Managing and leading three key production departments (New Product Introduction, Manufacturing Automation, plus Production Quality Assurance and Support) to supervise and support the company’s manufacturing activities over the entire life cycle of multiple products.Key responsibilities• Taking in charge of manufacturing of various products with the consideration of resource planning, budget/cost control, production efficiency, in-time delivery, quality assurance, and continuous… Show more Managing and leading three key production departments (New Product Introduction, Manufacturing Automation, plus Production Quality Assurance and Support) to supervise and support the company’s manufacturing activities over the entire life cycle of multiple products.Key responsibilities• Taking in charge of manufacturing of various products with the consideration of resource planning, budget/cost control, production efficiency, in-time delivery, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.• Leading teams across multiple countries and regions (Australia, USA, China, Taiwan, and Malaysia) to drive production activities, including strategy making, design for manufacturing (DFM), system validation and automation, mass production operations, and production Issue responding.• Working and maintaining close relationship with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders (production owners, R&D departments, contract manufacturers, etc.) to ensure flawless, qualified, and on-schedule product delivery.• Providing technical guidance to system development and automation for efficiency & quality assurance and improvement.• Presenting suggestions and reports to senior management for creating the organisation’s long-term road maps and strategies.• Taking hands-on tasks when necessary to develop and deliver products under a nimble and agile environment/industry.Achievements• Successfully delivered a 5G product for a tier 1 customer within a short timeframe by implementing production systems and processes at multiple contract manufacturers while also meeting the cost and quality requirements.• Saved the organisation over 200K in a year for a product by scrutinising and optimising the operations from NPI to Mass Production.• Established a high performance production team from scratch with diverse background and skillsets.• Created and managed processes based on PRINCE2 and Agile for project and change management Show less

Leading teams to drive manufacturing activities while also looking after the design, implementation and maintenance of automated production systems and processes.Key responsibilities• Developing both long-term and short-term strategies for product manufacturing, including road mapping for production automation, and continuous improvement for production cost, quality and efficiency.• Acting as the people and process manager of a global manufacturing team (Australia, USA and… Show more Leading teams to drive manufacturing activities while also looking after the design, implementation and maintenance of automated production systems and processes.Key responsibilities• Developing both long-term and short-term strategies for product manufacturing, including road mapping for production automation, and continuous improvement for production cost, quality and efficiency.• Acting as the people and process manager of a global manufacturing team (Australia, USA and China) to develop automated production systems, and respond to manufacturing issues.• Taking ownership of manufacturing finance planning and cost reduction• Coordinating with internal and external patterners for production management.Achievements• Ramped up the organisation’s manufacturing capacity to more than 70K per month (one key product is more than 30K per month) by introducing LEAN concept with enhanced automated production and quality assurance system.• Redesigned the production system to make it more scalable and replicable to support the road map of bringing multiple contract manufacturers. Show less

Leading the automated test software team for production and software automation.Key responsibilities• Architecting and developing scalable and distributable system for massive production in various locations.• Coordinating with contract manufacturers for deploying, validating and maintaining automated production systems to support efficient and qualified product manufacturing.• Working with product development teams support design for manufacturing.Achievements•… Show more Leading the automated test software team for production and software automation.Key responsibilities• Architecting and developing scalable and distributable system for massive production in various locations.• Coordinating with contract manufacturers for deploying, validating and maintaining automated production systems to support efficient and qualified product manufacturing.• Working with product development teams support design for manufacturing.Achievements• Created Python-based robust and developer-friendly framework to enhance development efficiency and quality of the automated test software.• Developed Web-based production status monitoring system to synchronise manufacturing data from multiple factories to the organisation’s data centre. Show less

Key developer of automation the tests of embedded firmware and manufacturing procedures.Key responsibilities• Designing and developing a distributed automation system/framework to improve the product quality and the production efficiency, including software design and equipment selection.• Creating lower-level libraries based on C/C++ and Python to utilise various test equipment.• Collecting and analysing the test data for problem identification, issue addressing, and… Show more Key developer of automation the tests of embedded firmware and manufacturing procedures.Key responsibilities• Designing and developing a distributed automation system/framework to improve the product quality and the production efficiency, including software design and equipment selection.• Creating lower-level libraries based on C/C++ and Python to utilise various test equipment.• Collecting and analysing the test data for problem identification, issue addressing, and feature improvement.Achievements• Automated the firmware tests and production procedures based on a Python framework to enhance the efficiency for product development and manufacturing.• Introduced technologies of distributed systems and big data analysis for better data collection and issue analysing. Show less