Thomas Luft
Owner / Consulting Engineer
Experience
Owner / Consulting Engineer
Thomas Luft - Agile & FMEA
- Facilitate Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) workshops using agile methods such as Agile, Scrum and Design Thinking, in person, online and hybrid formats
- Support development teams in organizing and developing FMEAs according to the latest standards
- Reintroduce FMEA and oversee process optimization
- Lead mechanical development and quality planning teams in automotive interiors, with and without staff responsibility
- Provide interim management in mechanical development and quality planning for manufacturing companies and automotive suppliers
- Offer 30-minute consultations via online scheduling
Job Search - Team Lead; Agile/Scrum Master + PO; FMEA Moderator/Consultant
Personaltransfer West
- Prepare for new challenges through training, coaching and certification
Lead Mechanical Engineer
BHTC
- Led a team of engineers developing driver interface and design components of climate control units, with personnel and technical responsibility
- Managed personnel planning, development, coaching and technical accountability for results
- Oversaw industrialization, supplier development, quality and performance improvement, and product and process optimization
- Served as design lead and held technical responsibility for mechanical components of complete customer climate projects
Lead Mechanical Design Engineer
Delphi
- Served as lead engineer for mechanical design across several customer projects and acquisitions
Program Manager
Delphi
- Managed customer projects, leading project teams with responsibility for planning, performance, cost, reporting and timing
Program Manager
Delphi
- Program management for customer projects, including planning, performance, cost, reporting, and timing responsibilities
- Led project teams
Project Engineer
Delphi
- Lead engineer for several customer projects, including gearwheel sensor and PRNDL display
Project Engineer
MERIT GmbH
- Worked as CAD designer and customer interface
- Led industrialization up to project engineer for customer projects such as multifunction seat switch and PRNDL displays
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Automotive (30.5 years), Manufacturing (13.5 years), and Professional Services (5 years).
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Experienced in Product Development (27 years), Quality Assurance (15 years), Project Management (12 years), Procurement (10 years), and Operations (2.5 years).
Summary
My name is Thomas Luft. I am a freelance consulting engineer. I am a passionate product developer with a focus on quality. I am a graduate engineer, certified moderator, Agile Master and Product Owner.
I moderate Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) workshops and support development teams in organizing and developing FMEAs according to the latest standards.
My moderation uses “Agile” methods, human-centered, entertaining and with the help of whiteboards. Online as well as hybrid and offline. Inexperienced participants are coached at the same time in “what” and “how”.
Together with you, I successfully (re-)introduce FMEA and supervise the optimization of the processes. The FMEA will be compliant with the rules but will be created quickly and effectively by means of proven systematics, so that errors in your products and in your production are detected and avoided at an early stage. At the same time, the participants get a better understanding of their own product and communicate across departments. You can always take profit from the automotive/mechatronics experience of your moderator.
Are you on the way to "Agile"? Let's link FMEA and Agile Project Management and complement each other.
A consistent, true and complete FMEA with a focus on effectiveness is not only part of standards in the automotive industry and medical technology, it’s the perfect complement to your quality processes, risk management, start-up optimization, increased effectiveness and efficiency for you and your suppliers. With the help of standardized FMEAs (family and mother FMEAs or templates), you establish a knowledge store for continuous improvement.
As an interim manager, I lead teams in mechanical development and quality planning in the field of automotive interiors with and without personnel responsibility. I can draw on 23 years of experience in this field. Companies in the manufacturing industry, automotive suppliers, from Tier one to SMEs and manufacturers of mechatronic devices benefit from my wealth of experience.
Skills
- Mechanical Engineering
- Requirements Management
- Dfmea
Languages
Education
Technical University of Chemnitz
Engineer (University) · Mechanical Engineering · Chemnitz, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Agile Master
Certified Moderator
Product DFMEA Owner
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