J.R. Stott Resume
Resume:
Jeffrey Robert Stott
**** ***** ****** / ******** ***, MI 48382
Cell: 248-***-**** Home: 248-***-****
E-mail address: *******@*****.***
My Value to Your Company
My intense curiosity of how things work and how to improve them makes me a good candidate to work on your projects. My comprehensive NVH skills allow me to quickly root cause problems and develop efficient countermeasures. My computer skills enable me to develop time saving applications to work efficiently with data. I am a personable, hands-on engineer that is comfortable acquiring/analyzing noise and vibration data as well as fabricating in a machine shop and setting up tests.
Professional Experience
General Motors Proving Ground, Milford, MI
April 2006 – October 2008
Sr. Development Engineer for Cadillac Prestige Car Engineering
* Project manager for wind noise, interior acoustics and body sealing performance integration for Cadillac Prestige car line
* Developed wind noise, body sealing, and interior acoustic packages for Cadillac CTS
* Participated in product launches, root causing and resolving NVH, Sealing and BSR issues
* Developed assembly plant static audit checks to improve wind noise and body sealing quality
* Developed noise and vibration countermeasures for powertrain accessory noise problems
* Developed an ultrasonic audit system to monitor assembly plant body and paint shop sealing system performance
General Motors Proving Ground, Milford, MI
April 1999 - March 2006
Sr. Performance Engineer in the Noise and Vibration Center Wind Noise Group
* Project Manager for competitive vehicle wind noise benchmarking program
* Managed acoustic equipment selection, maintenance and calibration
* Set wind noise performance targets for future vehicle programs
* Utilized advanced wind tunnel test techniques to develop quiet vehicle fascias, grilles, antennas, roof racks, mirror shapes, sunroof systems, door and glass sealing systems
* Developed a wind noise training program for new engineers and technicians
* Developed analysis system software in Microsoft Excel VBA to enable a paperless engineering test environment
* Program manager for wind noise development on current product lines. Tasks included developing wind noise audit programs that fed information back to assembly plants to reduce JD Power wind noise complaints
* Developed quiet multi-band antennas used on many GM car and truck lines
* Provided acoustic design guidelines for wind tunnel aero- acoustic upgrade
General Motors Proving Ground, Milford, MI
January 1992 - March 1999
Sr. Engineering Analyst in the Noise and Vibration Center Acoustics Group
* Technical lead on team developing an on-car measurement technique to quantify airborne tire noise for in-car acoustics and vehicle pass-by testing.
* Co-authored SAE papers on tire noise measurement.
* Manager of tire noise testing program
* Developed on-car tire acoustic intensity measurement fixture that has become an industry standard
* Developed a test trailer and method for quantifying airborne tire noise
* Developed 10 foot dynamometer road wheel and test procedure for in lab airborne tire noise testing
* Noise pass-by test facility engineering support
* Set up off site vehicle pass-by test locations for special audit and development tests
* Developed wind tunnel noise test methods. Developed exterior wind noise measurement technique, using acoustic intensity. This allowed measuring wind noise of exterior vehicle components in high speed airflow on clay models and prototypes
* Developed an ultrasonic scanning system and software to quantify leakage around vehicle door and glass sealing systems
* Conducted chassis dynamometer testing for driveline NVH problem diagnosis
Additional NVH Testing Experience Includes:
* Sound transmission loss tests
* Absorption tests
* Impedance tube tests
* Sound power measurement techniques
* Modal analysis methods
* Vehicle noise recordings
* Exterior noise pass-by testing
* Acoustic intensity mapping
* Acoustic holography
* Environmental noise measurements
* Accelerometer, pressure transducer, and thermocouple measurements
* HVAC noise measurements
* Powertrain dynamometer testing
* Squeak and rattle diagnosis
* JD Power analysis
* Computer interfacing of test and analysis equipment
* Computer application development of engineering data analysis, test automation, plotting and reporting software
Education
St. Mary’s College, Orchard Lake, MI
Bachelor of Science Degree - Computer Science
Special Skills
* LMS Test Lab, CADA-X
* B&K Pulse and stand alone analyzers
* Head Acoustics Artemis and Aachen head
* Sound level meter usage
* Chassis dynamometer NVH techniques
* Engine controller calibration
* Microphone/Accelerometer selection
* Noise and vibration spectral analysis
* Acoustic intensity techniques
* Acoustic holography techniques
* Wind tunnel testing measurement techniques
* Aerodynamic flow visualization
* Clay sculpting
* Thermographic camera usage
* Computer programming using: Visual basic, Excel VBA, Pascal, and HTML
* Expert on Microsoft Office applications
* Photoshop
* AutoCAD, TurboCad
* Welding, metal fabrication, fixture building and design
* Ultrasonic leak detection
* Body leak test machine
* Water test booth
* Squeak and rattle simulator and test techniques
* Indoor pass-by dynamometer test techniques
* Electronic troubleshooting
* Excellent noise and vibration diagnostician
* Intermediate level of the German language
Professional Papers
* Correlation of Tire Intensity Levels and Pass-by Sound Intensity Levels - by S. Bolton, R. Schumacher, J. Stott
* Assessment of Tire/Pavement Interaction Noise Under Vehicle Pass-by Test Conditions - by P. Donavan, R. Schumacher, J. Stott
Special Interests
* Member of GM Proving Ground F.I.R.S.T. Robotics team from 1997 thru 2001. Participated in robot vehicle design, assembly, and animation competition.
* Software programming
* Electronics
* Mountain biking, Hiking
* Photography
* Golf
* Cars
* Mechanical things
* Making bent willow furniture
* Jazz and blues Guitar, piano
References by request
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