Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
I am currently responsible for design and release of seat complete assemblies. This includes managing integration of seat components, build support, and leading root cause activities.
I was responsible for head restraints across global vehicles platforms. This involved root cause analysis support for current production, development of new designs, and research on robustness improvements for existing products.
I was responsible for the seat adjuster height and tilt mechanisms in North America across several OEMs and Tier I suppliers. This involved design and development strategies, implementation of designs into seat structures, and root cause analysis during the life cycle of each design or program.
I was involved in Inalfa's Ford programs. My involvement with these programs included extensive validation, research using CAE, development of a module design, engineering support during a product launch and production, and utilizing my given resources to find improvements to current designs, eventually leading to implementation. I acted as the North American representative on the exterior slider mechanism commodity team. From January 2016 until April 2016, I lived in The Netherlands as a part of the Inalfa Academy program. This program involves integrating new employees into the company and familiarizing them with Inalfa and the automotive industry.
As an intern, I was able to get involved in many different studies for potential implementation on future programs. I was able to conduct research that led to suggested design changes and worked closely with engineers from all different backgrounds When I returned to school, I remained as a co-op and was able to get involved in benchmarking, performing tests using many types of equipment, and utilizing standardization to compare different ideas. I worked in a variety of areas and was able to become familiar with several OEMs.