Juan A. Oportus, M.Sc. Email & Phone Number

Greater Madison Area

• Research & Product Development - Hardware Reliability and Continuous Engineering- Functional Leadership.
• Functional Manager of R&D Mechanical Engineering team, responsible for leading Junior, Senior Mechanical Engineers, Designers, Technicians and Contractors.
• Manage and execute LVI/Sustaining projects related to product reliability, COGS and Obsolescence for all owned subsystems. Support Program Management Office (PMO), lead continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Responsible for full design lifecycle, from early research and technical development efforts to end of life sustaining engineering activities (support Manufacturing & Install Base) for all owned subsystems.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• R&D Engineer, Project Lead and Design Authority for various product development and research initiatives focused on hardware manufacturability, serviceability, reliability, quality, safety.
• Researched, analyzed and planned the mechanical design in accordance with product requirements as established from various sources including marketing, manufacturing, reliability, service and customer specification.
• Designed and developed product components and assemblies including detailed mechanical design and documentation. Hands-on mechanical systems design, prototyping, debugging, system integration and testing are key.
• Selected, in conjunction with Purchasing and Regulatory, Quality and Compliance, potential suppliers for the company's various components. Site visits, review of questionnaires and quality documents, interviews and.
• Identified/implemented engineering hardware solutions for quality, reliability, cost and obsolescence for Accuray products. Also mechanical designs solution concerning manufacturing needs and product enhancements that.
• Provides technical leadership and mentors other employees within the Mechanical Systems Engineering group.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Responsible for multiple manufacturing, testing and shipment of Helical and Robotics electromechanical subsystems, including radiation beam collimation (MLC), air treatment, temperature control and cooling circuits.
• Cross-functional collaboration with R&D team to facilitate the transfer of product designs into production manufacturing, testing, shipping, and support Service Installed Base team.
• Supported product life cycle and quality on assigned products per responsibility assignment matrix, releasing BOM's, assembly drawings, tools, fixtures, test procedures and manufacturing working instructions through.
• Out of Box failures (OFB's) and root cause analysis (RCA) to identify/implement hardware product enhancements to improve manufacturability, reliability and serviceability maintaining form/fit/function of the existing.
• Developed packaging and shipping requirements for Field Replacement Units/Components (FRUs) to ensure product integrity during shipment and transportation to our customers.
• Led the CAD support initiative within the Sustaining Engineering group; Created a CAD request log in SharePoint to track and prioritize drawing updates via ECR and ECO process in Agile PLM.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Product Development
• Created and Developed new standard & OEM engineering designs focused on high-force tools and electric-air-hydraulic products and integrated solutions for customer needs.
• Assisted new product development and marketing teams to introduce and develop new design concepts and to enhance performance on existing catalog products.
• Managed complete product life cycle on custom product releases from prototype to end of life, releasing BOM's, assembly drawings through PTC Windchill (PLM) workflow.
• Supported internal production assembly cells related to product assembly and testing.Project Management and Engineering
• Managed several projects with colleagues in Sales, Operations, Supply Chain and Purchasing to increase sales while directly influencing design, cost, quality, productivity and delivery.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Nano-Engineered Materials Processing Center (NEMPC), UW-Madison

Provincia De Arauco, Biobío Region, Chile

• Operation Management (Production Supervisor)
• Supervised wood pulp preparation production lines, led operators and technicians staff (35).
• Coordinated projects with contractors and vendors during programmed operational maintenance.
• Optimized and improved wood chip production line workbooks (VBA code).Supply Chain Management (Support Engineer)
• Updated Material Master Data in SAP (vendor master, material specifications, warehouse).
• Implemented monthly report of purchases and stocks development of multiple mills.

Master Of Science - Ms, Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering)

• Thesis: Mechanical testing of Magnesium Matrix Nanocomposites Fabricated by Ultrasonic Dispersion Method • Nano-Engineered Materials.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

• Thesis: Alignment and assembly of mechanical/rotary equipment • Project: Calculation and Design of a ski-lift system, components.