Experience
Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 8 months
- Analyze specific requirements considering the project goal (DoorS as a tool)
- Derive work packages and define milestones based on the analysis
- Create and continuously update the project plan using MS Project
- Coordinate with departments and industrialize series production
- Review and track milestones and work packages (MS Project, JIRA Confluence)
- Prepare monthly presentations on project planning, status, and outlook for management
- Coordinate prototype setups and tests as part of design verification
- Document all project activities including forecasts, analyses, recommendations, and plans (A-Spice compliant)
- Coordinate with sites in China and Thailand
Mar 2023 - Dec 2023
10 months
- Independently develop and design living containers, office containers, construction containers, and tiny house variants
- Calculate and simulate specifications
- Create the factory layout with two production lines
- Build 15 prototypes for the show area
- Optimize production costs for series manufacturing
- Train and qualify staff for series production
- Develop marketing strategies (marketing mix)
- Create sales strategies for local and external markets
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
3 months
- Prepare, deliver, and follow up on technical trainings in person and online
- Create and adapt training concepts and materials for in-person and online teaching
- Develop teaching and learning programs together with vehicle manufacturers
- Study vehicle and technology specifications based on technical documentation
Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
7 months
- Define and monitor milestones within time, cost, and quality targets
- Support the overall project manager in mechanical and hardware scopes
- Report to internal and external stakeholders
- Plan and assign work packages in detail
- Identify critical paths, control the project, and report progress
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) after design verification
- Manage communication with customers and suppliers
- Handle supplier management for EMC filter scopes
- Plan team resource deployment
- Perform tolerance chain analysis and derive fixture and mounting concepts
- Coordinate with interfaces in France, Hungary, Japan, India, and China
Dec 2020 - Jul 2021
8 months
- Conduct market potential analysis and benchmarks
- Derive demand for technical developments
- Calculate funding needs for two prototypes
- Build the E-E architecture in CAD and size electronic components, fuel cell, and drivetrain
- Write the business plan and financing concept
- Prepare public funding applications
- Build expertise in fuel cell technology
Jan 2019 - Nov 2020
1 year 11 monthsFriedrichshafen, Germany
Hybrid
- Lead subprojects for rail hybrid systems (diesel/e-machine) and marine hybrid systems in the yacht segment
- In-house consulting: develop, train, and implement a change management system
- Create training materials for the change management process
- Implement and train PTC Integrity for requirements and change management
- Plan and manage work packages, prioritize change requests, and document with PTC Integrity
- Report status to the overall project manager and department head
- Plan team resource deployment
- Apply the V-Model and CMMI model
Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
5 months
- Lead the development of e-motors for BEV vehicles in car and commercial vehicle segments
- Plan the project timeline in detail and derive work packages
- Process LOPs from earlier project phases
- Conduct stakeholder analysis and escalate as needed
- Report status to internal decision-makers
- Monitor quality criteria and manage the supplier in Slovenia
- Coordinate e-motor setups in the prototype workshop
- Ensure cost and schedule targets are met
Jul 2017 - Jun 2018
1 year
- Design and select electronic components
- Develop architecture and hardware interfaces
- Create a concept for a compact, everyday city car with low weight
- Write assembly instructions and wiring guide on a Mini Cooper prototype
- Develop the master schedule for potential series production
- Conduct market potential analysis and write the business plan
Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
6 months
- Manage hinge scopes (FKL, HKL) and door hinges plus sliding roof for Audi A7
- Serve as interface to the customer and manage suppliers in the Czech Republic, England, Hungary, and Poland
- Track delivery dates and manage suppliers
- Meet budget targets and milestones
- Oversee prototype builds and the note-3 sampling process
Oct 2015 - Apr 2016
7 months
- Lead the development of aluminum front and rear body parts for Porsche Cayenne
- Manage 236 assembly parts (mechanical, electrical, electronic, mechatronic)
- Coordinate development partners and suppliers
- Task force: track delivery dates from challenging suppliers
- Meet cost targets and milestones from design approval to tool/machining approval
Nov 2014 - Jun 2015
8 months
- Coordinate prototype assemblies for VW Crafter seating
- Capture details and variants of seats and benches
- Plan capacity and resource use in prototype construction
- Lead the project team and manage development partners and suppliers
- Track delivery dates and meet cost and milestone targets
Feb 2012 - Jun 2015
3 years 5 months
- Calculate and simulate exhaust systems
- Coordinate calculations and simulations
- Analyze mechanical and thermomechanical properties
- Align concepts with interfaces
- Build and apply FEM calculation models
- Validate results with tests
Jun 2009 - May 2011
2 years
- Location analyses in Turkey for renewable energy investments (biogas, photovoltaics)
- Project development and financing solutions
- Advise investors on local market opportunities
- Sales partnerships for CHP units up to 1 MW and biogas plants
Jul 2007 - Mar 2008
9 months
- Develop and build a prototype cab for DAF XF 107
- Align requirements with the client
- Coordinate prototype build and internal/external interfaces (Netherlands)
- Evaluate CFD flow analyses and CAE calculations
- Implement the camouflage concept
- Prepare the prototype for testing and trials
May 2000 - Jun 2007
7 years 2 months
- Concept development for lightweight modular design for Audi A4 Cabriolet
- Develop a multifunctional rear wall module system
- Integrate electrical, hydraulic, and safety systems
- Detail design using aluminum die casting
- Achieve high variability and modularity
- Series development of the A-pillar by hydroforming for Volvo C70 Cabriolet
- Coordinate interfaces in Sweden, Japan, England, and internally
- Research alternative body and lightweight concepts (ScaLight and ATLAS projects)
- Conduct idea workshops, benchmarking, patent research, and filings
- Design and coordinate prototype manufacturing using hydroforming, laser welding, roll forming, and high-strength steels