Experience

Barber-Nichols

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assembly & Test Engineer

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Cummins Inc.

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

• Product Application Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Jan 2020

  Leader of requirements development, product integration, and delivery of high performance, low-cost turbocharger components and systems integrated with customers’ products.• Collaborated with the Program Management team to develop a new customer change request process improving response time by 60%.• Independently developed technical resource plan for over 50 customer change requests ranging from $5000 to $3 million.• Identified improvement in installation quality audit process and implemented solution that avoided approximately $50,000 in warranty costs. Show less

• Senior Product Validation Engineer

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

  Manager of component and system new product development cycle. Performed failure analysis and resolution, risk assessment, project management, and mentored new employees and interns.• Collaborated with supplier to develop system level failure resolution avoiding approximately $1 million in warranty cost.• Resolved product failures identified during testing by leading 6 Sigma and 7 step problem solving projects to identify, implement, and validate solutions avoiding ~$10,000 to $100,000 in warranty costs.• Partnered with supplier to risk assess increased product limit enabling higher performance by evaluating operating conditions and product usage without incurring additional development costs while delivering additional value to the end customer. Show less

• Product Validation Engineer

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2014

  Owner of the new product development cycle for the design, development, and release of new components and systems.• Successfully managed 4 unique projects concurrently through various phases of development from cradle to grave.• Partnered with supplier to coordinate a new turbocharger development program in conjunction with a new engine development program.• Collaborated with design, analysis, testing, quality, performance, and suppliers to develop and execute 10+ test plans each costing $30,000 to validate turbocharger system. Show less



Faurecia

• France
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Co-Op

  • May 2008 - Dec 2010

  Co-Op student in five session rotation with roles in design, testing, and manufacturing. • Collaborated with a team of engineers, supervisors, material coordinators, and operators on kaizen and lean manufacturing projects to improve manufacturing line efficiency. • Partnered in the development of manufacturing processes to assemble new products. • Managed and prioritized process validation builds for new manufacturing lines. • Supported a team of technicians in Cold Durability Lab to complete fatigue testing, review test results, and analyze part failures to validate designs and production weld processes. Show less