Brandon Perkins
Senior Engineering Leader
Jackson,MI
Summary
Senior Engineer professional with progressive career history across design, analytics, project leadership and financial/cost reduction initiatives in Aerospace, Vehicle, Maritime and Industrial Hydraulics environments is seeking an opportunity to lead a global Modeling & Simulation team. Known for ability to drive an increased analytical mindset across engineering teams to drive decisions earlier in the design process to ultimately bring product to the marketplace. Skilled in process improvements and streamlining initiatives using Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma processes.
Overview
5
5
years of post-secondary education
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Engineering Manager
Eaton Corporation
Marshall, MI
01.2016 - 06.2020
- Led high performance international team of 190 engineers providing analysis and simulation capabilities in partnership with product design teams across Eaton's Industrial Sector (Aerospace, Vehicle, Industrial Hydraulics and eMobility businesses).
- Partnered with NPI cross-functional teams (Product, Manufacturing and Quality Engineering as well as Finance and Supply Chain) to accomplish technical aspects of projects.
- Managed $15.8M annual budget . Estimated and tracked on average 90+ NPD, sustaining and VAVE projects (on average) annually.
- Defined annual goals, development plans and employee competencies as well as flow down across global analysis team.
- Owned annual strategic plan and refresh of Modeling & Simulation CoE technology roadmap in concert with respective business product roadmaps.
- Served as Sector sponsor and change agent for instilling and growing analytical culture across Sector product engineering teams - deploying front end, "right sized" analytical tools (e.g. ANSYS Discovery)
- Institutionalized systematic, standardized analytical review and approval process across Sector.
- Married technical capabilities of Modeling & Simulation and NVH Centers of Excellence to drive a verification and validation approach to ultimately drive confidence in analytical capabilities and output in order to make informed product design decisions.
Engineering Manager
Eaton Corporation
Jackson, MI
04.2014 - 01.2016
- Led global team of 75 engineering analysts across North America, Canada, United Kingdom and India providing Structural Mechanics, Structural Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Thermal Electromagnetic and 1D System Modeling capability to Eaton’s Aerospace Group.
- Executed $10.2M annual budget including managing and tracking expenses for 50+ projects (on average) annually.
- Owned strategic mission and refresh of M&S technology roadmap in line with product plans across Aerospace divisions and product sites.
- Defined annual goals, development plans and employee competencies to grow overall organizational capability in line with business strategies and technical needs.
- Resourcing includes full-time employees as well as Co-op/Interns from universities across United States.
- Coordinate with outside resources and contract engineering support as necessary to meet resourcing/customer flex capacity needs.
Engineering Manager
Eaton Corporation
Jackson, MI
11.2012 - 04.2014
- Led team of 12 engineering analysts across North America including Broomfield, CO; Beltsville, MD; Toccoa, GA; Jackson, MI and Ontario, Canada. Functional manager responsibilities for team of six (6) analysts in Shanghai, China and twenty (20) analysts in Pune, India.
- Oversaw modeling and simulation services (structural finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer simulations) for thirteen (13) manufacturing facilities as well as various on-site system engineering teams at customer locations.
- Owned annual strategic plan and profit planning activities for modeling and simulation team aligned with the technology roadmap for Fluid & Electrical Distribution Division of Eaton Aerospace.
- Implemented project tracking system - reduced upfront project kickoff time by 20%.
Product Engineering Manager
Eaton Corporation
Jackson, MI
02.2008 - 11.2012
- Led a team of 36 employees supporting both new product development projects, sustaining engineering activities, production floor support as well as customer-related issues/returns with fielded product of Eaton Aerospace's largest manufacturing site. Team consisted of 25 product engineers, four (4) drafters/designers, two (2) technical writers, CAD manager and administrative assistant.
- Owned Jackson Plant research & development budget ($9.2M). Led annual product engineering profit planning activities.
- Owned product engineering’s technology roadmap as well as ensures that roadmap is properly aligned to key strategic initiatives of Conveyance Systems Division.
- Successfully led merger of two Jackson Product Engineering organizations into one cohesive engineering team.
- Leadership responsibility for implementation of Jackson Global Engineering team comprised of engineering team in Jackson as well as Eaton India Engineering Center in Pune, India (14 total engineers and designers).
Product Engineering Manager
Eaton Corporation
Jackson, MI
05.2007 - 02.2008
- Led a team of nine (9) employees supporting both new product development opportunities as well as sustaining engineering activities including production floor support as well as customer-related issues/returns with in-service product. (Team consisted of four (4) product engineers, four (4) drafters/designers and one (1) technical writer for facility.)
- Owned annual profit planning activities for Fuel Products teams coordinating with Program Management Office (PMO) to ensure alignment to satisfy strategic and business demands.
- Assigned employee goals and development plans annually as part of Eaton’s performance review and evaluation system.
- Identified, managed and reported annual cost reduction activity for Fuel Product Engineering team.
Engineering Specialist
Eaton Corporation
Jackson, MI
11.2000 - 04.2007
- Provided engineering analysis support for design and development of new products for various Eaton Aerospace Fluid Conveyance sites.
- Analysis background includes structural finite element analysis (linear, nonlinear, thermal and modal/vibration), dynamic simulation of mechanisms as well as computational fluid dynamics analyses of aerospace and military products.
- Championed utilization of engineering analysis tools by product engineers within division.
- Proficient with CATIA V5 (end user and administrator experience), CATIA V5 Generative Part/Assembly Structural, MSC.Software SimDesigner, CFDesign and SMARTEAM (end user and administrator capacities).
- Project Manager for deployment of CATIA V5 and SMARTEAM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools across Fluid Conveyance North America (Jackson, MI sites and Toccoa, GA facility) - a key
strategic initiative within division. - Served as change agent to division for 3D solid modeling and PLM.
Project Engineer
Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc.
Newport News, VA
08.1997 - 11.2000
- Led a team of engineering analysts within Submarine Machinery Engineering Department.
- Owned resource planning and project management across entire team.
- Tracked projects and requirements to meet customer needs and requirements.
- Owned training plans, development and mentoring of entry-level analysts to organization.
- Led advanced analysis training of finite element users company-wide. Proficient with SDRC I-deas, UNIX, HKS/ABAQUS and MSC/NASTRAN.
Applications Engineer/Product Specialist
Parametric Technology Corporation
Raleigh, NC
06.1997 - 08.1997
- Provided turnkey solutions with respect to engineering analysis using Pro/MECHANICA.
- Provided direct customer interface and assistance for Pro/MECHANICA.
- Served as regional point of contact for application engineers in support of Pro/MECHANICA product.
- Proficient with Pro/MECHANICA and Pro/ENGINEER.
Project Engineer
Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc.
Newport News, VA
06.1989 - 06.1997
- Engineering lead for design and development of Underwater Explosion certified watertight hatches for Seawolf Class submarine.
- Engineering lead for torpedo tube breech door for Seawolf Class submarine’s Weapons Launching System.
- Made deck plate decisions for naval submarines either under
construction or commissioned for service as well as aboard Underwater Explosion (UNDEX) test vehicle. - Introduced solid modeling and finite element analysis including stress analysis (statics and dynamics, linear and nonlinear; detailed fatigue evaluation and thermal analysis) for aforementioned systems.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 08.1984 - 05.1989
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Skills
Design for Six Sigma Green Belt
Experience with ABAQUS, ANSYS Mechanical, Fluent, Matlab Simulink
Analytical thinking
Project planning/resource management
Budgeting and tracking
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Team building
Strategic planning
Communication style
Training and mentoring
Technology integration
Strategic Planning
Team Building
2D and 3D modeling
Mechanical engineering
Technical expertise
Product development
Budgeting
Leadership skills
Project Management
Timeline
Senior Engineering Manager
Eaton Corporation
01.2016 - 06.2020
Engineering Manager
Eaton Corporation
04.2014 - 01.2016
Engineering Manager
Eaton Corporation
11.2012 - 04.2014
Product Engineering Manager
Eaton Corporation
02.2008 - 11.2012
Product Engineering Manager
Eaton Corporation
05.2007 - 02.2008
Engineering Specialist
Eaton Corporation
11.2000 - 04.2007
Project Engineer
Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc.
08.1997 - 11.2000
Applications Engineer/Product Specialist
Parametric Technology Corporation
06.1997 - 08.1997
Project Engineer
Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc.
06.1989 - 06.1997
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Old Dominion University
08.1984 - 05.1989