Brian Vera

Experience

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  Ford Motor Company

  May 2017 - now

  -Responsible for designing stamped parts, Front-end closures/ Class A, brackets, reinforcements and hinge mechanisms from design concept through ok to buy.-Responsible for meeting functional and regulatory requirements, weight, cost and tooling targets for specific commodities.-Responsible for managing and meeting weight, piece cost and tooling investments targets of the assigned components through the development of a program. -Responsible for the packaging and attachment scheme of sheet metal components. -Responsible to choose proper coatings to avoid corrosion in the assigned sheet metal components.-Responsible for providing solutions and design actions in order to drive cost/ weight targets down and efficiently. Plant complexity reduction and modularity.-Comply with Vehicle engineering targets such as NVH, Thermal, Aero Management, Ergo, among others as well as FMVSS, Safety and Pedestrian Protection.-Comply with Regulations depending on export markets and Homologation.-Comply with Program Timing-GPDS and deliverables of each milestone.-DFMEA.-DVP&R.-Root cause analysis.-Problem-solving.-Define special and critical characteristics of a product - SCCAFs.-Assure compliance of PPAP and Quality. -Responsible for providing interim and permanent corrective actions for issues during launch, always looking for the best alternative cost and engineering-wise.-Currently assigned to EV programs. Show less Design and Release Engineer - Body Exteriors-Functional and Appereance Trim components.-Responsible for designing injection molded, compression molded and vacuum formed components.-Responsible for meeting requirements, weight, cost and tooling targets for specific commodities.-Responsible for managing status of weight, piece cost and tooling investments of components through the development of a program. (Over $2.5M USD tooling)-Responsible for the packaging and attachment scheme of trim components.-Responsible for providing solutions and design actions in order to drive cost/ weight targets efficiently.-Comply with Vehicle targets such as NVH, Thermal and Aero.-Comply with Program Timing-GPDS and deliverables of each milestone.-DFMEA.-Root cause analysis.-Problem solving.-Define special and critical characteristics of a product - SCCAFs.-Assure compliance of PPAP and Quality.-Responsible for providing interim and permanent corrective actions for issues during launch, always looking for the best alternative cost and engineering wise. Show less

  • D&R Engineer Front-end closures

    May 2021 - now

  • D&R Engineer for Functional Trim

    May 2017 - May 2021