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2005 - 2007: Quality Engineer responsible for process, equipment, and facility validations (IQ, OQ, PQ); creating documentation. CAPA, risk analysis, FMEA, Root Cause Failure Analysis for excimer lasers, intravascular catheters, fiber optics.2008-2009: Establish, plan, specify, instal, and operate an FA (failure analysis) and Material Science Lab for Spectranetics. Operate lab and perform failure analysis, technical support for R&D, Manufacturing, and Suppliers. Technical evaluation of… Show more 2005 - 2007: Quality Engineer responsible for process, equipment, and facility validations (IQ, OQ, PQ); creating documentation. CAPA, risk analysis, FMEA, Root Cause Failure Analysis for excimer lasers, intravascular catheters, fiber optics.2008-2009: Establish, plan, specify, instal, and operate an FA (failure analysis) and Material Science Lab for Spectranetics. Operate lab and perform failure analysis, technical support for R&D, Manufacturing, and Suppliers. Technical evaluation of customer returns.2010: Supervise FA & Material Science Lab. QE responsible for extrusion. Special project - QE resp. for catheter process improvement, implementing in-process SPC, risk management. Show less

Performed Manufacturing, Quality, and Supplier Engineering at company and supplier factories in the U.S., Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Develop and introduce new cleaning technologies for components.Primary focus on process development and improvement, yield and product reliability in the field.Extensive work on cleanrooms and cleanroom manufacturing equipment and automation, high performance precision cleaning systems, and high purity DI water systems. Contamination… Show more Performed Manufacturing, Quality, and Supplier Engineering at company and supplier factories in the U.S., Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Develop and introduce new cleaning technologies for components.Primary focus on process development and improvement, yield and product reliability in the field.Extensive work on cleanrooms and cleanroom manufacturing equipment and automation, high performance precision cleaning systems, and high purity DI water systems. Contamination control engineering.Semiconductor wafer manufacturing processes for disk drive digital storage systems (GMR heads), surface finishing, electropolish and plating processes for components. Show less

Various positions in Manufacturing, Quality, Supplier Engineering, and Failure Analysis.Responsible for World-Wide Process Development. Extensive experience working in foreign countries, including Japan, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Phillipines, Thailand, and others. Acquired some foreign language skills.Design, build, commissioning and validation of cleanrooms, precision cleaning systems, and manufacturing processes.Engineering support of highly automated… Show more Various positions in Manufacturing, Quality, Supplier Engineering, and Failure Analysis.Responsible for World-Wide Process Development. Extensive experience working in foreign countries, including Japan, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Phillipines, Thailand, and others. Acquired some foreign language skills.Design, build, commissioning and validation of cleanrooms, precision cleaning systems, and manufacturing processes.Engineering support of highly automated cleanroom assembly equipment and processes, die casting, extrusion, plating, plastics and PWB/PCB. Show less

Digital Storage Systems Division (Disk Drives). Positions in Manufacturing Engineering, New Product Introduction, and Advanced Manufacturing Development (Manufacturing R&D). Engineer processes, equipment, fixtures, and tooling for cleanroom assembly processes. Precision cleaning systems.

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