Cassie Fenoseff
Design Release Engineer
General Motors North America
Current career position:
Currently I am a Label Design Release Engineer. This entails creating
government compliance labels for full size trucks. Prior to this
position I was a Release Engineer in the HVAC group and worked
on validating and releasing the HVAC system for luxury vehicles.
Prior to that I worked in the Powertrain group and was responsible
for creating and implementing testing plans for various powertrain
components.
Education: I earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering and a Master of Science in Engineering Management
from Oakland University.
Most exciting part of your career:
The most exciting things I have seen so far are
a vehicle being built in an assembly plant starting from
several parts and within 1 day becoming a complete running
vehicle, and
seeing parts I have designed on actual vehicles on the road
and knowing that my work has affected real customers.
Toughest barriers to overcome to arrive at your current position:
I don't feel that everyone has respect for other people, and I
tend to be judged by my job title, job description, personal appearance,
etc. Knowing that people have sometimes inaccurately judged me
has taught me that "you can't judge a book by its cover". I have
also come across people who have told me I couldn't do certain
things, such as move to a different division. So far I have done
everything I was told wasn't possible.
