Support a new formed Hardware Design Team: Electrical, Mechanical, Software and Lab Tech - consisting of 12 people (U.S & Canada)
Engage Design Team on milestones to support the timeline for Engineering builds: Proof of Concept, Proto, EVT, DVT and Ramp
• weekly review of milestones with Design Team and 1:1 with Lead Engineers
• provide input on the Proof of Concept Mechanical box
Provided Lead time for Engineering development
• Procure materials to support Proof of Concept development and other Engineer developments
Identify external Reliability Supplier to support project development
• Certification (FCC)
• Reliability Test (High Accelerated Life Test (HALT) vs. High Accelerated Stress Screen (HASS)
• Other Test methods
Create Bill of Material (BOM) for Team and Executives
• Discuss the material cost with Executives
Identify Long Lead time components to secure parts for Engineering builds
• Procure material for Proof of Concept build
Met with Key Component supplier to review lead time, cost and manufacturing support
Identify 4 Key Contract Manufacturers (CM) to support Engineering builds
• Held conference calls or visited CM sites to gather information to determine the best CM to
support Engineering builds
Held conference calls with Legal Department to update Master Schedule Agreement (MSA), Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) and Intellectual Property (IP)