Engineer Quality Assurance

Product Engineer with over ** years experience in team leadership, concept

development, concept analysis, prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, and

product launch in plastics, composites, and metals. Successfully developed

and implemented cost reduction and quality improvements. Enthusiastic

about applying the knowledge and experience gained through my career.

EXPERIENCE

2009 OSD Tech LLC - Wyoming, MI

Current Product Development Engineer - Medical Product

. Product refinement from idea phase

. Designing product in Pro-E

. Managing prototype component outsourcing and build

. Managing timeline, costs, and BOM

. Patent research and writing, provisional to be sent

in February

2001 - Disher Design & Development - Zeeland, MI

2009 Project Engineer - On-site at Johnson Controls Interiors -

Holland, MI

. Developed a patentable quiet button to decrease the

button sound for overhead consoles

. GMX365 Overhead and Trim Systems - Solved issues for

slide-on rod visor, improved design of screw cover and

assist handle to resolve post tooling release issues

. New Product Strategy Group - Led team in analyzing an

overhead systems concept that was presented at the 2005

NAIAS in Detroit, MI, proposed cost savings worth $20

million based on the Ford P-356 program

. Ford P221 Overhead System - Performed feasibility, root

mean square stackups and part to part analysis along

with leading the change control system on over 40

interlocking parts for the Ford 2004 F-150 truck

overhead system

Lighting Engineer - on-site at Johnson Controls

. Performed light testing on instrument panel clusters,

overhead consoles and rail lamps to meet customer

specifications of both incandescent and LED lighting

systems

. Specified current for LED intensity and color binning to

meet overhead console backlit button specifications

. Developed a backlit button procedure which can reduce

the development process by 8 months saving $3,900 in

direct cost of multiple retests

. Co-inventor of a specific type of extruded light pipes.

JCI has filed a provisional patent

. Lead the lighting development in the JCI show properties

for the 2008 North American Auto Show

Product Development Engineer - Various Customers

. Designed and performed feasibility study for kayak

carriers in Solidworks and Pro-E

. Assisted team members in machine design using Solidworks

. Lead and facilitated more than 15 brainstorming sessions

with customers from many various industries with one

being an all day event

. Performed stackup analysis to root cause failures in

mirror and overhead consoles and recommended tooling

changes if required. Decreased the stackup on a project

by changing the datum scheme, saving a tool change.

. Responsible for generating, documenting and determining

business case for new product designs and product

improvements, various customers.

. Fold Away Boat Seating - Ran project to design /

prototype 2 folding seats and 1 seat surround for the

boating industry. Used Pro-E to create the CAD models

and Pro-E Mechanism to test functionality and packaging

performance to specifications. Specified all components

for the build. Lead the contact between the customer

and designer on "A" surface for seating surround

. Water Massage Bed - Directed CAD and electrical

engineering activities. Created controlled DATA system

for the complete massage bed. Used VA/VE tools to

decrease the cost of the bed. Improved the

functionality of the bed both in pressure control and

speed performance. Developed validation test procedure.

Developed a quality assurance test procedure that is

performed on 100% of the beds. Used Pro-E software to

revise and prototype parts during the development.

Developed a new hand control to decrease the cost by $9

per part

1990 - 2001 Donnelly Corporation - Holland, MI

Product Development Engineer

. Designed patented products for the vehicle interiors,

including detachment systems and information display

areas

. Saved General Motors $180,000 in tooling and enabled

launch of the OnStar Program by developing and launching

5 wire covers in 6 months, fitting 12 different vehicles

. Used robust design principles to improve prismatic

interior rearview mirror design, saving the company

$150,000 per year in sorting costs

1986-1990 Other Professional Positions

. Atmosphere Processing Inc. - Metallurgical Engineer

. B.O.C. Lansing - Composites Laboratory Technician

EDUCATION

2009 Project Management Professional Certification, Project

Management Institute

1985 Bachelor of Science Engineering Metallurgy

Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, MI

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Injection Molding Tooling and Construction Statistical

Process Control

Design for Manufacturing and Assembly DFMEA, PFMEA

Design of Experiments ProE Design Software

Plastic Part Design Lighting Technologies and

Applications

Weibull Analysis Methods Solidworks Design

Software

Keopner Traego, Fishbone, and 5 whys problem solving techniques

Project Management Professional Certification

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