Axel Rodriguez Aldrete
Summary
Mechanical Engineer with 12 years of experience in automotive industry like manufacturing engineer, design engineer, product development, cost reduction engineer, process engineer, trim architect engineer, resident engineer, assembly project engineer and Production supervisor. Expertise in new product design, concept design for new components, Class “A” surface analysis. Experience with components like interior components (IP, seats, door trims, center consoles, restraints, body harness, exterior components (liftgates, front and rear fascias), under hood components (Tubes, AC lines, Hard plastics, Brackets). Experience in 2D, 3D, sections in Catia, Team center and Vis mockup. Experience in 2D, 3D, sections in NX Unigraphics, Team center and Vis mockup. Experience of part and design validation by DFMEA and PFMEA. Created Master sections to study interfaces between corresponding parts and packaging. Manufacturing process, improve manufacturing process, reduce bottle necks, lay out, buying new tooling, RFQ generation, and interaction with suppliers. Create process sheets for different components like body harness, door trims, IP, AC lines, Seats and other. Knowledge of FMVSS (FMVSS 208) regulations applicable for automotive safety. Experience in cost reduction, tier downs, new idea generations and Benchmarking of other products to study attachment features strategy. Excellent communication, problem solving and interpersonal skills. Experience in creating issues list, sound knowledge of Tolerance-Stack up and GD&T. Experience in design of injection molding, thermoforming & compression forming plastic components. Follow up and validates equipment for new projects.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Supervisor
Alten
Saline, USA
04.2024 - Current
- Define, together with the supervisors of the other shifts and the UAP manager, QCDP targets for the GAPs (improvement versus actual situation): ppm, pph, TRS, absenteeism, number of accidents, improvement ideas
- Monitor performance during the shift and report accurate data at the end of the shift
- Manage resources to reach results: adapt headcount to volume, etc
- React in case of a problem: take care of immediate containment, call support functions, build corrective action plans
- Replace GAP leader when necessary
- Drive actions for improvement: Know team problems, seek feedbacks, Define area for performance improvements, Drive teamwork and problem-solving activities, lead Problem Solving Groups and workshops (5S, Hoshin, TPM, SMED, 6 Quality Basics), Drive improvement ideas generation and implementation
- Ensure audits of standardized work are conducted by GAP leaders on a daily basis and ensure corrective actions are taking place
- Audits once a week with each GAP Leader the respect of standardized work
- Aims to devote 70% of his/her time to improvement actions
- Define threshold and escalation of reaction modes to problems within his/her supervisory zone
Assembly Project Engineer
Alten
SC, USA
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Follows HSE and ergonomics standards and rules
- Participates in the conception of the assembly process and equipment with EPM, MPM, and associated extended team
- Supports MPM/EPM for technical choices to improve the process
- Establishes technical and economic analysis of suppliers’ offers, together with the purchasing department, to select the best solution, follows up the Design and the realization of assembly equipment including: Realizes functional specifications regarding project elements and standard elements
- Validates equipment study (Including supervision of FMEA), ergonomics study, and the choice of possible solutions
- Updates/adapts former feasibility study and technical choices if needed (Perimeter changes)
- Validates equipment in the supplier workshop, fine-tune the equipment in the plant and ensure smooth transfer to the plant team
- Ensures the tuning of the equipment is properly done following instructions given by EPM/MPM, to converge to the product conformity
- Validates necessary documentation for each equipment
- Analyses results of actions plan, validation plan, and risk plans participates in capability validation for each equipment
- Participates in lessons learned activities, and productivity projects… lead in the assembly department
Resident Engineer
LTTS
Normal, USA
03.2022 - 08.2022
- Support launch activities and production ramp up of Body Interior systems
- Communicate effectively across various internal groups
- Be the first point of contact for all issues found on the builds and resolve, calling in support from the DREs and Managers when required
- Responsible for delivery of the Body Interior engineering requirements from the prototype phase through to stable production
- Represent Body Interior Engineering with the plant team during launch, maintaining strong inter-departmental relationships amongst the other teams
- Apply broad engineering knowledge and expertise to resolve problems during Prototype and Production builds
- Ensure lessons from robust root cause actions are being driven back to core and advanced engineering teams
- Drive continuous improvement efforts in all areas of engineering management with a clear focus on quality, cost, and delivery
- Support vehicles launch and pre-production builds (both virtual and physical)
- Verify injection molding issues on plastic components, as weld lines, marks and dimensional for components
- Troubleshoot and resolve validation issues
Manager
Aire Axje
Mexico City, Mexico
12.2020 - 02.2022
- Work with the cross-functional team to build a comprehensive plan for each project, highlighting the critical path
- Track actual progress against the plan
- Plan covers all aspects scope, cost, timing
- Highlight and actively troubleshoot risks or mistakes against the plan
- Build and improve project execution tools and processes
- Distill organizational goals into strategic roadmaps and break down into program plans
- Actively cultivate company culture within the Engineering team
- Help fill organizational gaps to keep the critical path on track
- Analyzing data to inform a prioritization or problem-solving activity
- Managing equipment suppliers or installation contractors
- Facilitating tactical stand-ups or problem-solving activity
- Understanding technical decisions and drawing connections between groups
Trim Architecture Engineer
G-tech
Dearborn, USA
04.2020 - 12.2020
- Lead design interior architecture for cockpit & trim components and modules (Ford- Explorer and Navigator)
- Provide cost efficient and quality parts on time, ownership, and governance of components specific robustness quality documentations
- Ensure progression of design maturity from initial concept through to Engineering Sign-Off and design gateways
- Lead team to perform cost target setting process for deliverables: BOM, DEA, Design Gap analysis, OCE, Market tests, and Design competitions
- Establishing and maintain the teamwork plan aligned to vehicle program
- Develop and release cockpit and Trim components / modules technical documentation: 1EC, MSOW, SOBA, Engineering Specifications, System Design Specification requirements, modularity compliance, DFMEA, DVP&R, SCCAF, etc
- Complete program related work including Bill of Materials in FEDEBOM, Integration and packaging, parts release and MFAL coding, requirements compliance, Engineering signoff, 2 pagers, BOOTS (weight targets), QPIP assessment (quality), etc
- Lead and perform failure mode avoidance and support functional safety analysis to examine potential failure modes and design suitable preventions strategies
- Lead the resolution of design, attribute, or packaging incompatibilities through the appropriate Cross-functional meetings
- Conduct Technical Designs Reviews interfacing with Ford core activities and supplier engineering
- Report to Chief Matched Pairs, Technical Design Reviews, and EMMs
- Interface with studio, program planning, finance, purchasing, cross-functional teams, attribute teams, designers, vehicle architecture, and suppliers to work through feasibility of cockpit & trim components design, product assumptions, and target settings
- Ensure Regulatory compliance of Sub system
- Ensure sub-system meets Cost and weight Targets
- Occasional travel to Suppliers to resolve design and development issues and to Assembly plants to support build
- Verify Manufacturability for injection molding, die vectors and actions
Process Engineer
Advantage Resourcing
Auburn Hills, USA
04.2018 - 02.2020
- Extract process engineering information from drawings, prepare and issue line summaries
- Prepare and issues specifications, data sheets, and other construction documents
- Generate the process sheets to Toluca Plant (Mexico)
- Verify all the requirements for each component as a safety component or appearance component
- Follow up all the updates for each component to process the changes on the process sheets and send the most recent information to Toluca plant
- Attend the package assembly meetings
- Generate PFMEA
Total Value Management
Weldmation
Dearborn, USA
01.2017 - 03.2018
- Leading engineering changes for Seats
- Propose design improvements that will help to generate cost reduction
- Leading Design and develop seat structure parts, back frame, seats cushion frame, recliner and seat bracket parts, metal stamping and metal welding process
- Leading system and subsystem meetings to support manufacturing requirements
- Verify the prototype and production parts according to the requirements
- Propose and lead new ideas for cost reduction on the seats until implementation
- Follow up for new ideas for cost reduction with suppliers, support all the requirements from Mexico in USA for seats
- Verify plastic components for improvements on the injection moldings
Team Leader and Design and Release Engineer
Weldmation
Mexico City, Mexico
11.2015 - 01.2017
- Responsible for creating the engineering criteria that meets requirements for HVAC components
- Design and supervise the HVAC components, system and subsystem meeting the manufacture criteria and requirements
- Drawings released and GD&T
- Create 3D models using CATIA V5 for prototype and productive parts
- Propose design improvements that will help to reduce the warranty claims
- Get the 'Program Team' approval to invest in the tool changes that solves a warranty claim
- Responsible for conducting assessments of performance and feedback
- Creation of a multidisciplinary team, solid and focused on delivering favorable results work
- Propose plastic brackets according to manufacturability for injection molding, reducing cost and weight on the vehicle
- Review GD&T for components
Manufacturing Engineer
Continental
Mexico City, Mexico
05.2014 - 11.2015
- Project management milestones planning, risk analysis, cost control, design development, technical change, process optimization, quality assurance SAP DATA, BOM, APQP, SOP, EOP
- Support launch activities and production ramp up
- Support plan goals as zero defects to customer and responsible for scrap analysis and continuous improvement projects within assigned area
- Implement methods for improving utilization of personnel, material, and utilities
- Plan and establish sequence of operations to assemble parts or products and to promote efficient utilization
- Generate Routings and Layouts, remove bottle necks
- Machines, tooling, and fixtures purchasing, RFQ generation
- FMEA Generation for manufacturing components
Design Engineer for Door Trim
Weldmation
Toluca, Mexico
03.2014 - 02.2014
- Tools and Skills Automotive Interior Trim Design, CAD – CATIA V5, Enovia, APQP by Audi, Unigraphics NX by GM plant, Engineering Drawings, Team Center, GD&T, Manufacturing, DFMEA, DFM, DVP&R, MS word, MS Excel and Power point, Lean manufacturing, White belt, green belt, Black belt, 5S, Injection molding by GM and Injection Molding by FORD, Scrum Foundation Professional Certification
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Skills
- Automotive Interior Trim Design
- CAD – CATIA V5
- Enovia
- APQP by Audi
- Unigraphics NX by GM plant
- Engineering Drawings
- Team Center
- GD&T
- Manufacturing
- DFMEA
- DFM
- DVP&R
- MS Word
- MS Excel
- PowerPoint
- Lean manufacturing
- White belt
- Green belt
- Black belt
- 5S
- Injection molding by GM
- Injection Molding by FORD
- Scrum Foundation Professional Certification
Timeline
Production Supervisor
Alten
04.2024 - Current
Assembly Project Engineer
Alten
01.2023 - 01.2024
Resident Engineer
LTTS
03.2022 - 08.2022
Manager
Aire Axje
12.2020 - 02.2022
Trim Architecture Engineer
G-tech
04.2020 - 12.2020
Process Engineer
Advantage Resourcing
04.2018 - 02.2020
Total Value Management
Weldmation
01.2017 - 03.2018
Team Leader and Design and Release Engineer
Weldmation
11.2015 - 01.2017
Manufacturing Engineer
Continental
05.2014 - 11.2015
Design Engineer for Door Trim
Weldmation
03.2014 - 02.2014
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)