Lars Lentz

Apply, design, develop and test electric motors (PMDC brushed and brush-less), pumps, and valves for automotive applications worldwide. Coordinate the implementation of product manufacturing lines. Manage multiple customer projects and products. Produce and present technical sales presentations to customers. Provide direct customer service and establish close working relationships. Analyze and solve problems from product launch to end-of-life, using Shainin, Design for Six Sigma, DOE, TRIZ, and morphological analysis techniques. Established solid methods for solving numerous acoustic noise, vibration (NVH), electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and other issues. Restructured and improved the engineering and manufacturing processes using Lean practices. Implemented benchmarking and field-monitoring programs with methods that are integrated into the product development cycle.

Developed applications of HVAC systems and matched capabilities
with customer requirements.
Created engineering test documentation for internal use.
Negotiated and wrote the HVAC test specification for Honda.
Designed, built and tested suppression circuits for electromagnetic
compatibility of motor products to customer specifications.
Analyzed field returned parts and recommended countermeasures to
the product design.
Supported manufacturing plant quality issues by analyzing the
process and through planned experiments.

Designed and tested permanent magnet motors for various
automotive applications.
Devised suppression circuits for motors to meet customer specifications.
Established and maintained the electromagnetic compatibility laboratory as the resident EMC engineer.
Solved motor-related noise and vibration issues as NVH engineer.

Designed groundwater remediation equipment, air logic circuitry, and pump systems, for hazardous areas using intrinsically safe and explosion-proof methods and equipment. Interfaced with customers and government organizations such as the EPA and regulatory agencies for sales and service including on-site demonstrations and marketing activities.

Supervised the staff of technicians in an electronics assembly
laboratory. Established and managed an equipment rental service. Designed and tested groundwater monitoring instrumentation. Designed and constructed pump systems and control panels for hazardous locations using submersible pumps and intrinsically safe devices. Brush-less pump motor experience.