Mapúa Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering graduate Jose Ronaldo C. Roque, is the designer of the routing of electrical engine wiring harness (including the fixing and position) for the XKR and XJ models of luxury car manufacturer Jaguar.

The XKR was hailed as the European Car of the Year in 2006 when it was first unveiled to the public. Aside from the Jaguar models, Roque is also behind the designs of the Land Rover, Range Rover and Discovery 3 engine harnesses for the 2006 and 2007 models.

Even as a student in Mapúa, he already showed particular interest in engine and wire harnesses, with his graduate thesis being on “Wiring Harness Manufacturing”. After graduation, Roque first trained in Yazaki-Torres Manufacturing Inc., Philippines before he was sent to the US Atlanta branch of the same company to work for a year. The aforementioned design is his first engine harness assignment in the Yazaki Company. Jaguar commissioned Yazaki for this project.

Currently, Roque is based in Coventry, considered as the car manufacturing center in the United Kingdom, where he has been working as a design engineer for six years.

During a phone interview with Roque’s father Generoso, likewise a Mapúa graduate majoring in Electrical Engineering, the latter said that he was extremely proud of his son’s accomplishments.