Erkan AKGUL

Design creation and design management for a new will be produced electric vehicle project, which started from the concept creation phase. Duties: - Pre-program master design development before design start - Design management - Using CATIA V5, parametric sheet metal and plastic CAD design - GD&T development and management - Data release with Enovia - Transfer of experience to the young team in the customer.

Integration projects between military vehicles and I-6/I-4 military engines. Daily Duties: - Leading and managing a design team - Creating strategic design options for existing and potential projects - Close cooperation with project managers. Responsibilities: - Reviewing design engineering plans and specifications. - Cooperating with engineering and manufacturing suppliers for improvements. - Time and priority management. - Coordinating program release process on time and with quality.

Daily Duties : - Attend and drive interface meetings between engine and other powerpack departments - Generate feasible solutions for technically challenging areas - Transferring and describing engineering and key conceptual requirements to design teams - Document the feasibility of design themes and raise critical issues Responsibilities: - Help setting up and support supplier interface at a technical level - Outsource&Configuration Management - Assembly Charts -Design management - Project Coordinator

Engine design&production engineering for the defense industry and special vehicles. Daily Duties : - Design of engine parts taking into account technical constraints - Prepare 2D data - Fix Enovia PLM issues of all users - Work on PLM / PDM data migration projects Responsibilities: - I6 engine cylinder head optimization - V8 engine structural parts - V12 concept design works - Taking the lead of a large PLM application / PLM transformation program

Design&Production Engineering for exterior and interior plastic components of Tier1 customers. Daily Duties: - Design of engine parts taking into account technical constraints - Prepare 2D data - Analyze nonconformity according to the dimensional reports/ratios and tests Responsibilities: - Door Lower Moulding - Front Wheel Arch Cover - Rear Wheel Arch Cover - CPillar Trim - APillar Trim

I worked on sheet metal design projects of two different commercial vehicles called Ford Connect 2014 and Ford Heavy Truck. Transit Connect was a project I had been working from concept phase to mass production. Responsibilities: - Front Fender (AClass) - Front-End parts (Fender brackets for fixing to front bumper, bodyside outer, underbody) - Bodyside Outer Panels (AClass) - CPillar Reinforcements' all versions - Center track cover - Upper track cover

Automotive, Design