Mechanical Design Engineer

• Apr 2021 - Present

Working as the lead mechanical engineer for heat pumps & ventilation systems for Nilan Ireland. Leadinterface with customers in specifying system requirements, designing system layout & liaising with leading M&E consultants and developers to ensure correct installation of both heating & ventilation systems. Lead program management for larger residential and commercial projects ensuring material flow and lead times are aligned with overall program timing. Working closely with accounts & manufacturing teams to ensure production slots are secured and program deliveries can be achieved.Collaborating with M&E consultants, architects and developers in calculating system losses such as pressure drop, heat loss, and required heating adn cooling loads for each individual area of a building to ensure system performance can be maximised in an efficient manner. Working closely with the Nilan DK design engineers in sharing regional data gathered by the Nilan Ireland service team as part of a continuousimprovement program which focused on improving product efficiency for dedicated regions. Leading the Nilan Ireland service team in forecasting upcoming service schedules & breakdown support along with weekly briefs & debriefs to ensure the team were aligned and maximising their schedules efficiently. Working with Nilan DK in creating a global cloud-based service centre in which all units could be monitored and accessed remotely if necessary.

Application Engineer

• Oct 2019 - Apr 2021

Working with two of the worlds leading automotive brands in High Voltage Electric heater technology. Role 1 includes working on a cost reduction program of an existing product supporting supply chain, quality, software and production teams in working on a continuous improvement of the technology. Working with both existing and new suppliers to create new and cost effective improvements to the product including regular onsite visits to brainstorm ideas and create a development path. Working with the customer on implementing continuous improvements to the product on a regular basis. Role 2 includes working with a new customer on a new product throughout the development and validation phase of the project. Role includes daily customer meetings and daily team and management meetings to work on design concepts and ensure the correct testing and verification carried out to ensure each step of design change could meet the product requirements. Working with CFD experts to simulate the design concepts under operation before agreeing the next steps. Working with internal material experts and manufacturing engineers to choose correct materials for the new product and working with external suppliers and rapid prototype labs to build new design concepts. Lead the Design Validation planning with both the customer and internal team, working closely with the Reliability and Test team and leading the test reporting team along with final report review and sign off before sharing with the customer.

Reliability & Test Engineer

• Nov 2016 - Oct 2019

Creating design and product validation plans and working directly with the customer to review plans, test results and test setups. Working with external test houses to support tests that cannot be facilitated in-house. Building a relationship with external test houses. More recently we have carried out a huge upgrade of our test facilities in order to keep as much testing as possible in house. Supporting the test technicians in setting up each test and ensuring they fully understand what is required. Providing support in setting up the equipment, softwares etc. More recently I have taken a position of supporting the test supervisor through a transition period. I work in supporting a team of 3 engineers and 2 technicians. I am the interface between application and production team in creating a weekly test schedule for the test department, providing training to our technicians in test setup, report writing and communication with engineers to ensure we reach a world class standard. This also includes supporting our 3 test engineers in supporting each project to ensure they run as efficiently as possible.

Reliability Engineer

• Nov 2016 - Oct 2019

Resident Engineer

• Jul 2017 - Sep 2017

Supporting a world leading automotive manufacturer during the launch of their new product and ensuring the product supplied to them by BorgWarner functioned as desired and also supporting possible assembly or late design changes.

Electronic Development Engineer, R&T Engineer

• Jul 2013 - Nov 2016

A member of the electronics team with a key responsibility to develop and test hardware as well as conducting ‘Blackbox’ and ‘Whitebox’ software testing. Provide technical support to Supply Chain and Manufacturing. Worked as the main electronic point of contact with PCBa suppliers, coordinating with the manufacturing team to ensure robust and smooth manufacturing and assembly process. This involved visits to suppliers to participate in audits, technical meetings etc.More recently I transferred to the companies test department as a Reliability and Test engineer. This role includes coordinating internal and external design validation tests for the company’s main project. It also involves coordinating with the sample shop team to ensure that we have sufficient samples available in order to keep the timing of the validation on track, whilst providing the management team with daily/weekly design validation status updates. It also involves regular visits to the external test facilities to discuss project timings and forecast for upcoming tests as well as providing test set up support. I also work with the test technicians and other test engineers organizing the weekly internal test schedule for all departments within the factory, this allows for a structured test procedure and greater control of incoming and outgoing tests. I am also currently working with another sister plant on another continent, providing test support for the team as we work together to develop products for their plant.