Jennifer Cerullo

Experience

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  Toronto Hydro

  Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Program Management

  - Provided support for consultants in performing Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC). - Programmed macros to issue reports four times faster than previous method.

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  Enwave Energy Corporation

  Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  Operations Analyst

  - Conducted research and submitted formal reports to senior management regarding cooling system infrastructure reliability. - Designed a model to predict peak steam loads, with minimum of 80% accuracy.

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  Dana Holding Corporation

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Product Development Engineering

  - Conducted low-cycle fatigue analysis of sheet metal for material validation, results submitted to senior management. - Identified failure modes of charge air coolers, including turbulizer bond failure, internal corrosion and fin bypass. - Provided production support to improve ratio of in-spec parts. - Awarded best engineering co-op end of term presentation.

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  Dana Holding Corporation

  Jan 2015 - Apr 2015

  Product Development Engineering

  - Designed and built a bench scale test to simulate in-vehicle conditions experienced by supercharger components. Initial testing was highly successful. - Used fluid dynamics principles to size a pump for the bench test. - Conducted root cause failure analysis of parts subjected to accelerated life testing. This included sectioning and microscopic inspection. - Assisted in wiring, soldering and programming of Arduino microcontrollers. - Developed process specifications for manual assembly of heat exchangers. - Built custom prototype heat exchangers for customers. Show less

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  Imtex Membranes

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

  Membrane Technologist

  - Operated and serviced the plumbing and sensor components (flow/pressure meters) of pilot-scale systems involving high pressure, flammable gases and corrosive solutions- Performed routine service shutdowns safely and assisted in identifying and correcting leaks- Used nonlinear regression on system data to correlate gas permeation to temperature- Programmed a steady-state model of a membrane gas separation column in MatLab, accounting for non-ideal behaviours, based on first-principle thermodynamics- Developed the procedure for automating a water reservoir top-up process based on test data- Wrote SOPs and maintained a clean, safe working environment Show less

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  Apple

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  IPhone Product Design Engineering

  - Responsible for Design Of Experiments to replicate field failures involving steel components- Performed reliability testing, identified failure modes using SEM/EDS microscopy techniques- Used factorial analysis to identify correlation between surface coating thickness and substrate selection with number of cycles to failure- Component and fixture design in NX10 3D CAD software- Analyzed prototype units for cosmetic failures to identify issues in manufacturing processes, including metal warpage Show less

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  Spin Master

  Jul 2017 - Jan 2019

  Product Development and Operations Engineering

  - Lead cost reduction exercises to meet target price while maintaining functionality- Optimized toy designs using DFMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly)- Characterized prototype performance by developing a test analogous to Rockwell Hardness- Advised a 4-person team of industrial designers on designing according to global safety standards. Recommendations included modifications to a motor and fan enclosure- Developed metrics for evaluating vendors’ compliance to production contracts, balanced stock inventory across North America, managed supply flows using SAP- Led Lean Manufacturing initiative to reduce consumption of raw material in foam pool toys production, leading to annual savings of $40,000- Programmed automated Excel templates using VBA to compile and format reports, leading to 43 working days of saved time annually- Hosted a play day at a local women and children’s shelter using Spin Master donated toys Show less

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  Dana Incorporated

  Jan 2019 - now

  - design and validation of battery system thermal management for electric vehicles- RFI to prototype to saleable launch support- DVPR and DFMEA- fluid dynamics and thermodynamic simulation- material properties testing to optimize heat transfer, adhesion, durability- research into dielectric protection (voltage withstand, adhesive strength)- creative use of composite and metal additive manufacturing for process improvement - support of prototype phase efforts including design validation and process troubleshooting- development of test procedures for quality checks of ecoated metal components- braze quality analysis: joint strength, clad flow- accelerated life testing for durability - design of oil coolers for vehicles in response to customer RFI- pressure drop and heat exchange capacity predictions based on simulation and lab data- handmade prototype builds for design validation- development of small-scale, low-cost component dies using additive manufacturing- research into material properties of various sheet metal alloys

  • EV Product Engineer

    Jul 2022 - now

  • EV Product Engineering Associate

    Sept 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Thermal Products Applications Engineering Associate

    Jan 2019 - Sept 2020