Erik Andersson Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Manager of the Manufacturing Engineering Team at Astronics, AES - Aircraft Power Conversion (APC), Ballard Aircraft Data Interface Solution, and Cabin Power Product lines.

Everett, Washington, Us

• Organizational leader assigned to coordinate and respond to a broad scope of business Issues/Risks/Opportunities.• Responsible for assessing, identifying issues and opportunities, and updating business processes: engineering processes to include design and development, operational processes, configuration management, quality management system & assurance.• Created and provided training along with, training the trainer, for current processes and updated processes• Lead and prioritized productivity improvement projects to reduce processing times and eliminate waste/cost.• Drove continuous improvement initiatives• Responsible for the daily operation, updating, testing, and implementation of changes to the company’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool, Aras Innovator. To include architecting functionality of a foreign national access security model, a DO-178 / 254 compliant Problem Report and Change Requests process, and streamlining of the Engineering Change Request processes.• Able to data mine and analyze amounts of information from multiple systems/sources to support and direct business prioritize.

Everett, Washington, Us

• Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Quality Engineering team, including the revitalization of the team.• Established priorities and department structure so that the Quality Engineers were better focused on their areas of responsibility during a period where the department drastically reduced its resources.• Led the Quality Engineering department to reduce the open Discrepancy Report (DR) level by 66%, increased the speed of DR response/closure by two times, and decreased the level of open Corrective Actions by 50%.

Everett, Washington, Us

• Manager of an engineering organization of 25+ personnel. Two functional managers and their organizations (Mechanical & Electrical engineering) plus five Product Line Lead Engineers that were responsible for production support, customer & field support, and responsible for identifying & and implementing value engineering projects.• Provided mentoring, leadership, and career development to direct and indirect reports.• Ensured issues were solved in a timely manner to allow production to meet the customer's delivery schedule.• Advised executive management of engineering resource needs and allocation, engineering best practices, and departmental budget.• Established a Problem Reporting (PR) system to document production & product performance issues and potential improvements. A critical tool for capturing issues/lessons learned and opportunities in the PLM tool. This was used throughout the organization to prioritize and track action and risks.• Developed and implemented various business process improvements based on best practices to element waste while maintaining compliance and reducing overall risk

Everett, Washington, Us

• Manager of an engineering organization of 15+ personnel, including one supervisor.• Responsible for providing internal support for Document Control /Configuration Management, Component Engineering, Reliability and Safety Engineering, Circuit Board Layout, Technical Publication, and Materials Engineering for the three strategic business units.• Part of a team of SMEs that configured & implemented a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system (ARAS Innovator) for engineering development and configuration management processes and its integration into a new Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) [Infor Syteline].• Coordinated the transition and training of personnel from previous computer and paper processes to new ERP/PLM systems

Everett, Washington, Us

•Peer & Cross-functional Leader - provided technical support and guidance to the Design Engineering, Quality, Inspection, Procurement, and Supplier Quality organizations, as well as direct support of the Production lines.• Lead interdisciplinary teams through process development, investigation of process issues, investigation of material issues, and resolution of obsolescence issues (materials, processes, and supplier changes).

• Materials testing, forensic engineering, non-destruction inspection, and research consultants specializing in analyses of failures, solving manufacturing problems, and evaluating materials and products.• Lead engineer failure analyses and materials characterization activities from customers from incidents through completion of the investigation and reporting. This included customer management, quoting activities, planning, coordinating investigation activities, management of lab activities/priorities, performing technical analyses (SEM, EDS, metallography, and other technical testing), and creation of formal failure analysis reports.Failure AnalysisProject ManagementLaboratory ManagementScanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)MetallographyEstimating

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Us

MetallographySample preparationFailure AnalysisMaterials processing SupportMaterials Testing