NEIL L. MCGINN

SENIOR DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Dynamic Senior Design and Development Engineer with 21 year’s automobile production expertise.

Proven experience in Engineering, Quality and Reliability Control, Manufacturing, Die Engineering, Production, Assembly Plant Operation, project and program Management, Purchasing and Material Control and Finance.

Solid design and development skill meeting specifications and creating components to specific model goals and requirements.

Strong engineering experience in production, manufacturing processes, and quality control and product improvement. Worked as “launch Engineering reprehensive at many car and truck lunches.

Maximize resources to achieve customer satisfaction and increased productivity, meet deadlines and goals. Implement and coordinate both strategic and tactical plans to enhance performance.

Adept and experienced in problem solving and providing solutions.

Persuasive, with ability to communicate effectively with culturally diverse audience.

Computer skills include MS Office Suite and Outlook.

Very knowledgeable in use of UG and advanced level of Team Center as DRE @ General Motors for Body- in white.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mi.

Bachelor Science in Mechanical Engineering

Purdue University, Lafayette, IN

Courses in Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

06/2013 to July, 14, 2014

General Motors Corporation; Warren, MI.

(Contract: G-TECH Services)

DRE Lower Body Structure Engineer 2017 C1UL C1UG Program

• Releases final math for product designs and sequence of assembly process.

• Provides technical direction to support personnel. MP of steel strength, direction to UG designers of Math to use.

• Participate in the assembly of proto-type vehicle builds.

• Specifies test and/or development programs required to meet FMVSS and product targets.

• Coordinates with suppliers to obtain proto type build parts

Answers all PRTS issues.

Resolves all ICD’s

06/2013 to 2006

Self-Employed

Performed repair work on any and all types of aircraft engines, jets and pistons, as well as the airframe.

Engine, piston and jet complete repair.

Aluminum airframe repairs and inspections

Started as a side job, turned into full-time work.

Certified and licensed Aircraft Mechanic by the FAA, for Airframe and Power plant repair.

Performed regular A&P mechanic inspection (normal repairs, tires, breaks, oil changes, spark plugs, control surface, engine overhauls) on Pontiac, Flint, Troy and other small airfields.

Volunteered to fly as an air observer for United States Coast Guard AUX, flying patrol 3 times per week along Canadian border from Toledo to Lake Huron.

Completed requirements for FAA AI rating.

1981-2006

Product Design/Development Engineering

Designed upper body structures for the new GM300, (Impala), with 37 structural components, (Rear Doors, Deck Lids, Roof and support components).

Worked with Die Engineering, Purchasing, and Manufacturing Engineering, Tooling, Quality/Reliability Engineering, Processing and the assembly plants.

Designed exterior lighting components to comply with FMVSS requirements.

Maintained close coordination with the Electrical Engineering Group to assure adequate power for lighting devices.

Assisted Physical Test Group and Reliability Engineering in durability and component performance testing.

Reassigned to the Y-car, (Corvette) as a Tooling Engineer. This vehicle was a composite material vehicle.

Totally new vehicle from the ground up with the tightest design requirements of a minimum of a twenty-five HERTZ and two-millimeter tolerance for all exterior panel gaps...

Designed, developed and released all body shop build tooling for vehicle assembly.

I designed the processing sequence of assembly and tool set line up for the body shop CAR TRAC line at the GM Bowling Green Assembly Plant.

Developed Robots to assemble body components which improved cycle time and allowed for the inclusion of a full body dimensional check.

Performed trial runs of prototype components on UAW assembly lines to demonstrate workers were not capable of meeting the two-millimeter build requirement.

Reassigned as Design/Development/Release engineer for the GMT800 & 900 Truck Program for exhaust systems and rear lift gate closure on SUV trucks.

Designed exhaust systems for all trucks, pick-ups up to one ton, utilities, vans and specialty trucks.

Performed FMVSS mandated Exterior Noise Pass-by testing and met required GM Power train backpressure requirements so engine horsepower rating could be advertised.

Worked closely with the exhaust systems sources, Tenneco, Arvin and Farcie.

Tested and validated Exterior Noise Pass-by and backpressure requirements and the quality sound objective for Cadillac Escalades.

Redesigned diesel truck exhaust systems for introduction of new “clean diesel fuel.” Some exotic components had to be interrogated into the design.

Incorporated new ceramic sources and other non-traditional exhaust sources into design.

Tested development at Milford Proving Ground and the GM Desert Proving Ground, Mesa, AZ

Quality Control and Reliability Engineering.

Developed pro-active problem resolution tracking system (PRTS) program to analyze current assembly build problems.

Analyzed assembly plant builds sheets and Quality Control inspector’s write-ups for reoccurring problems.

Called review meetings with Design, Tooling, Fabrication, Testing, Process, Purchasing and other departments to resolve assembly plant quality issues.

Performed failure mode and effect analysis, DPV&R, and design of experiments on current and future product.

Corrected design errors including die changes if required.

Traveled with team to all new model assembly plants to present plant management new and different design features, tooling requirements and labor impact.

Monitored new model production at the “lead plant” for several weeks to evaluate builds quality and capability.

Addressed build quality issues design problems by reporting to the Program Team for future programs.

Held Kaizen workshops to identify waste in the production system and implemented continuous improvements projects.

Prepared initial analysis reports for Program Chief Engineer covering issues missed in the design phase and a then prepared the new model production “White Paper,” for any design errors.

Worked directly with Die Engineering, Processing, Quality Control, Manufacturing Engineering, Tooling Engineering, Purchasing and the UAW.

Achieved “No Product Design Cause Campaign” in work area for six years

1980-1981

Ford Motor Corporation, Dearborn, MI

Product Design Engineering

Released battery design, development and test procedures for production for Ford plant building five million batteries annually.

Worked in chemical and electrical test laboratory for six months performing tests on prototype designs.

Worked six months as a production superintendent of battery dry cell manufacturing and charging.

Developed battery lasting four times the warranty period and reducing weight by 40 pounds.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

GD&T training

Cad-Cam Computer Aided Design

Noise and Vibration Detection and Isolation

Control Plans

Design of Experiments

Electronic Test Instrument Design and Development

Supply Vendor Development

Statistical Quality Control

Test Durability Analysis

Test to Failure

Warranty Analysis and Reduction

Failure Mode and Effect Analysis training (DFMEA & PFMEA)

Finite Element Analysis

Lean Material Strategies

Kaizen Workshops

A&P mechanics license, Federal Aviation Agency

Private pilot’s license

Federal Secret Security Clearance.

Dye Repair Lock-out Procedure,

ABB Robotics training, Auburn Hill, MI

Have current passport.

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