Accomplished Engineering Project Manager with over 20-years of demonstrated leadership in the automotive industry, specializing in safety restraint systems and working knowledge of interior, exterior, body. Extensive experience in design/development processes, budget administration and applicable regulations.

• Led product development cycle on steering wheel, seatbelts, airbags
• Developed product from concept to production to meet vehicle safety regulations, performance target and production timeline
• Managed projects timeline, resources, quality and budget
• Implemented new steering wheel with tactile switches, haptic motor, ECU, heating element. integrated for production in shorter-than-normal timeline
• Designed for manufacturing on plastic parts, metal parts, and mechanical/electronic integration parts, with GD&T control, 3D/2D design data in CATIA
• Championed on SOR writing for RFQ, supplier quote review and negotiation
• Attended details on DFMEA, DVP&R on vehicle level and component level, parts design release
• Resolved cross-functional issues with different groups on sourcing, design, prototyping, testing, engineering process improvement, and manufacturing activities support
• Made successful cost saving and continuous improvement on airbags and seatbelts

Engineering Manager

• Design and development of steering wheel with ADAS features for GM autonomous vehicle through PV testing
• Responsible for RFQ information, 2D/3D data release, tooling, parts build, DVP&R, DFMEA, etc

Senior Product Engineer

Design of seatbelt ELR, ALR to meet FMVSS locking requirement

• Parts quality improvement to reduce warranty rate and improve customer satisfaction Design of restraint systems from concept to production
• Led vehicle warranty rate and initial quality improvement on different parts including Interior Trim, Seats, Body, Safety Restraint Systems
• Prioritized projects, created business cases, analyzed data, made action plans, worked with Design, suppliers and manufacturing on root causes and countermeasures
• Minivan program leader on steering wheel, airbags, seatbelts and crash sensors
• Attended program weekly meeting, prepared Step Review material, wrote FMVSS certification reports, etc
• Used SpaceVision to check design packaging and IDEAS to check parts dimensions
• Designed minivan and SUV steering wheel, front airbags and curtain airbag from concept sheet to launching
• Conducted design reviews and budget review with PDT
• Worked with suppliers on parts packaging, performance requirement, DFMEA, DVP&R and process control plan, etc
• Designed and developed minivan and sedan seatbelts
• Worked with safety performance group closely to meet FMVSS requirement and achieve Nissan internal vehicle performance target
• Worked with related groups such as trim, seat, body, chassis, electrical parts, vehicle planning on parts packaging and changes
• Worked in plant on launching joint check, design change line trial and plant requested change

Staff Engineer

• Advanced seatbelt design
• Advanced seat-integrated seatbelt system and air collar design and development
• Project planning, prototype parts design and build, test planning, setup and analysis

Senior Engineer

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Xi'an Jiaotong University

Wayne State University