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Hollister, CA, US

Hollister, California

• Managed team of In-Process Quality Inspectors, Receiving Personnel, and ManufacturingQuality Engineers, with a total team of 32 (13 direct reports)
• First company FBS (Fortive Business System) Champion, with extensive lean manufacturingskills used to improve yields and reduce waste & unplanned downtime
• Lead high-level organization policy deployment initiative focused on defect generationlimitation and age of delinquent nonconformance burndown
• Critical problem-solver… Show more Managed team of In-Process Quality Inspectors, Receiving Personnel, and ManufacturingQuality Engineers, with a total team of 32 (13 direct reports)
• Critical problem-solver with focus on reducing scrap, unnecessary rework, product failures,and overall sitewide product nonconformances
• Site FOD Champion, governing FOD council meetings and FOD related events

Hollister, California

Lead Engineer for factory-wide problem solving processes focusing on defect reduction and the improvement of COPQ metrics, decreasing lost gross margin due to scrap and reworked products, and improving overall operational excellence through lean manufacturing. Perform all required training on manufacturing processes, quality programs, and continuous.

Hollister, CA

Oversee all product quality and food safety related activities for site. Lead HACCP team to ensure that food-contact packaging is safe and meets customer quality requirements as well as conforms to 22000 requirements. Lead product quality and food safety internal audit teams to promote continuous improvement in processes and facilities. Monitor new product.

Morgan Hill, CA

Manage both the plant Quality systems, as well as the Employee Health and Safety programs, and the plant Environmental requirements. Maintain certification to ISO9001 standard including the process and system changes needed to upgrade to 2015 standard. Oversee all plant safety programs to adhere to 29 CFR and all OSHA requirements. Monitor customer.

Santa Clara & Irvine, CA

Manage and maintain an effective and efficient Quality System for the Microelectronics Test and Engineering (MTE) Division which consists of ATE Testing, Reliability and product Qualification, ESD and Latch-Up testing, Failure Analysis, and Circuit Edit / FIB services. Responsible for all ISO certification/accreditations including ISO 9001:2008, ISO/IEC.

Santa Clara, CA

PCB Schematic generation in Allegro (OrCad), PCB Layout Verification in Allegro, CAM350, and Altium design software.

Documentation Regulation, Internal Lead Auditor (Certified by QAI), Corrective Action Team, Quality System Management, Hardware Database Control (Probes, Load Boards, PIBs, Handler Kits, etc.), Updating Mil-Std and JEDEC Standards Documentation, and Responsible for Obtaining ISO 9001:2008 (QMS), ISO 13485 (Medical Devices), ISO 16949 (Automotive), ISO/IEC.

Reliability Test and Debug