Marisa Kurimbokus Fwes

Responsible for the design and development of all our battery modules and packs including: - Supporting customers from initial quotation through to commission and in-service performance - Design of modules components: enclosures, bus bars, terminals, tooling etc. - Review of all electrical components and EDS - Review of PDU, BMS and other battery systems - Engineering drawings and work instructions to support hand over to manufacturing - DFMEA and Risk management Development of continuous improvement such as: - Generation of parametric models to support faster prototype delivery to customers - R&D of new technologies to support a standardised manufacturing process - Development and growth of the engineering design team - Developing and executing business and product strategy - Supplier relationship building

Reporting to the COO, leading the Engineering and Product Development team. • Leading a cross functional engineering design team including Mechanical, Electronics, Software and Systems Engineering. • Overall responsibility of all engineering design activities, and technical project deliverables. • Overall responsibility for project deliverables for Innovate UK (APC and ATI) worth up to £20m, including reporting project KPIs and representing the engineering team at external events and meetings. • Responsibility for R&D activities, particularly for motor drive development and air bearing technology. • Working within the Senior Management team to create and implement the business strategy. • Working with other Department Heads to plan resources, support projects, prototype builds and testing. • Managing and reporting KPIs and budgets to the CEO/COO with regular weekly updates. • Development of company policies and procedures, as well as introduction of new processes for engineering and quality engineering. • Supporting business development and involvement with customer facing activities and meetings. • Supporting marketing and PR by writing articles, authoring white papers and participating in video interviews and creating social media content. • Representing engineering at customer meetings and meetings with potential investors. • Development and structure of the engineering team, including supporting recruitment activities and creating training opportunities for the team and individuals. • Interim Electronics Team Leader during the recruitment for a permanent Team Leader.

Leading the Mechanical Engineering Team to deliver high quality motor and compressor and designs and mechanical solutions for power electronics. • Responsible for the delivery of all mechanical aspects of projects from concept through to prototype build and test. This included air compressor and motor components, tooling and electronic components. • Representation of mechanical engineering as part of the wider cross functional engineering teams. • Development of concepts from R&D team to productionisable solutions. • Leading design reviews at a component, sub system and system level. • Managing individuals' workload and career development, including providing training opportunities. • Creation and ownership of processes to support design and continuous quality improvement and lessons learnt. For example, creation of an engineering drawing working group to set the standard for engineering drawings and develop a checking process. • Supporting the growth and development of the team, including team structure and recruitment. • Liaising with operations teams, such as test, manufacturing, quality and purchasing. • Introducing and implementing a PLM system (3DExperience) to support quality management of engineering documentation. This included development of a part numbering system and training. • Creation of a “Lunch’n’Learn” lecture series to support knowledge transfer across the whole engineering team.

Mechanical design of electronic products: • Design of IP rated enclosures and liquid cooled cold plates for power electronics products, such as DC DC converters, On Board Chargers and Motor Inverters. • Developing concepts and preparing CAD models and drawings using Solidworks and thermal and fluid simulations using CFD. • Championing cross functional design within engineering by liaising with the electronics and PCB layout team to increase power density of products. • Leading design reviews and presentations to customers. Preparing CAD renders and drawings for customers and presentations. • Workshop activities to manufacture parts and make changes to prototypes. • Producing engineering drawings for custom electronics components, such as transformers. • Leading a team of engineers, including managing workloads, reviewing technical designs, engineering drawing sign offs and CAD and CFD training. Project lead and systems engineer for APC15 @FutureBEV; a government grant funded project to develop a motor inverter: • Managing the technical requirements for Lyra as a consortium partner • Representing Lyra at consortium technical and project meetings • Producing a timing plan and managing a technical team • Managing and reporting the project budget • Presenting project status at Quarterly reviews and internal reviews

Senior Design engineer for Motorcycle Accessories - Product Design – Designing and developing accessories for motorcycles such as innovative lighting systems, motorcycle protection and dynamic luggage systems. This included: • Developing concepts • Creating CAD models using PTC Creo • Running FEA simulations • Supplier visits abroad to review designs and develop solutions prior to drawing release • Undertaking tolerance stacks and bolted joint analyses • Authoring technical reports • Creating fully detailed and dimensioned engineering drawings - Project Lead for the Modern Classics accessory range – Managing over 100 accessories per bike, over 8 different motorbike models. This included: • Reviewing and writing specifications • Managing teams of design engineers • Organising and running testing • Managing budgets • Creating and reporting project timing plans using MS Project • Reporting the status of each model to the project manager • Working with other design functions and compliance teams • Working with the marketing and customer facing teams to communicate new technologies and features • Managing the technical authoring of fitting instructions • Supporting dealers with technical queries - Triumph Design Awards Lead – Organising a team to run the annual competition for 16-18 year old students held at the Triumph factory.

Bill of Design Subject Matter Expert; Body-Aero Strategy leader - Systems Engineering for Dynamic Spoiler project - Implementing a systems engineering approach to an electrically actuated dynamic spoiler during the design concept stage. I analysed the project, taking into account the customer requirements and vehicle targets and wrote a specification based on the practical constraints identified. This included creating a clear design brief, boundary diagrams, system interaction diagrams and using “System Vee”. I supported the supplier during the design phase. - Systems Engineering Representative for Body Engineering – Development of systems engineering practices across the wider design team. We reviewed a number of techniques, including benchmarking other companies and current processes. I suggested the best tools to use based on the dynamic spoiler project. - Body-Aero strategy Owner - Creation and development of the Body Engineering- Aerodynamics strategy, which recommended the best technologies and processes to meet future vehicle aerodynamic targets. This included liaising with other teams to collate the required information, analyse competitor benchmarks and identify which technologies could be implemented within a given time frame. - Bill of Design Subject Matter Expert – developing the Bill of Design “best practice” document, managing the authoring process and overall control of the document release process. I also ran training sessions to teach new starters how to use and author their own Bill of Design documents. - Working towards a Masters with the University of Bradford and undertaken modules including Robust Engineering through FMA, Design of Experiments and Sustainable Product Design.

CFD Research and Software testing team

Projects: Tottenham Court Road Underground Station refurbishment, M25 renovation for 2012 Olympics

HVAC engineer for cruise ships and luxury yachts

Key topics covered: Aerodynamics, thermodynamics, mechanical engineering, materials engineering, structures, dynamics, mathematics, basic electronic and information engineering. Master’s project: “The Aerodynamic Design of a Solar, 2-wheeled Race Vehicle” Designing an aerodynamic body shell using CAD, taking into account all the packaging trades, particularly around the solar cell array, batteries and chassis. I analysed previous models using CFD and undertook scale wind tunnel modelling to test, compare and optimise the design.