Peter Lobato

Experience

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  Colorado State University

  Jun 2007 - Jun 2011

  • General Facilities maintenance and upkeep: welding, machining, fabrication, 3p building electrical, engine installation, light construction, plumbing, cleaning, painting.• Small Engines for Economic Development (SEED): built test rig, tested, reported data for a diesel engine coupled to a water pump to be used for farm irrigation in Bangladesh. • Bespoke fabrication and light construction for VanDyne SuperTurbo• 2011 Senior Design Project: investigating feasibility of heavy-duty diesel engine achieving EPA Tier 4 NOx emissions with high levels of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) Show less

  • Student Intern - Engines and Energy Conversion Lab

    Jun 2008 - Jun 2011

  • Custodian

    Jun 2007 - Jun 2008
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  Southwest Research Institute

  Jul 2011 - Jul 2013

  Engineer - Engine and Aftertreatment Evaluation Section

  • Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) development• Smoke & soot, particulate mass (PM) filter, particle number (PN) measurements• Deterioration (DF) testing of off-highway diesel engines• Engine-based automotive catalytic converter accelerated aging (GM RAT-A aging cycle) • Heavy-duty engine test cell commissioning and operation• Commissioned compressed natural gas (CNG) compressor (3600 psi) for test cell fuel supply• Commissioned CNG-fueled test cells• Established safety procedures for test cell CNG fuel supplies, compliance with state regulations Show less

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  Southwest Research Institute

  Jan 2019 - May 2020

  • Specialization in hybrid-electric vehicle testing and development• High-precision fuel economy and emissions measurements• Portable emissions measurement systems (PEMS)• Studies of impacts of fuels and lubricants on vehicle fuel economy, emissions• Transmission benchmarking• High-voltage instrumentation and power analyzer• Performed internal research to map power flow of Toyota Prius PHEV• Data processing and visualization• Wrote final reports for major projects ($1000 to $1M), updated stakeholders, presented final results• Published and presented technical papers at formal conferences• Coordinated with experts in various fields to propose and execute projects, publish results • Performed projects on and supported 48” emissions-grade chassis dynamometers• Responsible for Cold CO chamber, twin-roll hydrokinetic dynamometer Show less

  • Research Engineer - Department of Engine and Vehicle R&D

    Jul 2013 - May 2020

  • Research Engineer - Ann Arbor Technical Center

    Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
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  Colorado State University

  Aug 2020 - May 2022

  Graduate Research Assistant

  • Developed engine test stand to evaluate ECM patches (DARPA Assured Micro-Patching program)• Assisted graduate team developing hybrid-electric Toyota Tacoma test vehicle platform

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  Lightning eMotors

  Nov 2022 - Jan 2024

  Senior Test & Development Engineer

  • Commissioned & managed medium-duty chassis dynamometer test site• Responsible for dyno & closed-course track testing• Implemented statistically-robust test procedures• Trained, educated operators & junior engineers in dyno operation and general automotive engineering and testing• Performed component-level integration into LeM vehicles• Design verification plan (DVP) testing of LeM EVCU and software calibration• Determined ECF of LeM vehicles for CARB ABT credit generation Show less

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  Rivian

  Sept 2024 - now

  Lead Test Engineer Powertrain