Brad Yoder Email & Phone Number

Amarillo, Tx

Served as lead Material Review Board engineer on the AH-1Z Cobra program providing in house and remote technical repair support for our fuselage supplier in Jacksonville, FLCoordinated with internal and external Department of Defense Naval Air Systems Command customers to develop and design significant structural repairs on pre and post delivered Cobra helicoptersWorked as part of a cross-functional team to drive engineering changes and production process improvements on the OH-58D program, which contributed to in an increase in build efficiency from .38 to 1.04Evaluated and analyzed manufacturing defects to develop airworthy repairs on the AH-1Z, UH-1Y, OH-58D, and V-22 programs, including V-22 HMX (Presidential Support) aircraftUtilized Unigraphics NX5 to design 2D drawings and 3D models of defect repairs and engineering changesResearched and implement limited and permanent engineering changes to correct design flaws and improve producibilityEffectively communicated with manufacturing to determine and resolve priorities to support aggressive build schedules

Amarillo, Tx

Interpreted drawings, 3D models, and process specifications to produce planning and build process instructions on a variety of military helicopter platformsLed build transition efforts ranging from piece parts to complete fuselage assemblies from Bell’s Fort Worth facility to the Amarillo facilityApplied Lean Six Sigma’s lean manufacturing techniques to modify existing and create new manufacturing areas and assembliesProvided process, tooling, and repetitive non-conformance root cause corrective action to reduce or eliminate repetitive defects internally and externally produced parts and assembliesCreated a database of production tools and fixtures required to assemble a complete V-22 that would quantify tooling required to meet any production rate