Luis Ortiz
Electronic Engineer
Rochester Hills
Summary
Electronic Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in Automotive embedded Hardware development.
Experience on Hardware development cycle from conceptual (Quotation/prototype) definition phase until commercialization (Mass production) phase, from technical perspective as EE Developer role and management perspective as EE Project Lead role.
Experience on project management from Electrical discipline for teams located on remote location.
Experience on project management from Electrical discipline in development phase as engineering capabilities establishment for EE work products development milestones.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Sr. Hardware Lead Engineer
Continental Automotive Systems
05.2023 - Current
- Led a team of HW Engineers to deliver the work products required with high-quality on time and within budget.
- Mentoring engineers, contributing to upgrade their professional career and overall team productivity.
- Follow up of work products execution with emphasis on priorities based on project planning and milestones necessities.
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure proper integration execution of the project necessities
- Received and prioritized service requests to optimize resource to met project necessities in terms of planning and milestones.
- Improved communication between locations by definition and implementation of a common framework for execution and release of the work products assigned
- Presentation of technical findings as concisely and clearly as possible during internal meetings, fostering trust and confidence in our engineering capabilities.
- Increased project efficiency by introducing Agile methodologies, resulting in improved development cycle with milestones and work products definition
- Established best practices for documentation, ensuring consistency between work products and templates defined on the development process
- Participated in design reviews to identify potential risks and Improvements on the design and discipline work products .
- Developed HW Inputs for quotation acquisitions based on work products and efforts estimations to perform the execution of the work products defined
- Wrote, reviewed and edited technical document in accordance with template requirements.
- Reviewed technical documentation developed by specialist teams ( ECAD team, High Speed team, EMC team) prior to release.
- Conducted technical evaluations of engineering designs and test results.
- Provide detailed reports on engineering activities and findings to Project Management team.
- Monitored and evaluated engineering performance to recommend improvements.
Sr. Hardware Lead Engineer
Continental Automotive Mexico
05.2021 - 05.2023
- EE Discipline Responsible Project Lead
- EE Discipline Responsible to support Quotation team for EE Application tailoring.
- Part of the Global EE Platform Team - EE Application tailoring interface responsible.
- Responsible for strategic Planning & Prioritization definition for EE Discipline Work Products.
- Agile Methodologies Implementation.
- Mentoring support to EE team members with work experience under development.
- Problem Solving Methodologies (8D/A3) Implementation.
- Risk Assessment Responsible for EE Work Products.
- EE Member of project core team board for decision making.
- EE Responsible for review/approval for Work Products with cross-team disciplines dependency.
- EE Work Products Methodologies definition and review responsible related to the project release milestones.
- Interpretation of customer requirements for product implementation.
- EE Development Architecture Activities.
- Responsible for EE Testing definition to satisfy customer requirements.
- Responsible for: Internal Management, Update and Traceability of the BOM for the project over the Continental PLC (Product Life Cycle).
- Responsible for EE Release Note Approval.
- HW Responsible for customers interface interactions.
- HW Change control definition/support.
- HSIS Release responsible.
- EE Project Technical interface to Manufacturing team responsible.
- Knowledge of Product Life Cycle (PLC) for Projects developed by Continental.
- Automotive HW Design, Integration, Verification and Validation Background.
- Conduct and Evaluate Hardware Test at bench laboratory level.
- EE Testing execution review and approval based on customer requirements.
- WCCA (Worst Case Circuit Analysis) development and update responsible.
- Schematic integration and maintenance in ZUKEN responsible.
- EERN (EE Release Note) responsible per sample released.
- PSpice Simulation support.
- BOM Maintenance responsible.
- Failure Effect Analysis responsible.
- Responsible to determine the root cause analysis for issues related with the Hardware Validation testing issues identified from HW discipline at the ED/DV/PV phase for EMC/Electrical & Environmental testing.
- Sub-Tasks support on MOL (Maintenance Of Line) activities responsible.
- PCNs & PTNs Technical reviews & Follow Up responsible
- Support with HW Inputs on Product Test Specification (PTS) Development.
HW Lead Engineer
Continental Automotive Mexico
01.2019 - 05.2021
- EE Discipline Responsible Project Lead
- EE Discipline Responsible to support Quotation team for EE Application tailoring.
- Part of the Global EE Platform Team - EE Application tailoring interface responsible.
- Responsible for strategic Planning & Prioritization definition for EE Discipline Work Products.
- Agile Methodologies Implementation.
- Problem Solving Methodologies (8D/A3) Implementation.
- Interpretation of customer requirements for product implementation.
- EE Development Architecture Activities.
- Responsible for EE Testing definition to satisfy customer requirements.
- Responsible for: Internal Management, Update and Traceability of the BOM for the project over the Continental PLC (Product Life Cycle).
- Responsible for EE Release Note Approval.
- HW Responsible for customers interface interactions.
- HW Change control definition/support.
- HSIS Release responsible.
- EE Project Technical interface to Manufacturing team responsible.
- Knowledge of Product Life Cycle (PLC) for Projects developed by Continental.
- Automotive HW Design, Integration, Verification and Validation Background.
- Conduct and Evaluate Hardware Test at bench laboratory level.
- EE Testing execution based on customer requirements.
- WCCA (Worst Case Circuit Analysis) development and update responsible.
- Schematic integration and maintenance in ZUKEN responsible.
- EERN (EE Release Note) responsible per sample released.
- PSpice Simulation support.
- BOM Maintenance responsible.
- Failure Effect Analysis responsible.
- Responsible to determine the root cause analysis for issues related with the Hardware Validation testing issues identified from HW discipline at the ED/DV/PV phase for EMC/Electrical & Environmental testing.
- Sub-Tasks support on MOL (Maintenance Of Line) activities responsible.
- PCNs & PTNs Technical reviews & Follow Up responsible
HW Design Engineer
Continental Automotive Mexico
04.2017 - 01.2019
- HW Development architecture activities for Trailer Brake portfolio.
- Interpretation of product requirements.
- Worst Case Calculation Analysis activities.
- Conduct and evaluation of Hardware test at bench laboratory level.
- Failure effect analysis activities
- Responsible and support to determinate the Root Cause Analysis for issues related with the Hardware Validation testing phase.
- Failure Analysis responsible.
- Application of Kanban Methodology.
- Automotive HW Design, Integration, Verification and Validation Background.
- HW Responsible for customers interface interactions.
- Project HW Local responsible.
- Responsible for: Internal management, Update and traceability of the BOM of the project in ECDM Database platform.
- Project BOM Maintenance Responsible.
- Project DFMEA Maintenance Responsible.
- Project HSIS Maintenance Responsible.
- Responsible for Product Technical Interface for Manufacturing Team.
- Knowledge of Product Life Cycle (PLC) for Projects developed by Continental.
- Internal responsible for PCNs & PTNs technical reviews & support for portfolio projects.
- Use and implementation of Product Test Specification (PTS) to manipulate HW samples.
HW Engineer
Continental Automotive Mexico
03.2015 - 04.2017
- Support on Hardware development on Design Validation and Product Validation (PV) phase for Radios portfolio products.
- Use and Implementation of Product Test Specification (PTS) to manipulate hardware samples.
- Support to prototype builds in the factory site.
- Support on production site with technical topics related to the Hardware of the products.
- Support to testing discipline wit technical topics related with the hardware of the products.
- Participation in the Hardware development for Mass Production start phase.
- Conduct and evaluation of the Hardware test at bench level laboratory.
- Responsible for Failures Analysis.
- Responsible and support to determine the root cause analysis for issues related to the Hardware validation testing.
- Internal Management of PCNs & PTNs identification and traceability of the project.
- Internal Management, update and traceability of the Qualification Component Matrix work product for the project in SAP.
- Responsible for internal: management, update and traceability of the BOM of the project in ECDM platform.
- Knowledge of Product Life Cycle (PLC) for projects developed by Continental.
- Project Manager Role on Continental Bussines System (CBS) project, to define a quick guideline to perform reliability testing validations for Hardware verifications perspective for IIC Radios portfolio in Guadalajara location.
Hardware Trainee
Continental Automotive Mexico
07.2014 - 03.2015
- Support on environmental Hardware testing for Radios products
- Plan, conduct and evaluate hardware test at bench laboratory level
- Participation on the development of of the test plan and product qualification program
- Participation on Failure Analysis Samples from Hardware Validation phase
- Participation to determine root cause analysis for issues related with Hardware Validation phase
- Implementation of the 8D/A3 methodology for root cause analysis issues
- Internal management of PCNs and PTNs identification and traceability of the products
RF HW Development Intern
Continental Automotive Mexico
01.2014 - 07.2014
- Optimization & Design of of power supply for wireless charger prototype for automotive application
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Universidad De Guadalajara
Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico 05.2001 -
Skills
Soft Skills:
Results Oriented Mindset
Resilient Mindset
Proactive Mindset
Problem Solving Methodologies (8D/A3)
Project management
Project planning
Project estimation
Root-cause analysis
Analytical problem solving
Review Methodologies background
Documents Control Version background
Microsoft Office Package
Technical Skills:
- Hardware development
- EMC / Electrical Test Plan, Definition / Update / Review / Approval / Release
- ISO 7673 / 10605 / 11452 / 16750 - Specification background
- CISPR 25 - Specification background
- Hardware Validations background knowledge
- Testing and Debugging capabilities - EMC/Electrical (FCA CS00054 Specification background) & Environmental (FCA00054 Specification background)
- DFMEA (IQRM PRO Tool Background)
- Schematic Capture Integration (ZUKEN CR8000-R22)
- Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA) (Mathcad)
- Test Bench Competences
- DMM Competences
- Oscilloscope Competences
Accomplishments
- EE Platform Design tailoring implementation from general concept to specific customer requirements in several projects
- Successful team work collaboration over hard times when unexpected issues are risen with major emphasis on problem resolution over the crisis time and lessons learn approach once the problem is solved
- Definition of standardized work products for acquisitions phase with assumptions and considerations to be taken in order to provide the most accurate efforts in terms of timing and resources for the hardware work products to be consider over the development phase as part of the EE inputs for the acquisition phase
- Experience with multiple projects that provide a better overview perspective under the Development cycle
- Experience with HPC (High Performance Computer) ,Trailer Brakes, Lighting, Radios modules development
Timeline
Sr. Hardware Lead Engineer
Continental Automotive Systems
05.2023 - Current
Sr. Hardware Lead Engineer
Continental Automotive Mexico
05.2021 - 05.2023
HW Lead Engineer
Continental Automotive Mexico
01.2019 - 05.2021
HW Design Engineer
Continental Automotive Mexico
04.2017 - 01.2019
HW Engineer
Continental Automotive Mexico
03.2015 - 04.2017
Hardware Trainee
Continental Automotive Mexico
07.2014 - 03.2015
RF HW Development Intern
Continental Automotive Mexico
01.2014 - 07.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Universidad De Guadalajara
05.2001 -
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