Thomas Luft

Owner, (Freelancer), Consulting Engineer

Lippstadt, Germany

Experience

Jul 2021 - Present
4 years 1 month
Lippstadt, Germany

Owner, (Freelancer), Consulting Engineer

Thomas Luft - Agile & FMEA

  • 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.
Dec 2020 - Present
4 years 8 months
Lippstadt, Germany

Searching Job - Team Lead; Agile / Scrum / Agile Master+PO; FMEA Moderator / Consultant

Personaltransfer West

  • Prepare for new challenges, training, coaching, qualifying.
Jan 2010 - Dec 2020
10 years
Lippstadt, Germany

Lead Mechanical Engineer

BHTC

  • Leading a group of engineers developing driver interface and design parts of climate control units including:
  • Personnel and technical responsibility: Personnel planning, development, coaching and technical responsibility for results.
  • Industrialization: Supplier development, quality and performance improvement, product and process-optimization.
  • Design lead and responsibility: Technical responsibility for mechanical components of complete customer climate project.
Jul 2004 - Dec 2010
6 years 6 months
Langenlonsheim, Germany

Lead Engineer Mechanical Design

Delphi

  • Lead engineer mechanical design for several customer projects and acquisitions.
Jan 2004 - Jul 2004
7 months
Gummersbach, Germany

Program Manager

Delphi

  • Same like in CTC Wuppertal.
Apr 2001 - Jan 2004
2 years 10 months
Wuppertal, Germany

Program Manager

Delphi

  • Program management for customer projects, lead of project team.
  • Planning, performance, cost, reporting and timing responsibility.
Jul 1997 - Apr 2001
3 years 10 months
Wuppertal, Germany

Project Engineer

Delphi

  • Lead engineer for several customer projects, e.g. gearwheel sensor, PRNDL-Display.
  • Worked at Mechatronic Systems, CTC Wuppertal.
Apr 1995 - Jul 1997
2 years 4 months
Gummersbach, Germany

Project Engineer

Delphi

  • CAD-designer, customer interface, industrialization lead up to project engineer for customer projects:
  • Multifunction seat switch.
  • PRNDL displays and more.
  • This role was at former Merit GmbH.

Summary

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.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Russian
Elementary

Education

Oct 1989 - Jun 1994

Chemnitz University of Technology

Engineering · Mechanical Engineering · Chemnitz, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Agile Master

Certified Moderator

Developing Business Models with the Business Model Canvas

Convincing in Videoconferences

Management Design Thinking & Co. (Blinkist and Key Insights)

Product DFMEA Owner

Advanced Quick-Wittedness

Scrum Basics: The Product Owner