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Santa Rosa, California, United States

Provide DFM for mechanical components, coordinate RFQ's with suppliers, resolve manufacturing issuesLead trade and transit case instrument packaging development

Santa Rosa, California

Torrance, California

Overall responsibility for ensuring emerging customer field issues are managed and resolved in a timely manner•Establish and lead cross functional teams consisting of Customer, Platform, Operations, Materials and Supply Base to resolve emerging field issue to minimize warranty exposure.•Communicate and present directly with customer engineering & procurement to define technical solutions, align timing plans, share schedule risks and escalate critical issuesCo-ordinate supply-chain from supplier to customer through development, PPAP and start of production.•Interact with suppliers on RFQ’s, tooling, technical issues, and quality requirements•Lead and establish a robust field return and analysis process to ensure issues are identified early and corrective actions are effective.•Establish and maintain a warranty reduction roadmap that results in reduced warranty costs.•Support supply base initiatives to achieve VE cost savingsGreenbelt Certified, Blackbelt Trained

California City, California

•Developed and conducted testing for cooling system and climate control systems at Proving Grounds and field test locations to evaluate systems acceptance in the North American market•Engaged global stakeholders in development of standardized processes for Test Requests, Test Procedures and Test Reports to improve operational efficiency of recently completed Materials Weathering Facility•Identified required support equipment necessary to conduct test item evaluations and initiated acquisition and installation of equipment

On-Site At Agilent Technologies In Santa Rosa, Ca

•Provide technical support to World Wide Commodity Teams to evaluate total supply base for fabricated mechanical components & commodity items•Negotiated 50% price reduction on “MilGato” plastic components•Manage assigned commodity components/suppliers – hardware, fans, overlays

Santa Rosa, Ca

•Obtained $70K cost savings on “Tsunami” Pilot build PC board shields•Technical/financial manufacturing expertise & design assistance to R&D to improve part manufacturability, performance & cost on assigned projects•Determine supply chain to support local prototype and development builds with the ability to support offshore production. Manage tooling & qualification of new parts, production process validation, supporting manufacturing start-up and production ramp for new components•Negotiate/renegotiate contracts/prices for tooling and parts•Experience in the design & manufacture of: aluminum & magnesium die cast, plastic injection molding, compression molding, sheet metal, machining, rapid prototyping

Torrance, California

• Identify/select/manage partnering suppliers of hardware, supplies & services for the parallon75 microturbine development program

Torrance, California

•Responsible for enclosure and engine insulation, exhaust system & overall noise requirements, co-generation option package integration on the parallon75TM microturbine•Develop component specifications & provide technical support for supplier selection process

Torrance, California

•Led cross-functional/multi-site team to develop maintenance procedures/program and redesign of commercial aircraft ozone converter that was projected to result in $20 million in new business over 10 years•Led team to investigate 737 precooler longevity complaints and re-design to offer upgraded long-life replacement core•Root Cause/Corrective Action Team Lead for 737 Precooler Recore fitment issues•Coordinate aftermarket product delivery issues•Prepare/deliver technical business presentations to airlines

Torrance, California

•Hybrid Electric Vehicle Recuperator – Designed & managed fabrication for micro-turbine powered hybrid electric vehicle program•Incorporated requirements from specialists and manufacturing to produce innovative designs that met customer cost and performance goals