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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

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

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

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

Electrical Engineering Technician Diploma, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians

Recreation And Leisure Services Diploma, Recreation And Leisure Services

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