Michael Messer
Design Engineer
Experience
Design Engineer
Schüssler Technik GmbH
- Development and design of drives with support from product management
- Technical support for purchasing
- Creation of specifications and requirements documents, FMEAs, calculations and validations with CAE, test protocols
- Communication with suppliers, customers, production, assembly, quality management and product management
- Testing products and root cause analysis
- Support for marketing activities (e.g., trade shows)
Design Manager / Design Engineer
Kohnle GmbH
- Management of the design of hardening furnaces, tempering furnaces and quenching baths
- Leading a team of five employees
- Conducting technical feasibility studies
- Cost estimation for tool offers
- Developing and further improving innovative tool and production concepts
- Workflow and schedule control, cost monitoring
- Ensuring compliance with quality requirements
- Optimizing manufacturing processes
Design Manager / Design Engineer
Bender Automation
- Designing automation systems for the automotive industry
- Head of the design department – organizationally, strategically and content-wise
- Technical and disciplinary leadership of a team of two employees
- Standardizing design processes
- Regular schedule, cost and quality control
- Responsibility for cost efficiency
- Introduction and implementation of 3D simulations for structural analysis and design of stamping machines
Design Manager / Design Engineer / Project Manager
HEGA Apparatebau GmbH
Design Engineer / Project Manager
F. K. Galvanik GmbH
Design Engineer / Project Manager
Sessler Galvanotechnik GmbH
Design Manager / Design Engineer
Schleuniger Test Automation GmbH
- Design of test systems for cable assemblies
- Management and implementation of development projects
- Optimization and further development of processes and systems
- Responsibility for cost-efficient and on-time execution
- Point of contact and driving force in collaboration with external development partners
- Maintenance of customer and supplier relationships
- Interface work with sales and electrical planning
- Product portfolio design
- Technical and disciplinary leadership of eight employees
- Introduction and optimization of a new numbering system to reduce data volume
- Patent: Development and design of a 4-wire contacting system to test the exact resistance of cable conductors
Summary
My enthusiasm for learning and hunger for knowledge drive my ongoing development. I have gained strong leadership skills and many years of experience in design management as well as in custom and mechanical engineering. Solid CAD and process engineering knowledge, especially in the automotive sector, complement my profile. I am characterized by flexibility, organizational strength, and communication skills, as well as a hands-on mentality, an entrepreneurial mindset, and assertiveness. With solution-oriented thinking and effective project, process, and cost management, I ensure innovative, sustainable results.
Skills
Team Leadership & Motivation
Project Management
Solution Orientation
Teamwork
Willingness To Learn
Flexible
Stress Resistance
Self-organized
Goal Oriented
Resilient
Business-minded
Microsoft Office 365, Ms Project
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Autodesk Inventor
Autocad/draftsight, Solidworks
Camworks, Creo Parametric
Erp System
Languages
Education
Stöber Drive Technology
Certified Machine Fitter · Machine Fitter · Pforzheim, Germany
Certifications & licenses
IHK – Leadership for Master Craftsmen
IHK Pforzheim
IHK – Project Management
IHK Pforzheim
Certified Machine Safety Expert Training
Pilz GmbH Ostfildern
Certified Design Manager / Design Engineer / Project Manager / Machine Safety Expert
HEGA Apparatebau GmbH
Certified Machine Fitter
CAMWorks/CNC Milling, Stöber Drive Technology
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