PJ Casey
San Francisco,California
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Director, AV Release and Issue Management
Cruise
03.2023 - Current
- Developed from inception to production all product release processes (AV system & Cloud Services) to enable rapid iteration while balancing complex validation across physical testing and large scale simulations
- Managed AV behavioral risk assessment and management compliant with Airline best practices adapted to AV industry
- Identify, triage, and track all field issues for over 7 million miles (146 person years worth of driving).
- Represent engineering for all high impact incidents as Engineering Incident Commander for over 100 incidents
- Built configuration management ecosystem including system design, policy, product and validation for entire AV product.
- Manage and developed team of 40 engineers and managers
Sr Manager, AV Release and Issue Management
Cruise
01.2019 - 03.2023
- Developed from inception to production all product release processes (AV system & Cloud Services) to enable rapid iteration while balancing complex validation across physical testing and large scale simulations
- Managed AV behavioral risk assessment and management compliant with Airline best practices adapted to AV industry
- Identify, triage, and track all field issues for over 7 million miles (146 person years worth of driving).
- Represent engineering for all high impact incidents as Engineering Incident Commander for over 100 incidents
Senior Test Engineering Manager
Cruise
06.2018 - 01.2019
- Drove reliability improvements with daily exec meetings resulting in 100x increase AV mileage in autonomous miles.
- Interviewed and built team from 20 to 40
- Established core feedback loop for engineering development and company performance measurement
- Root caused and drove issue resolution with engineering
- Authored testing scenarios for planning engineering
Test Engineering Manager
Cruise
06.2016 - 06.2018
- Interviewed and built team from 1 to 20
- Established core feedback loop for engineering development and company performance measurement
- Root caused and drove issue resolution with engineering
- Authored testing scenarios for planning engineering
Test Engineer
Cruise
02.2016 - 06.2016
- Established core feedback loop for engineering development and company performance measurement
- Root caused and drove issue resolution with engineering
- Authored testing scenarios for planning engineering
NPI Engineer
ODG (Osterhout Design Group)
10.2011 - 02.2016
- Built prototypes to sell Augmented Reality IP to Microsoft for $100 million
- Manufactured prototypes and small scale production for various devices
- Found root causes for complex optical and electro-mechanical systems issues
- Managed manufacturing and testing workflows
- Introduced and managed BOM and inventory control systems
- Managed all manufacturing NPI schedules.
Manufacturing Engineer
Brocade
09.2009 - 10.2011
- Launched industry first 16Gig/s fiber channel SAN switch
- Technical project manager and lead manufacturing engineer
- Managed BOM, ECOs, and MCOs
- Identified and resolved issues with PCBA and system assembly manufacturability
Education
Masters - Mechanical Engineering Dynamic Systems and Controls
The University of Texas At Austin
Austin, TX01.2009
BS - Mechanical Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV01.2007
Skills
- Robotics System Validation
- AI Validation and System Integration
- People Management
- System Engineering
- Risk Assessment
- Change and Configuration Management
- Quality Management
Timeline
Director, AV Release and Issue Management
Cruise
03.2023 - Current
Sr Manager, AV Release and Issue Management
Cruise
01.2019 - 03.2023
Senior Test Engineering Manager
Cruise
06.2018 - 01.2019
Test Engineering Manager
Cruise
06.2016 - 06.2018
Test Engineer
Cruise
02.2016 - 06.2016
NPI Engineer
ODG (Osterhout Design Group)
10.2011 - 02.2016
Manufacturing Engineer
Brocade
09.2009 - 10.2011
Masters - Mechanical Engineering Dynamic Systems and Controls
The University of Texas At Austin
BS - Mechanical Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
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