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Eric Malinowski

Eric Malinowski

Manufacturing Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Product Engineer at Steelcase

  • Education

    • Calvin College

      2003 - 2007
      BSE Mechanical Engineering

       Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering Maintained a 3.1 GPA while participating in part time internships during the school year, full time in the summer and working two part time jobs year-round.  Successfully completed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Courses completed include Mechanics of Materials, Intermediate Thermo/Fluid Sciences & Design, Thermal Systems Design, Elementary Differential Equations, Machine Component Design, and Business Aspects for… Show more  Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering Maintained a 3.1 GPA while participating in part time internships during the school year, full time in the summer and working two part time jobs year-round.  Successfully completed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Courses completed include Mechanics of Materials, Intermediate Thermo/Fluid Sciences & Design, Thermal Systems Design, Elementary Differential Equations, Machine Component Design, and Business Aspects for Engineers Participated in team to construct a wind turbine-Took responsibility to work with Consumers Energy company. Acquired permits and proper metering equipment Designed and built a 4-person (2+2) human powered vehicle -Each person’s input was combined on the rear drive axle -Properly designed steering linkages accounting for Ackermann angles Show less

  • Experience

    • Rapid-Line Inc

      Mar 2005 - Aug 2008
      Manufacturing Engineer

       Manage paint line cost reductions  Implement tube bending software to allow for offline programming and integrated CMM input Design parts and assemblies in Unigraphics NX5, Inventor, and, AutoCAD Fixture and tooling design to aid in welding, machining, and assembly processes CMM, FARO Arm, tube bending, laser, and turret punch programming  Completed training courses for APQP, PPAP, and FMEA

    • Fuel Systems Inc.

      Aug 2008 - Mar 2009
      Design Engineer

       Fuel tank design using Unigraphics NX6 for heavy truck and automotive customers Implemented standard parts toolbox to speed design process

    • Center Manufacturing

      Jun 2009 - Apr 2010
      Cost Estimator

       Prepare quotes for new parts Work with finance to streamline quote system. Replaced Excel based system by implementing function into dedicated MRP system

    • American Seating Company

      Mar 2010 - Nov 2013

       Supervise team responsible for supporting American Seating’s most important customer  Manage work load and projects for team of experienced applications engineers  Design, analyze and test dynamic load bearing structures for city bus applications  Responsible for $15 million in product orders per year  Design field service kits, and write service bulletins Substantially improved relations with customer engineering contacts Implement new structure design resulting in major cost saving each year Principle engineering representative in customer key account team  Design, test and implement product improvements Show less

      • Applications Engineering Team Leader

        Mar 2012 - Nov 2013

      • Applications Engineering Associate

        Mar 2010 - Feb 2012

    • Johnson Controls

      Nov 2013 - Jun 2014
      Product Engineer

       Current Production Support - Sun Visors- Toyota Business Unit Investigate warranty issues from the field Work with designers, product engineers, and customers to develop robust solutions Conduct A3 activities, pugh charts and maintain project schedules

    • Motus Integrated Technologies

      Jun 2014 - Jul 2018
      Product Engineer

    • Daimay North America Automotive Inc.

      Jul 2018 - Feb 2020
      Product Engineer

      Work with automotive OEMs and internal design studio to develop visor products that meet design, functionality and safety requirements.  Developed and managed design/drawing schedule.  Managed test requirements, part builds and schedules to meet the customer’s validation requirements. Verified product fit, form and function from prototype phase through start of production Designed and built new product sales samples to demonstrate new visor technology  Create and maintain BOM structure in Enovia ERP system. Six Sigma Green Belt Certified in 2018 Lead product engineer for Toyota visor.  Root caused test failures and implemented counter measures to satisfy customer requirements.  Stepped into manufacturing engineering role during launch to develop assembly process and ensure project stayed on time.  Continue to support launched product by managing VAVE activity and aiding plant with warranty and scrap issues.  Responsible for Toyota current production products and warranty.  Analyze warranty data for trends and issues.  Investigate returned product for root cause and communicate issues to the plant for root cause implementation.  Developed warranty tracking dashboard to quickly analyze data by various criteria (e.g. issue, model, date built) Discovered root cause and developed fix that saved $600k in warranty costs per year and saved next model year replacement business.  Regularly brought into problem projects to help solve issues.  Complete 10 step problem solving process (PDCA), Pugh charts and Design of Experiments (DOE) to understand root issues and relationships with other performance criteria Show less

    • Steelcase

      Feb 2020 - now

      Senior Product Engineer with the Studio Customs group. Designing custom furniture to meet our customers needs. Senior Product Engineer with the Orangebox Group

      • Senior Product Engineer

        Feb 2022 - now

      • Senior Product Engineer

        Feb 2020 - Feb 2022

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (ICGB)

      Motus Integrated Technologies
      Jun 2018