Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Apr 2022 - Present

Senior Product Development Engineer

• Sep 2018 - Apr 2022

- Process development and standardization. - Technical Drawing creation, assembly, part and installation instructions. - Part/product design and development - Prototype manufacture and evaluation – internal and external. - Part evaluation and testing planning, execution and reporting. - Technical review and approval of drawings, documents, test reports and manuals. - Providing mechanical and systems engineering guidance and mentoring to other engineers - Process development and standardization. - Technical Drawing creation, assembly, part and installation instructions. - Part/product design and development - Prototype manufacture and evaluation – internal and external. - Part evaluation and testing planning, execution and reporting. - Technical review and approval of drawings, documents, test reports and manuals. - Providing mechanical and systems engineering guidance and mentoring to other engineers

Senior Product Development Engineer

• Aug 2015 - Aug 2018

- Part design, development and evaluation of both ARB and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacture e.g. Toyota, Nissan) fabricated products e.g. Under Body Protection, Bull Bars, Recovery points. - Prototype manufacture and evaluation. - Technical Drawing creation, assembly, part and installation instructions. - Part evaluation and testing planning, execution and reporting. - Liaising with OEM engineers, production and parts suppliers. - Mentoring of graduate and young engineers. - Part design, development and evaluation of both ARB and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacture e.g. Toyota, Nissan) fabricated products e.g. Under Body Protection, Bull Bars, Recovery points. - Prototype manufacture and evaluation. - Technical Drawing creation, assembly, part and installation instructions. - Part evaluation and testing planning, execution and reporting. - Liaising with OEM engineers, production and parts suppliers. - Mentoring of graduate and young engineers.

Senior Design Engineer, Chassis and Mechanical Engineering Department

• Dec 2006 - Jul 2015

-Part Design and Development -Technical Drawing creation, assembly, part and installation instructions. -Review and analysis of field warranty data and consumer feedback to determine possible concerns and effectiveness of countermeasures. -Creation of design and development summary reports. -Mentoring of graduate and young engineers. -Creation, planning and execution of vehicle evaluation for specific parts and vehicle systems. -Part design, packaging studies, strength calculations and simulations and summary documents. (Pressed metal and welded parts) -Planning and overseeing of proto-type and off-tool evaluation. -Developing, maintaining and distributing issues tracking documents. -Practical inspection and measurements of durability evaluation vehicles. -Collaborating and communication with pressed metal supplier to during the tool design, tuning and process development phases. -Reviewing parts designs and collaborating with suppliers and production to determine cost reductions. -Liaison between Japanese Brake design groups and local manufacturing and suppliers. Show less

Design Engineer

• Jun 2007 - Jun 2010

Chassis and Mechanical Engineering Division (Brake) Part, assembly and system design and development: -Performance estimation and target setting for brake systems. -Liaising and collaborating with Australian and Japanese suppliers, TMC Evaluation groups and Australian design and manufacturing department. -Project management of part development and evaluation to meet project mile stone and certification requirements. -Technical Drawing creation, assembly, part and installation instructions. -Packaging studies, strength calculations and simulations. Show less

Student Engineer, Co-Operative internship.

• Jul 2004 - Jul 2005

- Co-ordination ADR testing part delivery and testing. - Review, correlation and presenting of ADR test results. - Organisation and completion of competitor vehicle parts bench-marking studies. - Co-ordination ADR testing part delivery and testing. - Review, correlation and presenting of ADR test results. - Organisation and completion of competitor vehicle parts bench-marking studies.