Engineer Electrical

WARREN BRYAN RODRIGUES

**** ******* *** #** *****: 347-***-****

Davenport, IA - 52807 Email: ***********@*****.*** Project Engineer

A top-performing Project Engineer with seven years of experience credited with combining project management and planning, human resources and inventory and systems control. Strong expertise in design testing, coordinating testing procedures and performing qualification tests on existing products. Adept at coordinating with various departments on design to meet customer requirements and coordinating directly with clients to ensure product use feasibility. Experienced with providing and revising specifications and instructions for products. Highly accomplished in team leadership and troubleshooting to improve efficiencies. Areas of Expertise

Testing Design

Testing Procedures

Electrical Integration

Troubleshooting

Project Management/Planning

Process Efficiencies

Product Development

Software Training

Inventory/Systems Control

Customer Relations

Employee Relations

Reporting/Documentation

Key Skills Assessment

SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE – Expert in Primavera (P5 & P6), Enterprise Resource Planning, Statistical Analysis System, System Analysis & Program Development, Data Mining, MS Visio, MS Project, CAD, CATIA V5, Cost Benefit analysis and Oracle.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – Expert in Six Sigma and 5S auditing, and Project Management Professional Certification in progress.

Professional Experience

JOHN DEERE HARVESTER WORKS, EAST MOLINE, IL APRIL 2017 – AUGUST 2017 Electrical Quality Engineer (Contract)

Analyzes and prioritizes client Tester, JDAAT and other machine generated (DTC) quality information.

Contributes to Daily Electrical and software failure modes investigations from direction of Lead EEQE.

Facilitates daily Software and Electrical combine issues Corrective action investigations on shop floor.

Provide technical support and training to manufacturing, and factory operations on topics related to sensors, software, tools and electrical components.

Root Cause Analysis Mistake Proofing Warranty and data mining or analysis.

Knowledge and understanding and execution of multiple tools used within Factory Automation.

Experience working in a manufacturing environment.

Ability to understand drawings and diagrams and relate to programming and JDAAT/JDTESTER equipment requirements.

ROBERT BOSCH LLC, PLYMOUTH, MI (DIRECT-HIRE) NOVEMBER 2015 – APRIL 2017 RESIDENT ENGINEER – DRIVER ASSISTANCE - DAIMLER TRUCK

Coordinate open issues meetings and follow up on open items, coordinate design, DFMEA, DVP&R, and other technical reviews meetings.

Attend all relevant meetings at customer site, support packaging activities, provide and maintain devise transmittal forms and other work products, lead validation efforts from bench through prototype vehicle level testing, track and facilitate release of Bosch components in customer system.

Review process standards, provide on-site support at customer plants (as needed), provide support to Tier 1 (if applicable) during production launch.

DESIGN RELEASE ENGINEER (ON-SITE AT GM)

Customer side product engineering support. Supporting technical and design reviews.

Coordinate and support Vehicle Integration Meetings. Warren Rodrigues Resume, Page 2

Develop alternate design proposals towards achieving less cost -more robust engineering solutions using CAD/CATIA V5.

Provide and release all documentations needed for both software and hardware releases related to the Park Assist system on various platforms.

Monitors performance through analyzing warranty data, investigating verbatims with company drivers, and leading meetings for quality and reliability.

Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications.

Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.

Ability to work in PQMS, PRTS, Vis Mock up, E-squared, etc. Knowledge of GM’s common global controls architecture.

Implementing of engineering design/electrical changes. Releasing parts/subsystem into production for various builds.

FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES, AUBURN HILLS, MI NOVEMBER 2014 – November 2015 PARK RELEASE ENGINEER (CONTRACT)

Assist in the design of testing to ensure design integrity using CAD, CATIA and TeamCenter NX.

Coordinate testing procedures and criteria with customers.

Fulfill requirements for validation, device verification and process verification testing, and EMC standards on components being sourced.

Collaborate with vehicular teams, utilizing knowledge of complex engineering.

Employ various systems, such as CAN bus systems, signal encoding and HMI systems.

Provide client feedback in order to continually improve future models and products. NEW FLYER INDUSTRIES, CROOKSTON, MN APRIL 2014 – NOVEMBER 2014 ELECTRICAL INTEGRATION PRODUCT ENGINEER (Direct-Hire)

Provide electrical integration support for new product development, manufacturing, quality and product handover of current models and platforms, resulting in prompt resolution of issues on the manufacturing floor.

Assisted with production updates and clarifications, including PLC logic, wire harness drawings and electrical schematics.

Liaised among design teams and manufacturing at the production lines, between two facilities in the U.S. and Canada, leading to a more harmonized work flow balance between the design teams and manufacturing teams.

Improved methodology for production-related issues to ensure a smooth workflow. JOHN DEERE HARVESTER WORKS, EAST MOLINE, IL OCTOBER 2012 – April 2014 ELECTRICAL-MANUFACTURING ENGINEER (On-Contract)

Support production, involving troubleshooting electrical, wire harness, HMI issues originating from the production floor, for John Deere software-related issues, PC, PLC troubleshooting and end-of-line testing.

Troubleshot CAN bus-related issues at ERT, programming stations on site, resulting in reduced overall time taken to address and solve issues.

Assisted with training for of the ME/QE/ML with proficient JDAAT knowledge.

Liaised with line assemblers and module leaders in gathering information that can help eliminate issues related to smooth workflow.

Conducted the weekly DPM report from JDTester for the QIT meeting, which was valuable in addressing potential issues before the heavy machinery left the facility, for the customer. FRITO-LAY, PEPSICO, INC., IRVING, TX JULY 2011 - SEPTEMBER 2011 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT APPRENTICE (INTERNSHIP)

Built a daily tracker sheet, via Excel, to highlight the real-time consumption rates of electricity, water and gas against the total pounds of production. This was to monitor and ensure accurate and efficient consumption. This was an effective tool to monitor any wastages or discrepancies on a daily 24 hour period.

Reported consumption and assisted in the study and implementation of changes to increase the starch recovery output at the facility.

Handled ongoing maintenance and briefed the departments on important updates. Warren Rodrigues Resume, Page 3

FOLLET CORPORATION, USA, ARLINGTON, TX JUNE 2010 – September 2012 SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Streamlined book sales auditing process, and successfully conducted an inventory audit.

Trained temporary staff, and provided customer service.

Collaborated with publishers on purchase orders and logistics. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, ARLINGTON, TX JUNE 2010 – August 2011 GRADUATE ASSISTANT

Coordinated management of library projects, such as updating web site, cataloguing and doing an inventory audit. SEPAM INDIA PROJECTS PVT. LTD., SAUDI ARABIA MAY2007-NOVEMBER 2007 INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER

Assisted with establishing a new office, handled logistics for new employees for off shore projects and received training for contractual agreements and negotiations. ALGHANIM SEPAM., KUWAIT SEPTEMBER 2006 – May 2007

INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER

Consulted with on-field engineers on trouble-shooting problems and contributed to daily reports. Education & Training

Master of Science, Engineering Management, University of Texas, Arlington, USA (2012) Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Instrumentation, Anna University, India (2006)

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