Vedran Kovac

Experience

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  LOZ METALPRES

  Apr 1998 - Jan 2001

  Design engineer

  -design of punch tools for sheet-tin products-design of the mouldes for small plastic products-founding solutions and constructing of new products-improving of production-using ACad 14, ACad 2000

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  LOUDA SYSTEMS

  Jan 2001 - Dec 2002

  Design engineer

  -10 months of training in Gersthofen, Germany-researching of mechanical improvements and their apply on the machines and equipment for plastic cards production-improving and constructing the punch tools for plastic cards-using ACad Genius, ACad 2000, ACad Mechanical 6

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  SAIPEM Mediterranean Services

  Jan 2003 - May 2006

  Pipeline installation engineer / project engineer

  -preparing and producing of drawings (offshore pipelines and jackets installation and installation methods)-producing cad 3d models of jackets, top side modules and spools -preparing of Alignment sheets, conversion of data from client documentation to drawings -preparing of Catenarie mooring line analysis and Pipe stacking analysis- involved in projects: Agip Sealine Amelia B –Tea, Galata project, and Marica jacket, Sakhalin II, Sirri to Qeshm, Sirri to Kish, South Pars, Libya Bouri field, Mut pipeline project, Alga 1600,Gela and AKPO project -2 months spent in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Azeri project, producing drawings of real onboard situations and production progress inspection-using ACad 2002, ACad 2004 and Saipem applications Show less

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  DYNOMAX

  May 2006 - Oct 2008

  Design engineer

  -Development and design of machines and devices for special purpose electronic connectors production. Projects are based on existing solutions or developed as completely new product. -projects includes solution finding out and developing, producing of assembly and detailed drawings, contacts with vendors, purchased parts selection and parts list preparing. -high speed motorized or non motorized spindles upgrades and drawings production on customer request-Sep. 30th – Dec. 29th 2007. spent in Chicago, commissioning of the Follwer machine, as design team member; Laboratory Staple Marking Tool final revision drawings preparation and drawing issue, parts production supervision, own design.-Jan. 21st – Apr. 17th 2008. spend in Chicago, Camera Vision System development and installation; work on nano connectors documentation; nano connectors mouldes modifications. -using ACad 2002,Acad 2007 and SolidWorks 2006. Show less

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  YAZAKI Europe Limited

  Oct 2008 - Feb 2021

  Product Engineer

  Design Engineer Responsibilities:• Design of Charge couplers for electric vehicles• Conceptual and detailed design (3d models)• Detailed 2d drawings production from concept through to mass production phase• ESOR• Tolerance analysis Product Engineer ( promoted in Aug. 2013)(in the role of lead/project Engineer for high voltage – chargers subdivision, consisting of 7 members)Responsibilities:• Supervision and participation in the conceptual and detailed design of Charge couplers for electric vehicles• Drawings and tol. analysis checking and approving• DFMEA• Functional review / Design check• Customer and suppliers correspondence• Project status presentation to internal management and collaborative off-site teams (Europe and Asia).Projects:• Generic Type2 Inlet in association with Sowa-sekki company in Japan; as design Engineer (Jan-Feb 2010) • Multiple OEM Type2 Inlet, spent in Yazaki Corporation Japan; as design Engineer (Sep-Oct 2010)• BMW BEV Type1 Inlet; as design Engineer• VW E-Golf and E-Up! CHAdeMO DC Inlet; as lead design Engineer• Design review presentation for VW E-Golf and E-Up! CHAdeMO DC Inlet in Daito factory Japan (July 2013)• Jaguar CHAdeMO DC Inlet X590 (BEV) / L405 / L494 (PHEV) ; as lead design Engineer• Jaguar / Land Rover MLA modular Inlets – prototype phase; as lead design Engineer• Concept “S“ general project in cooperation with Japan, China, and Philippines off-site teams; as group lead EngineerTrainings:• Basic HEV training; Japan, Haibara (Feb-Mar 2009)• High Power EDS at PTC/YSE; Portugal (July 2010)• Injection molding & Processing at CTT; Zagreb (Jan. 2012)• Molding & Processing Training at JuHa company; Luedenschied, Germany (March 2012)• High-performance stamping technology at KIST company; Germany (March 2013)• Speaking and presenting with confidence; Zagreb (February 2016)Patents:• Connector with plug lever, pat. No. 10186466.8-1231• Crimping tool, pat. No. 14154336.3-1801 Show less

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  Vertiv

  Feb 2021 - now

  Program Manager