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Jeffrey May Mechanical / Application / Product Development Designer

Summary of Qualifications

40 Years Professional Experience in Automotive Product Design, Development and Engineering
Expert CAD Model and Assembly Skills
UnigraphicsNX9 (20+yrs UG) Expert Ability   Training/Update @ Siemens (UGS), Novi, 10/2009. Skill sets include: Sketcher, Sheet Metal, Plastics, Class  A  surfacing, Packaging and Assembly tools, GM Toolkit, VisMock-up/Lifecycle Visualization and visualization/presentation tools
CatiaV5   (3+yrs)Plastic, Sheet metal and Cast Parts, Workbenches: Sketcher, Wireframe, Surface, Generative Shape & Surface Design, Sheet Metal Design, Assembly, and Drafting (Licensed at Home)
Seal / Weather-strip / Water Management - Door and Closure Modules, Door Glass Run, Modules & Related Hardware
Stationary Glass Modules, D-post, Mirror Patch and Full Glass Run Configurations & Window Lift Regulators, Latch, Handle, Lock. Door Closure/Side Module Interface, Waterproof/Acoustic Seal Module (Trim/Metal Integration & Insulation)
I.P& Retainer
Door / Body Opening, Body-in-White, Body Structures,
Exteriors & Exterior Ornamentation
Interior Door/Sidewall/Seat/Carpet/Headliner/Seating/Center and Overhead Console
Exterior/Interior Class  A  Surface, Raw data to Surf, Content/Packaging (Studio Surf/Prototype Engineering)
G,D & T   Assembly and Detail Control
Body and Subsystem Electrical Component/Harnesses/Connector/Sensor, UG Routing Electrical tool kit, Electrical Packaging, Vehicle Electrical Architecture
Fuel Systems   Fuel Pump/Tank/Fuel Line Injector Rails

Product Lifecycle Management Systems

Highly Functional in GM & Ford TeamCenter 10 (TcAE ) Work-Flow / Release Processes and Requirements, V.A.S. navigation, Supplemental VisView, VisMock-Up: Visualization integration. ITK (TcAE Integration Toolkit) GM, Ford and Chrysler TeamCenter Toolkits (NX applications)
WINDCHILL v8.0 - BOM Creation and Population, Process Management, All CAD, engineering and administrative related operations.
MAGELLAN - BOM Creation and Population, Process Management, All CAD related operations
Extremely Knowledgeable in Modern Manufacturing, Assembly, Test / Validation Processes and Assembly Configurations, have worked extensively with Plastic Injection/Vacuum/Blow Molding, Sheet Metal Stamping and their Criteria.
GM E2
Above Competent MS Office/Outlook Program abilities
Able to Adapt to, and Master any Required Skill Sets.
Basic Knowledge and use of CatiaV4, AutoCAD & I-DEAS

Professional Experience

8/2014   12/2016 PRXLLC Farmington Hills, MI

Design Engineer at Dee Zee Automotive Products, OEM GM Exteriors - Rooftop Luggage Carriers
Responsible for all CAD (NX) design. Studio consult of pre-design, studio output to assembly feasibility. Pre-production prototyping, test builds aero lab and durability testing. Production design of all components:
Aluminum extrusion Side and Cross Rails, stretch-bend and milling of same. Manufactured at/by Dee Zee, Des Moines, Iowa.
Aluminum castings of Supports and Stanchions   Design, testing, oversight and consult of suppliers.
Plastic injection molded TPO isolators (isolated castings & extrusion rails from roof). Design, testing, oversight and consult of suppliers.
WORKED FROM HOME OFFICE. HP Workstation Laptop loaded with GM TeamCenter, Native NX, NX w/ GM Tools, and NX integrated GM TeamCenter. All documents, both internal Dee Zee manufacturing 2D and GM 2D and Electronic GD&T (EGDT).
Developed GD&T scenarios for both GM assemblies and Dee Zee internal parts and assemblies. Production release directly into GM TeamCenter, sensitive to all supplier quality and documentation requirements.

11/2010   8/2014 RGBSI Madison Heights, MI

Electrical & Mechanical Design at LEAR AUTOMOTIVE   Electrical Division, Southfield, MI
Electrical Products for Domestic and Global GM, Chrysler, Daimler, Fisker & JLR Hybrid & Electric Vehicles.
Products include: High Voltage Charge Stations, Charger Cord sets, Vehicle Charge Port Receptacles, Manual Service Disconnect Units, Propulsion & Energy Storage Battery Disconnect Units.
Specialized in Labeling and Artwork using Adobe products. Designs maintained locally in Lear s PLM. Responsible to Releases into GM & Chrysler Team Centers (Model prep, Upload, Check-Mate & Release, Release form & document attachments).
Upheld relationship and communication with customer DRE and in-house design groups.

6/2010   10/2010 Reliance One Troy, MI

Sealing & Weatherstrip, Closure Criteria and Design at Cooper Standard Automotive & GM Vehicle Engineering Center
Domestic and Global GM Sealing systems.
Glass Run Channels, Side Closure Primary and Secondary seals (Both Door and Body Mounted), Front and Rear Closures, Below Belt Retention, Convertible Top.
Responsible to a GM Domestic 2013 Vehicle and 2012 Brazil version of GM s Global Gamma Vehicles.
Utilized TeamCenter North America and Brazil, publishing between the two.
Utilized Unigraphics NX5 as Design Tool and Cooper Standard s in house PLM.

2/2008   9/2008 Reliance One Troy, MI

Seating Mechanical, Electrical and Applications Designer at FAURECIA North American Seating
Full service seat design, automotive seat assembly.
Frames, foam and plastics, packaging, trim, electrical harness design, routing and components. Faurecia is a world seating OEM.
Primary customers GM and Chrysler.
Utilized UG NX3, aided and trained roll-out of NX5, CatiaV5. MS Office tools. TeamCenter (TcAE) Product Lifecycle Management system to release and publish into GM and the Magellan PLM to release and publish into the Faurecia database.

7/2006   1/2008 Modern Professional Services/L & M Tech. Services Troy, MI

Mechanical and Applications Designer at DAYCO Automotive Products / MARK IV Automotive / Fluid Routing Systems
All facets of automotive fuel / fuel filler apparatus.
Complete Filler, Tank and Fuel Pump assembly management to component design.
Responsible to customers GM Saab and GM Brazil. Used GM TeamCenter to release and publish between North American, European and Brazilian databases.
Coordinated approved designs between customer and manufacturing suppliers
Used UnigraphicsNX3 as primary design tool.
Wrote, implemented and trained procedures to accommodate the multi-site collaboration through multiple TcAE PLM databases.

8/2005   6/2006 BOSE Corporation Bloomfield Hills, MI

Mechanical, Electrical, Packaging and Applications Designer
All facets of automotive audio systems and components.
Electrical wiring harnesses, Speakers - components and assemblies, Amplifiers- components and assemblies.
Ford, GM, Chrysler and Mazda vehicle packaging - sheet metal and interior impact   Full Audio System Integration & packaging.
Used UnigraphicsNX2, NX3 and Catia V5 conjunct w/ Windchill and Ford & GM TeamCenter.
Interface w/ worldwide electrical OEMs. Designed many unique connectors, headers and harness packages for production by OEM.

3/2004   4/2005 Wagon-USA Sterling Hts., MI

Product Development Designer / Integrated Supplier
Responsible to the design and development of T.I.A.S (Trim integrated acoustic system) acoustical / water-shielding panels for GM Trucks using Unigraphics NX2.
Produced designs that lead and supported development of products unique to Cadillac Products (OEM) in manufacturing process and material composition.
Personally expanded 2-4 week program to 1-year program, expanding a single product to cover 3-product lines concept to production.
Served as design consultant to Hawtal Whiting / Intier interior trim systems.
Door and door opening trim, armrest, pull handle, open handle and application, manufacturing vs. assembly feasibility, design standard maintenance, electrical and hardware packaging and trim components.
Class  A  surface development and validation checker.

8/2003 - 11/2003 Fisher Unitech Troy, MI

Product Development Designer specializing in Unigraphics
Various 1099 contracts: Bearings, Seat Mechanisms, Special Machines, Plastic Injection Mold Tools, Stamping Tools.
At U.S. Farathane: Responsible to Design, Tooling and Process of products utilizing "two-shot" mold / manufacturing processes where products consisting of two different molded materials (i.e. PVC and rubber seal) are produced via a single tool.
Primary product line was HVAC diverter/dampener duct doors for Behr Doors.
Brought in as  fireman  to relieve design staff during spike in customer purchases.

5/2003 - 8/2003 M&T Engineering Solutions at Robert BOSCH Corporation Troy, MI

Product Development & Unigraphics Senior Designing Engineer
Design, packaging, modeling, rapid-proto and prototyping, drawing and test analysis of Bosch Fuel pumps and f/p componentry, fuel injector rail systems, throttle bodies and manifold interface, transmission components and hydraulic test manifolds.

9/1995 - 4/2003 Global Technology Associates Southgate, MI

Product Development Specialist / Designing Engineer   Seals and Weatherstrips, Studio Engineer
GM Small Car Engineering / Vehicle Launch Center (VLC)
Auto Body Seal and Weatherstrip Systems Senior Designer. Primary closure seals, Complete Glass run systems, Stationary glass modules, Windshield / Backlight encapsulation.
Door structure and hardware. Latch and lock mechanisms, Handles, push rods, door glass and glass lift packaging, developed multiple glass-drop scenarios and door swings as design standard template.
Door Opening / Surround Module. Aided in the design of fully parametric door assembly   all structure and exterior components were integrated to accommodate a single component update.
IMAN elite user. GMPDM & GM PORTAL. TeamCenter.
Expertise in operation of GM Work-Flow and GM Release process.
GMC Design - Studio Engineer
Auto Body Pre-engineering Design, Full Vehicle Body Exterior and content. Interior Floor Console, Sidewall and Door / Door Opening Trim.
Created surface from raw clay pick, applied content to/from typical section.
Operated Vector pick machine extracting data from clay, provided design keys to accompany S.P.E release surface to engineering.
GM Mid-Lux Engineering
Body Electrical, Electrical Architecture. Outsource for specialized Packard and Hughes electrical sensor and connector designs

5/1993 - 9/1995 Modern Engineering Warren, MI

CAD & Design Technical Support Specialist
Support CAD systems (CGS, Unigraphics) and users (designers) .
Mainframe Database Maintenance and data policy oversight. Trained all Mainframe CAD users on stand-alone (Unix) workstations for GM Truck convergence from satellite programs to Truck Product Center (Pontiac Centerpoint Campus).
Supported the development and creation of CAD & Engineering computer network at Pontiac
Centerpoint Campus.

1/1990 - 5/1993 Megatech Warren, MI

Product Designer / Design Leader   Technical Support
Design Leader and Mentor to 25 - 30 design personnel responsible to GM interior sidewall and door trim panel assemblies.
Personal design credits for GM10 HVAC Cross-car duct, independent rear HVAC system for long w/b van and I.P. Retainer.

9/1988 - 1/1990 Modern Eng. Warren, MI

Product Design Supervisor
Responsible to exterior and interior components to first Olds Bravada.
Worked in concert with GM Truck, GM Design and suppliers (i.e. Arrow Molded Plastics, Siegel Roberts, Mayco Plastics, et al).
Developed and trained CAD personnel.
Timing Management. Managed CAD and manual GM Drawings.

9/1976 - 1/1988 Various Design Shops (Modern, Pioneer, Troy Design, Entech)
Metro Detroit, MI
Education and Certifications

10/2009 NX Overview/Update Parametric Design, Drawing/Layout, Sketcher & Assembly Application
Siemens (UGS) Novi, MI

10/2005 UnigraphicsNX3 Advanced Sheet Metal Design Applications
UGS - Northville, MI
NX3 Sheet Metal operation and functions

6/2005 Keith Childress' Practical Catia Training (http://www.practicalcatia.com/)
Warren, MI

Catia V5r15 - workbenches: Part Design, Sketcher, Wireframe & Surface, Generative Shape Design, Sheet Metal Design, Assembly, and Drafting. Continuing education and training are ongoing and current.

6/1994-5/2009 Unigraphics
Unigraphics operation for design specialist.
Trained and updated to version UGNX5.

9/1980-6/1981 PHILPOT Madison Heights, MI - Automotive Body Design and Drafting