Senior Design Engineer, Series Engineering // 02.24 –Present
Support new vehicle programs by translating product and performance objectives into vehicle and subsystem requirements, defining performance targets, applying lessons learned from current platforms, identifying technical risks, and driving design maturity toward production readiness.
Own cross-functional vehicle engineering across chassis, body, closures, powertrain, fluid systems, HVAC, seals, and special projects, driving technical decisions and issue resolution from early development through production.
Lead root-cause investigation and technical risk burn-down for production and customer-facing concerns, achieving a company-leading 90%+ closure rate across more than 100 formally tracked high-impact issues.
Serve as Singer’s primary cross-functional engineering escalation point across US and UK production, manufacturing engineering, quality, supply chain, and vehicle engineering for the Classic and Classic Turbo platforms; teams proactively bring emerging concerns directly to me for rapid triage and resolution before they develop into line stoppages, formal escalations, or customer-facing issues.
Reverse-engineer and redevelop components across multiple vehicle systems to mitigate supply risk, improve quality, and support production continuity, contributing approximately $1M in projected lifecycle savings for the Classic Turbo platform.
Led technical evaluation and integration of an alternative HVAC architecture for the Classic Turbo platform, balancing packaging, performance, supplier capability, cost, and production requirements to deliver $4M+ in projected savings for platform lifetime.
Developed standardized subjective vehicle evaluation and final-drive testing protocols for Classic and Classic Turbo platforms; led the development of two test mules to evaluate new engineering solutions, continuously-improve ride and handling and performance targets, and enable system validation for solution integration.
Established global chassis team meetings to align U.S. and U.K. engineering teams on technical changes, production challenges, and architecture decisions across current and future vehicle programs.
Lead engineering-change implementation across multiple vehicle platforms; coordinating cross-functional stakeholders ensuring the successful implementation of over 70% of Series Engineering changes.
Mentor and onboard engineers, provide technical direction to peers, and develop team processes for engineering change management and cross-functional alignment.
Led full-vehicle development of an initial prototype, coordinating design and manufacturing to deliver a viable vehicle against aggressive program timing and product targets.
Defined chassis and suspension hardpoints for the production-intent vehicle and used OptimumKinematics to evaluate geometry and confirm targeted vehicle-performance attributes ahead of build release.
Generated $1.1M in roof-replacement and solar sales in the first six months; implemented a CRM, managed and trained sales associates, optimized production workflows, and supported company restructuring and long-range goal alignment..
ATLIS Motor Vehicles // Mesa, AZ
Suspension Design and Vehicle Dynamics Engineer // 11.21 – 11.22
Led full-vehicle development of an initial prototype, coordinating design and manufacturing to deliver a viable vehicle against aggressive program timing and product targets.
Defined chassis and suspension hardpoints for the production-intent vehicle and used OptimumKinematics to evaluate geometry and confirm targeted vehicle-performance attributes ahead of build release.
Toyota Motor North America // Wittmann, AZ
Ride and Handling Engineer // 9.18 – 11.21
Led global ride-and-handling attribute development for 2022 to 2026 Tundra, Sequoia, Tacoma, and 4Runner vehicle programs, translating customer and product objectives into performance targets, test plans, development schedules, technical countermeasures, and final attribute validation.
Led cross-functional teams through milestones and technical decisions; performed hands-on vehicle evaluations and failure analysis, developed countermeasures, and presented program status and recommendations to senior management on a regular basis.
Managed budgets and used performance-versus-cost trade studies to meet targets while coordinating routinely with U.S. and Japanese engineering stakeholders through on-vehicle data and digital development (CAE).
Toyota Motor North America // Saline, MI
Body Design Engineer // 4.16 – 9.18
Developed a blank sheet AWD Camry underbody architecture and retrofit prototype, overcoming packaging and rear-crash constraints through first-principles design and iterative countermeasures; the production architecture enabled U.S. launch and was later applied to additional Toyota and Lexus vehicles
Owned DFMEA, design, development, and prototype-build execution for complex body systems on the 2019 Avalon, including six cabin parts and broader cabin/door-team responsibilities; developed rapid countermeasures during builds and validated wind-noise performance at the proving grounds.
Autosport Designs, Inc. // Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Service Intern // 6.15 – 8.15
Created a new inventory management database to optimize existing technician monitoring system and improve project efficiency.
Mercedes Bens USA // Montvale, NJ
Production Technical Support Intern, Engineering Services // 6.14 – 12.14
Assisted the Sprinter/Commercial Vans division of Product Technical Support, working with systems engineers to create documentation and case organization, problem solving, and issue management.
Cybex, Intl. // Medway, MA
Research and Development Intern // 5.13 – 7.13
Designed and constructed a low-cost treadmill-bumper test system that management subsequently implemented as standard evaluation equipment for new production bumpers.
