Experience

Magna Lighting Czech

• Czechia
• Automotive
• 1 - 100 Employee

• RFQ team leader EU

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  I am leading engineering activities for headlamp quotations for EU customers. We are cooperating with other teams in wordwide projects.

• Design Team Leader

  • Oct 2021 - Jun 2022

  Done quotations for Alfa Romeo and VW.



Varroc Lighting Systems

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Lighting development manager

  • Sep 2012 - Mar 2021

  Varroc Lighting Systems, s.r.o. (former Visteon-Autopal), Lighting development Manager, customer team PSA • Leading of 30 designers, 10 from external companies, organising capacities for dedicated projects, project status maintenance, cooperating on solving of major technical issues, creator of design guidelines in lighting (plastic molding, welding, metalization) communication with development team on customer side (Citroen, Peugeot, Volvo, Jaguar, Land-Rover, Seat, Renault, Toyota), communication with suppliers and manufacturing feasibility teams EU, China, Marrocco, Technical evaluations of candidates to Varroc development department during personal entrance interviews



Visteon Corporation

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lighting Development Manager

  • Jul 2008 - Aug 2012

  Leading of 15 designers, 5 from external companies, organising capacities for dedicated projects, project status maintenance, cooperating on solving of major technical issues, , communication with development team on customer side (Citroen, Peugeot, Volvo)communication with suppliers and manufacturing feasibility teams EU, China, Marrocco, Technical evaluations of candidates to Varroc development department during personal entrance interviews

• Car lighting designer

  • Jul 2000 - Jun 2008

  Elaboration of inputs from customers, mechanical concept development (3D, BOM, tech. presentation), Presentation of Visteon solution in customer development department office (mostly PSA Paris), complete mechanical development of lighting product, communication with stylists and technics from customer, with optics, electronics and other Visteon departments, suppliers, preparing of 3D (Catia 4) and documentation for prototypes, serial tools, fixtures, assembly lines, solving of design issues during testing and launching of new product



TATRA TRUCKS a.s.

• Czechia
• Automotive
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Axle designer

  • Jan 1997 - Jun 2000

  Modification of parts, creation of 2D drawings (Ideas drafting), creations of BOMs, basic calculations, preparations of inputs for CAE calculations, control of manufacturing and assembly of new prototype axles, releasing of serial documentation and change management of serial drawings Modification of parts, creation of 2D drawings (Ideas drafting), creations of BOMs, basic calculations, preparations of inputs for CAE calculations, control of manufacturing and assembly of new prototype axles, releasing of serial documentation and change management of serial drawings



Ecorra

• Car prototype designer

  • Oct 1996 - Dec 1996

  Reconstruction of SEAT Ibiza to cabriolet Reconstruction of SEAT Ibiza to cabriolet