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Scott Anderson

Electrical Packaging Engineer
Kernersville,NC
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Scott Anderson

Summary

Dynamic Design Engineer with +10 years of experience with the product development process from conceptual design to product launch. Extensive experience in 3D CAD modeling of mechanical and electrical systems complex assemblies and components, wire harness routing and top-down design. Excellent communication and problem solving skills with relentless attention to detail. Proven team player ready to contribute in all environments with preference for one that is fast paced and involves multiple levels of responsibilities.

Overview

11
years of professional experience

Work History

Volvo Trucks
Greensboro, NC

Electrical Packaging Engineer- PTC Creo, Windchill
11.2020 - Current

Job overview

  • Wire Harness design and development - Battery Electric Heavy Trucks
  • Development of wire harness routing and clipping, maintaining/updating legacy harness design, component selection, & component packaging
  • Comprehensive CAD and project support to lead engineers, project management, manufacturing and procurement. Direct interface with OEM supply chain.
  • Member of Volvo’s electric truck launch team, responsible for the development of main chassis wiring harness
  • Member of Volvo’s electric truck launch team, responsible for the development of main chassis wiring harness
  • Collaborated with lead engineers regarding customer design specifications and design changes.
  • Utilized customer interface data to develop complex parts and assemblies and comprehensive drawing packages.
  • Presentation development of design concepts for customer approval.
  • Worked with manufacturing to resolve part and assembly discrepancies on current and legacy production units.

Alten
Greensboro, NC

Electrical Packaging Engineer- PTC Creo, Windchill
06.2020 - 11.2020

Job overview

  • Wire Harness design and development - Mid Size Cab Over EV Semi Truck
  • Responsible for designing and packaging both the high & low voltage wire harness systems on a diesel to EV truck conversion prototype build
  • Worked closely with the mechanical team to highlight possible design improvements or electrical routing/packaging
  • Created precise wire harness nail board drawings for manufacturing
  • Help to develop and maintain the wire harness parts database
  • Developed all harnesses for the EV1 prototype build in 3 months

Volvo Trucks
Greensboro, NC

Wire Harness Designer - Volvo Trucks
10.2019 - 06.2020

Job overview

  • Wire Harness design and development - Battery Electric Heavy Trucks
  • Developed high-quality engineering designs and plans to meet industry standards.
  • Developed comprehensive engineering documents for all projects.
  • Collaborated with other departments to facilitate successful project completion.
  • Assisted in developing cost-effective solutions to engineering problems.

Mayco International
Sterling, MI

CAD Designer - CATIA V5
03.2019 - 10.2019

Job overview

  • Product design and development - Automotive Interior Trim - (Customer) Lucid Motors
  • B & C side part development of plastic injection molded interior trim components from a studio driven A-surface
  • Traveled to customer, providing two weeks of on-site design support during customers initial BIW release
  • Design on new the attachment scheme to BIW using molded snap features and standard components resulted in 1 million dollar plus savings on tooling
  • Provided space claiming and packaging studies, reviewed development of design weekly with customer
  • Incorporated design changes based on feedback from project teams.

Flex-N-Gate
Sterling Heights, MI

CAD Engineer - Catia V5
05.2017 - 02.2019

Job overview

  • Interacted with architects and clients to obtain critical design information necessary to complete projects within intended time frames.
  • Designed high quality, robust and cost-effective CAD product models by preparing routine layouts, detailed drawings, assembly sketches and diagrams.
  • Liaised with architects, engineers and designers to understand design requirements and provided technical advice to manufacturing and construction technicians.
  • Collected construction site reports, analyzed building codes and made weight, volume and stress calculations to determine materials needed for projects.

General Motors Co
Sterling Heights, MI

Design Engineer - Nx 9
12.2015 - 04.2017

Job overview

  • Developed plastic injection molded brackets, that were used to for the mounting and routing the vehicles wiring harness
  • Conducted engineering studies on design for products, associated and subsystems components and structures.
  • Complex molded part designs included living hinges, snap features by creating fully constrained parametric sketches
  • Implemented new strategies to reduce costs and improve efficiency of engineering team.
  • Complete understanding of working with in the Vehicle Assembly Structure

Seco Tools
Troy, MI

Tool Designer
06.2014 - 12.2015

Job overview

Design and Developement: Custom Cutting Tools (mills, drills, etc.)

  • Inspected sample workpieces to verify conformance with specifications using instruments such as gauges, micrometers and dial indicators.
  • Profound understanding of progressive machining operations
  • Analyzed customer part and created or refined a full manufacturing process

SMR Automotive
Marysville, MI

Mechanical Engineering Detailer
01.2012 - 06.2014

Job overview

  • Collaborated with coworkers, discussing assembly, and needed product adjustments.
  • Wrote work orders and parts fabrication requests.
  • Used computer-aided design (CAD) software to create detailed drawings and schematics of mechanical systems.
  • Researched new technologies related to mechanical engineering to improve designs and processes.

Education

Macomb Community College
Warren, MI

from Associate's Degree - Product Development

University of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

from Bachelor's Degree - Electrical Engineering Tech
05.2025

Skills

  • CAD Systems - PTC Creo, Catia V5, Siemens Nx, Eplan
  • PLM Systems - Windchill, Teamcenter, SmartTeam
  • Experienced Wire Harness Designer
  • Experienced Plastic Injection Molded Parts
  • Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Obsession-to-Detail
  • Results Oriented
  • Team Leadership

Affiliations

  • Special Olympics, Area 27, Volunteer: 2015 - present
  • Livingston County Humane Society, Volunteer: 2013 - present
  • Labor of Love, Volunteer: 2011
  • Special Ministries of Livingston County: 2010 - 2011
  • LOVE, Inc. - Livingston County: 2007-2008
  • Arc of Livingston, Board Member: 2000 - 2003  
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Timeline

Electrical Packaging Engineer- PTC Creo, Windchill

Volvo Trucks
11.2020 - Current

Electrical Packaging Engineer- PTC Creo, Windchill

Alten
06.2020 - 11.2020

Wire Harness Designer - Volvo Trucks

Volvo Trucks
10.2019 - 06.2020

CAD Designer - CATIA V5

Mayco International
03.2019 - 10.2019

CAD Engineer - Catia V5

Flex-N-Gate
05.2017 - 02.2019

Design Engineer - Nx 9

General Motors Co
12.2015 - 04.2017

Tool Designer

Seco Tools
06.2014 - 12.2015

Mechanical Engineering Detailer

SMR Automotive
01.2012 - 06.2014

Macomb Community College

from Associate's Degree - Product Development

University of North Carolina Charlotte

from Bachelor's Degree - Electrical Engineering Tech
Scott AndersonElectrical Packaging Engineer