20 years of experience in the automotive test labs
5 years of experience in the Body Test Lab (BTL) for vehicle closures 5 years of experience in the Structural Test Lab (STL) 5 years of experience in the Fastener Test Lab for all critical suspension and s tructural components Provided training and guidance on test Managed multiple tasks and projects Involved with numerous global tests Cost saving and development using Components Off The Shelf (COTS) Integration of serial and analog data for durability and safety testing EXPERIENCE Senior Engineering Associate - 1900 to Present Present General Motors, Warren, Michigan Currently in the BTL on the development and implementation of highly integrated test requiring information from both analog and serial data systems. This consi sts of testing all critical components of operation of items in the form of comp onent, sub-assembly, to full vehicle, including verification of all required saf ety devices, and the durability of mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic parts b y applying various mechanical devices to expedited the time to test completion. All of these items are recorded with a data acquisition system for loads, press ure, angle, voltage, current, and serial communications to verify the state of t he control software where applicable. Cost effectiveness is controlled with an interface of COTS using Labview for control, monitoring and analyst of test data . Most recently developed and implemented test are the following: Hydraulic, Electrical, Mechanical convertible top Hydraulic, Electrical, Mechanical lift gate Hydraulic, Electrical, Mechanical retractable hardtop Electrical, Mechanical sliding door Electrical, Mechanical entry assist lift seat Electric emergency brake Electric window Door assembly STL technician responsible for the MTS Remote Parameter Control (RPC) process fo r vehicle and component simulation. This including setup of component, 4-post, and 329 tests ranging from 1 channel to over 20 channels of data for chassis and body parts and then the RPC process of collecting, manipulation, and replicatio n of acquired data for in-house testing. Fastener Test Lab Technician Assigned to setup and testing of various fastener s ystems. Created a software program to Interface the Provided Test Plans, with t he Test Site Log Book, and then with the Published Report, to eliminate the redu ndancy between the test engineers and technicians. Wrote extensive software in DaDisp to create a formal Calibration Plot Package for the dynamic measurement o f bolt stretch using Ultrasonics, and then incorporated a curve fit process to r emove the non-linearity between bolts, as associated with a group calibrations. Technician - 1990 to 1990 Schenck Pegasus, Troy, Michigan Technician on component and vibration simulation equipment. This involved the se tup of fixturing, machining, hydraulics, instrumentation, and calibration of con trollers & associated instrumentation. hydraulics, instrumentation, and calibration of controllers & associated instrum entation. 1989 to 1990 Toledo Scale, Columbus, Ohio Testing and assembling of electronic scales. Manufacturing Liaison - 1988 to 1989 Daifuku U.S.A., Columbus, Ohio Manufacturing Liaison for manufacturing equipment and documentation for producti on line retrofitting at Honda Marysville. Technician - 1987 to 1988 Bendix Safety Restraints, Troy, Michigan Structural / Instrumentation Lab Technician for the design, build, and operation of a HYGE sled. Including test setup of the sled bucks, instrumentation, Hybr id III dummies, and calibration Supervisor - 1984 to 1985 Continental Cans, Lima, Ohio Line Supervisor of 30 people for four plastic bottle-packing assembly lines. Technician - 1984 to 1984 General Electric Company (Jet Engine Division), Cincinnati, Ohio Electronic Technician assigned to analyze and trouble shoot analog/digital elect ronic circuitry used for control systems on jet engines. Author of formal test procedures from engineering design specifications. Provided technical assistanc e to production testers. EDUCATION Associate, Electronic Engineering Technology - 1983 Lima Technical College, Lima, Ohio TRAINING Labview advanced programming Intrepid NeoVi Vehicle Spy programming MTS Remote Parameter Control (RPC3) process training Micro Measurements (Strain Gage Instrumentation) certification MTS 406, 436, 407, 458, 496 controllers and hydraulics training TCS (Megadac data acquisition) training Intro to Design for 6 sigma as it applies to a test lab environment Continuous Work Improvement process Visual Basic, prep for certification Peirson Technology, instrumentation seminars Microsoft Office, word and excel for advanced users