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Led implementation activities of outsourced components from suppliers through various process steps. Process validation toEstablish a controlled process, ensuring a reliable product by performing OQ & PQ.• Managed BOM/Router updates to implement component changes within a manufacturing system. Revised & updatedmanufacturing work instructions to reflect changes and wrote qualification protocols.• Worked with multidisciplinary teams to initiate, maintain, and complete validation activities and documentation to ensurecompliance with company policies and procedures. Maintained SAP & Agile activities to implement changes in the system.• Worked with suppliers to help them replicate the molding parts. Worked with the R&D team to perform design verification forqualification of these parts before implementing them in the manufacturing process.Supported in providing solutions for end-to-end CAPA activities for non-FDA EDO controls. Reviewed APQPs to ensure controlsare in place and captured. Ensured CAPAs are timely investigated and follow-up actions are implemented.• Prepared risk evaluation documentation to route changes in Agile and CAP Agile to implement controls required for EDOs.• Worked with engineers to plan and execute change control activities involving PQ for qualification purposes. Reviewed drawings to make sure changes were captured and rightly controlled.

Led the design and creation of multiple continuous improvement initiatives and strategies solutions to conceptualize product, product planning, prototype testing for assembly lines, injectors, healthcare, fixtures and manufacturing to improve process flow and operations. Mechanical Lead for the semi automatic cells to minimize costs and train customers to effectively implement new process improvements.• Captured savings by spearheading sensor realignment to automate production lines using risk mitigation, safety, efficiency of machine, production testing and quality inspection plans to eliminate repeated failures, wasted parts and gain efficiency.• Drove cross-functional and multi-discipline ideas to improve process and product by redesigning parts during the first phase of production through the engagement with vendors, manufacturing and sales department to acquire product feedback to meet goals.• Increased quality, time efficiency, repetition, accuracy of product assembly by 5-7% by streamlining processes and schedules to improve the assembly of the product, operational processes by modifying fixture design.• Delivered solutions based on assembly fixture failures by analyzing, assessing historical and experience-based technology and providing recommendations to the Executive Team to minimize risk, address the root cause failure and operate safely.• Identified workflow improvements for critical stages by analyzing existing processes and minimizing the downtime of additive manufacturing machines to achieve the efficient output with improved quality.• Saved $18K cost by replacing CNC with 3D printing manufacturing techniques using reinforced carbon fiber parts for automated cells, jigs, fixtures, physical prototypes and end use parts for different applications. • Designed parts for custom manufacturing and design related to additive manufacturing.• Managed 3D printing lab including Formlabs, Markforged, Stratasys, Stacker printers.

Responsible for designing fixtures, test robot performance, efficiency and balancing of surveillance robot for the US Army.• Innovated fleet of continuous improvement and design improvement systems to develop leading edge technology in areas for robotic design, quality, and prototype testing.• Recognized for leading initiative and process improvement to design fixtures for spherical amphibious robotic vehicle to be test run, calibrated and performance tracked using SolidWorks and Cura, bill of materials, GD&T for manufacturing. • Minimized manufacturing costs by designing and modifying system components in CAD software for prototypes using 3D printers.

Led, created and developed projects in the area of continuous improvement, quality, mechanical, mechatronics to develop robotic prototypes, quality display and data analytics.• Developed trigger mechanism technology of an endoscope to increase control during surgery by designing in SolidWorks and designed a prototype of 3D Printer Nozzle to perform Natural Heat Convection and Thermal simulation.• Successfully conceptualized, designed and built component parts to save costs, resulting in effectively converting and regulating heavy machinery tooling including lathe, mill and drill press within industry specifications.• Performed motion analysis and FEA simulation, prepared bill of material (BOM) for the pick and place robotic subassemblies and assemblies.• Mentored 15 undergraduate students in the areas of 3D printing, manufacturing, quality, continuous improvement, technical and professional development.• Spearheaded the design and fabrication of a customizable 4 Degree of Freedom (DOF) robot to allow varying geometry in the robot’s wheelbase and axle track for data collection on influences on maneuverability, durability under load and analyzed stress, gear mesh and motion of critical parts.