Engineer Engineering

JOSEPH L. JULIAN

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Design Release Engineer

Product Engineer

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

As a tier 1 supplier / Product Engineer - Pursuit of new business, preparation of quote documents, dissection of preliminary math data to build BOM’s. Analyze SOR for all product requirements, material selection, manufacturability, GD&T tolerance requirements. Support of tier 2 supplier selection, Product Data Sheets and tech reviews.

Support product design through concept to launch. DFEMA, PFEMA, Mold Flow analysis, tooling feasibility, packaging, manufacturing and process controls. Evaluate preliminary GD&T to negotiate production tolerances, Support gage design and build, from holding fixture to support prototype IVER to CMM gage with PQC production release.

Evaluate customer requirements and asses supplier capabilities to meet requirements. Heat transfer label on unusual shaped substrate. Redesign of secondary equipment and process including DV & PV testing.

Support a growing engineering department, introducing processes and experiences from personal career growth.

Including but not limited to, 2 shot molding (PP substrate & EPDM 2nd shot) and over molding onto steel stampings.

Design Release Engineer / Interior - design responsible for General Motors Medium duty truck - 8 yrs.

Product Engineer / Door trim, Interior garnish, Manufacturing support - 5 yrs.

Launch Engineer / Support vehicle launch interior integration for H2 GM, Mishawaka IN. - 2 yrs.

Supplier Quality Engineer / Issue containment & resolution, report out in 8 diamond format, establish corrective sort or rework, and manage 3rd party containment for clean break point from suppliers. – 3 yrs.

Experienced with Catia & UG limited to navigate math models to cutting sections and plot for evaluations to direct designers to make changes. Also using renderings for PowerPoint presentations utilized in design reviews.

Design Engineer / Product Engineering support from GM studio through launch and manufacturing activities for GMT745 door trim. Requested math data transfers for evaluations and manufacturing feasibility. Changes made in Rhino CAD to utilize renderings for PowerPoint presentations.

Proficient Rhino CAD operator / Design Robot components for FIRST robotics team - 10 yrs.

VAVE participation, benchmarking product assemblies for cost reduction and value enhancements.

Prepared cost reduction summaries for submission to customer. Follow up feasible ideas through release.

Fabricator - Prototype interior components for H2. Full body casts from clay buck. Design and fabricate robot components supporting a FIRST robotics team. Limited experience Welding steel & aluminum.

Designed and implemented floor plan for prototype shop, and took lead in purchasing equipment for all aspects of prototype fabricating - Included Silicone tooling, Urethane castings, model making in a variety of mediums. The shop I was lead in made prototypes for a toy manufacturer in Hong Kong.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Yanfeng USA Automotive Interiors (2012 – present)

Product design engineer

New business pursuit, all engineering activities including benchmark of comparable products

Interior hard trim, Overhead trim and Trunk sill design and engineering (concept to launch) 2016 Malibu

Center console new model design and engineering (concept to launch) 2017 Chevy Silverado

MCE of wireless cell phone charger added to center console. Included a unique heat transfer label and as a tier 1 supplier, responsibilities included development of a label formulation, a modified secondary operation to transfer the label to the substrate and validation of the same label on a PP because no surrogate data was available.

GM 31XX Center console current MY and mid cycle enhancements – continuous improvement, VAVE activities

Support all PE engineering functions at both internal manufacturing and customer assembly plants while supporting other disciplines (QE, ME, PM)

Rauk Enterprises (December 2009 – 2011)

Owner / Design & Engineering

Designing fixtures and gauges

Fabrication of all details on fixtures and gauges

Venture Industries / Cadence Innovation (February 1999 – November 2009)

Experienced in all plastics for R&D to production releases. Polypro, ABS, Polystyrene, Urethane’s and Epoxies. Injection molding, Silicone tooling, Layups and secondary tooling for assemblies. Entire product life management.

Design Release Engineer (February 2002 – November 2009)

DVP&R, DFMEA and DRBFM (Design Reviews Based on Failed Modes) experience as well as math data transfers, GD&T stack ups and knowledge of Six-Sigma, ( started experiment and had to stop due to demands of other responsibilities).

Design reviews utilizing Teamcenter and the VAS (Virtual Assembly System) also Chaired PDT (Product Development Team) meetings for all phases of product.

Design responsible for Interior components (entire cockpit) all garnish, center consoles, IP, overhead systems, floor coverings, and door trim.

Root cause, 8D method to design and engineer solutions for issues turned on as PRTS and/or blue card issues from the plant level. Support UAW activities in the assembly plant to act as a buffer between engineering and the plant.

Author all work orders in E2, Present work orders to CAB (Change Approval Board) for approval.

Facilitate all supplier changes for all releases of interior components.

Support Tech reviews for potential BTAB activities.

Working knowledge of most General Motors databases, PRTS, SUGGS, APM, REUSE, TEAMCENTER, SUPPLY POWER, updated GM training as required in GMU.

Implemented cost reduction efforts resulting in $1.75M annual savings to General Motors as well as reward incentives for Cadence Innovation. Other CR ideas included communizing parts between platforms, PN reductions and redesigns to eliminate components of assemblies.

Facilitate repair bulletins (evaluated and implemented repair issue to offer a low cost repair for major fleet, containment including release of repair kit as large dollar cost avoidance to GM - GMT560 door trim pads) Review for approval, dimensional reports from CMM layouts to PPAP parts.

Review and approve annual FMVSS compliance summaries all interior components.

Approve annual owner’s manual to include changes from interior, make changes to draft copies for final approval.

Feasibility studies of employee and supplier suggestions, evaluations including business case to quantify cost reductions. Mockup interior components when necessary for engineering tryouts.

Product Engineering (May 2003 - June 2008)

Rear door trim GMT745 (H3) from concept through launch, compile and maintain bill of materials. Identify manufacturing issues to aide design responsible engineers with solutions in math prior to prototype tooling. Engineering Tryouts for prototype trim parts on engineering bucks to identify and resolve issues prior to steel tooling math release. Travel to assembly plant for tryouts, report issues and identify design or manufacturing resolve - Resulting in a successful launch.

Garnish trim and door trim - GMX381, GMX386/384 - Support PDT meetings for take over business - math data transfers/ dimensional layouts / manufacturing issues. GMX001 Center console take over business. Error proofing of fixtures and components assembly processes for manufacturing.

Launch Engineering- Venture Industries 2001 April - 2003 January

Launched H2 interior trim at AM General as a Tier 1 interior supplier integrator.

Engineer design solutions for identified issues. Facilitate internal documents to quote engineering changes, manage data transfers to tool sources, suppliers and customers. Develop rework criteria for customer’s product and demonstrate to plant personnel.

Fabricator / Model Maker- Venture Industries 1999 Feb - 2001 April

Prototype component fabrication from CAD developed prints. Clay model castings, Urethane laminating, silicone tooling and urethane castings.

Interior components for the Hummer H2 pilot vehicle prototype built for the Detroit 2001 NAIAS.

Benchmarking activities / comparing OEM products, focusing on design and manufacturing process at a component level. Entire tear down, documenting materials, mass, weight, and report out for VAVE and business takeover quotes. Compiling BOM’s (power point presentations)

Fixture development and fabrication for validation of interior components.

Launch Engineering (April 2001 – January 2003) (May 2007-June 2008)

Launched H2 interior trim at AM General as a Tier 1 interior supplier integrator.

Engineer design solutions for identified issues. Facilitate internal documents to quote engineering changes, manage data transfers to tool sources, suppliers and customers. Develop rework criteria for customer’s product and demonstrate to plant personnel.

Launched rear door trim GMT745 (H3) from concept through launch

Supplier Quality Engineer (April 2006-June 2008)

Containment of issues identified in GA. Reporting 8D reports for Issue resolution.

3rd party management to establish corrective sorts.

Develop rework criteria maintaining quality parts until clean break point is established by suppliers.

Documentation related to containment and issues working with in plant QC department.

Fabricator / Model Maker (February 1999 –April 2001)

Prototype component fabrication from CAD developed prints. Clay model castings, Urethane laminating, silicone tooling and urethane castings.

Interior components for the Hummer H2 pilot vehicle prototype built for the Detroit 2001 NAIAS.

Benchmarking activities / comparing OEM products, focusing on design and manufacturing process at a component level. Entire tear down, documenting materials, mass, weight, and report out for VAVE and business takeover quotes. Compiling BOM’s (power point presentations)

Fixture development and fabrication for validation of interior components.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

NX Unigraphics, Catia, TeamCenter.

Operate “spinfire” software, similar to Vizmockup. Math designs, sections, surface and curve dimensional evaluations, direct designers to make changes to components.

Additional skills include Microsoft office software - (Power point, Excel, Word, and Outlook), Adobe pro, Lotus notes, Photoshop, Rhino CAD, and other related software titles.

EDUCATION:

Center for Professional Studies / Rochester Hills, MI

Alias design 1, 2 &3, also design for manufacturing.

Catia V5 - orientation to basics.

GMU General Motors Univ. - online courses

GD&T training

HONORS:

2007, Engineer of the Year, FORD FIRST ROBOTICS

1994, 2nd place for TOPPS design a card - Design appeared in TOPPS magazine.

2006, Engineer Mentor and coach for the winning robotics team in regional competitions at Pittsburg and Detroit.

Accepted invitation from White House (First Lady Hillary Clinton) to design and fabricate Christmas tree ornament to hung on the White House tree.

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