Nicholas Kilbarger
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Fascination for automobiles and the technology that powers them has driven me through my educational and professional career to where I am today. After blending my analytical skills in automotive hardware and software, I am ready to transition to a software development engineering role.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Aftersales Quality Engineer
Porsche Cars North America
09.2023 - Current
- Support Porsche Centers across the North American market with analysis of field quality topics across vehicle systems in the Porsche model range.
- Interface regularly with quality and development engineering operations at Porsche AG in Germany to plan and execute root cause analysis and solution release management for North America via software validation.
- Perform ad-hoc analysis on vehicle data to understand patterns and identify/track failure clusters for topic prioritization.
Praktikant Energiemanagement Gesamtfahrzeug
Porsche AG
03.2023 - 09.2023
- Supported long distance test tours to evaluate dynamic range estimation algorithm performance in prototype vehicles.
- Furthered vehicle energy consumption and efficiency data analysis projects by implementing algorithms in Matlab to transform vehicle telemetry data into specific energy visualizations and metrics.
- Developed physics-based vehicle performance and efficiency calculator tools in Excel based on various drive cycles and design requirement inputs.
Quality Engineering Analyst Intern
Porsche Cars North America
12.2021 - 04.2023
- Supported the AfterSales Quality Engineering Team of 5 Engineers with field monitoring of vehicle breakdowns, communication of technical support topics, and inspection and analysis efforts for repurchased vehicles across the North American market.
- Installed data logging hardware and configured XCP signal logging over Flexray and CAN for deeper analysis in collaboration with Porsche AG.
- Expanded Python and Excel macro-based Taycan HV battery analysis tools to derive better diagnostic insights.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Clemson University
Clemson01-2021
Master of Science - Automotive Engineering
Clemson University International Center For Automotive Research
Greenville05-2024
Skills
- Porsche/Audi ECU Network Architectures (MLBevo, E^3)
- Signal logging over CAN, Flexray, Ethernet via Vector CANape and CANoe
- Total vehicle DAQ via CSM and Racelogic
- System modeling and computation via Matlab & Simulink
- Data analysis in Python and ML pipelines via Pytorch
- Agile working method via Jira/Confluence
- Code repo cloning and management in GitHub
- German language experience
Certification
NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering (FE Mechnical) Exam
Timeline
Aftersales Quality Engineer
Porsche Cars North America
09.2023 - Current
Praktikant Energiemanagement Gesamtfahrzeug
Porsche AG
03.2023 - 09.2023
Quality Engineering Analyst Intern
Porsche Cars North America
12.2021 - 04.2023
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Clemson University
Master of Science - Automotive Engineering
Clemson University International Center For Automotive Research