Engineer Engineering

Stephen F. Burns

**** ******** **** **** *****, IN 46845

260-***-**** *.*******@*****.***

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

. 17 years engineering experience in automotive and commercial trucks and

busses for North American and global markets including South Africa,

Australia, Russia and the Middle East.

. Design experience with projects starting from concept sheet through

production launch while managing program milestones.

. Experienced at working with domestic and offshore suppliers as well as

conducting meetings via internet conference.

. Experienced at providing engineering support for product launches and

assembly line build issues.

. Proficient at dimensioning and analyzing tolerance stack ups using GD&T

per ANSI Y14.5 standards

. Experience with structural design and analyzing FEA simulations.

. Experience with CNC programming (Fanuc/Haas)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Navistar Incorporated (Fort Wayne, IN) 1996 - 2012

Lead Project Designer/ Body Interior Engineering 2007 - 2012

. Design and 3D surface modeling for injection molded interior trim

components including: Truck overhead console, sleeper compartment

storage cabinet panels and assemblies, door sub straight, instrument

panel body and trim bezels.

. New product development engineer for a global commercial truck.

Responsibilities included leading an offshore design team to develop

interior trim components, starting from concept to production as well

as managing cost and Program Milestones. Parts included: Instrument

panel, door trim, tilt/telescopic steering column, upper and lower

bunks and headliner.

. Extensive Warranty Reduction Engineering requiring Root Cause analysis

and design improvement using the 5-Why model.

. Cost Reduction engineering which required a $100,000 annual part

savings per part while maintaining quality and design functionality.

. Military Vehicle (MRAP) body armor design experience.

. Managed a production launch/engineering of commercial trucks in

Canada.

Senior Product Engineer/ Export Engineering Department 1996 - 2007

. Design and 3D surface modeling of truck and bus fiberglass hoods, bus

interior engine cover assemblies and engine castings.

. Design and layout of Hydraulic and Pneumatic control systems for truck

and bus chassis.

. Designed city transit busses for the Latin American market.

Responsibilities included the design lay out of driver controls as per

Mexico City ergonomic regulations, new component design and detail of

driver platform and controls, suspension angle calculations and

layout, steering geometry calculations and layout. Calculated

hydraulic and pneumatic requirements for the chassis and suspension.

. Designed new cab mounting brackets and overload rubber springs

requiring load analysis and rubber to metal bonding specifications.

. Production launch engineering for new bus models in Mexico and Brazil.

. Traveled to Mexican and Central American dealerships providing field

service engineering.

. Developed market specific variations of North American class 6-8

trucks for Australia, South Africa, and the Middle East requiring

knowledge of export market regulations for vehicle compliance.

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General Motors Technical Center (Warren, MI) 1994 - 1996

(Contracted through Troy Design Inc. Lansing, MI)

Designer, Powertrain Division/ Powertrain Division, V8/V6 Engines

. Powertrain packaging and component design.

. Provided clearance studies for engine compartment electrical routing.

. Modeling of engine components (valve covers, air intake).

EDUCATION

. Associate of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology

. Attending Indiana Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Pursuing Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Expected graduation date: Summer 2015

SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMS UTILIZED

. Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

. NX version 7

. AutoCAD 2012

. Teamcenter

. Experience conducting a FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis)

. Experience conducting an 8D (Root Cause Problem Solving)

. Experience conducting a PSDM (Problem Solving Decision Making process)

. Experience leading design reviews including online conference reviews.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Patents Granted: (Sole inventor)

. Module locating fastener and method of mounting on vehicle. Patent #

7641012

. Visor support and mounting. Patent # 8020914

. Stackable armored vehicle. Patent # 8057138

. Structural Air Tank Crossmember. Patent application # 8146948

. Roof panel with insert. Patent # 8167364

. Preparing A Pass-Through for an Occupant Compartment - Engine

Compartment Ground Block.

Patent # 8038821

. Gearless Offset Steering Shaft Coupling. Patent application #

201********

. System for increasing a field of view of a user of a vehicle. Patent

application # 201********

. Tilt telescopic steering column. Patent application #201********

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