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Millhouse Court

Grand Haven,

MI *****

616-***-**** - home

abncov@r.postjobfree.com

Overview A professional, detail minded, Product Engineer with over seven

years experience in the automotive industry. Highly experienced

in the areas of injection molded plastic product design and

program launch of automotive components.

Qualification ( Complete knowledge of the basic engineering disciplines:

DFMEA, DVP&R, BOM, Master Sections, Fit and Finish

Highlights ( Experienced in developing test plans pulled from customer

requirements and following testing through to completion

. Competent in dimensional deliverables: Dimensional Control

Decks, 1D RSS stacks, 3D DVA, and GDM reports

. Solid understanding of injection mold tooling constructions

( Mechanically inclined: able to mock-up, and improvise where

necessary to achieve a result

. Strong communication skills: direct customer interaction with

either Ford, GM or Chrysler for entire working career

. Hard working, self starter with a natural desire to solve

problems

. Excellent Computer Skills: MS Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat,

Vis-Mock-up, some basic CAD skills, MoldFlow

. Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, and adapt at designing for

Six Sigma

Professional Dura Automotive Systems Fremont, MI

August 2007 - Present

Experience Title: Product Engineer III

. Lead Engineer; 2010 & 2011 S197 (Ford Mustang) Automatic

Transmission Shifter Control Assembly

. Product design responsible for 13 new functional

(electromechanical) and decorative components which

integrate with existing carryover structural components

. Responsible for production release of component drawings

which include all product specifications and GD&T

. Successfully completed over 20 individual 3D DVAs (stack-

ups) on the mechanical functions of the shifter

. Managed successful completion of Design Validation and

Process Validation testing with continual review of

results with the customer, resulting in updates to the

customer's specifications.

Lear Corporation* Dearborn, MI

June 2002 - July 2007

Title: Product Engineer II: October 2005 - July 2007

. Lead Engineer; 2009 J-61 (Mazda 6) Seat Plastic Hard Trim

. Product design responsible for 11 components; side

shields, riser covers, B-side attachment cartridges

. Materials Specialist; Advanced Engineering Group

. Assisted corporate purchasing, was responsible for

coordinating and running production mold trials at

multiple facilities to evaluate lower cost replacement

materials before implementation on a wider scale

. Lead Engineer; 2009 P-415 (Ford F-150) Crew Cab Rear Door

Trim Panel

. Product design responsible for complete crew cab rear

door

. Successfully integrated a metal speaker grill across all

doors including: feasibility, A-surface development and

Ford design studio buy-in; as means for a $1.6m program

cost savings

. Produced and managed the DVP&R document for the complete

door program (fronts, super and crew cab) and received

customer sign-off

Title: Product Engineer I: June 2004 - October 2005

. Lead Engineer; 2006 J-56 (Mazda 6) Seat Plastic Hard Trim

. Product design responsible for 21 components; side

shields, riser covers, over-molds, handles

. Complete program was successfully executed in 10 months

from concept to production

. Managed prototype tool builds and part deliveries for

timely prototype seat build events

. $149,000 in O.I. improvements submitted following

program launch. $123,000 implemented

. Received promotion to Product Engineer II following

exemplary performance on this program

. Validation Engineer; 2006 U-251 (Ford Explorer) Cargo

Management System

. Complete ownership of DVP&R, test results, and report-

outs to the customer

. Published a Lear Corporate load-floor test procedure

which was used on this and other programs to assist in

benchmarking

Title: Technical Specialist: June 2002 - June 2004

. College Graduate In Training program: two year rotational

program with four 6-month rotations (Advanced Engineering,

Program Management, Product Engineering, and Operations)

* Lear's Interior Systems Division was acquired by International

Automotive Components N.A., effective March 1, 2007

Education Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

B.S., Plastics Engineering Technology

May 2002

A.A.S., Plastics Technology

May 2000

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