Engineer Test

JOHN ZHANG

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Residence: 515-***-****

Johnston, IA 50131

Email: ********@*****.***

CAREER SUMMARY

An engineer with over ten years of mechanical and electrical engineering

experience in vehicle industry. Broad test and development expertise in

vehicle, engine, transmission, driveline system, and other automotive

mechanical-electrical components. Well developed skills in engine emission

test and control, transmission calibration, driveline system product

development, vibration test, and switch test and development. A highly

responsible and dedicated team player. Bi-lingual and fluent in English

and Mandarin.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

John Deere Des Moines Works, Ankeny, IA

2008-2010

A farm machinery manufacture.

Test Engineer

Sprayer product verification and validation: Advanced and current products,

pump, hydraulic driving and steering system test, lighting system

evaluation, Infield, SAP,Pro-E.

. Studied Solution pump cavitations problem and implemented a product

solution: knock sensor, control module and software control.

. Created chemical compatibility test and corrosion test procedures for

sprayer product.

. Designed and built a spray variable rate nozzle test station.

TEXTRON INC, EZGO, Augusta, GA

2006-2008

A Golf car and utility vehicle manufacture.

Test Engineer

. Lead gasoline and electrical vehicle/component product DFEMA, DVPR

validation, test, project management, data acquisition, data

analysis and report.

. Experienced in MTS 4-poster, RPCPro, EDAQ data acquisition, Ice-flow

Glyphworks, EASE data analysis, Weibull reliability analysis.

ALPS AUTOMOTIVE INC., Auburn Hills, MI 2004 - 2006

A Tier 1 supplier of electro-mechanical components.

Test and Validation Engineer

Managed design and production validation test program. Responsible for

test plan, development, schedule and test report. Test products and

programs: switch and clock spring, Honda headlamp switch, RKE, and other

electrical-mechanical modules.

. Led GM window switch and clock spring test and development activities

that reduced product development time and improved quality.

. Provided product incident test reports and made recommendations for

improvements to project and program engineers that led to improved

quality, reduced product development costs.

. Acted as lab point of contact for customer and other engineering

functional groups on test related issues. Coordinated EMC, chemical

and corrosion outsourcing test.

. Developed new test methods and procedures for steering wheel column

module that improved test accuracy and repeatability.

OPTIMAL COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING, INC., Plymouth, MI

2002- 2004

Contract position assigned to DaimlerChrysler Powertrain Engineering.

Product Engineer

Responsible for transmission calibration and driveline system product

development and system improvement. Major projects: transmission garage

shift, quick learn, diagnostics, driveline clunk and NVH, critical speed

test, driveline system benchmarking, AVL-drive evaluation. Tools used: I-

Box II plus, DCplot, ETAS INCA, AVL_DRIVE.

. Studied and solved drive line system clunk issue using systems

approach that improved drivability and customer satisfaction based on

J.D. Power scores.

. Investigated garage shift problem and recommended the solution that

improved transmission shift quality and smoothness.

COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, INC., Farmington Hills, MI 1999-

2002

Contract position assigned to Ford Motor Company Power Train Engineering.

Performance and Emission Engineer

Responsible for engine and emission test, development and control. Major

projects:

lean burn, lean NOx trap, engine mapping, and engine cold start, partial

zero emission, cylinder cut off. Tools used: ACAP, VDAS, FORD RCON,

CALVIN, ATI, MATLAB.

. Scheduled tests for dynamometer technicians, collected reduced,

analyzed, reported data and made recommendations to management and

internal customer for next steps.

. Performed experiments for emission and engine tests to optimize

control parameters.

. Calibrated engine, performed vehicle emission test, analyzed cylinder

pressure and other combustion parameters and summarized data for

development and research use.

NORTH VEHICLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Beijing, China 1988-1996

A national research institute.

Test and Research Engineer

Responsible for vehicle and components vibration, fatigue and functional

test and development.

. Established a vehicle and component test laboratory from equipment

installation, tuning, and training, to operation and maintenance.

. Developed and executed many tests for automotive, aerospace and other

industries. Involved in vehicle research programs.

EDUCATION

MS, Agricultural ( Mechanical ) Engineering, North Dakota State University,

Fargo, ND 2001

MS, Test and Control, (EE Equivalent), Northeast Agricultural University,

Harbin, China 1988

BS, Agricultural Engineering, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China

1985

CERTIFICATIONS

DFMEA-Design Failure Mode & Effects DVP&R-Effective Test Planning

Analysis AVL_drive

DOE - Design of Experiments Power Train Calibration: CALVIN

Defeat Device Awareness MTS Hydraulic Servo Control System

Schenck 8800 Software 5S, QFD, Glyphworks

PROGRAMMING AND TOOLS

SAP, Pro-E,UGSTeamcenter, Statistica, HyperSnap, C, C++, Visual Basic,

Unix, MS office (Word, Excel, Access, Project, PowerPoint, Outlook,

OneNote, Visio ), Labview, MATLAB, Simulink, Lotus notes

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