Software engineer, continuous improvement engineer

Farooq Nawaz Janjua

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EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign, 2012

Enrolled Professional Engineer Intern, State of Illinois, License No. 061.036834, 2011

Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, Chicago, Illinois, 2008

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Software engineer, John Deere and Company, Waterloo, Iowa, September 2014 -Present

Develop new applications specific to large tractor platforms

Update code in current applications to resolve defects

Lead continuous improvement engineer for wiring harnesses and cables, John Deere and Company,

Waterloo, Iowa, July 2012 – September 2014

Continuous improvement product engineer for all wiring harnesses and cables in current production 7R,

8R, and 9R tractor platforms

Redesign construction and routing of harnesses for new features, to improve company warranty, and for

manufacturing requests (e.g. making components common for ease of assembly)

Organize and lead changes with several wiring harness and cable suppliers

Create and implement new parts to support features added in current production and future platforms

Analyze warranty claims on all harness and cable part numbers to drive new projects for reducing

failures per machine and dollars per machine spent on warranty

Intern, Philips Luminaires, Elgin, Illinois, Summer 2011

Redesign European fixtures to be compatible with North American market

Test and compare lux output of LED lights vs. incandescent in controlled setting

Tension testing for comparison between North America and Europe products

Thermal testing for flush mounts as well as inspection of current products for defective wire

Creating installation inserts using AutoCAD, reformatting and updating spec sheets for product line

Intern, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Summer 2010

Program robots and wireless sensor nodes

Student Assistant, Libraries at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009-2010

Library IT workstation and network support

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Dean’s List, for outstanding academic performance, University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign, 2012

Sectional Champion, Varsity Tennis Team, Walter Payton College Prep, 2008

City Champion Varsity Tennis Team, Walter Payton College Prep, 2007 and 2008

Certificate for high score in Le Grand Concours, National French Contest, 2007

Selected for Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholarship, 2007

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Volunteer for STEM projects, 3rd and 5th graders, Highland Elementary, Waterloo, Iowa, 2013 -2014

Assisted the director of patient education in creating an organizational system for patient education

materials and resident educational materials, Department of Family Medicine, University of Illinois at

Chicago, 2007

Teacher’s assistant for third grade students, Ruben Salazar Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois, 2005

Volunteer helper, Rainbow House (domestic violence women’s shelter), Chicago, Illinois, 2003

TECHNICAL SKILLS

CAD/CAM: PTC Creo Parametric (Pro/E), AutoCAD

Programming: C++, Matlab, C, nesC

Finite Element Analysis: Ansys 2D

Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Fully proficient in Windows, Unix, and OSX

Languages: English, Urdu, Spanish

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