• Project staff roles in management or skilled in aerodynamics for concept, product development and testing.
• I offer my own personal services plus those delivered by teams of experts, with management duties under my control.
• Engineering services for the automotive industry. Provider of solutions.
• Support from design to the development with styling design, cas/cad/cae, aerodynamics and physical tests delivered by teams of experts.

Project-coordinator (wind tunnel - prototype workshops)

Tasks/achievements:

• Central interface function among wind tunnel test-engineers, cfd-team, reverse engineering and aeromodels building teams at vw-headquarters and externally at companies based in bayern and wolfsburg(vw-core and outsourcing coordination).
• Through my support and control, models of very good quality arrived on time from both the suppliers and the internal vw workshop to the wind tunnel.
• Participated in benchmarking events.
• Supported with my proper aero-countermeasures ideas for different car projects.

Test tool engineer, BMW ADAS & autonomous vehicle projects. Division: systems tools engineering core

Responsibilities: vehicle integration and build up of vehicle prototype

Tasks:

• Cross check of test infrastructure set up,
• Vehicle integration of reference sensors, devices under test, measuring equipment, cooling system, etc.
• Assessment of thermal management for electronic devices in the assembly.
• Assessment of interior aerodynamics (cooling ducts, ventilation, air extraction) and exterior aerodynamics regarding vehicle dynamic safety and wind noise with the roof rack (cfd, driving test).
• Assessment of structural strength of equipment racks (feanalysis).
• Tracking of build up progress of fleet of prototypes till delivery to team of test engineers.
• Cross check of bom and build up plan.
• Worldwide coordination with client, suppliers, internal offices involved in the development of hw&sw and prototype workshops. (facilities at different cities in germany, austria, usa).

Lessons learned

• Sw and system development for autonomous vehicle.
• Sensorics.

Sw & system test manager for new systems, division: chassis & safety, Business unit: vehicle dynamics

I was involved with innovative products such as electronic brake systems with stability control functions.

Projects for fiat chrysler automobiles n.v. Group and volvo.

Tasks/achievements:

• Learnt about the sw&hw development and its vehicle integration according to the continental's ebs development process.
• Test plan: revision and feasibility investigation for test requirements. Selection of the relevant test requirements and test environments. Development of a project specific test strategy. Test planning. Issue of release test orders with their scope, test basis and priority.
• Coordination of all test activities at facilities worldwide, ensuring test program coverage for the release on time at each project milestone.
• Chaired test management board (tmb) meetings involving project managers on different areas (e.g. Sw, hw, hydraulics, mechanics, electrics) and participated on integrated project team (ipt) meetings.

• Supervision of testing process. Monitoring of plan execution ensuring workflow alignment, test tracking and traceability of tests requirement ensuring completeness with test result for each test case.
• Documentation and regular reporting on progress of testing process.

• Management of test errors or findings, oil meetings, problem solving, action plans, change request management.
• Highlighted risks/opportunities. Proposed and implemented solutions.
• Release recommendation.

Lessons learned

• Product development process for automotive component tier 1 supplier.
• Vehicle integration according to continental's ebs development process.
• Innovative conti's new products.

Climate control system engineering (ccse), hvac system, interior aerodynamics and air extraction.

Tasks/achievements:

• Contributed to develop the new chassis for the c2 platform used first on fourth-generation focus, and the 4 body styles regarding sheet metal and interior trim parts.
• Designed system and interior trim parts with a scientific approach with focus on performance improvement and cost reduction, but at the same time taking into consideration multidisciplinary attributes. Main topics were the aerodesign and engineering development of cowl air inlet for occupants cabin, hvac ducts and registers, air extraction path.
• Conducted a research about interior aerodynamics and fogging issue, which led to a development of my own 4 patents of invention. Goals achieved: cost reduction, performance improvement, quality increasing (i.e. Reduction of tgw -things go wrong- for fogging index).
• Performed tests at climatic/environmental wind tunnels for research, design validation and homologation. Tests aimed to comfort, safety and operational capabilities in extreme weather conditions.
• Body leakages and air extraction, acoustic measurements in anechoic chamber and other tests.
• Set targets for applicable requirements (i.e. Geometrical dimension targets for trim parts).
• Benchmarking.
• Issued test reports. Program development status reporting, issue reporting and active participation on escalation meetings interacting with other attributes in conflict (such as pedpro, low speed crash, closure efforts, nvh, body structure stiffness and durability, integration of ee systems, craftsmanship, etc.).

Lessons learned

• New ford's gpds (global product development system) method.
• Several global homologation and ford requirements for body interior parts and hvac.

Tools

• Ms office pack
• Webex
• Sap
• Efdvs (enhanced ford design verification system); tool for planning and tracking the verification of test requirements; including status reporting.
• Wers (ford worldwide engineering release system); for logistic process of proto parts.
• Cfd ansys fluent
• Teamcenter engineer (tce) / catia v
• Ford and hanon systems (ex-visteon) wind tunnels.
• Ford test tracks.
• Anemometers, thermal data acquisition (fluke), flowmeters, body Leakage tester, water management bench, acoustic anechoic chamber for hvac noise measurements.
• geometry measuring tools