Japanese Tier 1 manufacturer of plastic injection molded components for Japanese & Domestic OEM’s.Contract Product Engineer• Provided guidance and product expertise in the areas of………………………• Responsible for plastic products injection molding issues. o Created timelines for mold tooling, assembly machines, tool transfers, trial runs, & production runs. o Worked with molders to set process parameters, complete dimensional studies of parts to compare with print tolerances & determine if molding tools need to be modified.• Reviewed customer designs & specifications, created test plans & setups to validate components & assemblies.• Worked with manufacturing on error proofing to improve reliability of assembly machines. • Completed PPAP packages for customers including Control Plans, PFMEA's, DFMEA's, Inspection Reports, Material Certifications, and Validation test results per TS16949 & QS9000 standards. • Worked with sales on quotes, completed cost studies, updated Oracle database w/cost info for molds, materials, components, assemblies & packaging, ordered plastic resins & packaging, conducted shipping trials with expendable packaging & revised as necessary.

• Designed Multifunctional Flow Control Valves for fuel systems, created prototypes with modified features to control shutoff & roundup. • Tested prototypes in lab with air flow, welded valves to tanks, conducted fill testing in fuel bay and desert proving grounds to confirm valve function & make nec. modifications. • Performed validation testing in lab, created test fixtures, wrote procedures & reports.• Worked with suppliers, obtained costs & timing to create modified production components. • Implemented cost savings ideas for savings of $50,000 annually.• Created timelines, DVP&R’s, DFMEA’s, 2D prints, 3D models, B.O.M’s, tool orders, purchase orders, & worked with suppliers to get proper dimensions & PPAP components.• Completed pilot runs & PPAP paperwork for assemblies & processes. Worked with Sales to complete quotes.• Worked with leak detection valves that detect a vacuum threshold level, send a signal back to engine CPU, telling it when to purge the carbon canister, based on frequency & length of signal received.• Made several to components & processes to increase First Time Yields (FTY), led meetings with cross functional teams, created fishbones & pareto charts to identify root causes & track issues, modified components to eliminate rejects.• Worked with manufacturing to make changes to production equipment, created DVP&R’s for validation, traveled to plant in Tijuana, MX. to implement changes, and make machine modifications.• Pilot runs showed FTY went from 94% to 98.5% resulting in estimated annual savings of $60,000.• Worked within QS9000 & TS16949 Four Phase requirements and documentation.• Worked on quality issues, completed 8D’s, 5 Why’s, SCARS, First articles, PSW's, SPC studies.

Tier 1 manufacturer of sensors / switches for GM, Ford, Chrysler. • Designed Solenoids for fuel systems to control flow rates for auto emissions and venting fuel vapors, with detailed analysis for required magnetic fields, to create new solenoids or modify existing products with new style of ports or packaging.• Designed Temperature Sensors per customer input/output specs to control & adjust engine performance or send signals to interior gauges, utilizing bimetal discs or thermistors.• Created proto-types & 3D models, led team to refine design & adapt fixtures for new components and/or new assemblies on automated equipment.• Communicated with customers, tested proto-types per customer specs., worked with vendors to get sample components per timelines & made modifications, as needed.• Created, DVP&R’s, (Design verification procedures & reports) to validate assemblies & implement validation testing, DFMEA’s (Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis), w/potential failure modes, calculated RPN #’s, & made modifications to reduce risks.• Led teams to support production, held monthly meetings with line workers, discussed new issues & timing to launch new assemblies.• Wrote ECO’s (Engineering Change Orders), for assembly & component releases or modifications, created B.O.M.’s (Bills of Materials), updated 2D prints and 3D models.• Conducted Design reviews & created timing charts with tasks necessary to meet production deadlines.• Completed classes for GD&T, 2D & 3D drafting in IDEAS & lean transformation.• Created Access database for engr. reports by production part #'s, customer part #'s, tests performed, dates of interest, etc., & created spreadsheets for quick ref. to components by operating parameters and physical construction.• Completed GRR's (Goods Returned Reports) rec'd defective parts, performed root cause analysis, wrote reports & implemented corrective actions.• Submitted cost reduction ideas to eliminate waste and reduce assembly time.