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Tampa, Fl, Us

Manage staff of Quality engineers, receiving inspectors, auditors, trainer, documentation and configuration personnel. Active DoD Secret Clearance Quality Clause development and maintenance, First Article Inspections, Statement of Work and Contract Review, Engineering Change Orders, Manufacturing Work instructions, Quality Management Systems Documentation intranet site, designed and management development and release of Defect Data Collection System. Managed CAPA/RCCA, IPC/J-STD/NASA training, ESD/FOD/Move safe training. Developed Counterfeit Parts Mitigation Training. Managed and performed Internal Audits. Managed and lead all third party and customer audits including AS9100/ISO9001, Nadcap (Electronics), ISO13485 (Medical), FDA, NASA, DCMA and multiple supplier audits (PCB's, coatings, metal fabrication, cables and value add suppliers). Calibration Manager realized $80K annual savings sustained over 4 years and designed process for calibration program. ESD Program Manager responsible for developing training, policies, procedures and adherence. Managed development of Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), X-Ray, Solder Paste Inspection (SPI). Developed PFMEA's, IQ/OQ/PQ's and APQP's as required. Participated in many Kaizen and Lean events resulting in greatly improved processes and several costs savings initiatives. Developed and management multiple department budgets. Provide performance reviews annually or as needed to assure top performance of Team Members.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Manage staff of Quality, production and test engineers, receiving inspectors, auditors, documentation and configuration personnel. Quality Clause development and maintenance, First Article Inspections, Statement of Work and Contract Review, Engineering Change Orders, Manufacturing Work instructions, Quality Management Systems Documentation intranet site. Managed CAPA/RCCA, IPC/J-STD training, ESD/FOD/Move safe training. Managed and performed Internal Audits. Managed and lead all third party and customer audits including AS9100/ISO9001 and multiple supplier audits (PCB's, coatings, metal fabrication, cables and value add suppliers). Calibration Manager designed process for calibration program. ESD Program Manager responsible for developing training, policies, procedures and adherence. Managed development of Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), X-Ray, Solder Paste Inspection (SPI). Developed PFMEA's. Developed and management multiple department budgets. Provide performance reviews annually or as needed to assure top performance of Team Members.

St Petersburg, Florida, Us

Lead Tiger Team to root cause and implement corrective action on major longstanding issues ranging from incoming maternal to various manufacturing and shipping issues leading to significant cost savings and avoidance.Developed manufacturing work flow for all military products to reduce bottlenecks and more efficiently manage the assembly of those products.Lead cross functional engineering teams to drive process/test improvements throughout the factory. Responsible for the development, implementation and support of all AOI/X-Ray and functional testing of hardware for all military and commercial customers. Performed AOI program development and support for over 75 new programs on the Agilent SJ50 AOI system

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

NPI Program Manager responsible for the NPI and volume launch for new Sun Microsystems products.Lead cross functional teams in product reviews including BOM reviews, engineering design reviews, DFT/DFM reviews and defining quality clauses for material procurement.Lead NPI launch of products including scheduling PCA builds in NH, Toronto and Thailand and chassis builds in NH and the Czech Republic.Operations Engineering Manager (Tech Ops) responsible for providing technical leadership to process/product/test engineering, failure analysis, and line patrol engineers and technicians. Achieved significant yields improvements by driving corrective action through determining root cause. Additional successes included providing RCCA for numerous build and test issues ranging from material and PCB fabrication issues through build and packaging resulting in significant costs savings. ICT yield improvements increased from 82%-95% across all products.Developed 100% Flying Probe (Takaya and Teradyne), AOI (CR and Agilent) and Agilent 5DX test development and implementation for prototype buildsProvide performance reviews annually or as needed to assure top performance of Team Members.

Austin, Texas, Us

Developed NPI and Test Engineering as their own P&L centersEstablished pricing models for engineering, manufacturing and test development services for new products across all platforms. Negotiated and implemented new ATE platforms from HP and GenRad.Qualified multiple ATE fixture and manufacturing tooling vendors (ICT, SMT stencils, wave pallets, product specific tooling) which increased speed and flexibility of NPI and test services.Evaluated, negotiated and authorized the purchase of the tools to perform test access evaluations, develop flying probe and ATE programs and fixtures and on-line schematic capture for diagnostic technicians.NPI and Test Engineering maintained the lowest attrition rate of all functional organizations.Provide performance reviews annually or as needed to assure top performance of Team Members.Domestic and international travel as required.

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Managed engineering staff of 25 test engineers and technicians providing all new product test development services from DFT and flying probe, SPI/AOI/ICT to product specific testing and support.Managed the product transfer to assure no interruption to the manufacturing and test processes in facilities in NH, OH and Limerick Ireland.Introduced flying probe technology to manufacturing for use in testing prototype boards as well as first piece verification off the SMT lines resulting in costs savings/avoidance in excess of $800K the first year.Redesign f probe hardware for Takaya system allowing the use of ICT probes at $1.5ea vs. standard system probes at $16ea. redesigned Takaya PCB clamping hardware to accommodate oddly shaped assemblies.

07/1990 - 06/1995 Section Manager/Engineer, Test Engineering, Raytheon Company MSD, Manchester, NHManaged technical staff of 15 engineers and technicians providing test development and production support across multiple programs including PATRIOT, HAWK, SKYGUARD and AMRAAM.Primary technical responsibility as Sr. Engineer for module, sub-system and system manufacturing development and support for SKYGUARD radar system and AMRAAM Telemetry section.Participated in flight readiness reviews, test support and customer satisfaction for several military air bases and depots. Maintained DoD Secret Cleance09/1982 - 06/1990 Sr. Engineer, Factory Test Equipment, Raytheon Company MSD, Andover, MAEngineering Co-op, 9/82-6/86, Member of the Technical Staff 7/86-4/88Responsible for design, redesign, build, training and installation phases for PATRIOT ATE in multiple sites in Japan over multiple trips and NATO ATE in Germany.New product test development/installation of ATE for use on PATRIOT & HAWK ground and missile systems.

Bsee, Electrical Engineering

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