Charles Huddleston has extensive experience in product design and engineering, primarily with DENSO since January 2012. Currently serving as the Product Design Manager, Charles leads a team focused on electric vehicle inverter product design, managing new product launches and design changes. Previous roles include Section Leader for product design engineering, where oversight of project management and value analysis and value engineering (VAVE) initiatives for electric hybrid vehicle products took place. Charles also has a strong background as an Advanced Product Design Engineer, contributing to the development of inverter and alternator products, as well as conducting R&D in Japan for next-generation alternators. Charles began the professional journey with DENSO as a Product Design Engineering Intern after completing a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University in 2011.