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Kayty Ihara

Sparta,MI

Summary

Product Engineer with approximately 5 years of experience designing and developing products from customer specifications and sales department requests. Proactively communicated with manufacturing team to plan materials, processes, and understand current manufacturing capabilities to build beautiful and durable furniture. Well-versed in furniture design products as well as new product development processes.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Product Engineer

TMC Furniture
06.2022 - Current
  • Provided clear and timely technical data required for design and specification of product.
  • Documented and updated build, quality and performance records.
  • Drove continuous improvement culture in engineering to provide clear product design standards, improve manufacturability through enhanced documentation and reduce engineering cycle time.
  • Launched customer-driven design review process to enhance customer experiences and efficiency.
  • Tested completed projects for functionality and implemented changes to production methods to rectify issues in final products.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to conceptualize and refine product concepts.
  • Led continuous improvements in engineering, resulting in clearer product design standards, better manufacturability and reduced engineering cycle time.
  • Directed, guided and monitored support engineers and in-house operational personnel.
  • Continuously learning as much information about multiple rolls in the company to understand work flow and be able to step in when it is required to keep production moving.
  • Extended knowledge about E2 system and can understand the importance of bill of materials, routing steps, and understanding how work orders relate to P.O's and communication to those vendors.
  • Identified new ideas, products and/or features that improved customer satisfaction, reduced costs and kept product line in forefront of industry.

Product Design Engineer

EVO Engineering and Design
06.2020 - 05.2022
  • Aided local companies by improving and standardizing assembly processes, as well as helping design new product lines
  • Collaborated with multiple of people from different companies and manufactures to ensure successful product launch date
  • Communicated ideas to potential customers to ensure that all design requirements are met, and the project has detailed outlines of project schedules
  • Used Solidworks and whiteboard sessions to effectively convey concepts and ideas to customers, suppliers, and manufacturers to help prototype rapidly
  • Effectively communicated with customers to ensure that services that are provided is what is required, and strong relationships are developed between customers to ensure successful product launch.

Product Development Engineering Intern

EVO Engineering And Design
09.2019 - 05.2020
  • Collaborated in teams to create simple and innovative solutions of customer's concepts and designs
  • Carefully worked with suppliers for components and prototype builds
  • Effectively creating designs of products and components using 3D modeling software (SolidWorks)
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
  • Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Hope College
Holland
05.2020

Skills

  • Computer-Aided Design (CAD)-Creo, Solidworks, AutoCAD, and Inventor
  • Workflow Implementation
  • Continuous Improvements
  • Timeline Management
  • Process Requirements
  • Manufacturing Requirements
  • Product Improvement
  • Product Development Testing
  • Specify Materials Needs
  • Lean Manufacturing Processes

Additional Information

In highschool, I was one of the four team captains of my girls swim team. There were over 60 girls on the team. I made sure that the captains were all on the same page, I made sure to set up rides for everyone, developed teamwork and positivity, ensured that all of the team members had competition suits so everyone could perform to the best of their ability, recruited throughout all four years, was nominated the most improved swimmer in 2020, and was nominated to be the most valuable senior in 2020.

Timeline

Lead Product Engineer

TMC Furniture
06.2022 - Current

Product Design Engineer

EVO Engineering and Design
06.2020 - 05.2022

Product Development Engineering Intern

EVO Engineering And Design
09.2019 - 05.2020

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Hope College

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