Mike Breese

About Mike Breese

Broad-base of experience across the entire Systems Engineering discipline particularly in component and subsystem requirement development, electric architecture and topology definition, product development, reliability analysis, accelerated test methods, validation testing and vehicle integration of electric traction motors and power electronics for hybrid electric, fuel cell and electric vehicle applications.Experience in management of engineering teams and production lab operations.Proficiency in reliability prediction, reliability block diagrams, parts de-rating, FMEAs, fault tree analysis, hazard analyses, technical risk assessments, reliability growth tracking, spares estimation, Weibull analysis and the development of overall Reliability program plans necessary to achieve required field reliability levels.Planning and execution of power electronic and electric motor validation test programs. Considerable knowledge of automotive environmental test methods, including random and sine vibration, mechanical shock, thermal, humidity, corrosion and dust.ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt

Experience

1. Director - Systems, Test and Validation

   Rivian

   Dec 2023 — Present · Carson, CA, US

Education

• University of California at Los Angeles

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

  1980 — 1986

Skills

• Six Sigma
• Validation Engineering
• Dfmea
• Electric Transmission
• Environmental Testing
• Risk Assessment
• Fmea
• Infrared Thermal Imaging
• Reliability Engineering
• Continuous Improvement
• Failure Analysis
• Product Development
• Automotive Engineering
• Fault Tree Analysis
• Engineering
• Fixture Design
• Vibration Testing
• Electric Vehicles
• Engineering Management
• Powertrain
• Root Cause Analysis
• Reliability
• Systems Engineering
• Weibull Analysis
• Automotive
• Power Electronics
• Hev
• Requirement Development
• Accelerated Test Methods