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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Warrendale, Pa

Wexford, Pennsylvania, United States

Staff Engineer. -- Manage technical audits assessment in compliance with Aerospace and regulatory requirements.-- Conduct technical audits as required.-- Manage assigned personnel (auditors, consultants).-- Motivate and guide Industry Managed Committee and task group activities in developing standards of process compliance.--Recommend improvement for assigned PRI programs (Aerospace, Medical Industries) - based on identified gaps.--Develop and manage budgets of assigned activities.

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Supplier Quality Engineer. ● Audit and approve new suppliers globally.● Saved $350K by eliminating product scrap and avoiding overseas travel.● Raised the quality bar at Axon and its molding suppliers by implementing process capability for tools acceptance and FAIRs approval.● Troubleshoot material and process issues related to Axon products.● Create quality infrastructure tools to allow better selection of new suppliers, and better management of existing suppliers. ● Improved Corrective Action system by introducing cause chain, and standard codes for root cause/corrective action.● Implemented new supplier rating scale and suggested new suppliers score-card criteria.● Train peers on subjects related to Quality, and Six Sigma tools.● Mentor to Green Belt and Six Sigma candidates.

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Senior Global Supplier Quality Engineer. ● New products introduction support at Axon per customers requirements, company specs and regulatory agencies compliance during product validation, and production start & ramp.● Reduce cost of poor quality internally and at suppliers.● Audit and select new suppliers globally. Create suppliers score criteria for Suppliers Segmentation.● Raise the quality bar at Axon and its suppliers by flowing process capability and gage R&R.● Outline FAIR quality control clauses and assist in revising new company quality manual per ISO 9001:2015.● Company focal point for organizing internal ISO 9001:2015 audits for all divisions; Represent the company in external ISO audits with outside registrar.● Follow-up with suppliers to eliminate non-conforming products. Item supported: metallic, injection molded plastics, molded rubber, PCBA's, lithium batteries and cables. ● Achieved $100K savings in 2018.● Mentor of Six Sigma Green Belt candidates. ● Presented various quality assurance topics at Axon’s monthly Knowledge Briefs.

Tempe, Arizona, United States

● Improved a process to apply alternate dry film lube for high service temperatures to save $375K annual rework cost. Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) approach applied.● Prevented $375K in parts escapes cost by managing team audits of GE hardware with fixed process at suppliers.● Managed a team that increased a composite cell first pass yield by 25% by corrective actions implementation and employees re-certification.● Suggested parts improved yield through Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).● Recommended Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) by adopting key characteristics (KCs) for better process control.● Advised supply chain on successful transition of complex parts utilizing cost for manufacturing considerations, to prevent overall incurred cost of poor quality.● Prevented recurring failures by failure analysis of metallic/non-metallic parts, and applying root cause corrective action (RCCA) methodology. ● Served as composites process team leader, managing audits/knowledge sharing during $50K cut.● Honeywell accredited auditor for several process families (eQaulified certified). Certified Network Auditor. Audited to AS9100, process specifications and Nadcap checklists.

Naperville, Il

● Developed new processes for new polishing slurries based on Design of Experiments (DOE) tailored to customers requirements.● Monitored and improved process CPK utilizing six sigma methods.

Migdal Haemek, Israel

● Revised a chemical vapor deposition process to yield planer flow-filled layers, which resulted in an approved patent. Modified process prevented a defective CMOS IC intermetallic dielectric stack.● Applied Problem Solving for CMOS processes issues resulting in uninterrupted delivery.● Monitored processes quality control to establish a robust CPK value utilizing six sigma tools● Developed new processes per customers requirements using Design of Experiments (DOE)

Valencia, Ca

● Resolved root cause for non-conforming metallic components as member of MRB (Material Review Board)/metallurgist, to eliminate recurring failures.● Acted as R&D engineer for developing filament winding and using toughened resins for metallic components replacement on F/A-18, C17 and JSF platforms. Presented program progress to McDonnell Douglas and members of the Tri-Services Committee.● Generated fatigue curves for metal matrix composites.● Reduced cost of transition from Research and Development (R&D) to production of composite parts by writing work instructions, selecting appropriate non-destructive test methods (NDT) and training operators. NDT methods tested with cooperation with Lockheed Martin.● Developed injection molded servo-valve housing to replace traditional metallic ones, resulting in an approved patent for high pressure valves. Molded product rated as one of 100 top inventions of the year by R&D magazine.● Team member for introducing aqueous cleaning in lieu of traditional vapor degreasing to manufacturing in cooperation with Rocketdyne. Effort reduced production cost and complied with customers environmental flowed requirements.● Managed remediation effort as leading project engineer, saving Textron $200k over the life of the project.● Developed porosity free hard anodic coating. Article published was considered most significant publication of the year by the International Hard Anodic Coating society resulting in an invitation to present results at an international conference (Lisbon, Portugal).

Burbank, Ca

● Improved quality of surface finish processes and monthly testing by process changes and operators training. Increased lab capacity by 50% by training operators for lab support activities.● Developed hard anodizing process for Honeywell Oceanic Division (Submarine torpedo cases), eliminating final rinse chlorides residue in condensate from hard anodic coating causing damage to the torpedo electronics, resulting in company win of contract.● Developed low friction anodizing process for Miniscribe computer gears resulting in company winning the contract to manufacture one million parts.

Post Doctoral Stay (French Government Research Scholarship), Lubrication For Life For Satellites

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Friction And Wear, Tribology, Lubrication

Master’S Degree, Chemistry, Metalloimmunoassay

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemistry