Reviewed and analyzed components for possible replacements for obsoleting parts. Found and resolved long lead time component issues.

Setup electronic and electromechanical components using Agile PLM on Zebra Technologies Data Capture products (New & Production). Support and resolve parts control issues with design engineers and vendors. Find and resolve long lead time component issues.

Find and resolve obsolete electrical and mechanical component issues using Agile PLM on Western Digital’s hard disc platform products (New & Production). Identify and prioritize active/passive components and support design engineering, procurement, and production and parts control issues with vendors. Find and update supplier quality information on new and in production components. Review and approve suppliers from a supplier quality perspective.

Provided dedicated Quality Control oversight for the accomplishment of Professional Engineering Services. Ensured the accuracy of design projects at all phases of development. Verified construction projects achieve milestones and closeout actions are promptly and accurately executed.

Component Engineer, XBOX group. CE Support for Engineers, Production and External Contractors across multiple groups and teams. Authoring and Configuration Management rights in both mechanical and electrical realms.

Assisted New Product Development teams in part selection. Provided technical support and resolution of part shortages for internal Supply Chain Management. Created component test plans. Coordinated with suppliers to resolve component failures, resolve obsolescence issues, improve component quality, and reduce component costs.

The first Component Engineer to ever work for Luminator since the company was founded in 1934. Prevented, found, and resolved component issues during development, manufacturing, or obsolescence. Expert in RoHS, REAcH, and "Green Letter" analysis.

Found and resolved obsolete electrical and mechanical component issues using QSTAR on Lockheed Martin's missiles and fire control products. Identified and prioritized active/passive components and was conversant with vendors to support design engineering, procurement, and production and Parts Control issues. Products: PAC3 Missile and Fire Control

. Found and resolved obsolete electrical and mechanical component issues using QSTAR and PartMiner on Lockheed Martin's missiles and fire control products. Designed interposers to use more available components, plus was consulted about failing capacitor issues, given my prior position as a Vishay Capacitor Field Applications Engineer. Identified and prioritized active/passive components and was conversant with vendors to support design engineering, procurement, and production and Parts Control issues. Products: MLD, LANTIRN, IRST, LAIRCM, TSS, Chaparral, TADS.

Supplier Quality Engineer Resolved Incoming Inspection discrepancies and supported the production line in Rapid City, SD for three weeks by finding and resolving production line issues.

Presented technical roadmaps to major Western USA customers, like Apple and major power supply manufacturers. Supported multiple trade shows. I responded to all technical inquiries about tantalum / ceramic capacitors. About 45% of my time was spent travelling.

After 10 weeks of in-depth, in-house training (with lab work), successfully sold Agilent's test and measurement equipment to potential customers by telephone and email. Developed and participated in a specialized cold calling team.

Developed and sold earthen construction products to home owners and builders.

Major responsibility was to support three production lines, as a production team member, to resolve production issues as they occurred. Only Component Engineer responsible for resolving all the electrical and mechanical component issues with the component suppliers. Found alternative components for components that went obsolete. I was the first user in the company to use PartMiner to find alternative components.

Found quality components from consistent suppliers for new SCSI host adapter board products (hard disc drive interface). Found alternative components for components that went obsolete. I developed ways to turn previously scrapped components into a cash flow.

Component / Materials Engineer Performed all levels of Component Engineering support, namely on passive components and high-end microprocessors, graphics processors, and interface controllers; both internally and externally sourced components. The only EE Component Engineer that provided new product introduction (NPI) engineering support on a new series of HP engineering workstations, HP9000 - Series 300. Responsible for finding and resolving production component issues as a member of various Production quality improvement teams. I also taught TQC and SPC to manufacturing personnel.

Developed, designed and implemented service support plans for Hewlett Packard's engineering workstations, desktop calculator/controllers, and associated peripheral equipment. Supported and taught HP Customer Engineering teams on the servicing of my assigned products.

Supported the missile and fire control system on the F-14 Navy fighter aircraft. The system (AWG-9) included the X Band radar, RF, digital I/O, IFF, and digital computer subsystems. Taught and supported the system and associated test stations "at-sea" when the F-14 was introduced into the USN Fleet.

Developed the maintenance strategies and diagnostics for all the communications subsystems - ELF, LF, HF, VHF, UHF, and the audio distribution system on the AWACS program (an air traffic control system within a 707 aircraft).