Release Engineer Design

IHSAN KASHAT

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Cell: 248-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

ROUSH Industries, Allen Park, MI Nov2019 to Sep 2024

Interior & Exterior Senior Body Engineer

Lead the development and integration of product concepts, starting from basic customer specifications and progressing through prototyping and testing for FORD Commercial trucks F650, F750 and EV Transit for body exterior and interior.

Lead the development, design and release of exterior & interior carbon fiber components for multiple overseas and local Luxury & racing cars.

Complete design studies, tolerance stack-ups, layout, drawings, calculations, weight estimates and provide supporting documentation

Manage efforts of major component suppliers to ensure on-time development of subsystems

Supported Engineering Department, check design work to verify layout, fit, form, function, materials, specifications, and other details/documents as required.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Auburn Hills, MI Mar2019 to Oct2019

Design Release Engineer Exterior lighting & Vision

Lead the development of unique, innovative and advanced engineering lighting concepts and assembly designs for rear lightings & continuing these through release and product launch support.

Work diligently with suppliers to develop each applicable component/sub-system to meet all weight, cost, durability, and performance targets.

Effectively collaborate with other engineering groups, suppliers and the leadership team to meet engineering deliverables within tight time constraints.

Ensure compliance of the system and component designs with all vehicle/component requirements, quality objectives, program milestones, performance, cost, weight & safety.

Lead the warranty and quality activity for all corporate exterior lighting utilizing Kepner Tregoe reactive problem-solving tools.

GM Technical Center Warren, MI Jun 2015 to Feb 2019

Design Release Engineer Exterior lighting

Lead and support design and technical reviews for 2019 &2020 pickup LD & HD full size trucks and 2021 SUV for exterior lighting components from sourcing till production.

Work with peers, suppliers and Design Center to lead development of criteria and typical sections for exterior lighting components for all 2019 and beyond for full size and midsize trucks and SUV.

Lead integration of exterior lighting components/subsystem to the vehicle body and electrical wire harness system for full and midsize pickup trucks.

Lead cost and content balancing activities (maintain status in Engineering Log Book and provide input for program team cost balancing/reviewing sessions).

Lead development of SORs for assigned Exterior Lighting programs for full and midsize truck.

Lead development of ICD requirements for exterior lighting components and subsystem interfaces.

Support PDTs to enable on-time release of high quality and cost balanced lamp designs.

Communicate information (cost, design criteria, timing, etc.) between internal and external customer organizations.

Lead studies to assess feasibility of alternatives to meet program direction / imperatives (cost, mass, timing, etc.) as required.

Prepare and track Engineering Change Work Order through (E ) system for release documentation and changes,

Manage Change Requests (CR/DN) and Problem Resolution Tracking System (PRTS+).

North America Lighting, Farmington Hills, MI Nov2012 to Apr2015

Product Design Engineer

Responsible for the design and development of Headlamp, Backup lamp and Rear combination lamp for Nissan 2014,2106 Rouge and Nissan 2015, 2016 Murano to meet all domestic and international regulation and requirements.

Address internal and external customer complaints, conduct investigations, develop root cause analysis, and determine countermeasures and document using team center enterprise and team center community.

Support program management generated project macro-schedules with detailed engineering micro-schedules to ensure that all project milestones are tracked and completed on time.

Daily use of the UG NX, I-DEAS, Team Center and Catia V5 systems to create drawings, perform draft and thickness analyses and view all KOITO engineering changes.

M-TEK Inc., Farmington Hills, MI Jul2011 to Oct2012

Product Design Engineer

Work with plastics and metal materials in Interior layout and assembly for the Nissan Altima 2013 project (Door trims, body side trim, roof trim, cargo trim, shelf trim, pillar garnish, instrument panel, console, cockpit area )

Bring to closure, open items between department and/or functional groups keeping cost, weight, performance and the customer’s needs in balance while ensuring all components meet program timing requirements by use of e-mail and face-to- face discussions.

Multitask components or systems between vehicle lines from current production maintenance, pre-launch and advance engineering to achieve timely and appropriate closure

Daily use of the IDEAS CAD & UG NX systems to check the design & engineer component parts to achieve systems and vehicle performance targets.

Toyota Industrial Equipments, Columbus, IN Mar2008 to Jul2011

Design Engineer

Design and coordinate application using Catia V5 of current and new OEM forklift components with TMHC, TIEM (mfg, QA, and sales) customers and suppliers and participate in design, development and release of new and improved forklift options and original OEM components.

Made designs for modifications to new and current forklift components, investigate OEM problems for modifications to upgrade their quality and application and interact with suppliers to engineer and develop new or present designs of forklift components.

Develop and coordinate VA/VE and localization items with TIEM purchasing, suppliers and TMHC and write new or upgrade design standards according to Quality System Requirements.

Analyze and countermeasure problems as they arise. Convey engineering information to related departments and provide support to all related areas including the collection of marketing data for special option forklift parts.

Schukra of North America, Windsor, ON Feb2004 to Feb2008

Design Engineer Seating Components

Conducted numerous design and packaging studies using Catia V5 & UG NX for various North American and International manufacturers where a lumbar system is installed into customer applied seat frame data.

Perform detailed drawings for lumbar components and assemblies using Auto Cad, prepare summary reports for assignments and clearly present drawings to management and customer.

Interface with R&D and system engineers during the design development process for Toyota (TBK4), Nissan D42A, L42C, GMT800 (GM) and Pacifica (CHRYSLER).

Schukra of North America, WINDSOR, ON Aug2002 to Jan2004

System Engineer Seating Components

Implement new designs according to customer requirement and specifications; improve existing engineering design for lumbar and seat system such as effort, durability, comfort and cost.

Define seat components and work with supplier and internal departments for product design until release.

Support design engineers, quality, manufacturing, sales and test lab to reach customer goals.

SCHUKRA OF NORTH AMERICA, WINDSOR, ON Sep2000 to Jul2002

Test Engineer Seating Components

Develop and conduct electrical and mechanical tests to collect data on complete vehicles lumbar system according to customer and company specifications.

Analyze test data and provide recommendations to design engineers.

Review specifications for new product programs and determine what additional data is needed to aid design and analysis groups.

Perform ergonomic test on complete seat and analyze the comfort level, provide recommendations to improve seat comfort

CERTIFICATIONS:

Green Belt DFSS Exterior Lighting Laser Headlamp Safety (General Motors).

Black Belt DFSS Exterior Lighting Fog Lamp Aiming (General Motors).

Kepner Tregoe Green Belt Reactive Problem Solving (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles).

CATIA V5, UG NX, Team Center and Creo Cad Systems.

Japanese language courses for speaking and writing (6 month course at NAL).

TOYOTA HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS / POWERTRAIN.

TOYOTA ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM.

TOYOTA IC CHASSIS ELECTRICAL DIAGNOSIS.

TOYOTA WIRE HARNESS DESIGN AND CONCEPTS.

Advanced Product Quality Planning.

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis FMEA.

Global 8D A Problem Solving Tool.

Measurements System Analysis.

QS-9000 Five Pillars PPAP.

EDUCATION

MASTER IN ENGINEERING, BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY, IRAQ.

BACHELOR IN ENGINEERING, BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY, IRAQ.

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