Jim Thomson Email & Phone Number

Niles, IL

Niles, IL

Niles, IL

Manufacturing Process Engineering

• Reported to the Director of Advanced Engineering & Director of Technology. Responsible for initiating, evaluating and implementing solutions to manufacturing issues, product design changes, and product improvements.
• Served as Co-Leader of a major value creation project to develop and replace an inefficient manual product line at a manufacturing facility in China; involved in all phases from concept to vendor sub-contracting and.
• Served as Engineering Co-Leader for a value creation project that replaced a manual plastic thin film punching process with a semi-automated Excimer laser based machining system.- Acted as sub-contractor between Asian.

• Reported to the Equipment Engineering Manager. Responsible for constructing manufacturing production line and test equipment, sustaining Excimer and YAG laser welding, drilling and marking systems, automated assembly.
• Served as technical lead on automation process transfer from the US to England, 3 product line transfers from the US to Malaysia and 3 product lines from the US to China.
• Acted as Value Creation team member responsible for transferring a high-cost manual thermo-forming process from the US to the Philippines, a project that result in a 40% piece part cost reduction and a 5% yield.
• Transferred a critical manufacturing process from a China based facility to a Malaysian facility, realizing a 20% piece part cost reduction and a 7% yield improvement.

• Responsible for sustaining, constructing and calibrating production line and test equipment systems, utilizing PLC and motion control based equipment.
• Served as a member of the cross-functional team tasked with the adoption of Design of Manufacture rules for product and equipment design.
• Participated as a member of the Planning & Execution team responsible for transitioning from manual to automated/semi-automated production line equipment.

Education record

Education record