SUMMARY

• Senior level engineer experienced in various areas of product development and supplier quality.
• Proficient with the verification and validation process of software and hardware development for the automotive industry.
• VDA Certified as a Product Safety Representative by the German Automotive Business.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Management: MS Project, Agile and Scrum Methodologies

Software Languages: C++/C, Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow, Python

Instrumentation: Vector Tools (CANCase, CANalyzer), ETAS INCA, DSpaces’ Control Desk, NI Compact DAQ modules

Specifications: SAE J1939, J1772 VDA AG11, TL8100, PV8450

Languages: Spanish, English

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Applications Engineer

Confidential, Livonia, Michigan

Responsibilities:

• Supported all Confidential VDA requirements for the development of 12V Lithium Ion Starter Batteries.
• Conducted weekly problem resolution, 8D tracking meetings with supplier quality for addressing customer returns.
• Created PVP and DVP&R plans to assist project management deliverables to Confidential .
• Validated test plans for EMC and battery cell validation.
• Sent out weekly updates to the entire organization and Confidential management of the status of all design and production validation testing for 40Ah and 60Ah 12V starter battery projects.
• In charge of the BOM release and Top - Level Assembly in Agile for production builds in Ostrava, Check Republic.

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential, Peoria, Illinois

Responsibilities:

• Conducted 8D root-cause analysis to correct multiple software bugs that caused a mining site to shut down in Australia.
• Coordinated with developers to produce code fixes in C++, and with quality assurance engineers to validate software patches prior to production release.
• Liaison and issue tracking representative between software validation team, quality assurance group and software developers.

Computer Science Student

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Created a database using Oracle SQL for tracking material inventory for a local steel erection and fabrication company.
• Created a software repository using Linux based Ubuntu for Confidential Technologies in Ann Arbor, MI.
• Developed Controller Area Network library in C that unpackaged J1939 network messages for Confidential .

Senior Product Development Contract Engineer

Confidential, North Dakota

Responsibilities:

• Wrote requirements and specifications documents for supervisory motor controls for heavy duty agricultural equipment.
• Project managed the integration of motor control algorithms and fault management of a 3phase inverter into prototype equipment.
• Performed agile and scrum methodologies to complete supervisory motor control software on time and within budget.

Senior Controls Engineer

Confidential, Cedar Park, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Reverse engineered a Hyster forklift communication system using a C++ written library in Matlab/Simulink,
• Utilized prior knowledge of Controller Area Networking and J1939 automotive standard to log transmission benchmark data.
• Led re-design and validation test efforts of a printed circuit board for the next generation Dynasis Auxiliary Power Unit.
• Wrote test plans and design failure mode and effects analysis (DFMEA) for electrical circuit boards.

Integration Engineer

Confidential, Milford, Michigan

Responsibilities:

• Led validation testing of the 2011 Time of Day charging feature on the first-generation Chevy Volt.
• Created and tested the adaptive charging feature for more precise charge completion times with DSpace hardware.
• Collaborated with Onstar to validate the ‘My Chevy Volt’ mobile application and website.

Contract Application Engineer

Confidential, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Responsibilities:

• Lead engineer of motor controls software development for a series hybrid chassis demonstration.
• Software-in-the-loop testing using Matlab / Simulink / Stateflow tools.
• Hardware-in-the-loop using Rinehart motor controllers, Two-65kw PMDC motors and a 300V Etrek Battery Pack.
• Developed control algorithms using Matlab / Simulink and Woodwards’ 128pin ECU to test engine control strategies to regenerate a lean NOx trap with the goal of reducing NOx emission without clogging the diesel particulate filter. This close-loop method utilized CAN based NOx sensors, lambda sensors, thermocouples along the exhaust stream, inlet air (butterfly valve) control and pilot injection on a common rail fuel system.
• Tested control strategy on GM track on Milford Proving Grounds with a 1.9L turbo-diesel powertrain with complete exhaust after-treatment installed consisting of a diesel particulate filter and a lean NOx trap.
• Analyze the effects of the engine control strategy, diesel after-treatment architecture, Siemens wideband NOx sensors and the air/fuel ratio for various drive cycles with Matalab scripts that filtered/plotted necessary information from data log files.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Delegated projects to other team leaders.
• Monitored the progress of projects through weekly meetings, Gantt chart review, and the RASIC accountability method.
• Provided resources and assistance to students from various outlets (ie. GM Engineers, Southwest Research Institute Engineers, Argonne National Lab Engineers).

Design Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed a control strategy using the current integration method in Simulink to estimate the SOC of the pack as the Johnston Controls NiMH pack at the time did not have a Battery Management System implemented.
• Developed the CAN message to transmit SOC from the hybrid controller to the 5kW motor controller.
• Test on CAN analyzer tool and MotoTune (Display/Calibration) tool to ensure message content and frequency was correct.

System Administrator

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Managed a helpdesk ticketing system for tracking open software, and information technology issues to support all faculty, students and staff.
• Was responsible for delegating open ticket issues to a staff of six part-time undergraduate students.
• Was personally responsible for imaging computers for multipurpose computer labs using Citrix networking tools.

Research Assistant

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Ran experiments using different fuel to air equivalence ratios, flame velocities and porous media types to reformulate liquid fuel into hydrogen gas for the combustion lab as a graduate student.
• Experience using a gas chromatograph for analyzing different concentration levels of various combustion species (ie Methane).

Programmer

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Wrote detailed requirements for an internal online application where employees can detail their technical skills for project management purposes.
• Aided in the design of the relational database structures to store employee and project information.
• Wrote skill assessment application in Java into existing Spring Framework.
• Create test plan to validate the software application, and coordinated deployment testing internally to the department.

Data Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Calculated key performance indicators such as mean time between failures on heavy duty machinery for preventative maintenance scheduling.
• Utilized MAXIMO to track the operation and maintenance of air compressors at various air capturing facilities.

Quality Engineer

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Improved inventory accuracy by standardizing the shipping audit process across various shifts.
• Created a failure tracking and corrective action database using MS Access.
• Calculated a statistically sound sample size based on shipping volume.

Quality Assurance Engineer

Confidential, Arlington, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated between suppliers and production management to communicate upcoming part changes from engineering.
• Verified part changes were to design specification before introducing them to the assembly line.
• Aided manufacturing floor personnel with new product launch changes.

Lab Technician

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Conducted high voltage lab tests on Confidential electrical products per IEEE safety standards.
• Followed engineering test plans and communicated results to researchers in the electrical components group.
• Created a test log database in Microsoft Access.

Marketing Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed and executed a marketing model that won the diesel-mild hybrid $5,000.
• Organized a showcasing of the diesel hybrid at the International TMS Meeting in New Orleans (March 2008), National Bio-diesel Conference (February 2007), and the Texas Bio-Diesel Conference (September 2007).

Design Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Head integration engineer for a fully-electric accessory drive using a 42V NiMH battery pack and 40volt Briggs and Stratton PMDC motor.
• Worked with team members on parts acquisition, packaging design, initial control strategy development, and system integration into a diesel electric hybrid to power power-steering and air conditioning.