Michael Messer

Design Engineer

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Neuenbürg, Germany

Experience

Jan 2022 - Jul 2023
1 year 7 months
Pforzheim, Germany

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)
Jun 2015 - Jul 2016
1 year 2 months
Birkenfeld, Germany

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
Nov 2013 - May 2015
1 year 7 months
Eisingen, Germany

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
Jan 2012 - Oct 2013
1 year 10 months
Neuenbürg, Germany

Design Manager / Design Engineer / Project Manager

HEGA Apparatebau GmbH

Oct 1991 - Dec 2011
20 years 3 months
Keltern, Germany

Design Engineer / Project Manager

F. K. Galvanik GmbH

Apr 1983 - Sep 1991
8 years 6 months
Keltern, Germany

Design Engineer / Project Manager

Sessler Galvanotechnik GmbH

Jettingen, Germany

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

German
Native
English
Elementary

Education

Sep 1979 - Jan 1983

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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