Chad Rau Email & Phone Number

Redmond, WA, US

Arlington, VA, US

Serving as a subject matter expert (SME) in a Model Based Systems Engineering role. I am enabling Boeing's digital transformation through implementation MBE and MBSE on Boeing Commercial Airplane products. I am developing standards, processes and methods for modeling airplane and production system architecture in Cameo based in SysML.Model Based Systems.

Arlington, VA, US

• Served as an analysis and certification engineer performing airplane fuel system and safety analyses and certifying design changes under FAA and EASA regulatory requirements (14 CFR Part 25). Responsibilities included.
• Led ten certification projects through a collaboration with cross functional teams to develop certification plans and deliverables for on time delivery of airplanes with major fuel system design changes in compliance.
• Managed, developed, and coordinated test plans and authored test reports for six airplane certification tests on major fuel system design changes in production. Results: All tests were successful and airplanes.
• Built and validated new analysis tools in Matlab Simulink for airplane fuel system analysis and system level integration to replace legacy tools and move team to a MBSE strategy. Results saved 4-8 engineering hours per.
• Implemented a repository and configuration control strategy for analysis tools and results. Results increased model traceability and decreasing engineering hours.
• Created custom fluid analyses for customer specific configurations and accident investigations. Results decreased turnaround time to days from weeks. 75% reduction.

St. Paul, MN, US

-Retrofitted, Installed and Qualified Artos CTX Wire Processing Machine for production use in 3 months---Qualified manufacturing readiness through IQ, OQ, PQ Validation Process---Wrote IQ OQ PQ Testing Protocols and Reports---Gathered Data for SPC analysis and Cpk Values-Increased production capacity by 65% over current machine-Decreased scrap rate to 4%.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Supported daily production efforts of 8 wireless products
• Decreased production non-conformances by 50% reducing downtime and increasing service levels to end customers by 35%
• Implement fixtures to aid and ease manufacturing process
• Provided Engineering Support to wireless production areas capable of 200 build to order (BTO) units a week and the preventative maintenance of equipment
• Maintained 90% + service levels by managing and running backlog reports on customer orders
• Implemented and led 5 new product launches for wireless transmitters

Holland, Michigan, US

• Designed, developed, and fabricated a shift by wire system for automatic transmissions consisting of a bolt on rotary actuator with a universal mounting bracket
• Worked with a cross functional team of Mechanical, Electrical, and Software engineers
• Presented a working prototype at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) in Las Vegas
• Constructed a design FMEA on the rotary actuator

Zeeland, Michigan, US

• Supervised automated production area that produced 3200 units per shift
• Managed and lead 8-10 production team members
• Worked closely with process engineers to improve product quality and maintain equipment
• Daily interaction with PLC’s, robotics, vision systems and other automation components
• Troubleshoot and diagnose all production issues with PLC’s and automation systems
• Performed scheduled preventative maintenances on production equipment

Grand Rapids, MI, US

• Performed Quality Assurance inspections on all incoming components – ISO 13485
• Performed in-process, pre-sterilization, and post-sterilization Quality Assurance testing on all medical devices currently in production
• Performed protocol testing on new medical devices
• Worked in a clean room manufacturing environment
• Utilized sampling plans set forth by ANSI Z1.4 and ISO 9001

Grand Rapids, MI, US

• Project leader for new medical device that acquired FDA approval
• Project leader for new Annealing Fixture implemented on production line
• Developed protocols for Quality Assurance fixtures used during incoming inspections on components used in manufacturing
• Performed Quality Assurance inspections following ISO 13485 standards
• Contributed in manufacturing, packaging, and shipping departments