Robert S. Laumer

Cell: 801-***-**** * a8kb3k@r.postjobfree.com * 4452 S. 1650 W. Roy, UT 84067

CORE COMPETENCIES

Product Validation Testing

Process Improvement

Supplier Negotiations

Customer Interface

Product Data Management

Prototype Fabrication

Quote Development

Proposal Development

Concept Testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Engineering Manager for SecureAlert, Inc. 2011-2012

• Directed the efforts of 5 engineers.

• Evaluated production challenges and modified part designs and/or production processes to meet those challenges.

• Coordinated product and process changes with production manager.

• Motivated engineering and production personnel (~22 people) to take responsibility for their jobs, report concerns, and work well with others.

• Negotiated with suppliers for highest quality, lowest cost, and on-time delivery.

• Tracked historical costs to predict and negotiate future cost savings for parts and tooling.

• Managed $20k/month engineering budget.

• Provided resources to employees for their success in their assigned tasks.

• Reported the progress of product improvement and employee development to company directors.

Process Engineer at Autoliv Ogden Assembly Plant 2010

• Proved proficient in written and verbal communication skills, being organized, working independently and following through to ensure the job gets done.

• Evaluated quality of supplier’s parts per engineering drawings.

• Responsible for determining root cause of failed machines and implementing corrective actions with minimal down time. As a result, assembly personnel no longer had to deal with problems that had slowed them down for many months.

• Designed plastic injection molded parts, formed metal tubing, metal stampings, silicone-coated fabric parts, and tooling to manufacture such parts.

Design Engineer at Autoliv Ogden Technical Center 2004 -2010

• Acquired working knowledge of and training in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.

• Increased profit on one project from 15% to 50%, through change of some parts and elimination of others, plus the use of more cost-efficient components.

• Coordinated with production facilities to design for quality in production processes (DFM and DFA).

• When a customer requested data that normally required one week’s lead time, in one day, developed a math calculation to estimate tolerance extremes for a production process. By this method, was able to satisfy the customer’s request in 24 hours.

• Obtained a reputation for getting tough things done in record time. Won a customer’s business by developing a quote and design, with testing, which met all of the customer’s requirements inside an unusually tight deadline.

• Worked efficiently under pressure. Met and often exceeded the design requirements for the toughest customer in the automotive field, Toyota, a company which required suppliers to meet all product performance targets before awarding the business.

• Designed airbags (Including gas delivery pipes, mounting brackets, clamping interface, special purpose airbag shapes, heat deflectors, and car interior components for interacting with airbag during deployment) for Toyota Sienna Minivan, Corolla & Sequoia using CATIA V5.

• Designed test fixtures to simulate actual situation for customer. Features were designed to mimic worst-case application of design (in-car) and other features were designed for production lot acceptance testing.

• Administered tests, judged design robustness, wrote test reports, and modified design based on results.

• Explained design change advantages to customer using PowerPoint presentations.

• Designed plastic injection molded parts, metal stampings, and painted metal and plastic parts.

Design Engineer at Honda R&D Americas 1993 -1999

• Served as back-up manager for group of 18.

• Trained 16 months in Utsunomiya, Japan at Honda Tochigi Gaiken.

• Took a $2 million, secret, prototype vehicle to a supplier’s factory to study and test noise-reducing design ideas until 3 am. In doing so, the root cause of the sunroof noise was discovered and design changes recommended to the design team manager.

• Increased profitability through attention to detail. Negotiated a $50K tooling-cost saving with a component supplier. This was achieved by calculating tool cost internally using historical tool cost data.

• Designed windshield, plastic injection moldings, window lift system, door lock system, door handle mechanism, sunroof, door and interior mirrors, wipers, and sheet metal for Acura RL, TL, CL, and Honda Accord using CATIA V4.

Design Engineer at Delco Products Headquarters (GM) 1989 -1993

• Designed windshield wiper systems (Included 3D kinematic linkages, ball/socket joints, and electric motor selection) for Saturn, Aurora, Corvette, and other vehicles. Directed prototyping of various components and saved $20,000 in tooling costs during prototyping of special cap nut.

• Designed plastic injection molded parts with inserts, aluminum castings, metal stampings, and sintered powder metal parts.

• Administered tests, judging component durability and design robustness.

• Designed components using Intergraph, SDRC Ideas, and Unigraphics.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Bachelor of Science in Design Engineering Brigham Young University

Continuing Education in Mechanical Engineering Brigham Young University

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing General Motors, Delco

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Autoliv, Ogden, Utah

Project Management Training Autoliv, Ogden, Utah

Minitab Statistical Analysis Software Autoliv, Ogden, Utah

Six Sigma Green Belt (part 1) Autoliv, Ogden, Utah

Automotive Crash Sled Test Evaluation Autoliv, Detroit, MI

International Project Workshop Autoliv, Shanghai, China

Toyota RAV4 final body airbag install and testing Autoliv, Tsukuba, Japan

DRBFM (Design Review Based on Failure Mode) Toyota Tech. Ctr., Ann Arbor, MI

Japanese Language Training Honda Gaiken Tochigi, Japan

Japanese Language Training onda R&D, Americas, Marysville, OH

Purchasing tooling and cost estimation Honda R&D, Americas, Raymond, OH

Portuguese Language Training LDS Mission, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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