Product Development Engineer Resume Dearborn, MI - Hire IT People

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Product Development Engineer

Confidential, Dearborn, MI

Develop new safety products from concept to patent to production and throughout the product lifecycle; Ford Bronco.
Served as safety engineering liaison to Ford of Australia team to coordinate testing activities for Ranger program; successfully coordinated parts, test scheduling, travel schedules, and results reporting to the Australian team management while meeting all current testing milestones.
Conducted research and wrote reports on test modes for new NHTSA standards and created solutions on how to obtain Five Star safety ratings
Conduct testing on vehicle safety components to ensure that vehicles meet and exceed federal safety regulations, as well as conduct competitive benchmarking studies on safety features and future technology.

Project Engineer

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Conducted user centered studies of individual workspace stations to create improved user interaction with tooling and production lines.
Developed and documented Manufacturing Control Plans for axle and transmission assembly in accordance with ISO standards and in the Daimler standard format.
Created process improvement to streamline manufacturing process through optimizing tool and part tracking.

Biomechanical Engineer

Confidential

Successfully implemented new customer research methods; usability testing, user juries, surveys, and collecting biometric data.
Conducted studies on prototype seat builds including detailed analysis and reports on ride test and comfort, driver workload and distraction, and integration of biometric monitoring to improve design and development and enhance comfort and driver performance.
Developed ergonomic education training to assist employees with workstation layout.
Served as a keynote speaker at corporate conference on health and wellness education.

Human Factors Engineer

Confidential, Sterling Heights, MI

Conducted user clinics on usability, comfort, and cognitive workload and collected data with surveys, interviews, and collecting biometric data.
Created workload testing protocols and procedures for Army tank designs.
Developed physiological performance tests to assess operation of specific tank designs.
Developed training and mission scenarios for tank operation simulations.

Training Specialist

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Developed patient post - rehab assessment protocols.
Developed and conducted continuing education and training programs for employees
Conducted community outreach training and seminars, as well as spoke at conferences as a representative of the hospital

Infantryman

Confidential

Served as company training NCO and created pre-deployment training cycles in order to ensure that soldiers were combat ready.
Served as an instructor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, developed coursework, and training to help prepare cadets to become officers.
Created high altitude trauma medical training curriculum in order to prepare soldiers for combat deployments in mountainous regions.
Coordinated with foreign militaries to create effective training strategies in order to develop effective combat units in emerging countries.
Tested and evaluated prototype equipment and weapons, provided end user feedback. Wrote and presented reports to higher-level decision makers.
Served in leadership capacities in team, squad, and platoon level roles.