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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Leading the product operations team and the primary operations interface to the product development teams • Ensuring the successful launch of products, while meeting stated cost, quality, schedule, availability and customer experience goals• Direct project managers and influence product design, manufacturability and testability• Report yields to upper management and drive improvement initiatives to reduce price of non-conformance (PONC) to achieve aggressive key performance indicator (KPI) targets• Facilitate proactive design for assembly (DFA) and design for manufacturing (DFM) guidance for development teams to achieve first-time right production quality• Production liaison for product life• Responsible for a vigilant supply chain and production processes that are optimized for lowest costs, operational flexibility, and highest quality• Lead priority decision making and proactively coordinates between parallel business lines• Proactively identify opportunities for new manufacturing processes and vendors, lead change and innovation• Design justifications for capital expenses and calculated return on investment (ROI)• Commission new equipment to production facility• Lead semi-custom requests from customers from start to finish

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Introduced new products from engineering development into production • Scoped project plans, led process development and created vendor procurement specifications• Led manufacturing of initial prototype builds and managed material supply chain• Created assembly processes and work instructions for new products and ensured were compliant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act and regulations• Created and maintained bill of materials (BOMs) for product portfolio• Conducted and logged training records for product assembly and debug for various support and manufacturing groups• Led project planning and conducted failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)• Analyzed yield and conducted margin analysis • Created documentation to capture initial builds that included yield, costs, performance, assembly, test and equipment • Ensured product reliability and life-time testing was completed and all necessary electrical regulations adhered

Waterloo, Ontario

• Performed electronic debug and repairs down to component level on a large offering of imaging cameras • Identified and reported assembly issues to improve yields and reduce scrap• Analyzed bench performance • Utilized scheduling software to determine priorities and updated records on any issues preventing on time delivery• Opened engineering requests and provided initial analysis to abnormally high production fallout• Debugged printed circuit boards (PCBs) down to component level and preformed solder repair or firmware reload where necessary• High attention to quality control and ensured quality standards are met

Waterloo, Ontario

• Performed electronic debug analysis and repair of mobile handsets• Identified failure modes related to software, hardware and assembly issues• Monitored product yields and station performance during prototype builds• Supplied engineering groups feedback on production fallout and identified their root causes • Analyzed assembly instructions and revised station tasks to improve product quality and shortened lead times• Redesigned fixtures to ensure product is assembled correctly and minimized rework, reducing costs for scrap and yield improvements to meet KPI targets• Created documentation for fixture maintenance and repair for in-house and outsourcing partners• Analyzed results of test units when introducing new parts for current products to ensure quality standards were met• Calibrated test stations to ensure consistency in product quality and performance• Supervised and trained production staff to repair and recover component level failures

Electrical Engineering Technician Diploma, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians

Recreation And Leisure Services Diploma, Recreation And Leisure Services

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