Nolan Orr
Detail oriented mechanical engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience working to ensure quality automotive products.
Experience
Product Engineer 2
International Automotive Components (IAC) - Troy MI
- Primary focus on class A interior hard trims for IAC's electrified OEM group
- Collaborate with internal development teams and OEMs to improve traditional and hybrid molded feasibility and performance
- Lead technical discussions with tooling and equipment and tooling vendors to improve design for manufacturing
- Help develop patterns for wrapped interior components and rapid prototypes of interior hard trim
- Organize and execute material trials and product validation testing plans for PPAP
January 2022 - Current
Plant Supplier Quality Engineer - Exterior Commodities
Stellantis - Detroit Assembly Complex Mack Ave.
- Responsible for supplier quality and color harmony of exterior vehicle commodities during the platform launch of the new 2021/22 Grand Cherokees (WL)
- Utilized cross functional teams to establish containment, clean points, and corrective actions for quality spills
- Determine root cause of product defects using Shanin Red-X / KT methods
- Assist in cost recovery efforts for material defects and lost manufacturing time
- Created quality notifications and inspection procedures for issues detected during vehicle assembly and final vehicle audits
- Managed 33 quality inspectors across multiple quality checkpoints within the general assembly and on final certification line
December 2020 - December 2021
Product Innovations Intern
Yanfeng Automotive Interiors - Holland MI
- Primary project focused on solutions aimed at new mobility in the car-sharing industry
- Collaborated on project teams with industrial designers, internal design studio, tooling engineering, and marketing research analysts
- Assisted subsidiary startup on OEM focused interior innovation projects
May 2019 - August 2019
Process Engineering Intern
Moeller Aerospace - Wixom MI
- Created new process models and operation plans for aviation and power generation parts
- Worked with senior quality and process engineers in the design of tooling and gauge fixtures, manufacturing operations design, and materials management on actively manufactured parts
- Assisted in job cost management through increasing manufacturing efficiency
May 2018 - August 2018
Mechanical Engineering Intern
Integrated Design Solutions - Troy MI
- Collaborated with Professional Engineers on calculations and design choices for both large and small scale renovations and construction projects.
- Designed sheet metal, domestic water piping, and hydronic pipe systems in CAD/BIM using Revit, MicroStation V8, and Carrier HAP.
- Created an automated perimeter heating calculation system to design efficient of hydronic perimeter heating solutions.
May 2017 - August 2017
The Worm
Media Director, Content Writer - Clinton Twp. MI
- Responsible for creation of visual media, and documentation of website functionalities.
June 2014 - August 2015