Charles Edward Howard

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Silver Lake, IN 46982

E-mail: acolg7@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 260-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Electrical Engineer/Manager with more than 18 years of experience in providing engineering services including 2 years in commercial building system design, 11 years in automotive applications focusing on new product development and 8 years in system and project management. I am accomplished in managing people and processes to meet financial and technical goals including reliability and quality. My engineering expertise is in Power generation and distribution, with extensive knowledge in motors, generators, transformers, maintenance and wired distribution.

EDUCATION

MASTERS OF SCIENCE in Engineering Management at Indiana Institute of Technology GPA: 3.75

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Electrical Engineering at Purdue University at Fort Wayne GPA: 3.00

US NAVY-D1G NAVAL NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING UNIT-Ballston Spa, NY, NAVAL NUCLEAR POWER SCHOOL-Orlando, FL, and ELECTRICIAN’S MATE "A" SCHOOL-Orlando, FL

WORK EXPERIENCE

CTS CORPORATION AUTOMOTIVE 11/2013-Present

Working with returns from warranty, customers, or test engineering involving mechanical, electrical, or electronics failures, download and upload of Software written in C, C++, or Visual Basic. Troubleshoot and identify root cause for brushless motor product, using intelligence from CAN/CAN-BUS system and redesign and implement product as required based on finding.

Assist warranty department in creating fixes to prevent future failure.

Ultra Electronic: Undersea Senor System INC (USSI) 4/2010-4/2013

Systems Engineer - 4/30/10 to 4/11/13

Development of new products from a basic set of customer requirements

Responsible to formally define requirements beyond those provided by the customer and identify and rank the associated risks (including commercial risks)

Conceive development and test plans, define the statement of work, determine the associated budgets and schedules and lead a team of engineers through product development within these cost/schedule/technical constraints

Support on-going business development efforts through bid & proposal tasks, customer interface and internal strategic planning effort

Support engineering process initiatives in the area of improvement of USSI's system engineering capability

Navistar INC (International Truck and Engine) 5/1999-4/2010

Engineering Manager – 1/09 to 4/2010

Manage the development of electrical and electronic systems and requirements of vehicle platforms

Define design scope for vehicle architecture and subsystems

Direct a group of 12 engineers for their work on vehicle platforms

Report updates to product team and support manufacturing launches as needed

Senior Project Engineer-7/05-1/09

Lead people and worked on concept projects (Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Next Generation Vehicle, etc.) to evaluate new technologies

Led in the prototype, corrective actions, and electrical design efforts for Navistar’s Medium Duty Hybrid Electric truck and for Bus Product Center Hybrid electric bus

Created electrical requirements for Navistar’s development of its own Auxiliary Power Unit

Developed Chinese and Taiwanese suppliers for International’s electrical and electronic components

Led as project engineer, the integration of the Mechron APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) system into International heavy duty trucks to include design, launch and testing using tools in areas of quality, manufacturing, design drafting, power generation, magnetic, etc

Engineering Analyst-11/01-7/05

Completed documentation for a Next Generation Power Architecture to include

Battery/Alternator Reliability Improvement and PDM (Power Distribution Module)

Created an analysis tool called GEBAMO (GEnerator BAttery MOtor)

Provided information on batteries, alternators and starters EOL (end of life) to Synchronized Service algorithm. Scope of work increased to included starters and cabling (charge/start system)

Identified battery issue, cracked batteries, and wrote APCN (Advance Product Change Notice) identifying this issue as an immediate warranty issue.

Made recommendation that when implemented reduced battery/alternator warranty and proposed and reviewed Energy Audit at Garland plant which was performed by Delphi

Established the plan to take advanced project from APCN to PBCL for production release. Then assisted prototype launch of Powerpacke (modified PDP), production launch in 2004 worked with Morey Corporation on 1800W inverter concept

Associate Project Engineer-5/99-11/01

Made evaluations and recommendations for current sensing technologies for prognostics and diagnostics of EATON current sensor. Obtained and tested non-contact current sensor technology from Eaton. I developed International’s own patented non-contact current sensor.

Provided electrical system architecture options/functions/definitions for Camless Engine 42V platform.

Developed a software utility that can be used to assess 42V system configurations. This is more define as simple model vise software, to create a current counter.

Responsible for $2,000,000 in cost reduction efforts

Lead the other members when issues arose concerning the electrical components that were affected by this recall. As a member of a team, executing the CR&CRT process, we delivered a total of $12.8M in fiscal savings, containing warranty reduction and engineering cost reduction.

Completed four CWI’s (Cost Warranty Issue) assigned to me in as little as 70 days.

Oversaw two CAD designers and specified the engineering selection for the battery’s systems.

GENERAL ELECTRIC MOTORS AND INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS

Engineering Co-op (while in college)

Sourced components such as motor and castings, collected data for sound testing of appliances, and designed user interface for AC motor application Process Procurement Rotors and Frames (Sourcing for castings of motor components)

Acoustic and Vibration Analysis (Sound Lab)

Analytical Engineering (Electromagnetic)

Scearce Rudisel and Associates

Engineer (while in college)

Designed power, lighting, mechanical, and plumbing systems for Commercial and Residential

SCO Engineering LLC

Electrical Engineer (while in college)

Designed power and lighting systems for Commercial Buildings

UNITED STATES NAVY SUBMARINE SERVICE 1988-1994

USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN 686)

Served as Electric Plant operator, Electrical Training Petty Officer

D1G NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING UNIT;

Served as Electric Division Training Petty Officer and supervised the prototype's conversion to an automated training follower system. Managed the training and qualification programs for more than 60 Mechanical, Electrical, Reactor and Officer students and 8 or more staff instructors.

NUCLEAR ELECTRICAL MATES;

Completed training in both electronics and nuclear propulsion. A rigorous training program emphasizing power generation, distribution and control systems with technical training in both basic and modern electronic circuitry and microprocessor based equipment

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Patents:

6,417,668 Vehicle battery condition monitoring system

6,417,668 Leadless Current Sensor

6,963,796 Modularized power take-off systems for vehicles

7,793,856 No-idle heating of a motor vehicle interior and engine pre-heat using engine coolant

Publications SAE paper

200*-**-****: Titled: Statistical Approach to Analysis of Reduced Idle Power Consumption in Class 8 Sleeper Trucks

200*-**-****: Titled: Implementing AC Power on Trucks

Progress to PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING LICENSE

Passed INDIANA’s PART 1 ‘THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING’ and PART 3 ‘ENGINEERING ETHICS’

MASTER TRAINING SPECIALIST

Awarded for excellence in leadership, technical competence, and instructional methodology while serving at Nuclear Power Training Unit D1G

NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL

Awarded for the development, implementation, and maintenance of a computer based, automated training follower system now used at all Naval Nuclear Power Prototype facilities.

SETTING THE STANDARD

Graduated in the top 20% in Nuclear Power School, first in rate at Nuclear Power Training Unit D1G

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