Lauren J. Torres
PO Box 918, Lansing, IL 60438
708-474-9973
www.laurentorres.com
Core Competencies
Innovative Designs
Design Implementation
Interpersonal Communications
Inception to Completion Product Development
Project Management
3-D CAD Modeling
Concepts
Mentoring
Teamwork
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL June 2010 – Presently
Professional Commercial Radio Accessories, New Product Development, 2010-Presently
Project leader and lead mechanical engineer of new radio accessories products for police and fire markets.
Products include including complex cables assemblies, remote speaker microphones, radio pouches, and
noise cancellation microphones.
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Project Management: Create and maintain project schedule, identify critical paths and
alternative critical paths. Present weekly status to senior management on project schedule
including design options and issues related to schedule, quality, test failures, and requested
changes to product requirements. Coordinate decisions between business team, marketing,
industrial design, and senior engineering management. Drive activity initiation and completion.
Supplier Development: Developed approved Chinese manufacturer as a second source for
producing complex cable assemblies. Gathered and documented existing manufacturing
processes, procedures, and BOMs and communicated the requirements to the new supplier.
Advised supplier on manufacturing procedure decisions and approved work instructions and
procedures. Performed evaluation of product manufacture in China.
Designer: Detailed part and assembly design of new products. Coordinate requirements from
ID, marketing and manufacturing, including audio requirements, product durability, and good
assembly design to create original mechanical components. Provide CAD models for FEA
simulations of parts and assembly, review assembly and drop stresses and utilize to improve the
design. Create 3D mechanical CAD models from ID design. Perform tolerance analysis.
Formulate and perform prototype evaluation testing. Create detailed manufacturing drawings.
Requirements Development: Write detailed requirements documents, for internal specification,
certification test plans, and external contract agreements.
Failure Analysis: Lead multi-disciplinary team in 8D process. Review and approve supplier
8Ds. Perform failure analysis testing, and work with external test labs to identify root causes.
Durability Test Planning and Creation: Generate certification test plans. Devised new test
methodology to verify performance of radio products during high temperature exposure (fire
environment). Completed exhaustive literature review of existing fire industry research and
standards, and integrated findings into a new test plan.
Leadership/Logistics Rotation: Monitored and tracked activities of fellow mechanical
engineers; escalate critical items to senior management, summarize other engineers’ activities
in weekly report. Coordinated scheduling of certification testing of products.
Supervised Mechanical Interns, Summer 2011 and 2012
DFMEA Subject Matter Expert: Facilitate creation of mechanical DFMEAs for new products
utilizing the expertise of the mechanical design team; maintain DFMEA to incorporate lessons
learned.
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DFA Coordinator: Coordinate development of DFA (design for assembly) models with the
factory and engineering.
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Continental Inc.(Formerly Motorola Automotive
Group), Deer Park, IL May 1998 – May 2010
Lead mechanical engineer and designer of automotive electronics for harsh including concept design through
production implementation.
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Designer – Created and implemented detailed designs of mechanical packages to protect
electronics from harsh automotive environments, including large volume (100-200k) engine
controllers, and advanced product development of racing electronics. Performed CAD
modeling, tolerance analysis, and created detailed drawings including GD&T.
Analysis – Completed thermal analysis using CFD software. Reviewed vibration analysis and
incorporated into designs. Performed engineering evaluation testing on prototype designs.
Project Engineer – Production implementation of electronics controllers, and working closely
with part suppliers in US and in China. Coordinated with manufacturing engineers to complete
assembly line production implementation per product requirements. Oversaw validation
documentation and testing activities. Presented designs to customers.
New Business Concept Design and Quotation - Developed multiple electronics packaging
concepts with detailed models and designs for successive bid submissions. Managed thermal
and vibration activities, modifying the design to improve vibration and thermal performance.
SAP-PLM Expert Mechanical User for Deer Park Site, 2006-2010
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Researched, developed, and documented SAP-Product Life Cycle Management processes for
mechanical parts, and established best practices.
Processes included:
Part Classification
Product Approval
Material reporting
Revision control
CAD data storage
BOM creation
Document Management
Interfaced with company-wide, cross-functional teams, identified issues, solicited information
from subject matter experts, and used group problem solving. Created solutions, and obtained
agreement to process problems. Groups Included: IT, upper management, manufacturing, other
Continental business units, and multiple mechanical product groups.
Created and conducted SAP-PLM training for all mechanical engineers at site.
As SAP Key User, answered all questions from mechanical users for the system, providing oneon-one direction and assistance.
Wrote guidelines for specific areas such as IMDS reporting.
Honda Racing Engineering Development Project, 2002-2008
Lead mechanical engineer for cutting edge design development from conception to completion in
cross-functional team of electrical engineers (power and analog), software engineers, technicians, and
calibration engineers, with sole responsibility for all aspects of the concept development, design,
feasibility, and product implementation for the mechanical system, subsystems, and individual
components. Winning Indianapolis 500 Racing League (IRL), and American La Mans
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Designed, developed, and implemented unique mechanical assemblies for electronics used in
racing vehicles with high power and high vibration requirements.
Designed and produced complex assemblies under short (6-9 months) development cycles
where first time prototypes are immediately used to run racing vehicles.
Zero defects in five years: each race season is equivalent to ten years on a standard car.
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Generated requirements for designs by understanding electrical hardware requirements, using
electrical architecture to create unique PCB designs to drive assembly design.
Developed designs for 7 unique assemblies / sub-systems with 5-12 unique mechanical parts
per assembly. Created and modeled detailed designs for unique subcomponents.
Performed thermal, vibration, interference, and tolerance analysis of assemblies.
Visited race track to perform inspection of assembly locations for electronics.
Presented mechanical designs/ updates to customer, and concept /design reviews to mechanical
community Created visual media for these meetings.
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Major New Business Quotation Projects, Mechanical Concept Design Development:
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Woodward ECU, 2010- Created multiple engine controller concept designs.
Honda Transmission Proposal, 2008 – Developed transmission package design for quote with
multiple designs for high vibration environment.
SmartFIRE, 2005 – Designed and implemented engineering sample with production ready
design of SmartFIRE injector control technology. Proposed unique partial sheet metal concept
for two-sided parts placement on PCB.
Jaguar Electronic Valve Actuation Quotation and Development Project, 2003 – Coordinated
design development of electronic valve actuation system with co-supplier of wire wrapped
electronic valve actuation device. Designed packaging concepts for distributed control, on
power bus bar.
China Immobilizer, 2002 – Designed immobilizer for Chinese market including key, antenna
and snap-fit plastic housing and molded in connector.
Chrysler Core FCM, 2000 – Integrated front module controller with PDC (power distribution
center).
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Powertrain Systems Division, China Product Development 2000-2003
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Mechanical Engineering Manager, 2002 – Managed fresh-out mechanical engineers, directed
their training and professional development.
Created platform mechanical ECU designs for Motorola’s Automotive Systems Division.
Including detailed designs and drawings.
Developed generic mechanical and environmental requirements for Chinese customers.
Worked with Chinese suppliers and Tianjin manufacturing site to develop products and
communicate processes and requirements.
Education
Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 1998
Masters of Arts in Applied Professional Studies, DePaul University, 2010 – leadership program,
studies included marketing and qualitative research.
Executive Certificate in Managing Product Design and Development, Northwestern, 2012
Program Manager Training, ESI International – PMP training in scheduling, project control, risk
planning, and communications.
Greenbelt Training
Software
MS Project
IQFMEA
Excel
Pro-Engineer Wildfire/Creo
IcePak
PowerPoint
Pro/E Sheet Metal
Pro/INTRALINK
MS Word
CATIA V5
MS Project
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