Hybrid Turboprop- Tasked with creating a Hybrid controller to control the FADECs of the two engines (gas & electric)- Investigated power distribution methods and gearbox interface of the engine - Helped other member with running simulations to obtain efficiency of engine setup as efficiency varied with respect to placement of electric motor, rpm etc.

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

- Engineering Internship involved working on the Microjet to increase its stability and control- Increased stability by altering the structures and design of the aircraft- Developed an aerodynamic & systems model using MATLAB/Simulink & conducted wind tunnel testing to compare experimental and theoretical data- Helped with hands on work on the changes made to the Microjet- Assisted other members with running analysis on various Vortice Lattice Method softwares

Master Of Science (M.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Activities and Societies: National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), American Helicopter Society (AHS), American Institute of Aeronautics.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, 4.0

Machine learning & AI: Currently paused

Machine Learning, Modeling, And Simulation

Machine Learning, Modeling, and Simulation: Engineering Problem-Solving in the Age of AI

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering / Minor In High Performance Vehicles

Apart from aerospace engineering courses, took mechanical engineering courses related to high performance vehicles.