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SENIOR ENGINEER (ENGINEER IV)
Professional Summary

Experienced and versatile Senior Engineer with project management experience able to work with teams located all over the world. Accepted team leader and problem solver with a quick perception able to address engineering and project details. Extremely solution oriented and focused work style. Strong analytical skills and background knowledge. Recognized as curious and fast learner. Proofed innovation leader and inventor mentioned on numerous patents/ applications. Team worker with solid communication, negotiating and influencing skills.

Skills
  • 23 years experiences in elevator systems and component engineering.
  • Project management experiences and skills.
  • Strong communication, negotiating and influencing skills.
  • Ability to work well within team and across organizations internationally and as an individual.
  • Experience in leading small teams.
  • Able to archive results under pressure and in difficult work environment.
  • Strong analytical and innovative skills.
  • Practice in creating business cases for new products and performing cost analysis for products and manufacturing processes.
  • Able to perform vendor evaluations and selection.
  • Advanced experience in designing, calculating and optimizing systems and components, e.g. elevator systems, rail and rotatory brakes, composite parts.
  • CAD and FEA experience with systems like Solidworks, Catia V5 and Abaqus.
  • Solid material knowledge including composite materials, e.g. fatigue behavior.
  • Knowledge about industrial manufacturing processes, e.g. sheet metal, casting, hardening, cutting, stamping.
  • Practice in acquiring product certifications and maintaining them.
  • Product and material testing experiences, development of test requirements and plans and design of test machines if needed.
  • Practice in system, process, safety, root cause analysis as well as FMEA's and risk assessments.
  • Experience in applying statistical data analysis, e.g. determination failure probability.
  • Able to perform intellectual property analysis and create IP, mentioned as inventor on more than 10 granted patents and numerous applications.
Work History
Senior Engineer (Engineer IV) | 11/2014 to 04/2020
ThyssenKrupp Elevator America - Germantown, TN
  • Was technical team lead for key research and development projects in research and innovation/ competence center.
  • Coordinated research, development and testing, in house and with multinational partner companies in Asia and Europe.
  • Was responsible for technical team alignment.
  • Led market study with customer focus groups to gather requirements for new low-rise elevator concept.
  • Played key role in product improvement studies to reduce noises, vibrations, environmental footprint, propulsion system size and cost.
  • Drove conceptional studies and implementation of new value adding systems and components, e.g. belt elevators, high rise elevators, rope sway compensation, rail brakes, lightweight composite designs, technical monitoring devices.
  • Reviewed existing/new patents and analyzed intellectual property landscape for new products.
  • Led and advised team in creating intellectual property.
  • Oversaw system and component calculations.
  • Calculated business cases for new elevator systems and components.
  • Performed vendor analysis and recommended vendors as preparation for vendor selection process.
  • Developed manufacturing process concepts for new composite designs, resulted in 5 patent applications.
  • Created test plans and test environment as well as designed new test machines.
Project Manager IV | 01/2008 to 10/2014
ThyssenKrupp Elevator America - San Diego/Horn Lake , CA / MS
  • Was project lead for key research and development projects performed in research center TRIaD.
  • Managed projects through all phases of research and product development until product can be industrialized.
  • Supported team building exercises and activities.
  • Managed multinational project teams. Global project management incorporated project related management of research and development teams of partner companies, e.g. in Europe
  • Coordinated external resources, e.g. University research facilities and consultants.
  • Developed requirements with worldwide R&D committee (RDC) and field and marketing organization of all OU's and German headquarter.
  • Supervised external laboratories and institutes who supported projects.
  • Communicated frequently results to Senior VP Product / R&D (Headquarter in Essen Germany) and reported to head of research center TRIaD.
  • Created project plans, estimated project costs, time and resources. Developed business cases.
  • Was responsible for master students.
  • Was adjunct member of graduate faculty in mechanical engineering at University of Memphis (2011-2014)
Development Team Leader | 01/2003 to 12/2007
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Germany - Stuttgart/Vaihingen, Germany
  • Was technical team lead for development of mechatronic brake engagement device classified as safety integrity level 3 (SIL 3) device, at this time first thyssenkrupp Elevator SIL 3 application (electronic overspeed governor).
  • Led interdisciplinary team comprising mechanical, electrical and software engineers.
  • Coordinated research, development and testing inhouse, in Korean test tower, and with partner companies.
  • Responsible for product certification in Europe and China, including software and hardware
  • Managed project and knowledge handover to factory for industrialization.
  • Mentored master and bachelor's students.
Head of Development Team | 07/1999 to 12/2003
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Germany - Stuttgart/Neuhausen, Germany
  • Managed safety component team comprising 5 engineers.
  • Optimized product portfolio by means of selective product management and new developments, e.g. replaced traditional produced parts by complex sheet metal parts.
  • Supported manufacturing department in cost saving projects, replacing outdated products/production processes, reducing parts and improving product quality.
  • Maintained product certificates for existing safety components and applied for new certificates, e.g. for emergency brakes and speed governors. Worked close with authorities (Notified Bodies).
  • Was Troubleshooter for improvements of elevator safety, worked with management, customers, authorities and manufacturing.
  • Supported quality department performing sub-supplier manufacturing audits, e.g. for heat treatment of metal parts, special materials, casted steel and aluminum parts.
  • Mentored bachelor and master students.
  • Reported to head of mechanical development department.
Mechanical Design & Analysis Engineer | 11/1997 to 06/1999
Thyssenkrupp Elevator Germany - Stuttgart/ Neuhausen, Germany
  • Developed new elevator sheet metal car frame series from scratch up to handover for production. Generated all manufacturing drawings and calculations (FME).
  • Supported manufacturing product launch
  • Performed safety analysis for first machine room less thyssenkrupp elevator system, was part of negotiation team with authorities.
Scientific Staff Member | 01/1992 to 10/1997
University Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany
  • Conducted safety analysis studies for customers from conveyor, elevator, rope, crane and atomic power plant industry as well as for German Government and authorities.
  • Performed comprehensive statistical study about elevator accidents caused by brake failures for German Government, which supported change of EU elevator regulations (study is published).
  • Completed tests with suspension and transmission means for studies and external customers, supported product certification for customers.
  • Consulted customers from brake industry.
  • Applied statistical Methods, e.g. for surveys and determination of failure probability, for systems and components.
  • Performed detailed study about failure probability for different types of elevator brakes up to part level.
  • Was assistance lecturer for lecture "safety analysis and technology".
  • Mentored graduate student research studies.
Education
University of Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany | Master of ScienceMechanical Engineering, 11/1991
Max-Eyth-School Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany | High School Diploma05/1984
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • ThyssenKrupp Elevator America
  • ThyssenKrupp Elevator Germany
  • Thyssenkrupp Elevator Germany
  • University Stuttgart

School Attended

  • University of Stuttgart
  • Max-Eyth-School Stuttgart

Job Titles Held:

  • Senior Engineer (Engineer IV)
  • Project Manager IV
  • Development Team Leader
  • Head of Development Team
  • Mechanical Design & Analysis Engineer
  • Scientific Staff Member

Degrees

  • University of Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany | Master of Science
    Max-Eyth-School Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany | High School Diploma

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