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Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

• Responsible for overseeing the Customer Returns Laboratory, leading a team of six professionals.
• Provide specialized testing support to the manufacturing department to ensure product conformity and adherence to quality standards.
• Perform failure analyses on returned products, overseeing their appropriate disposal, and ensuring compliance.
• Managed the updates of functional test equipment at the client's site, ensuring the ongoing maintenance and continuous improvement of the equipment to meet client standards and requirements.

Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

• Identify and implement technological advancements in the manufacturing process to increase productivity and reduce costs.
• 3 new Final Functional Test for Vesta Lines, to reduce shifts and increase capacity to the line with 340K of savings.
• 3 new Final Function Test for AOS lines, to reduce shifts, increase capacity and new technology with 280k potential savings.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation of the new.
• New supplier in India, China and Canada due a shut down Resideo San Diego.
• Support sourcing on cost savings of new suppliers.Implementation of new models and verification of the lines to ensure that the line is capable to run the new models if not make the proper modification to adapt the.
• Ensure line are running properly.

Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

• Customization
• Implementation of two OS Number, using PTC Creo to develop new drawing and 3D model, creation BOM and implementation in production since FQ to OKTS.
• SALX/PROTOTYPE required by marketing to send to the customer for lab test before to implement new OS number in production.Value Engineer
• New thermistor for water sensor, with a 100K savings. Develop of test plan to validate change (thermal shock, life cycling, cross section, time constant).
• New spud braze solder to bring process in house, with a 120K saving only with the material. Develop of test plan (Thermal Cycling, torque and push test, galvanic series). Develop of statement of work to buy equipment.
• Validation and verification of FAI for a transition of casting from San Diego to China, develop of test plan to verify the same performance than the current supplier.