Hugh Hunkeler

• Thirty-seven years of mechanical design of automotive electronics for Engine Control, Inflatable Restraint (air bag), Occupant Classification and Active Safety electronics • Develop Cost Effective and Reliable Designs • Design Die Cast Aluminum, Sheet Metal and Molded Plastic Parts • Design for Manufacturability/Design for Assembly • Electronics packaging designed to survive automotive environment--fluids, thermal, vibration, shock, EMI • Interfacing with International Customers • Cost Reduction and Problem Solving in Existing Designs • Mentor to new group members • Build Customer Relationships • Dimensional Analysis and Tolerancing • Six Patents and Six Defensive Publications • Design and Continuous Improvement of automotive sensors Specialties: • Unigraphics CAD/Solid Modeling • DesignSpace/ANSYS Finite Element Analysis: Stress, Vibration and Thermal • Design for Manufacturability/Design for Assembly • LASER Welding, Compliant Pins (Solderless Connection), Tin Whisker Mitigation