Andre Rodriguez Email & Phone Number

East Hartford, Ct, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

-Supporting Engineering production task of the new Robotics platform as it launches and goes through production scale-up at the Contract Manufacturing site. -Work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality to coordinate productchanges using Medtronic Change Control Management software Agile and JIRA ticket workflows.-Consistently deliver proactive, high-quality manufacturing technical support and guidance to Contract Manufacturers for engineering issues.-Designs, sustains and improves manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.-Manage change orders affecting product and process for implementation at our contract manufacturers.-Resolve emergent technical issues, provide troubleshooting, failure (root cause) analysis and provide permanent solutions.-Initiate and execute continuous improvement activities to improve product quality, reduce manufacturing costs, and reduce manufacturing process cycle time.-Provide inputs to the MDT Supplier Change Request ( SCR ) Board process and own assigned SCR’s.-Specify, procure, and manage capital in the support of manufacturing and test processes.-Provide guidance to Contract Manufacturer in designs and evaluate new and existing fixtures and equipment, test methods, specifications, layouts, and standards supporting a Lean manufacturing environment.-Work as a liaison with the Contract Manufacturer and MDT to ensure Design for Manufacturing (DFM) elements are incorporated to improve yield and reduce costs.-Lead and support Quality and Engineering initiatives at CM’s

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Medical device IndustrySyneture technologies and Suture products Needles•Responsible to manage Six sigma Green Belt projects in order to drive cost saving initiatives that are align with business metrics.•Responsible to drive Projects that required validation or Capital Equipment Request and drive them following medtronic Change Development Process “CDP “•Acquired knowledge in new manufacturing equipment such as forming,chemical pointing, grinding , siliconizing,laser drilling ,sorting , laser chamfering ,chemical deburring .•Responsible of provide expert daily direction in set-up, trouble shooting, repair and continuous improvement of production automated suture manufacturing equipment.• Manage and Execute validation plans ( IQ,CQ,OQ,PQ) inline with business strategy goals that can get benefits in continuous improvements & cost saving projects.•Provides expertise in specification, procurement, build, documentation, validation and personnel training on automated manufacturing equipment•Maintains control of system software’s, control logic program files, mechanical and electrical schematics, drawings and bills of materials and revision histories.•Teams with manufacturing and quality personnel on a daily basis to review, disposition production defects (QN’s – quality notifications) and provide potential process or equipment corrective actions to assure production schedules are met.•Review product field returns with Quality Assurance personnel to determine root cause of potential manufacturing defects and provide process corrective actions if a defect trend analysis documents an unstable process.•Lead and support manufacturing aspect: cost reduction,quality improvements ,service /repairs process development and documentation through validation

East Hartford, Ct, Us

Process Engineer for the Shared Service/Induction Group @ Conneticut Rotating Parts (CTRP) Repair Station.•Responsible for providing process engineering support to the induction cell, which managed 400-500 parts per month through multiple induction processes, such as water jet, grit blast, wet blast, CMM, and nondestructive testing (NDT) inspections, while maintaining the flow of parts.•Participated in quality driven teams to conduct root-cause investigations of nonconforming parts, develop corrective actions and implement level 1 & level 2 mistake proof solutions to support production deliveries.•Responsible for driving continuous process improvements plans and implementation of process changes with the use of Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) tools (6-sigma & lean manufacturing tools) to mature process robustness.•Investigated internal customer complaints to determine root cause and corrective action in order to delight customers and achieve continuous improvements that benefit business objectives.•Certified the shot peen process while actively using 6-sigma and ACE tools such as design of experiments (DOE), Gage R&R, FMEA, mistake proofing, DIVE, value stream mapping (VSM) and implementing an online process control plan supported by hourly employees.•Responsible for bringing in new capital equipment new rotary lance shot peen machine form progressive surface into the cell thereby increasing the repair capabilities and allowing the insourcing process of existing repairs done by local vendors while driving new EBIT initiatives for the CTRP business.•Responsible of supporting and programming of (4) shot peen CNC machines using Allan Bradley/ Fanuc controllers for the shot peen cell .•Utilized Solumina software to maintain and create operation work instructions for new and current repairs and develop sketches using technical data requirements.

East Hartford, Ct, Us

I worked as a Manufacturing Engineer for 1 year in the turbine seals department supporting military and commercial engines parts.•Maintained, updated and improved manufacturing operations sheets for F-100 engine parts using CAPP-2.• Utilized PW-Lathe (design program for horizontal lathe application in UG V18 and UG NX2) to adjust and modify probing call outs in the turning manufacturing processes.• Performed root-cause investigations and implemented corrective actions for noncomforming parts and updated quality notifications in SAP. •Acquired working knowledge of geometric, dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) on seals components. •Assisted Quality Engineers in reviewing First Article Inspection Reports to ensure all engineering requirements were covered before and after inspection.

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

Assist Engineering in validation statistical analysis using stat graphics software.Work with different process improvement projects to make manufacturing station more ergonomic and re design fixtures.Help senior engineering in validation activities to support shop floor improvements initiatives.

M.S., Manufacturing Engineering

B.S., Mechanical Engineer

B.S., Information Systems (Web Development)