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Springfield, Tn, Us

Greater Nashville Area, Tennessee, United States

•Lead nimble sized & multi-site development architecture team in creation of double cavity free standing oven based on new architecture and manufacturing factory. Aided marketing research to ensure product specifications aligned with consumer demands. Managed sub-system design and full architecture integration for both electric and gas-powered products. Highlighted technical risk trades offs for budgetary restraints, while driving design alignment with manufacturing capabilities.•Review global oven architecture designs to ensure alignment with sub system and component commonality initiatives.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

•Project manager & technical lead project engineer for multiple models of new architecture platform and plant launch project. Assisted architecture teams in vetting designs & systems, provided technical guidance on issues discovered in testing, and coordinated subsystem integration. Created, tracked, and managed test plans & issues for each model, while leading cross functional team.•Technical lead for oven system sound and vibration testing. Promoted the need for measurement equipment procurement to business leaders after identifying service call impact of noisy fans. Established equipment usability plan, implemented industry benchmarking, then created specifications, test plans, & sound limits/metrics. Drove learnings into motor component design changes, and fan system operating parameters to balance cooking performance and noise limits, culminating in significant customer satisfaction improvement and reduced service call rate.•Project lead on multiple NPI wall oven and free-standing range projects. Responsible for defining impacts of marketing request, creating costed BOM estimates for business case, defining test plan and regulatory compliance, developing new components, linking tooling and manufacturing requirements, vetting design through analysis & simulation, managing protype builds, verifying & approving test data, ensuring product specification requirements, managing stage gate check points & deliverables, NPI manufacturing support, and SOP support.•Lead mechanical project engineer on first IME/IMD capacitive touch control panel implemented in cooking division. Involved in product design, supplier selection, collaborative supplier development of components and manufacturing equipment, and creating component and system design & testing specifications. Ushered data driven analysis and schedule-oriented solutions when first generation technology system moisture issue was discovered late in testing.

Tempe, Az

Senior Design Engineer, 4-cycle Engine Handheld Products Oct 2012 – Jan 2015• Lead engineer role on 4-cycle trimmer product development, with responsibilities including product marketing feasibility, creating engineering specifications, product sub-system and component design, engine design, manufacturing support, and warranty return evaluation & improvement implementation. • Hired into 4 cycle trimmer project behind schedule, over-cost, and stalled by design problems. Helped create recovery plan to reach production using short term solutions while working long term design improvements in parallel. Senior Design Engineer, Battery Handheld Products Jan 2015 – July 2016• Lead engineer on market entry new platform battery powered string trimmer & hedge trimmer products, with responsibilities including competitive analysis, product costing estimates, establishing project schedule, verifying industrial design concepts, designing system architecture & components in parallel with common battery product family, creating product test plan, validating product requirements, and production support.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

•Senior design engineering role on multiple mono laser printer development products, with responsibilities including full system architecture design and detailed subsystem component design of all paper handling subsystems, defining and prioritizing assignments as team lead for international engineering team, establishing and implementing product reliability testing, tracking and reporting functional issues to solution completion while maintaining schedules, and tracking cost and design goals.•Experienced in dozens of internationally based prototype product manufacturing builds as well as early ramp start of production and full scale production manufacturing.•Incorporated multiple solutions for existing warranty field failures into new product models. Patented designs resulted in significant warranty cost reduction over previous product models.•Lead international design team through design of precision gear drive system for mono laser printer, responsible for gear and system design meeting stringent acoustic and vibration requirements, defining functional & reliability testing, and balancing assignments of team members.•Lead project team assembled to improve print quality for all mono laser printers, specifically focused on print quality defects caused from mechanical disturbances & vibrations, developed inspection and measurement techniques, and pushed lessons learned through research into various products.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

•Production and manufacturing engineering support for globally manufacturers, including Funai, Fujitsu, Sindo Ricoh, Flextronics, & Siletech Liteon - responsibilities include manufacturing support, quality improvements, EC approval, reliability testing, cost reductions, and project management.•Product cost reduction project management experience.•Development to manufacturing transition experience, with hands on engineering assistance in transition from development to full scale production manufacturing.•Experienced in delivering customer demanded solutions, providing engineering support to product team that modified existing product to meet specific customer needs while minimizing cost to the business.•Engineering lead on project team that delivered “Small Business Addition” product model from customer demand to ship date in eight days, resulting in key strategic marketing entry into retail sector.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

•Responsible for domestic manufacturing line engineering support of multiple mono laser products, with emphasize on maintaining continuous production, quality improvements, and product cost reductions. •Responsible for sub-supplier tool qualification of injection molding and metal stamping tools, including part dispositions, process capability control, and qualification of secondary assembly processes.•Responsible for engineering field support and customer solution implementation, with focus on direct customer interaction, identifying underlying customer problem, analyzing and implementing technical solutions that lead to improved overall customer satisfaction.

Vonore, Tn

• Mechanical engineer intern for automotive glass manufacturer, working with senior engineers on glass manufacturing equipment and processes.