Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Develop and execute the strategy for building a local team to provide multiple functions listed. • On site engineering support of Polaris Vietnam production facility, acting as bridge between the product development, quality, and manufacturing engineering groups. • Identify and resolve issues that arise in engine and vehicle production. • Provide engineering guidance to manufacturing and quality organizations for production and supplier related issues. • Onsite design engineering team to support the introducing of new products, and changes to existing products. • Provide technical support for Asia dealers and distributors and support VOC for the region. • BOM management team • RVC process for tariff avoidance and BOM cost reductions.
• Partner with business leaders to develop functional processes and procedures. • Execute procedures to confirm that external partners comply with the program, ensuring a safe and positive experience for Adventure customers, and using data to drive decisions
• Built and maintained relationships between Early Warning and Engineering to improve efficiency and effectiveness in topic disposition. • Managed the team responsible for product safety and quality emerging issue identification. • Reviewed field signals for potential safety concerns including Field Investigations, Warranty, and Social Media. • Facilitate review of identified issues with corporate executive committees. • Maintained the corporate procedure for safety topic management.
Supporting my local community as a paid-on-call Emergency Medical Technician and Fire Fighter I and II. Resigned from the department in 2023 to begin my expat assignment in Vietnam.
• Lead development team responsible for designing operator environment. Defining project plan and design requirements and represented Controls Team in cross functional settings. • Fluid Power System Design and Fluid Power Supplier Engagement Strategic Supplier Evaluation; NPI and Warranty Resolution • Manufacturing support for DFM and EOL diagnostics related to vehicle controls and fluid power systems. • Created test plans and schedules for new product verification and validation on S20 sweeper. • Maintained Test plan through test execution and directing test staff. • Field installation of test vehicles for durability testing and VOC collection. • Responsible for designing multiple aspects of the fluid power systems for industrial rider sweepers and scrubbers. • Created component drawings and managed parts through release process. • Supported product development from prototype testing into production.
Current product engineer supporting multiple pump products, including high pressure sprayers and foam insulation sprayers.