Hiromi Sasano

Team Supervisor in Sustaining Engineering Division at Technology Center of Clean Air sector / Automotive Catalyst (Department name changed from Process Development in 2025) ・First-line manager leading 9 engineers and 2 team leaders in Development Sample Team. ・Responsible for planning, scheduling, & executing development sample manufacturing in pilot plant. ・Established documentation standards, improved QMS compliance, and enhanced team understanding of IATF 16949 requirements. ・Initiated capability development programs, including CAD skill training and English communication improvement. ・Led resource planning, workload balancing, and delegated tasks to develop two team leaders. ・Facilitated collaboration between global R&D and local pilot plant for Lab-Lab transfer.

Senior Engineer in Process Development at Technology Center of Clean Air sector / Automotive Catalyst ・Led scale‑up of new products for Japanese OEMs from development phase to mass production at global sites. ・Managed cross-functional global teams across US, Argentina, India, and Europe. ・Supported key product transfer projects to US and Argentina plants, including troubleshooting critical quality issues. ・Conducted feasibility studies, FMEA, control plan creation, and validation reporting to customers. ・Prepared for external IATF16949 audits and improved internal documentation standards. ・Contributed to workability improvement initiatives, reducing duplicate QMS documentation tasks and improving efficiency. ・Facilitated company-wide engagement programs (“Air Time 2nd and 3rd wave”) for 160+ employees. ・Conducted training workshops for junior engineers.

Process Development Engineer (Sintering process) in Automotive Catalyst division. ・Improving the productivity and quality of DPF manufacturing. ・Worked in the start-up of manufacturing of new products for Euro 6 regulations. ・Solving the product quality problems with cross-functional team. ・Experienced working with local site engineers and building team collaborations.

Production Engineer (Sintering process) ・Improved the productivity of DPF manufacturing. ・Troubleshooting routine problems in production line. ・Worked in project to cease manufacturing operations in French plant. *The operation ended in 2019.

Process Development Engineer (Sintering process) ・Improved the productivity of the developing product transferred from Japan. ・Troubleshooting routine problems in production line. ・Worked in the process change management to reduce the manufacturing cost by applying new supplier. ・Worked in the new production lines installation projects in Hungary. ・Experienced working with local site engineers and building team collaborations.

Process Development Engineer (Sintering process) ・Trained in the education program of process engineer. ・Gained the knowledge of process engineering tools. Root Cause Analysis, Failure Mode Effects Analysis and Statistical Analysis. ・Improved the yield and quality of mass production parts. ・Worked in the new production line installation project at the subsidiary plant in Mexico. ・Worked in the transfer of new product for Euro 6 regulation to the subsidiary plant in Hungary.

Master degree in Engineering (March 2015), YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, JAPAN ・Studied the improvement of mechanical property of Non-Oxide Ceramics material. ・Especially focused on the fabrication of High-Strength Si3N4 Ceramics by Post-reaction Sintering Technique. ・Having knowledge of Fracture Mechanics, Sintering techniques, Chemical reaction engineering and Analytical Chemistry(SEM, TEM, XRD, XRF, GC-MS, LC-MS)