Vincent Meehan, MEngSc MIEI

Experience

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  Farm Boy Inc.

  Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

  Cashier Customer Service Representative

  Farm Boy, being selected as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies, provides a unique and friendly, fresh shopping experience in comparison to big box retailers and conventional grocers.•Scanned, packed, and helped people with their groceries.•Required to remember over 100 different codes. •Helped maintain the store; water plants, restock cashes, manage money.

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  SDI Marketing

  Jun 2015 - Sept 2017

  For over 20 years, SDI has been creating innovative marketing programs, designed to build brands through increased awareness and sales. The unique combination of services utilized are Sports Marketing, as well as Credit Card and Acquisition. The marketing brand worked with is MBNA.•Approached and convinced customers to enroll in credit reward cards. •Target driven, continually achieved and exceeded sales quotas. •Worked collaboratively with other representatives in a team sales environment. Show less

  • Sales Representative

    Apr 2015 - Sept 2017

  • Brand Ambassador

    Jun 2015 - Sept 2015
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  Subzero Motorsport

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Research Assistant / Mechanic

  Sub Zero Motors, established in 2005 by entrepreneur Rashid Al Jabri, has become the premier auto parts and service provider of the drag racing circuit and custom autos industry in the UAE and for the entire Gulf region.• Studied the effects of optimizing an engine block, where placement fit into high performance vehicles (drag & off-road racing).• Specialized in refining and the reassembly of classic, military-grade, and film set vehicle parts, which involved measuring and crafting of materials, from metal to wood.• Prepared parts for paint, such as repairing, (wet/dry) sanding, welding, and performed non-specialized paint coatings for large body components.• Retrofitted a 1969 Ford Mustang with the brand new 2016 Ford Mustang, including the 5L engine block, wiring components, safety bags, and dashboard.• Widened the bed on a 1949 Ford F1 pickup truck to sit outside of the rear fenders, while putting in a custom mahogany build overlapping the fuel tank. Show less

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  Avant Garde Designs Inc

  Oct 2017 - Sept 2020

  Event Operations Manager

  Avant-Garde Designs is an event company that specializes in elegant décor for all personal and corporate events. "You bring us your vision, and we take it from there."• Maintained projects in strict timeline, including late night/early morning set ups and takedowns.• Executed events and ensured smooth operation from start to finish, resolving any abrupt issues.• Regularly traveled to and from event sites, managing event logistics through safely operating company vehicles (including trucks up to 24 feet).• Sourced, recruited, and assessed potential candidates; supervised and onboarded new employees.• Built and repaired any necessary props needed for a selected theme; not limited to paint, woodwork, or electrical components. Show less

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  University of Ottawa

  Sept 2019 - Dec 2019

  Research Assistant

  Among the leaders in bilingual universities, the University of Ottawa is an internationally-engaged institution, poised with a vision for development of future generations.• Established and developed a full multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) of the top EV and PHEV vehicles in Canada for the modern consumer.• Extensively studied EV battery materials, where their differences in composition were highlighted throughout the development process from various manufacturers.• Generated a systematically efficient environmental monitoring program, mostly within Ontario, addressing the life-cycle problem of the battery. Show less

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  Formula Student UCC

  Sept 2020 - Apr 2022

  Mechanical Team - Suspension

  Formula Student (FS) is Europe's most established educational engineering competition and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2023.• Designed from scratch a prototype vehicle that would be put through a series of static and dynamic events throughout a distinguished competition.• Established precedent for initial designs, where every iteration in the competition was thoughroughly recorded and filed in an online database.• Provided direction for ideal funding allocation, where emphasis was centered around building the framework of the vehicle along with battery/motor designs.• Created and developed calculation methods under the University College Cork, for all aspects of the mechanical team (suspension, wheels, steering, body, vehicle dynamics). Show less

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  University College Cork

  Oct 2020 - Apr 2022

  An award-winning institution with a history of independent thinking stretching back over 170 years, is proudly ranked in the top 2% of universities in the world for its unrivaled quality of academic programs and innovative research.• Understood and developed the concept of Kansei engineering, while utilizing it throughout research into the automotive part sector.• Applied Taguchi methodology to effectively reduce the models being built, without sacrificing the accuracy and precision of the results.• Designed steering wheel models in Solidworks software to describe factor profiles, and narrow down the best possible options for future ergonomic design.• Performed analysis of data on software such as Minitab and Statistica to find correlations between factor loadings and scores for PCA, while scree plots helped determine the significance of univariate testing in design elements through ANOVA.• Mass media marketed several questionnaires to ensure research data was obtained throughout Europe, and was implemented as an alternative method for collecting data during the pandemic.• Conducted FEA through software on several parts of the steering wheel to ensure structural integrity of building real life models, with the added capability of manually checking software results through hand calculations. Show less • Researched the progress of Industry 4.0, continuously developing areas in the medical devices, IT hardware assembly, and in pharmaceutical and biochemical sectors.• Researched the developments of eddy current array technologies for NDT and explaining their applications throughout the manufacturing, process, and automation sectors.• Reviewed the principles and designs of mechanical watches, while detailing the comparisons between manual and automatic standards. • Researched the effects of full FEA simulations on individually constructed aerofoil straight-bladed and twisted-bladed turbine assemblies, within tubes and circular housings. Show less

  • Dissertation

    Sept 2020 - Apr 2022

  • Research Assistant

    Oct 2020 - Sept 2021
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  Stellantis

  Apr 2022 - now

  Design Release Engineer - Passive Safety Electronic & Active Chassis Components

  Stellantis is a leading global automaker and mobility provider that offers clean, connected, affordable and safe mobility solutions. With industrial operations in nearly 30 countries, Stellantis has the ability to consistently exceed the evolving needs and expectations of consumers in more than 130 markets.• Design, release, and validate the passive safety electrical system and its components, leading the process from inception through launch (vehicle programs are not limited to Dodge Charger/Challenger/Durango, Chrysler 300, Jeep Compass/Grand Cherokee).• Perform product release and change management processes, including the development of software and hardware release timing for feature rollout and performance goal milestones.• Interface with Electronic Component Groups, Suppliers, Purchasing, Vehicle Program Management, Quality and Assembly Plants to develop Electronic Stability Control, Electronic Braking Actuation Module, Wheel Speed Sensors and Clutch/Brake pedal sensor/switch components.• Provide technical support and program updates regarding any development issues for Design Lead and Design Responsible.• Work closely with supply base from five international regions (North America, Brazil, Italy/Germany, India, China), to ensure on-time implementation and validation of software, hardware, and diagnostics following company guidelines.• Coordinate, lead, and participate in supplier and internal design decisions and reviews.• Manage supplier and internal DVPR’s, including the tracking of the validation activities and the related bug-fixes, definition of countermeasures in case of issues and delays, coordination of HW / SW releases of the component, ensuring the alignment with the validation activities, and approval of tests results and related deviations.• Support AQP, PSO, product launch and problem resolution during vehicle launch gates. Show less