Satoru Kikuta

Design Engineering Manager at Kasai North America, Inc
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Canton, Michigan, United States, US
Languages
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • Japanese Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Design Engineering Manager
      • Feb 2015 - Present

      • Design and Development Toyota Door Trim with onsite design-in engineer and achieved on time design release.• Achieved Toyota IP component using PVC skin wrapping complicated design and manufacturing feasibility study with manufacturing site at Mexico.• Develop silver metallic mold-in-color technology. • Lead, coach and mentor multidisciplinary teams. • Design and implement systems across the organization.(Process sheets, Workflow, etc.) for Japan OEM and Europe OEM.• Create and Set BOM into database for company use.

    • Automotive
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Engineering Manager
      • Oct 2013 - Dec 2014

      • Consult design and tooling feasibility for internal and customer to prevent further issues.• Trouble shoots the injection, assembly, test and material. Follow up on engineering changes.• Developed new business, exceeded new business of door trim, hard trim and seat components.• Analyze project processes and techniques to identify new approaches to solve problems or areas of weakness.

    • United States
    • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Engineer
      • Sep 2004 - Sep 2013

      Led IP design and development as resident engineer at Honda R&D center. Led Door Trim design and development including manual sunshade. Interpret CAE simulation results and integrate recommendations into product design.Must support launch team on site with validation analyses, resulting achieved customer Fit&Finish target for each event without delivery delay.Led design and development interior trim for apply China spec and feasibility requirement based on US regulation design with China development team. Saved as liaison between China staff and customer, earning their confidence with reliable follow-through and clear communication especially cost management.Managed program implementation through production.- Ensured that deadlines, quality standards, and client expectations were met.- Coordinated teams from engineering, quality, design, tooling and test.New technology development.

Education

  • Saitama Institute of Technology
    Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering
    1994 - 1998

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