James Grubbs

Experience

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  YETI Coolers

  May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Innovation Development Intern

  For this Internship, I worked as both a Program Manager and a Design Engineer on multiple projects and products. As a Design Engineer, I was able to handle the design revision process for a significant Accessory product, including CAD modeling, FEA, FMEA, and product testing. As a Program Manager, I was able to oversee and implement a few projects, but the main project was leading the above accessory from the engineering phase through the procurement phase and final testing.

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  Lutron Electronics

  Apr 2019 - now

  Project Management & Leadership• Project Leader for multiple Business-Critical Engineering and Manufacturing Projects, leading teams of cross-functional engineers towards project success• Team Lead for the Existing Product Support (EPS) Team, where I report to upper level management and directors on the status of ongoing and future Existing Product Support projectsProcess Development and Improvement• Work within the Lutron manufacturing team to develop and support production processes for our Austin, TX and Chihuahua, MX manufacturing facilitiesManufacturer Relations• Lead engineering calls and manage communication of engineering issues, new product introductions, process changes, and quality improvements to our Contract Manufacturers Show less Mechanical Design• Work on the development and improvement of LED based Lamps, Luminaires, and Downlights • Responsible for the creation and maintenance of parts, assemblies, drawings, and other 3D CAD within our CAD (Creo) and PLM (Agile) environments• Responsible for designing and testing parts for injection molding, die-casting, and machining processes• Manage and review DFM, FAI, Failure Analysis reports, 8D reports, and solve issues with both engineering runs and mass production at manufacturersProject Management & Leadership• Team Lead for the Existing Product Support (EPS) Team, where I report to upper level management and directors on the status of ongoing and future Existing Product Support projects• Lead and manage multiple projects within the EPS Team to source and validate alternative components, improve quality, reduce cost, bring on new parts and processes, and achieve standards compliance.Quality Assurance• Took part in the development and led the Implementation of a Supplier Quality Assessment plan to inspect incoming product to catch production issues and resolve them rapidlyProcess Development and Improvement• Work with our Manufacturing team to develop and support production processes in our Austin, TX manufacturing facilityManufacturer Relations• Lead engineering calls and manage communication of engineering issues, new product introductions, process changes, and quality improvements to our Contract ManufacturersRecruiting• Campus Manager for Engineering Recruiting at UT Austin Show less

  • Design and Development Manufacturing Engineer

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Senior Mechanical Project Engineer

    Apr 2019 - Apr 2024