Cynthia L.
About Cynthia L.
Cynthia L. is a Senior Product Development Engineer at Navistar Inc, where she has worked since 2019. She specializes in integrating new technologies into products and leads material validation tests to enhance performance and reduce costs.
Work at Navistar
Cynthia L. has been employed at Navistar Inc. as a Senior Product Development Engineer since 2019. In this role, she is based in Melrose Park, Illinois, where she collaborates with suppliers to integrate new technologies into company products. Her focus is on enhancing performance and achieving cost improvements. Additionally, she leads material validation tests for new parts and oversees the specification of new programs aimed at cost reduction and quality enhancement.
Education and Expertise
Cynthia L. holds both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northern Illinois University. She completed her Bachelor's degree from 2013 to 2017 and her Master's degree from 2017 to 2019. Her educational background provides her with a strong foundation in engineering principles, which she applies in her current role at Navistar.
Background
Before joining Navistar, Cynthia L. worked as a Laboratory Engineer at UL for seven months in 2017. This position was located in Northbrook, Illinois. Her experience at UL contributed to her technical skills and understanding of laboratory processes, which she now utilizes in her engineering role.
Technical Skills and Responsibilities
Cynthia L. specializes in composing and editing work instructions related to quality, compliance, and test procedures, particularly for plastics. She performs failure analysis of parts and coordinates with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) results derived from system-level evaluation reports. Her responsibilities include leading initiatives that focus on material validation and the development of new programs aimed at improving product quality and reducing costs.