Engineer Design
Resume:
Steven R. Penny
Titusville, Florida 32780
*******@****.***
Objective:
To secure a rewarding and challenging position as a Sr. Product Development Engineer.
Specializing in thermoplastic components, metal stampings, cost estimating,
and injection mold engineering.
Highlights of Qualifications:
Strong practical and theoretical foundation in thermoplastics and metal stampings.
Excellent knowledge of product engineering and process systems.
Excellent program management skills and experience.
Excellent problem solving management techniques.
Highly organized and self directed.
Highly skilled in all Microsoft applications.
Professional Experience:
Family Leave – Death in Family/Relocation
January 2007 - Present
Visteon Automotive Systems / Interior Trim Engineering
Van Buren, Michigan USA
Senior Product/Applications Engineer – December 2005 – November 2006 (Laid off)
Job Duties: (Lead) Senior Product Development Engineer for instrument panel cluster
assemblies.
Collins and Aikman, Automotive Systems / Interiors Trim Division
Dearborn, Michigan USA
Senior Product Engineer/Technical Specialist – June 2002 to August 2005 (Company
Closed)
Job Duties: Design and Release Engineer for automotive interior trim plastic components.
Lead engineer on the new Ford (CD338) platform. Products include, instrument panels,
center consoles, and hard trim. See “Recent Job Description” section of this resume for
more job description detail.
Visteon Automotive Systems / Interior Trim Engineering
Allen Park, Michigan USA
Senior Product Engineer/Technical Specialist – November 1996 to June 2002
Job Duties: Design and release engineer for automotive interior trim plastic components.
Lead engineer on several Ford Motor Company related systems. Products include,
instrument panels, center consoles, headliners, and sun visors.
Troy Plastics, Inc.
Troy, Michigan USA
Cost Estimator / Injection Mold Engineer – June 1980 to November 1996
Define cost for automotive injection molded plastic components. This included secondary
processes such as heat staking, hot stamping, pad printing, soft trim, and more. Follow
the builds of the injection molds from start to finish.
Education:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 1986 BSME
Recent Job Description:
Lead Product Development Team:
*Maintain a safe work environment and lead safety initiatives.
*Perform special task and functional objectives defined by management.
*Lead meetings: Design review, open issues, AQPQ, and customer related meetings.
*Lead the APQP process.
*Staff and direct the design team.
*Provide design staff with detailed work orders to meet design objectives.
Lead the Customer’s Programs:
*Understand customer’s requirements per the program direction requirements.
*Work with the design studio to meet design objectives through clay modeling.
*Release assemblies/components into OEM’s system.
*Define interior’s content necessary to meet product functional/business targets.
*Meet program timing and attribute targets.
*Manage all full service suppliers (FSS).
*Resolve cross-functional system conflicts with other engineering activities.
*Lead or support prototype and production build process throughout development.
*Lead or support other subsystem program management teams.
*Lead work plans to support design engineering, manufacturing, and release timing.
*Plan and manage vehicle application subsystems to cost targets.
*Meet vehicle sign-off requirements. This includes all required testing and cycling.
*Perform launch readiness assessments.
*Lead the MCR (material cost reduction) initiatives.
*Perform DOE studies to find optimal process parameters and to reduce cost.
*Lead and support on-site launch team’s objectives (manager level).
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