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HED Solutions was founded in 2019.
Built on the foundation of a decade of Engineering experience, gained primarily in the automotive sector, from concept vehicle development to high volume OEMs, performance vehicles and special projects.
HED Solutions provides Engineering consultancy and 3D design for Mechanical Engineering projects, structural steel fabricators, steel building erectors and planning application documentation for steel portal framed buildings for the agricultural sector.
Experience
- HED Solutions LtdDirectorOctober 2019 - Today (5 years and 6 months)Worcester, UK
- RaicamPrincipal EngineerMay 2018 - November 2019 (1 year and 6 months)Redditch, UKPrincipal Mechanical Engineer in customer facing role. Responsible for design and development of automotive transmission solutions and supervision of another Design Engineer.- Solidworks design and simulation for driveline components (dampers, clutch, spring systems, etc...)- Concept development- Design of assembly and production tooling / work holding- GD&T and creation of production drawings and drawing approval- Build and characterisation of prototype systems- Newtonian design calculations for development work- Report writing
- ZF GroupSenior Product Engineer - EPS Sensor Integration EngineeringDecember 2012 - May 2018 (5 years and 5 months)1311 S 48th St, Springdale, AR 72762, USAMechanical sub-system expert enabling effective working relationships between international colleagues, customers and suppliers. Comfortable working in a cross-functional team. Key functions include:- Sub-system design leader for GM GEM project. Being the first point of contact for all sensor related issues.- Mechanical sub-system expert. Creating and presenting training material which is used to teach and inform student engineers, new starters, manufacturing and quality personnel and other sub-system engineers the details of the sub-system design, history and design reasoning of the product.- Pivotal role as change management process expert for the sub-system team. Including project work within several PLM systems.- A regular presenter and panel member of the Change Review Board.- Responsible for sub-system component and assembly engineering drawings (including CAD data and BOM management).- Detailed design using GD&T and tolerance stack-ups.- Concept development using DFM and DFA approaches.- Proficient in the use of the DRBFM tool.- Owner and developer of the sensor packaging envelope, providing clear physical requirements for sensor suppliers and neighbouring sub-systems.- Sensor supplier mechanical interface engineer. Guiding suppliers on how to design and package their product into the appropriate sub-system.- Engineering representative for sensor turned parts, focused on international supplier development, cost down packages and quality improvements.
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Education
- Bachelor of EngineeringUniversity of Hertfordshire2011Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Automotive Engineering with Motorsport
- A-Level: Physics, Mathematics, GermanKing Edward VI Grammar (Stratford-upon-Avon)2007A-Level: Physics, Mathematics, German
- AS-Level, EconomicsKing Edward VI Grammar (Stratford-upon-Avon)2006AS-Level, Economics
- GCSE - 1xA 6xA 3xBKing Edward VI Grammar (Stratford-upon-Avon)2005GCSE - 1xA 6xA 3xB