About me
Thomas Achatz, PE holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Michigan and an MS degree in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Tom’s extensive automotive engineering experience includes over 34 years at General Motors (GM) in a variety of Product Assurance roles where he honed his skills in data acquisition, signal processing, structural vibration testing, failure analysis, and reliability statistics. In his former role at GM, Tom led a large global team of engineers responsible for developing environmental test methodologies, writing requirements, and executing validation of over 300 Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) components with suppliers around the world. Tom has published, presented, and contributed to numerous technical papers related to environmental testing, reliability, and product development. Currently, Tom serves as a Product Development/Validation Research Scientist working with Vibration Research. Tom has particular interest in applying measured field data to generate customer correlated accelerated vibration tests and is excited about the prospects offered by the Fatigue Damage Spectrum (FDS)